Infrastructure upgradation:

Purchase of newer state-of-the-art cameras and digital video mixer, audio, and
cables for a new studio = Rs. 100 lakhs (Rs 65 lakhs was sanctioned in Phase I and
the rest was taken from the video course allocation as was discussed in the meeting
in March 26, 2003) Salary for three to four technical editors, camera crew and onsite
recording crew for three years (Rs. 1 lakh per person for 12 man years) + 25
percent HRA = Rs. 15 lakhs Purchase of video editing stations, video storage
(approximately 13 GB is required for raw storage of one lecture and 0.25 gb
required for MPEG 4 file of a lecture) for 25 video courses per Institute ---15 TB
storage + 25 percent for RAID architecture = Rs. 25 lakhs Power / UPS and Air
conditioning = Rs. 5 lakhs for three years. Contingency and consumales video
tapes and video master hard disks for recording and transmissions = Rs. 5 lakhs
Storage solution for each IIT and retrieval for video encodingrequires storage to
be integrated with the video encoding server through fibre channel and through a
RAID architecture. The minimum projected cost is Rs. 1- 1.25 lakhs for 1 TB storage
(after RAID 27 5) on SATA /SCSI systems. Each Institute will need a server with the
capability for large storage for video and interactive contents. Total cost for eight
servers with 32 64 nodes and sufficient storage + RAM = Rs. 500 lakhs
Workshops: Unit cost: Rs. 4.0 lakhs. Number of participants: between 30 and 50 per
workshop. Number of Days: 2-3 Travel expenses: Rs. 2.5 lakhs. Boarding and
lodging charges: Rs. 0.8 lakhs Stationeries and contingencies: Rs. 0..4 lakhs Faculty
honoraria Rs. 5000 for 4 - 6 faculty members: 0.3 lakhs .