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In India, the phenomenon of open educational resources (OER) is made possible by the widespread u... more In India, the phenomenon of open educational resources (OER) is made possible by the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and open source technologies. Over the last decade, national institutions have embraced the concept of collaborative teaching and learning practices. The idea of shared resources has been successfully mooted by initiatives such as the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), the Open Source Courseware Animations Repository (OSCAR), the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), the Virtual Academy for the Semi-Arid Tropics (VASAT) and Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) FlexiLearn. Further, there is substantial policy support and public funding for such initiatives, thanks to the provisions made in the 11th Five Year Plan of the Government of India. Whilst knowledge resources are widely available, India's OER movement is still in its infancy. This is because the term " open " in OER not...

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With natural calamities such as drought becoming a recurrent phenomenon, Sciencebased interventio... more With natural calamities such as drought becoming a recurrent phenomenon, Sciencebased interventions using GIS-based tools to predict the severity of drought in an area can potentially contribute to mitigation efforts.

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Drought has emerged as a key concern in the context of climate variability induced by Climate Cha... more Drought has emerged as a key concern in the context of climate variability induced by Climate Change processes and over a billion people are vulnerable, according to UN estimates. Drought preparedness is recognized as the preferred way to cope over relief, ...

… in Engineering Software, Jan 1, 2009