Locus :"Competition Buidls Quality"Asadh 22-24, 2069.
In
the 21st century, technology has become a byword for change, for
development. It has become essential to embrace technology as a part of
our day to day life. Technology provides sustainability; it provides
means to improve our efficiencies and room for innovation. Taking this
in account, LOCUS attempts to provide a platform for technological
innovation and take it from engineers and students and present it in
palatable form to the general public.
Pulchowk Campus is the first and one of the best engineering campus in the country. LOCUS is a student body of Pulchowk Campus working for promotion of technology and the spirit of competition among students. LOCUS Committee, since 2003, has been organizing the LOCUS Technology fest with the motto ‘Competition Builds Qualitiy’ to promote the technical skills of the students associated to the technological field.
Electronic Hardware, Computer Software Exhibitions and Competition are the highlights of the three days locus festival. LOCUS Committee also conducts seminars, workshops, and competitions on variety of topics suited for both the technical and the non-technical crowd. Science students of the higher secondary school level are also encouraged to take part in the tech fest as a means to stimulate the interest in the field of technology in students from a young age. Software and hardware companies also participate in the tech fest as a means to promote their product and to help people understand the various products available in the market to cater to their needs.
LOCUS 2012 is organizing the “9th NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL FESTIVAL” with aim of providing a platform to showcase innovative ideas and creativity in the field of technology. Keeping up with the current scenario of Nepal , where there is a large disparity in the access to and the use of technology, our theme “BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE” aims to encourage clever ideas and designs which will help in taking technology from selected institutes and urban sector to every household of the rural sectors of the nation.
i. To provide platform for interaction and healthy competition among the creative minds in technical fields and marketing management.
ii. To develop professionalism, team spirit, integrity and communication skills among students of different technical colleges.
iii. To present interactive programs for students such as seminars, talk-programs and workshops.
iv. To familiarize people of different backgrounds and interests with latest developments and improvisations at the students’ level.
v. To provide a nationwide exposure to the young engineering talent of our nation.
vi. To boost confidence in the engineering students in tackling real life problem
Pulchowk Campus is the first and one of the best engineering campus in the country. LOCUS is a student body of Pulchowk Campus working for promotion of technology and the spirit of competition among students. LOCUS Committee, since 2003, has been organizing the LOCUS Technology fest with the motto ‘Competition Builds Qualitiy’ to promote the technical skills of the students associated to the technological field.
Electronic Hardware, Computer Software Exhibitions and Competition are the highlights of the three days locus festival. LOCUS Committee also conducts seminars, workshops, and competitions on variety of topics suited for both the technical and the non-technical crowd. Science students of the higher secondary school level are also encouraged to take part in the tech fest as a means to stimulate the interest in the field of technology in students from a young age. Software and hardware companies also participate in the tech fest as a means to promote their product and to help people understand the various products available in the market to cater to their needs.
LOCUS 2012 is organizing the “9th NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL FESTIVAL” with aim of providing a platform to showcase innovative ideas and creativity in the field of technology. Keeping up with the current scenario of Nepal , where there is a large disparity in the access to and the use of technology, our theme “BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE” aims to encourage clever ideas and designs which will help in taking technology from selected institutes and urban sector to every household of the rural sectors of the nation.
Objectives
The basic objectives of the LOCUS are summarized as:i. To provide platform for interaction and healthy competition among the creative minds in technical fields and marketing management.
ii. To develop professionalism, team spirit, integrity and communication skills among students of different technical colleges.
iii. To present interactive programs for students such as seminars, talk-programs and workshops.
iv. To familiarize people of different backgrounds and interests with latest developments and improvisations at the students’ level.
v. To provide a nationwide exposure to the young engineering talent of our nation.
vi. To boost confidence in the engineering students in tackling real life problem
Bridging The Digital Divide
While the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in
general, and the Internet and the world wide web in particular, have
made life easier by facilitating easy communication with virtually
everyone, and easy access to information located virtually anywhere in
the world, they have also widened the gap between the rich and the
poor, the ‘have’ and the ‘have nots’.The "digital divide" is the also a gap between the technology haves and have-nots.There are other inequities — times and places where things are not equal and fair — in Internet and technology access that can also be viewed as part of "the digital divide.
" Rural households are less likely to have Internet access than suburban households. The young are haves; the old and disabled are have-nots.Simply ,The Digital Divide refers to any inequalities between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT)Technology.In other words, new technologies, while improving our life in many ways have created what is called the ‘Digital Divide’. The rift between the ‘have’ and ‘have nots’ is even greater in the developing countries. The Digital Divide has become a popular phrase to describe the perceived disadvantages of those who are either unable, or do not choose, to use the appropriate ICT in their day-to-day activities, decision making, learning and pleasure.
" Rural households are less likely to have Internet access than suburban households. The young are haves; the old and disabled are have-nots.Simply ,The Digital Divide refers to any inequalities between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT)Technology.In other words, new technologies, while improving our life in many ways have created what is called the ‘Digital Divide’. The rift between the ‘have’ and ‘have nots’ is even greater in the developing countries. The Digital Divide has become a popular phrase to describe the perceived disadvantages of those who are either unable, or do not choose, to use the appropriate ICT in their day-to-day activities, decision making, learning and pleasure.
