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Language Computing-Group-VIII
Division Name : Human-Centred Computing Division
Annexure - 5
The list of Committees along with their terms and conditions are as follows :
| Ongoing Projects | PRSG Committee Composition | |||||
| 1 | Development of Sanskrit Computational Tool Kit and Sanskrit Hindi Machine Translation System , University of Hyderabad File No - 11(5)/2008-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Dir, IIIT Hyd., Hyderabad. | Chairman | |||
| Prof. N. Narayanmurthy, Univ. of Hyd., Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Prof. Laxmishwar Jha, SLBSRSV, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Sunita Arora, CDAC, Noida | Member | |||||
| Shri Kirti Kant Sharma, IGNCA, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Prof. R.C Panda, BHU, Varanasi. | Member | |||||
| Ms. Alka Jha, Dir(A&A),Dept. of Culture, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative, IFD Div. DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir.& HoD(HCC) Div.DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri Vijay Kumar, Scientist-D HCC Div. DIT, Delhi | Member convener | |||||
| 2 | Development of Major North Eastern Languages (Assamese, Bodo,Nepali, Manipuri) in Consortia mode C-DAC Pune File No - 11(4)/2008-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay | Chairman | |||
| Dr. Mukul Sinha, President, Expert Software | Co-chairman | |||||
| Prof. B Malikarjun, CIIL, Mysore | Member | |||||
| Dr. Ms Libabati Saikia Bora (Assamese), Gawhati University | Member | |||||
| 3 | Resource Centre for Indian language solution 2nd phase Assamese and Bodo, IIT Guwahati File No - 11(10)/2007-HCC(TDIL) |
Shri Bhaskarivoti Sarma (Assamese), NERLC Guwahati. | Member | |||
| Dr. Dolen Hidam Singh, (Manipuri), Guwahati University | Member | |||||
| Shri Bisweswar Basumatary (Bodo), Bodo Sahitya Sabha, Guwahati. | Member | |||||
| Dr. Khagen Sarma (Nepali), NE Regional Language Centre, Guwahati. | Member | |||||
| 4 | Development of Manipuri Language Technology , Manipur University File No - 11(12)/2007-HCC(TDIL) |
Shri PM Khanal (Nepali), Dept. of HRD, Sikkim | Member | |||
| Representation, IFD Division, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir & (HCC) Div. DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri Vijay Kumar, Scientist-D, HCC Div. DIT, New Delhi. | Member Convener | |||||
| 5 | Development of grammar checking system for Punjabi , Punjabi university, Patiala File No - 11(3)/2008-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay, | Chairman | |||
| Prof. K.K. Goswami, Consultant, CDAC Noida | Member | |||||
| Shri Chetan Singh, Language Department Punjab, Patiala. | Member | |||||
| Shri K.K. Arora, CDAC Noida | Member | |||||
| Representation, IFD Division, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Scientist-F & OIC of HCC Division, DIT, New Delhi | ||||||
| Shri Manoj Jain, Scientist-D HCC Division, DIT, New Delhi | Member Convener | |||||
| 6 | Development of language tools and linguistics resource for Kashmiri, University of Kashmir File No - 11(2)/2008-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay, | Chairman | |||
| Prof. K.K. Goswami, Consultant, CDAC Noida | Member | |||||
| Dr. Veena Gupta, Jammu University | Member | |||||
| Representative Department of IT/Language, Govt. of J&K | Member | |||||
| Shri M.D.Kulkarni, CDAC Pune | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra, AS&FA, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata , Scientist-F, HoD Division, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri Somnath Chandra, Scientist-D HCC Division, DIT, New Delhi – | Member convener | |||||
| 7 | Standardization of IPA-IL for 3 Indian Languages Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, CDAC Kolkata File No - 11(4)/2007-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. P.V.S. Rao, Adviser, Tata Teleservices, Mumbai | Chairman | |||
| Dr. S.S Agrawal, Adviser, CDAC Noida | Member | |||||
| Prof. C.N. Krishnan, Director, AU-KBC, Chennai | Member | |||||
| Dr. GN Jha, Asst. Prof. JNU, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| 8 | Development of adequate intonated TTS for Nepali, CDAC Kolkata File No - 11(5)/2007-HCC(TDIL) |
Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||
| Representative IFD Division, DIT | Member | |||||
| Shri Somnath Chandra, Scientist-C, HCC Division | Member convener | |||||
| 9 | Development of phonetic engine for Indian languages Hindi, Telugu, IIIT Hyderabad File No - 11(6)/2007-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 10 | Development of Robust document analysis and Recognition system for printed Indian scripts (Text OCR) system, IIT Delhi File No - 14(6)/2006Hcc(TDIL) |
Prof N Balakrishnan, Director, IISc, Bangalore | Chairman | |||
| Prof. K. R. Ramakrishnan, IISc, Bangalore | Co-Chairman | |||||
| Dr. Tom Binford, Read-Ink Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore | Member | |||||
| Prof Sankar K Pal, Director, ISI Kolkata | Member | |||||
| Prof R M K Sinha, IIT Kanpur | Member | |||||
| Prof G Uma Maheshwar Rao, Centre for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| 11 | Development of online hand writing recognition system for Indian languages (OHWR), IISc Bangalore File No - 14(7)/2006HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. Narendra Ahuja and Prof. Anil Jain, International Experts | Member | |||
| Dr P Jha, Director Multimedia, IGNCA, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Head, LDC-IL CIIL Mysore | Member | |||||
| Representative of DG, STQC | Member | |||||
| Representative e-Gov, DIT | Member | |||||
| Representative of IFD, DIT | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata , Scientist-F, HoD Division, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Vijay Kumar, Scientist –D, TDIL (HCC), | Member Convener | |||||
| 12 | Development of MAT System based on Angla Bharati Technology , IIT Kanpur File No - 11(14)/2006-HCC(TDIL) |
Dr. S.V.Ramanan, AU-KBC, Chennai | Chairman | |||
| Prof. Rajeev Sangal, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Dr. K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Dr. Raghurama Krishnan, IBM India Research Lab, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Dr. Suraj Bhan Singh, Retired Chairman CSTT MHRD | Member | |||||
| Representative National e-gov Plan (NEGP) Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Health, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir & HoD (HCC) Div.DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative IFD Div. DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative DG STQC, DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Prof. U.N. Singh, Director, CIIL, Mysore | Member | |||||
| Shri Manoj Jain, Scientist-D HCC (TDIL) DIT | Member Convener | |||||
| 13 | Development of Indian Language-Indian Language Machine Aided Translation (EL-ILMAT) System, CDAC Pune File No - 11(9)/2006HCC(TDIL) |
Dr. S.V.Ramanan, AU-KBC, Chennai | Chairman | |||
| Prof. R.M.K. Sinha, IIT Kanpur. | Member | |||||
| Dr. K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Dr. Raghurama Krishnan, IBM India Research Lab, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Dr. Suraj Bhan Singh, Retired Chairman CSTT MHRD | Member | |||||
| Representative National e-gov Plan (NEGP) Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Health, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir & HoD (HCC) Div.DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative IFD Div. DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative DG STQC, DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Prof. U.N. Singh, Director, CIIL, Mysore | Member | |||||
| Shri Manoj Jain, Scientist-D HCC (TDIL) DIT | Member Convener | |||||
| 14 | Development of Indian Language to Indian Language Machine Aided Translation (IL-IL MAT) System, IIIT Hyderabad File No - 11(10)/2006HCC(TDIL) |
Dr. S.V.Ramanan, AU-KBC, Chennai | Chairman | |||
| Prof. R.M.K. Sinha, IIT Kanpur. | Member | |||||
| Dr. K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Dr. Raghurama Krishnan, IBM India Research Lab, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Dr. Suraj Bhan Singh, Retired Chairman CSTT MHRD | Member | |||||
| Representative National e-gov Plan (NEGP) Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Health, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir & HoD (HCC) Div.DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative IFD Div. DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative DG STQC, DIT Delhi | Member | |||||
| Prof. U.N. Singh, Director, CIIL, Mysore | Member | |||||
| Shri Manoj Jain, Scientist-D HCC (TDIL) DIT | Member Convener | |||||
| 15 | Development of Cross Lingual Information Access (CLIA) system, IIT Bombay File No - 14(5)/2006-HCC(TDIL) |
Prof. G. Siva Kumar, Dept of Computer Science & Engg., IIT Bombay, Mumbai | Chairman | |||
| Dr. C.N.Krishnan, Anna University, Chennai | Member | |||||
| Prof. Rajeev Sangal, IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad | Member | |||||
| Dr. T.V.Geetha, Dept of Computer Science, Anna University, Chennai | Member | |||||
| Dr. B. Mallikarjun, CIIL, Mysore | Member | |||||
| Representative National E-Governance Plan (NeGP) New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Tourism New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative Ministry of Health New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri R. C. Misra ,GC(LCG), TDIL(HCC) | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Dir & HoD (HCC) Div.DIT, Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative IFD Division, DIT, New Delhi 110003 | Member | |||||
| Dr. Somnath Chandra, Scientist-D, DIT, New Delhi | Member Convener | |||||
| 16 | National Roll-Out Plan Project C-DAC Pune File No - 11(21)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
Shri R. C. Misra, JS&FA and GC (Language Computing Group). | Chairman | |||
| Shri Kewal Krishan, Technical Director, NIC, New Delhi. | Member | |||||
| Dr. G Sivakumar, Professor & Head, IIT Bombay. | Member | |||||
| Shri Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT, New Delhi. | Member | |||||
| Prof. U N Singh, Director, CIIL, Mysore. | Member | |||||
| MS. Renu Bhudhiraja, Scientist “F”, e-Governance Division, DIT | Member | |||||
| Shri Vijay Kumar, Scientist “D”, HCC, DIT, Delhi. | Member Convener | |||||
| 17 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - PG Diploma in Language Technology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi File No - 11(30)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
Shri F.C. Kohli, Vice Chairman TCS | Chairman | |||
| Shri E.K. Bharat Bhushan, GC (LCG), DIT | Member | |||||
| Dr. Anupam Basu, IIT-KGP | Member | |||||
| Dr. V.R. Prabodha Chandran Nayar Linguistic | Member | |||||
| 18 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - PG Diploma in Language Technology, CDAC, Kolkata File No - 11(29)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
Dr.U.N. Singh Director CIIL Mysore | Member | |||
| Ms. Swaran Lata HOD, HCC DIT | Member | |||||
| Shri Manoj Jain, DIT | Member convener | |||||
| 19 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - PG Diploma in Language Technology, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram File No - 11(28)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 20 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - Masters in computational linguistics, CDAC, Noida File No - 11(26)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 21 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - Master Programme in Knowledge Engg., Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar File No - 11(25)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 22 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - Master Programme in Computational Linguistics, IIIT Hyderabad File No - 11(24)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 23 | Specialized Manpower Development in Language Technology - Master Programme in Knowledge Engg., Anna University Chennai File No - 11(23)/2005-HCC(TDIL) |
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| 24 | TDIL Working Group File No - 11(19)/2006-HCC(TDIL) | Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Chairman SERC, IISc Bangalore 560012 | Chairman | |||
| Shri R. C. Misra, GC Language Computing Group and AS & FA, DIT | Member | |||||
| Dr. P.V.S. Rao , 601, Vigyan, Sec -17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400703 | Member | |||||
| Prof. R.M.K.Sinha , Dept of CSE, IIT Kanpur , Kanpur 208016 | Member | |||||
| Dr. B.K.Gairola, DG, NIC, A Block , CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003 | Member | |||||
| Dr. U.N.Singh , Director, CIIL Mysore , Manasagangothri, Hunsur Road, Mysore 570006 | Member | |||||
| Shri M.D.Kulkarni, C-DAC Pune , Pune Univ | Member | |||||
| Dr. G.N.Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ. New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Ms. Swaran Lata, Scientist “F”, HCC, DIT, Delhi. | Member Convener | |||||
| 25 | Expert Group on Development of Speech Processing Technology File No. : 11(13)/2007-HCC(TDIL) | Dr. P.K. Saxena, SAG DRDO, New Delhi- | Chairman | |||
| Dr. C.N.Krishnan, AU-KBC, Chennai | Member | |||||
| Dr.Hema Murthy, IIT Madras, Chennai | Member | |||||
| Dr.K.Samudravijay, TIFR, Mumbai | Member | |||||
| Dr. T.V. Sreenivas, IISc Bangalore | Member | |||||
| Dr. A.K. Dutta, Consultant, CDAC-Kolkata | Member | |||||
| Dr. S.Umesh, Dept of Electrical Engg. IIT Kanpur | Member | |||||
| Shri Vinamra Agrawal, Prologix Software Ltd. | Member | |||||
| Shri E.K. Bharatbhushan, DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Smt. Swaran Lata , DIT, New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Shri Somnath Chandra, DIT, New Delhi | Member Convener | |||||
| 26 | “Expert Committee for Linguistic Resources Language and Technology Standards”: Permanent Members File No. : 6(5)/2008-HCC(TDIL) |
Ms. Swaran Lata, DIT | Chairman | |||
| Prof. B.Mallikarjun, CIIL Mysore , MHRD | Member | |||||
| Shri Satish Mohan, LINUX India | Member | |||||
| Shri Abhijit Dutta, IBM India | Member | |||||
| Shri Pradeep Parapill, Microsoft India | Member | |||||
| Shri Vinnie Mehta, MAIT | Member | |||||
| Dr. G.N.Jha, JNU , New Delhi | Member | |||||
| Representative, NeGP , DIT | Member | |||||
| Representative, State Units of NIC | Member | |||||
| Representatives, C-DAC | Member | |||||
| Dr. Somnath Chandra, DIT | Member Convener | |||||
Term of Reference of the PRSG Committee
- To review the Financial and Technical Progress of the Project.
- To visit the project executing agency as and when required (at least twice in a year) to assess the progress of work on the project and to advice the project executing team on new directions/approach and ensure its smoother progress and link-up with the work going on elsewhere in the country for full utilization of the capabilities available in the country.
- To examine specific request from Chief Investigator on problem, re-appropriation, enhancement, modification, procurement etc. and suggest remedial action on recommendations for consideration by DIT.
- To ensure advance action regarding completion of the project, establishment of facilities, its utilization and transfer of know how etc. for successful commercial production.
- To make suitable recommendation to DIT for consideration/approval.
- The Chairman PRSG may co-opt/invite any other expert for the review and TA/DA for the same shall be as per norms applicable to other PRSG Members.
- TA/DA for the non-official members would be borne by Department of Information Technology, MC&IT, as per Government Rules.
Term of Reference of the Committee for Technology Development for Indian Languages
- Identify projects that can quickly result in products or services that meet public needs.
- Identify current status of language technology in each of the major areas of technology in India and the World.
- Suggest major technology development goals to be set for TDIL as mission projects and other longer term project (ranging from one to three years) and how such goals can lead to deployable systems.
- Suggest strategy to be followed to achieve the technology development goals and its deployment.
- Suggest evaluation criteria and mechanism to be put in place to measure development efforts.
- Identify major gaps/lacunae in technology, data collection, trained manpower, etc. and suggest appropriate remedial action.
- Identify major opportunities worldwide for language technologies that get developed in India.
- The committee would submit its report within one month.
- TA/DA for the non-official members would be borne by Department of Information Technology, MC&IT, as per Government Rules.
Group-VIII:

