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    Gondi art: music on canvas
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Singh, Ankita; Raje, Nitin
    The project attempts to create a digital experience for explaining the transitions faced by Gondi-art regarding their art forms. The purpose behind this project is to make artist and art enthusiasts, aware about the art form and its transformations. The information is to be delivered in the form of a website, which is narrowed down to the subject of art form of Gonds. This website also provides the information about the origin of Gonds and their cultural aspects. User can also view the profile of Gondi Artist who would be featured for a week, his work and his life from village to city would be explained in artisans‟ category. E-brochure and Tourist Guide are two additional elements with this website, where E-brochure would help user to browse various artist, know about them in a more clear way and contact them by their own. Tourist Guide is in its initial state, it will help users to browse the tribal place where this art is done and tourist places nearby. The presentation will combine various digital mediums like video, sound, illustration and text in a format that allows the user to explore at will. The various aspects of Gondi Painting in India and around the world, while providing the users with quick and simple access to the information they might need to know about the paintings, their stories or the music and for the tourists if they want to visit places where this art is done.
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    Re-telling panchatantra: an attempt to rediscover the relevance of panchatantra tales in today’s society
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2006) Saraswat, Manish; De, Kuntal; Sarkar, Aditi Nath
    Current trends in the field of education show people's high motivation 10 take up initiatives for their children to get them educated through the new medium of computer based learning. Teaching and learning practices are taking new shapes with the development of" new medium of communication. This medium allows the children to learn on their own, in a way that engages their interest. The acceptance of this form of education is achieved by the integration of essential social values and the roots of Indian heritage with all the disciplines taught to the children as they are seen vital to develop the skills and knowledge sets which primary students lack due to the excessive lime spent with computers in the name of education. Moreover this new medium is open to exploration, and since there is no guidance, the vulnerable children do not understand where and at what point they arc learning and when (hey need to slop; it can be said that this medium is not without its pitfalls. This medium also has another side effect; that it alienated the children from their grand parents and the traditional way of story telling as a form of learning. Thus there is a need for design that instructs the child sifting on a computer to learn about the real world in a form which uses the capabilities integrating the old methods of story telling with the newer more exciting digital media that (he children are drawn to and enjoy.