Aakash 3 is being developed at IIT Madras & it will be 'remarkably different'

Aakash tablets have been rocking the Indian tech news scene for several weeks for plenty of reasons ranging from issues between companies who've won the contracts, to the quality of the tablets, to the most recent update that questioned whether Aakash tablet is 'Made in India' or 'Made in China'. But that won't halt the development of Aakash and according to latest update in the social media, Aakash 3 is being developed by Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor of electrical engineering at IIT Madras. Prof. Jhunjhunwala says that the Aakash 3 (A-3) will be 'remarkably different' from the previous versions of Aakash.



The next version will have a larger distribution and servicing system accompanying it because the makers expect the volume of the orders to be much bigger. There will be more accountability and nationwide repair centers so that the owners don't have to send the tablets back to the company for repairs and can get them done locally.

Aakash will aim at bringing a revolution in Indian education system and that's why Aakash - 2 won't be sold in markets. Instead, the devices will be distributed among 20,000 engineering students across India so that they can build India specific applications for the tablet. Deepak Parekh, Head of IIT Bombay's Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology is piloting a project with 20k engineering students and over 11k professors & lecturers.

We don't have information on the hardware and software specifications of Aakash 3 yet. But the tablet is expected to make an entry in the markets in the 'next few months' as the ecosystem it requires gets ready.

The question we wish to ask our readers whether Aakash will help reviving the Indian education system?