2. Introduction
RKCL - Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited is a Public Limited Company established in
Rajasthan as a joint venture of Government of Rajasthan; Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation
Limited (MKCL), Pune; University of Rajasthan; Jaipur, Maharana Pratap University of
Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur; Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota; Rajcomp
Info Services Ltd. and Centre for e-governance.
The main objective of company is to develop a new educational framework which can plan,
implement, supervise and regulate the developing needs for IT skills in the 21st century in the
State of Rajasthan by promoting the IT enabled education programs as practiced in the
Departments of School, Higher, Technical and Medical Education, Government of Rajasthan and
to take all such action as may be deemed to be necessary to provide high quality education
including better connectivity, computer skills and co-ordination amongst all educational
institutions, universities, students and the Government, as well as to obtain sponsorships,
institutional backups and financial support for the present and future programs and
responsibilities accepted on behalf of the State Government.
Vision
To create an IT environment.
To create competitive manpower for IT and IT enabled service.
Mission
To work for e-Empowerment through digital literacy.
Moving people up the value chain by bridging the digital divide & resultant Knowledge
Divide.
Goals
Digital Literacy
e-Learning
e-Governance
e-Services
e-Empowerment
3. Board of Directors
1. Hon’ble Shri. Shreemat Pandey
Chairman, RKCL
Principal Secretary-Chief Minister office, DoITC, GoR, Jaipur
2. Hon’ble Shri. Sanjay Malhotra
Secretary – DoITC, GoR, Jaipur
3. Shri Rajeev Swarup,
Principal Secretary - Technical Education, GoR, Jaipur
4. Shri. Vinod Pandya,
Special Secretary - Finance Department, GoR, Jaipur
5. Prof. B.L. Sharma,
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
6. Dr. Rajan Welukar,
Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai, Mumbai
7. Shri. Vivek Sawant
Managing Director, MKCL, Pune
4. 8. Dr. Naresh Dadhich
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota
9. Dr. Om Prakash Gill
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture &
Technology, Udaipur
10. Dr. Aatul Wadegaonkar
Managing Director
Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited, Jaipur
RKCL Milestones
• Incorporated on April 25, 2008
• Business Operations commenced on January 12, 2009
• Flagship RS-CIT course (regular) launched on 12th January 2009
• 3+ years of self-sustaining, wealth-creating and ever growing operations with social
accountability.
Transformative Agenda
Moving Towards a Knowledge Economy…
Creating a knowledge-led economy and knowledge-based societies in the world is a key to
survival and development of people in the emerging knowledge era.
RKCL believes that there is a great potential in societies to emerge as a knowledge-led economy
thanks to their large but latent talent pool. The challenge exists in transforming their
predominantly agrarian or industrial economy into a new knowledge-led economy.
This Transformation can be reached by imbibing a culture of life-long learning. The severe threat
of marginalization of the masses emerging from the Digital Divide and Knowledge Divide can
be effectively averted through mass IT literacy. Only an IT Literate society can enjoy a greater
share of global business opportunities and global job opportunities.
5. RKCL is an entrepreneurial endeavor to bridge this Digital Divide and the resultant Knowledge
Divide by offering actionable knowledge to masses for socio-economic transformation.
RKCL's synthesis of a new paradigm of education is to offer education:
To very large and diverse population
with various diversities – Bigger
With high quality of relevance and
applicability in life and work- Better
At an affordable cost- Cheaper
Within shortest possible time – Faster
With wide accessibility from metros to villages – Wider
In a mass-personalized and deeper experiential manner- Deeper
RKCL attempts to address these six challenges simultaneously by pervasive and appropriate use
of IT for empowerment of the masses in general and youth in particular.
Focus
RKCL commenced its business operations in Jan 2009 over the entire state of Rajasthan, the
largest state in India measuring about 342,269 sq. km. with population exceeding 6.86 crores
(Census 2011).
In a short span RKCL has emerged as a high-tech and high-touch initiative focused on design,
development and delivery of innovative eInfrastructure, eLearning, eGovernance, and
eEmpowerment technologies, solutions and services to its ever growing base of customers in
educational institutes, Governments, and Communities.
Unique Equity Profile
The Government of Rajasthan (GoR), three Universities in the state, community institutions, IT
and non-IT bodies, etc. are among the initial major equity holders of RKCL. With GoR's equity
of 30%, the company has a unique blend of governmental credibility and social responsibility on
one hand and entrepreneurial competitiveness, market orientation, flexibility, productivity,
profitability and self-sustainability on the other.
6. The founders conceived a unique identity of RKCL as a fast-track IT enabler and a
complimenting and supplementing partner of the universities, governments and communities for
the fulfillment of the new and growing aspirations of students in particular and people in general
in the emerging knowledge society and knowledge-led economy.
% Shareholding
Govt. of Rajasthan
5% 5%
MKCL,Pune
10% 30%
VMOU,Kota
10%
RU,Jaipur
10%
MPUAT,Udaipur
30%
Centre of e-Governance
RajComp InfoServices Ltd
RKCL Financials
• Authorized Capital: ` 5.00 Crores (` 50 Million)
• Subscribed Capital: ` 2.00 Crores (` 20 Million)
• Shareholders:
Government of Rajasthan: ` 60 Lac
MKCL, Pune : ` 60 Lac
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota: ` 20 Lac
Rajasthan University, Jaipur: ` 20 Lac
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur: ` 20
lac
7. Center for eGovernance, Jaipur: ` 10 Lac
RajComp Info Services Ltd., Jaipur: ` 10 Lac
Turnover (in Million `)
300
250
200
297.42
150
100
166.76
131
50
35.048
0
FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 (till
15th March 12)
Dividends Paid for FY 2009-2010
Dividend @5% i.e. ` 0.50 per Equity Share of ` 10/- each of the Company
Cash Outflow = ` 10 lacs
Tax on Dividend = ` 1,66,088/-
Dividends Paid for FY 2010-2011
Dividend @5% i.e. ` 0.50 per Equity Share of ` 10/- each of the Company
Cash Outflow = ` 10 lacs
Tax on Dividend = ` 1,62,225/-
RKCL has created self-sustaining and wealth creating operations right from its inception. The
turnover of the company has exceeded INR 297 Million in the financial year 2011-12.
8. RKCL Program Summary
RKCL, in its incessant pursuit of accomplishment of its vision and mission, implements
various programs under the following four categories:
1. Enabling Programs
These programs create an enabling environment, infrastructural facilities, technological and
managerial support for the other programs to take-off and sustain. They themselves are not the
direct lines of business but are the lines to enable the business in other programs. These
Programs are:
eLearning Frameworks Development Program
Channel Partner Network Management Program
Information Technology Infrastructure Development Program
2. Education Programs
IT Literacy and Functionality Program
3. Educational e-Governance Programs
Digital Frameworks (Digital College, Digital University, etc.)
Online Application Solutions & Integrated Services (OASIS)
4. e-Governance Programs
eTendering Framework
Generalized eGovernance Framework (e-Judiciary, Digital Directorate, etc)
A. Enabling Programs
Channel Partner Network Management Program
In Rajasthan more than 1700+ IT education institutes are connected and managed through this
program. It is the largest IT education network in North India. The coordination of this network
is done through a fully web-based management framework viz. SOLAR designed and developed
by MKCL (RKCL’s Technology Partner). This framework has brought the uniqueness to RKCL
management model as it enables almost paperless management of such a massive network of
authorized learning centers in a time-bound manner and on a large geographical region amidst
occasionally adverse conditions beset with power outages, telecom link failures, paucity of
bandwidth, etc.
Another unique software framework for asset tracking designed and developed by MKCL
9. (RKCL’s Technology Partner) for channel partners are enlisted below:-
WORM - an Infrastructure Asset Monitoring Framework for Channel Partner Network.
Information Technology Infrastructure Development Program
RKCL has successfully catalyzed the process of setting-up and managing a large server
infrastructure and web-hosting facility, a base of about 8,500 desktops connected in about 1700+
LANs, State-wide Distributed Classroom at 1700 locations across Rajasthan; Broadband VPN,
nation-wide Multipoint Video Conferencing Facility for delivery of high-end courses, eLibrary
of structured eLearning and archived video content, State-wide Asset Management and
Monitoring System, SMS and IVRS Gateways, Instant Messaging Solutions, Security, Back-up
and Recovery Solutions. These facilities are the largest and one of their kinds in the Indian
academic sector.
eLearning Frameworks Development Program
eLearning Suite designed and developed by MKCL (RKCL’s Technology Partner) falls under
Enabling Program category and is available to customers under the brand name ERA (eLearning
Revolution for All). ERA includes the software frameworks for:
Borderless Collaborative Content Development
and Integration Framework
Learning and Content Management System
(LCMS)
Classroom Management System
Campus-based Learning
Management Solutions
Assignment
Management System
(AMS)
Online Evaluation, Assessment and Instant eCertification System (OES)
Distributed / Virtual Classroom Solution
B. Education Programs
IT Literacy and Functionality Program
This program of IT literacy is only of its kind in North India that is available at affordable cost. It
has received a wide acclaim all over Rajasthan state and has attracted over 2 lac learners in the
last 3 years including students and teachers, professionals and entrepreneurs, farmers and
workers, housewives and senior citizens, etc.
10. As a first step to accomplish the mission objective to integrate in a self-sustainable manner the
IT education and the IT enabled education with the basic teaching, learning process and its
management, RKCL launched a state-wide IT Literacy drive in the form of Rajasthan State
Certificate in Information Technology Program - RS-CIT in January 2009.
This program is implemented across the state through a private-public-partnership (PPP)
network of about 1700+ IT Gyan Kendras (ITGKs). This has emerged as the single largest
network of the IT Training Centers in the whole of North India. The coordination of this network
is done through a fully web-based management framework viz. SOLAR designed and developed
by MKCL (RKCL’s Technology Partner).
All ITGKs utilize RKCL's brand identity and thereby benefit from its high credibility among the
masses. Under the RS-CIT Program, RKCL offers a novel curriculum, excellent study material
in the form of highly illustrated books supplemented by ERA, an interactive multimedia
eLearning management system with rich voice over in English & Hindi containing both inform
and perform types of content. eLearning Revolution for All (ERA) includes teachers' resource
material, day-wise monitoring of curriculum schedule, learning sessions, interactive sessions,
practice sessions, hands-on assignments, eForums, chat with peers and learning facilitators,
ePortfolio and question banks leading to intermediate formative skill tests, final online
summative examination and instant e-Certification jointly with the Government of Rajasthan.
All the IT Literacy and Functionality programs are being offered through a network of IT Gyan
Kendras spread over the metropolitan, urban, semi-urban and also the rural, tribal and hilly areas.
A large number of centers have been set up in colleges, polytechnics and Industrial Training
Institutes without any substantial capital expenditure of these institutions. Major courses
include:-
RS-CIT (Rajasthan State Certificate Course in Information Technology)
RS-CIT - Rajasthan State Certificate course in Information Technology has been
approved by Dept. of Information Technology and Communication, Govt. of Rajasthan.
The detailed GR (Govt. Resolution) about RS-CIT can be seen below:-
11. In order to remove the fear of IT RKCL has launched an IT friendly course for the people
of Rajasthan.
RS-CIT is a high quality and low cost IT literacy program which offers a novel
curriculum, excellent study material and learning management system in local languages.
A state-of-the-art delivery mechanism leads to online examination and instant e-
Certification.
12. RS-CFA (Rajasthan State Certificate Course in Financial Accounting with Tally
ERP 9)
Tally, a pioneering company powering 95% of businesses in India & it's firmly
committed to Indian businesses.
Knowledge of Accounting on Computers Using Tally ERP 9
Theory & Computer Based Training
Course supported by Tally ERP 9 Version
Joint Certification by RKCL & Tally
RS-CEL (Rajasthan State Certificate Course in English Language)
Course powered by Words Worth – a brand of ACTUNIV Group
Provides knowledge on English field
Supports both ILT & CBT learning modes
Joint certification by ACTUNIV & RKCL
WAVE (World Class Academy for Vocational Excellence)
Advanced Job Oriented Courses covering Desktop Publishing, C/C++ programming
& Personal Financial Management.
Course Learning via LMS called ERA & available in English/Hindi languages.
Joint certification by VMOU, RKCL & NSE.
C. Educational e-Governance Programs
RKCL's Educational eGovernance Suit includes the Higher Education and Open and Distance
Education Enterprise Frameworks such as:
Digital University Framework (DU)
Digital College Framework (DC)
OASIS (Online Application Solution & Integrated Services) Framework
Under the program (DU/DC) with the help of the state-of-the-art software tools and
methodologies, RKCL offers an academic ERP suit to the universities for their academic
management from admissions and eligibility to examination, evaluation, result declaration and
certification challenges owing to large enrollments in diverse disciplines and in a highly
decentralized academic decision making environment.
This program offers various eServices through DU, DC and OASIS designed by MKCL
(RKCL’s Technology Partner) and deployed by RKCL.
This portal offers various Information Services, Administrative/ Facilitation Services, eLearning
Services, Participative /Collaborative Services to the College and University students. It also
13. offers services for finding career opportunities, scholarship/fellowship opportunities and career
advancement openings through national and international competitive examinations, certification
examinations, etc.
The fundamental aim of this program is to give millions of students an access to their University
and career universe through single entry portal and offer direct facilitation to students, teachers
and managers of the Universities. This program offers eFacilitation to millions of University
students throughout their academic life cycle right from search of courses, admission, to finally
the award of degree. It goes further and also provides search in placements.
EASY (Employment Assistance Services to Youth) - designed and developed by MKCL
(RKCL’s Technology Partner) – A multifaceted job portal for career seeker as well employer
which offers jobs not only from private entrepreneurs' but Government too. Unlike general job
portal EASY offers services like competitive exam information, employment opportunities listed
in all the major newspapers of India.
Under the OASIS program, RKCL has also developed a generalized eAdmissions Framework for
online admissions to all professional and other courses. It has facilitated over 35000+ candidates
in last 1 year for hassle-free admissions. The eRecruitment Framework developed under the
OASIS program has been used for recruitment on 871+ posts in various Government
Departments, Ministries, Corporations, and Semi-Government Bodies.
Libreria - designed and developed by MKCL (RKCL’s Technology Partner) is a premier state
of art Library management system, to meet the needs of libraries both large and small. The
software is designed to automate all functionalities and operations of library according to
international standards. Libreria offers an efficient, flexible, and cost effective and user friendly
systems for Academic libraries, Colleges, Corporate houses as well as Public libraries.
All these frameworks are comparable to the best ones in terms of their architecture, performance,
mass personalized services and direct value addition to the customers. All these frameworks are
also seamlessly integrated with each other.
D. e-Governance Programs
RKCL's eGovernance Suite (developed by MKCL – RKCL’s Technology Partner) includes
SETS (Secured eTendering Solution) – a software framework tendering goods and services for
large enterprises.
The customized state-of-the-art eTendering solutions derived from this framework have been
very successfully deployed and used by large Public Sector Undertakings in Energy Sector for
their procurements of goods and services as well as award of works and contracts. The total
procurements through this highly secure system have exceeded US$ 2 Billion so far in India.
This framework has received national acclaim and demand and will be deployed in large number
14. of undertakings beyond Energy Sector.
Government IT literacy/training schemes as catered by RKCL
RKCL Course Schemes for Masses Government Department
RSCIT, RSCEL Skill Development Programme for ST Tribal Area Development
Youth conducted at (TAD)
TAD/MADA/Bikhri Hostels
RSCIT, RSCEL Swarna Jayanti Shahiri Rozgar Yojana Directorate of Local Bodies
(SJSRY) for Urban BPL Youth (DLB)
RSCIT,RSCEL, Akshat Kaushal Yojana for Unemployed Directorate of Employment
RSCFA Graduate Youth (DoE)
RSCIT, RSCEL Minority Youth Skill Development Directorate of Minority
Programme Affairs (DoMA)
RSCIT, Digital Skill Development for Women Women and Child
Saheli Development (WCD)
RSCIT SC Youth Skill Development Programme Scheduled Caste Development
Corporation (SCDC)
RSCIT, RSCEL Skill Up gradation of Potential Emigrant Rajasthan Mission on Skill &
Workers Livelihoods (RMoL)
RKCL Course Govt. Departments for whom staff training was conducted
RSCIT, CCTNS Police Department
Exam
RSCIT Board of Revenue for Rajasthan (BoR)
RSCIT Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL)
RSCIT Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (AVVNL)
RSCIT Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RVPNL)
RSCIT Jodhpur Discom Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JdVVNL)
RSCIT Home Guards & Civil Defence
RSCIT Select State hospitals/medical colleges under DoIT&C governed Arogya
Online aka eHealth Project
RS-LITE Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj & Gramin Vikas Sansthan (IGPR&GVS)
RS-LITE District e-Mitra Society at all districts
RKCL Course Plan Proposed Future Training Projects for
Govt. Departments
RSCIT for Urban BPL Youth Department of Planning (Manpower)
RSCIT for disadvantaged groups in society Social Justice & Empowerment Department
RSCIT for Inmates at Central Jails Rajasthan Prisons Department
RSCEL for Police Trainees Police Department
15. RKCL Performance in Numbers - eLearning Beneficiary Count during last
Fiscal i.e. FY 2011-12
Total
Course Scheme/Batch Department Learners Total
Trained
Regular Monthly
RKCL's own program 77513
Batch
Women & Child
RSCIT - Women 13015
Development
TAD/MADA - Hostel Tribal Area Development 5712
Skill Development Directorate of
2766
Program Minority Affairs
IT Skill Up gradation for newly
recruited Police Department 6442
constables
RSCIT 111027
SJSRY - Urban BPL
Directorate of Local Bodies 3821
Youth
BNRGSK - IT Education Rural Development &
46
at Rural Areas Panchayati Raj
Akshat Kaushal
Yojana - Unemployed Graduate Directorate of Employment 1487
Youth
IT Skill Rajasthan Mission on
Upgradation for 225
Skill & Livelihoods
Potential Emigrants
District e-Mitra Society
RS-LITE Staff Training Indira Gandhi Panchayati 1440 1440
Raj
& Gramin Vikas Sansthan
Regular RKCL's own program 135
SJSRY - Urban BPL
RS-CEL Directorate of Local Bodies 3122 5611
Youth
TAD Hostel Tribal Area Development 2354
Basic IT Literacy for Women & Child
Digital Saheli 22271 22271
Women Development
RS-CFA Regular RKCL's own program 336 336
16. RKCL Highlights
Capacity Building
Network of 1700+ ITGK in the state well equipped with more than 8,500 computers with
state-of-the-art hardware, software and internet connectivity
Huge capacity building and enrichment of infrastructural, financial, human and
intellectual resources for the state for providing learning, governance and empowerment
services to people
Network Coverage in all metropolitan, urban, semi-urban, rural, and tribal areas of the
state
Network Coverage in all districts and 200 + tehsils of the state
Services to the People
2 lac+ youth in the state were given state-of-the-art IT Literacy Training through
RKCL’s RS-CIT course in last 3 years at affordable cost
35,000+ youth have been given Online Government Recruitment Services across the
state through OASIS Framework.
Employment Generation
7000 youth in the state got direct employment and self-employment opportunities in this
network with decent and stable income at their own native places.
12,000 youth in the state got indirect job opportunities in this network at their own native
places.
Financial Benefits to Government
Turnover grew from ` 35 million to ` 297 million in 3 years i.e. from 2008-09 to 2011-
12 and Profit after Tax in 2011-12 to the tune of around ` 20 million gives a confidence
to state established enterprises
Paid ` 4 million+ to Government of India in last 3 years by way of taxes.
17. Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for RKCL
Total no. of RSCIT Literate Learners
120000 111027
100000
80000 Total no. of RSCIT
64903 62647
Literate Learners
60000 49070
40000
20000 10583
0
2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
(1st Qtr.)
18. No. of Recruitment Applications
processed via OASIS
16000
14000 15352 15771
12000
10000
No. of
8000 Recruitment
6000 Applications
2526 3000 processed via
4000
OASIS
2000
0
Commercial Dept. of IT&C Food & Civil Pre Primary
Taxes Dept. Services Education
Dept. Teacher
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