What is togdi?

togdi™ is an integrated solution for Grid Programming, Virtualization, Lab Management, IT Administration, Courseware Management and green-IT for Education Sector. It saves capital expenditure by about 65% and operational expenditure by 75-85% for institutes using traditional desktops. For a college using 500 traditional desktops, the electric power saved by togdi solution can be sufficient to power 500 village households or 200 urban households. Power saved is more valuable than power generated!!!

Advantages to Students

• Work on latest technologies – Virtualization, Grid Programming, Private Cloud
• Perform Lab practicals with root access – Kernel or Network programming would need root access
• Do client-server programming with server and “n” green clients
• Write a Program (C/C++/Java etc) on one OS (windows) and port it to another OS (Linux) from the same screen and same file location.
• Work on a desktop with independent OS (Windows/Unix), no sharing here
• Can work on windows and Unix platforms simultaneously
• Centralized storage, classmate(s) cannot overwrite or delete the data
• Connect to green desktop securely from Home, Internet café, travel or abroad and continue working from the same place/state you signed-off in the college
• Avoid using pen-drives to copy data between Home PC and college desktop, as the same data can be accessed from anywhere.
• View remotely the results of the computing operations performed earlier
• Live interaction with faculty for clarifying any doubts
• View the live demo of the practicals by faculty from the same room or from another city
• Check scheduled timetables for computer lab practical classes
• Learn from the e-materials provided by the faculty
• See the latest updates from faculty or management on e-notice board

Advantages to IT Administrators

• One time installation of OS and Applications and deploy the same for “n” students, any number of times in future
• Create, suspend and manage user(s) or a batch of students in 2 seconds; say create login accounts for 500 students in 2 seconds
• Create and deploy “n” number of green desktops for a selected batches in 2 seconds; say create a desktop each for 2000 students in 2 seconds
• Track revisions of green desktops when new applications or patches or upgrades are added
• Create examination setup for one or more batches; say for 3000 students in 5 seconds
• Manage IT Infrastructure remotely and View Lab usage “live”
• Take snapshot of green desktop along with installed applications and reset it to previous state (when virus attacked or when machine crashed, etc); Can clone this desktop snapshot
• Data backup is simplified with centralized storage of images and data of all users
• Can generate accurate IT audit reports anytime to management
• Eliminate manual counting and management of IT assets
• No need to walk to desktops physically, remote diagnosis helps here

Advantages to Faculty

• Prepare for next day’s class using same green desktop (from college) remotely from Home, Travel or abroad.
• Work on latest technologies – Virtualization, Grid Programming, Private Cloud, Client-Server/Kernel/Network programming
• Play with Virtualization, design experiments and teach Virtualization in “live” action
• Conduct the live demo of any application/programming
• Share the desktop to students remotely while explaining practical
• Schedule the timetable for computer practical classes
• Generate Lab Attendance report of students anytime
• Share the e-learning materials online with students, avoid sending them by emails
• Integrate NPTEL courses with practicals using togdi solution
• Observe, remotely, the programming/design steps student is performing
• Diagnose the problems faced by students remotely
• Can have an unified view of students’ desktop screens in “live”
• Conduct examinations in pristine environment, students will NOT have access to their previously created artifacts
• Develop course material in video, pdf, html, etc and publish online for students

Advantages to Management

Management here can be – HODs, Principal, Vice-Principal, Director, Vice-Chairman, Chairman, and Founder.

• Provide 1 dedicated green desktop to every student in the institute
• Ability to fill the technology gap between academic and IT industry; now the trend is Virtualization, Grid Computing, Network programming, Client-Server programming
• Faculty or trainer from a remote place can conduct online training to students or faculty
• Whenever required (during strikes, bundh, etc), conduct computer Lab classes remotely – students can connect from home or laptop or internet cafe
• Get accurate insight into how your IT assets are being utilized
• View IT audit reports any time; also useful when a malicious event happen in the institute
• Send notices, timetables and placement or internship details using e-notice board
• Reduce your further capital investments on IT infrastructure by 65% +
• Reduce current monthly IT operational expenditure by 75-85%
• Reduce the monthly IT power bill by 80% +
• Competitive business advantage of having 1:1 PC to student ratio,with no additional HW
• Government, peers and society recognition for energy conservation measures
• Comply with AICTE guidelines for IT infrastructure
• Ability to provide industry oriented training programs for students and faculty
• Extend specialized faculty’s services in one location by delivering it online to other sites
• Ability to identify who has misused the IT infrastructure and hence reduced liability
• Going green & social responsibility fulfillment
• Controlled examination environments made possible

Advantages to Society

• Reduced carbon footprint
• More power available to society as your IT power needs were reduced by 80%
• Less e-waste and hence a step towards sustainable environment