Rajiv Gandhi Tech University-Knowledge Universe

This project from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal is a portal

solution, enabling collaboration among students, academicians, industry experts

and various other entities of RGTU. The main objective was active and dynamic

participation from all quarters to expand and enrich the knowledge of each

individual. This portal can invite external experts to share their expertise

with the students. It has branch-specific links; for instance, a student

interested in electronics can go to the electronics link under I- Learning

option. The application used .NET Nuke and was hosted on the web server of RGTU,

which had Windows 2003 along with IIS 6.0 and SQL Server 2000. The portal made

students' lives easier by enabling discussion forums and blogs, via which

students can interact with each other and share their knowledge. The portal also

provides general information to all the students of the latest happenings inside

the campus like campus drive news, latest technology news, activities inside the

campus, and so on. This project was initiated in December 2006 and was completed

in April 2007, a month before the stipulated deadline. The next phase of this

project includes a separate dedicated web server for “KU” along with leased line

to handle heavy traffic, followed by team expansion and then, finally, user

training at colleges. The project is still in the beta stage and will be fully

active by September this year.