Khan Academy's online math tutorial makes headway at NDMC schools

Khan Academy, one of the first online math teaching pro bono sites, has gained traction both in terms of publicity and fund raising, when Bill Gates, an ardent supporter, talked about the site at TED Talks and the Gates Foundation gave it a substantial grant. Since then, the site, which students had chanced on initially, has garnered 64 million registered users worldwide. At least 15 million students practice regularly.

Over a billion videos have been watched, and 10 billion problems solved. In India , two million users have signed on and there are a million monthly users. But even the ...Read Full Story

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue and is worth emulating: Bill Gates

India's Aadhaar technology does not pose any privacy issue and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank to take this approach to other countries as it is worth emulating, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said.

The 62-year-old multi-billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist said Nandan Nilekani, Infosys founder who is considered as the chief architect of Aadhaar, was consulting and helping the World Bank on the project.

Asked if India's Aadhaar technology is worth emulating by other countries, he replied, "Yes". "The benefits of that (basic ID — Aadhaar) are very high," he told PTI. More than a billion people in India have enrolled in Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric ID system.

"Yes, countries should adopt that approach because the quality of governance has a lot to do with how quickly countries are able to grow their economy and empower their people," Gates said in response to a question.

"We have funded the World Bank to take this Aadhaar approach to other countries," he said.

It is believed that several countries, including some from India's neighbourhood, have approached New Delhi for assistance in this matter.