Institutions

The colleges form the nervous system of the Kerala Education grid and they would be the facilitators of this initiative. The colleges would provide the necessary infrastructure and other connectivity options enabling the students to make use of the KEG facilities optimally. Colleges would encourage their academic community to be the part of this initiative. The facilitation layer of colleges would be implemented through setting up of Education Grid Operations Centre (EGOC), Education Grid Resource Centres (EGRCs) and Member colleges.
The colleges interested in being a part of the Kerala Education Grid would contact the nearest Education Grid Resource Centre [EGRC] and would sign an MOU with the Resource Centre. The respective EGRC will be the focal point for all the activities related to content development, development of course materials and dissemination of the content.

The main role of colleges will be listed as below,
i. Individual colleges will be responsible for providing the approved contents to the teachers and students.

ii. Colleges will provide necessary building space and electricity supply for hosting the Education Grid infrastructure.

iii. Colleges will nominate three responsible persons viz: one senior faculty as coordinator, librarian cum information analyst and System Administrator for the Project. These persons will be responsible for maintaining and delivering the Education Grid contents to the students.

iv. Colleges will bear the expenses of hardware and software infrastructure requirements and connectivity necessary to maintain the services.

v. Colleges will bear the expenses for the training of teachers and administrators whenever such training programs are organized by the EGRC or the EGOC.

vi. Colleges will have the facility to deliver their own web-enabled courses. But such courses will be limited for distribution to the respective colleges only.

vii. College will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Kerala Education Grid through the respective EGRCs.
Colleges would the agencies that ensure the Education Grid Services to reach the academic community. EGOC will provide the necessary technical consultancy for the colleges to use low cost highly optimal technology for the benefit of students.