Presentations of eBasta project of CDAC Mumbai.

1. www.ebasta.in

2. About eBasta
• eBasta provides a framework to make school
books accessible in digital forms as eBooks
• Conceived to lessen burden of school books
• eBooks/eContent from various stateboards
and publishers available at one portal
• Target Users – Schools, Teachers, Students
• URL: www.ebasta.in

3. Problems Addressed
Editing
Proof reading
Printing
Transportation &
Delivery

4. Issues with existing eBook Portals
• eBooks/eResources available as a single book/resource.
Collections of study material for a Class or for a topic is not
available.
• Students tend to get lost while accessing various resources
downloaded from web
• filenames as chosen by the provider.
• Scattered in various directories generally as a flat list of
files.

5. eBasta App
• Students can view the
downloaded eBasta using
eBasta App
• Renders eBasta as defined by
teacher/school in eBasta
structure
• Available for free download
on Google Playstore
Components of eBasta Framework
eBasta Portal
Schools
• Assemble resources
(eContent) in form of an
eBasta.
Students
• Download prescribed eBasta
• Explore eBasta/eContent and
download
Publisher
• Upload eContent

6. eBasta Framework

7. What is eBasta?

8. eBasta Structure
• Hierarchically organised
resources.
• Structure can be created by
teacher
• Subject wise (maths, science,
language)
• Based on nature of resources
(textbook, manuals, etc)
• Can be nested.
• The eBasta app understands this
structure and supports
navigation.
• eBasta Structure is defined by the
School/Teacher

9. Overall Statistics
• Number of eContents – 1314
• Number of eBasta Downloads – 1211
• Number of eContent Downloads – 14,704
• Number of Registered & Active Schools – 709

10. Publishers with Us
Publishers on eBasta Portal
Stateboards Private
CBSE Katha Books
Madhya Pradesh SCERT & Textbook Board
Corporation
ManPari
Maharashtra (Balbharati): Pratham Books
Karnataka Textbook Society SBPD Publications
Tamilnadu TextBook Corporation Unicorn Books Pvt. Ltd
Punjab State Board
SIERT,Rajasthan
West Bengal

11. Publishers on eBasta Portal
Stateboards Private
Bihar Macmillan Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.,
Schand
Odisha Ideal, Madhuban, MBD, Modern Publishers,
Pearson,
Chattisgarh BPI, Ekalavya, Cambridge Press
Coming Soon

12. Home Page
www.ebasta.in

13. Search eBasta

14. Preview eBasta

15. Buy eBasta (Step 1)

16. Buy eBasta (Step 2)

17. Buy eBasta (Step 3)

18. Buy eBasta (Step 4)

19. Create eBasta

20. Create eBasta (contd)

21. Search eContent

22. App Screenshots

23. Splash Screen

24. Available eBastas

25. Preview eBasta

26. Current eBasta

27. Contents of book

28. ebasta@cdac.in / etu@cdac.in
http://www.ebasta.in
Thank You!

29. eBasta - Advantages
Schools
• Provide teachers with a
chance to choose and
bundle content
according to their
teaching methods.
• Provide teachers who
contribute
content/generate more
relevant collections
nation-wide visibility.
• Wider pool with peer
evaluation for selection
of resources.
• Reduce logistics
problems of book
availability in time.
Students
• Reduce the weight-
burden of books.
• Access to richer
resources.
• All material available
any time, and easily
accessible.
• Logical organisation of
the resources.
• Long-term reduction in
cost.