patna colleges and universities in bihar are likely to introduce the concept of virtual classrooms thanks to the initiative taken by the rajbhawanaccording to the scheme all the universities and colleges will be linked with each other and also with the rajbhawan through videoconferencing the the national informatics centre nic is likely to be made the nodal agency for development of information and communication technology infrastructure in all the 12 universities of the statedisclosing this at the inaugural function of a daylong workshop organised at nic office here on saturday osd to governor r krishna kumar said lectures delivered by reputed teachers of one institution can be attended by the students of all other institutions through videoconferencing to be facilitated by nic district centres besides university officials could also interact with college principals or other functionaries and redress the grievances of teachers employees and students through this process he saidthe workshop was attended by the examination controllers librarians and computer science faculty members of all the universities a thorough discussion on implementation of chanakya examination process automation software and egranthalaya automation and networking of libraries was heldkrishna kumar asked the universities to prepare the action plan for complete automation of examinations and libraries within a week and submit it to the rajbhawan funds would not be a constraint in the implementation of this itbased technology he saida formal decision on the issue would be taken at a meeting of vicechancellors to be held at rajbhawan on mondayofficers from nic hqs gave a detailed presentation on digitisation and networking of libraries of various universities and departments and implementation of egranthalaya software addressing the participants through videoconferencing from new delhi nic deputy director general m moni observed that library automation networking and interconnectivity through broadband connection should be an integral part of national egovernance plan he said five lakh libraries of the country should act as common service centres to usher in development of rural economy and globalisation