Students' Wishlist for Internet Usage

A few days back I had a discussion with Dean Planning. During the discussion he asked me to prepare a wishlist for the internet users. This would become the foundation for the future internet users' policy. Today I have sent him the draft of the wishlist. I have mentioned the following points in the wishlist.

We want access to:

• Sites relevant to academics e. g. online libraries, journals, institutes/universities, government information sites etc.
• Search engines
• Personal communication: Email and messaging facilities for private purpose. Messaging may include chat sessions, IRC, newsgroups, electronic conferences.
• E-banking and e-trading sites approved by RBI.
• Online newspapers available worldwide.
• Official portals of engineering and software companies.

We would like to have access to:

• Sites related to legal affairs, finance, web-directories, online encyclopedias, job search, travel, photography and other hobbies, wildlife, art, religion, literature, e-shopping, maps and geographical information, history, movies/theatre/entertainment, health and fitness, online contests, etc.
• Sites facilitating personal communication e. g. yahoo.com for email and egroups, blogspots, online greeting cards, online diary etc. (IF NOT PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE).
• Sports news sites.

We also would like to have access to:

• Live updates of scores of Cricket and other sports.
• Live telecast from News and Sports channels through internet.