All the video and course materials at 23 workshops at 2009 FLI have been captured and integrated using a Smart Learn software and is be available for participants and colleges to purchase at a reasonable price (Rs. 25,000 for all workshops and Rs. 2,000 for individual workshops). There is considerable interest among the global community for these materials. The E-Learning Disks will be launched for the global audience at the Global Colloquium in Budapest in October. Details about the E-Learning Kits and ordering information is available at http://iucee8.wordpress.com/

The 2009 Indo US Engineering Faculty Institute (2009 FLI) was successfully concluded at Infosys Technologies in Mysore from June 22 to July 10, 2009. Like last year we have 580 participants attending 23 workshops with 16 given by Professors from USA and 7 by industry partners over the 3 weeks. The difference being, this time we had 140 professors from various NITs and about 100 were people who had attended last year and had conducted several workshops and accomplished the goals as set out in IUCEE vision documents. We have recordings of some of these sessions where they have shared their success stories with the other participants. Details of the workshops as well as the Participants Forum are available at the blog site http://iuceeblog.wordpress.com/ and other blogs linked to it under Blogroll.

IUCEE has participated in the preparation of PanIIT Higher Education Report which was submitted to the President of India on July 15 in New Delhi. The Report mentions the role of IUCEE in the implementation of some of the proposals and recommends GOI funding for IUCEE.

More than 600 faculty from all over India are attending the 2009FLI at the Global Education Center in Mysore. Details are under Events