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|title = Meet Aakash, India's $35 'Laptop'|publisher = New York Times, October 5, 2011, Pamposh Raina and Heather Timmons|url = http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/meet-aakash-indias-35-laptop/?scp=1&sq=Aakash&st=cse|date = October 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="npr1">{{cite web
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In 2009, the Indian government had pledged a low-cost laptop to improve the quality of education within the country; however, the development process was beset by delays until Datawind won the tender for the tablet in late 2011.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} In the same year, Datawind made its entry into the Indian market with the launch of the Aakash tablet, developed for the Indian government to enhance the quality of education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-05 |title=India launches Aakash tablet computer priced at $35 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-15180831 |access-date=2022-05-28}}</ref> To enable ubiquitous, nationwide internet use, the Indian government announced at the October 2011 launch of the Aakash tablet that it will be offered to students at a subsidized price of $35<ref name="nyt" /> and to the public (as the ''Ubislate 7'') for $60.<ref name="nyt" /> At the subsidized price, the tablet would cost the same as a pair of shoes or a basic mobile phone.<ref name=":1" /> Some analysts claim that the tablet will not only have a positive impact on the education sector but will also lead to “has the potential to positively impact billions”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wadhwa |first=Vivek |date=2012-09-20 |title=How the Aakash tablet bounced back |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/how-the-aakash-tablet-bounced-back/2012/09/20/96f42406-034f-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html |access-date=2022-05-28 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In his study, Rajat Kathuria, external consultant at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), stated that the Indian economy could grow 10.08% faster with every 10% increase in internet and broadband connections in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wadhva|first=Vivek|title=Affordable tablets will give the poor a voice|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-22/all-that-matters/42291256_1_aakash-tablet-datawind-india-start|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925094823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-22/all-that-matters/42291256_1_aakash-tablet-datawind-india-start|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2013|access-date=15 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=September 22, 2013}}</ref>
The Ubislate tablets were commercially launched in April 2012, by which time bookings for the device had exceeded three-million units - more than ten times the size of the total market for tablets in India in the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cerejo|first=Roydon|title=Datawind launches Ubislate 7+ and 7C tablets in India|url=http://tech2.in.com/news/tablets/datawind-launches-ubislate-7-and-7c-tablets-in-india/301752|work=tech2.in|access-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427125952/http://tech2.in.com/news/tablets/datawind-launches-ubislate-7-and-7c-tablets-in-india/301752|archive-date=27 April 2012|url-status=dead}}
In 2012,<ref>{{cite news|title=Forbes Impact List 2012|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/impact/suneet-singh-tuli.html|newspaper=Forbes Magazine|year=2012}}</ref> Forbes magazine named the CEO of Datawind, Suneet Tuli, among the Impact 15 list of "classroom revolutionaries", who use innovative technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers throughout the world.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Agencies|first1=PTI|title=Datawind CEO in Forbes' top 15 'classroom revolutionaries'|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/hardware/Datawind-CEO-in-Forbes-top-15-classroom-revolutionaries/articleshow/17166916.cms?referral=PM|access-date=23 January 2015|agency=News Service|publisher=Timesofindia.com|date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
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