Table 1 Instrument dependant variables

Section-I

Availability

 1

Adequate ICT infrastructure is available

 2

Institution campus is Wi-Fi

 3

Sufficient bandwidth is available for Internet

 4

ICT tools/software are easy accessible

 5

Institutions have clear policy framework to integrate ICT

 6

Sufficient funds are available to promote ICT based research and development

 7

Sufficient ICT tools/software and hardware are available in research laboratory

 8

Institutions have E-library

 9

Adequate E-journals/E-contents are available in library

 10

E-contents are easily accessible/subscribed in library

Usability

 11

ICT used in Planning and Management

 12

ICT tools/software used in research and development are reliable

 13

Use of ICT encourages research and project development

 14

ICT is used to exchange the research information with other organizations

 15

ICT used adequately in teaching, learning and research activities

 16

E-journals/E-contents effectively using in research and development

 17

ICT is used to access the E-contents from other libraries

 18

ICT is used to learn the lecture/lesson from other institutions experts through video conferencing

Section-II

Problems

 19

Time consuming to integrate ICT into teaching, learning, research and development

 20

Lack of readiness to adopt ICT technology in teaching and learning

 21

ICT tools/software not user friendly due to lack of training

Solutions

 22

Need to increase the latest ICT infrastructure

 23

Internet bandwidth should be increased

 24

Need to increase E-journals/E-contents as per requirement

 25

Need to enhance ICT in teaching and learning

 26

Need for training/workshop to learn ICT tools/software and equipment

Opportunities

 27

ICT increase the effective teaching and E-learning in classroom

 28

Students and Teachers feel more professional, motivate, confident while using ICT resources

 29

ICT provides more comprehensive material of a particular topic

 30

ICT plays an important role in admission and examination

 31

Integrate of ICT increase placement activities

 32

ICT reduce the cost for information exchange

 33

ICT helps in design to new projects in higher education

 34

Successful ICT integration will brighten the future of higher education

 35

Using the ICT available increases productivity in higher education