[icernet] A TV channel for students studying engineering and technology

[Arul Selvan]

An exclusive television channel for the benefit of students studying 
engineering and technology courses is to be launched on the Republic Day 
this year.    A free-to-air digital channel, this would be launched as 
part of Gyan Darshan by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
        Starting with 16 hours of daily transmission, it would 
eventually be a 24 hour channel, an official release said adding that 
infrastructure at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) would 
be used for uplinking this channel.
        Nearly 15 lakh students studying technical education in 1,200 
colleges across the country are expected to benefit from this 
initiative, the release said.   &nbspThe focus of the channel would be 
curriculum based programmes for undergraduate studies in engineering and 
technology. It would be coordinated by Indian Institute of Technology 
(IIT), Delhi; all IITs would participate in this venture.
        The channel would relay eight courses in a series to be telecast 
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A repeat telecast will also be made on 
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On Sundays, special interest programmes 
and small modules on thematic topics would be telecast, the release added.

Source:
PTI - 17th Jan 2003