2. GYAN DARSHAN
• It is a satellite -based educational T.V
channel
• It was started on 26th January 2000
• It carries information's from educational
organisations like
UGC,CITA,NCERT,NIOS,IITS,TTTIS
• Operating through a C- band transponder
on INSAT 3C as a free -to- air channel has
been upgraded as a completely digital one
with effect from 26th January 2003
3. TYPES OF CHANNELS IN
GYAN DHARSHAN
Gyan Darshan –l
• Gyan Darshan - l beams round the
clock programmes acquired from UGC,
NCERT ,CIET,SIRT,IGNOU
• Gyan Darshan-ll
• Gyan Darshan-ll is a one way video and
two way audio satellite interactive
system
4. • This educational satellite to provide interactive
education using DVB-RCS technology
• It offers distance education through virtual
classroom mode and provides access to digital
repository of educational content hosted at
IGNOU.
• DVB-RCS is an acronym for Digital Video
Broadcasting-Return channel via satellite.It is a
specification for an interactive on demand
multimedia b satellite communication system
5. GyanDarshan-lll
• Gyan Darshan -lll is also known as 'Eklavya'.
• It offers programs for vocational and technical
education.
GyanDarshan -IV
• It is also known as 'vayas’.
• It serves to the higher education
sector
6. Gyan Darshan-V
• Gyan Darshan-V planned planned to
be launched soon
• The channel will be dedicated
exclusively to the programme on
science , technology and sustainable.
7. Advantages
• Television can bring the whole world
into the classroom and makes the past
alive.
• Television combines both sou and
pictures,moving and still,gets the
attention of viewers and has great
motivation power.
8. • It is a mass medium and can reach
vast number of viewers simultaneously
and at distant places .It van bring
distant places,objects,people ,events
and processes to the classroom.
• It can magnify even Small objects
which can be seen by several students
at a time and it can also show events
in slow and fast motions.
