GyanDarshan and GyanVani are educational TV and radio channels in India that provide educational content. EDUSAT is an educational satellite launched in 2004 to provide interactive distance education across India. It has revolutionized classroom teaching through IP technology. The Consortium for Educational Commission is a primary user of EDUSAT and has over 100 terminals installed across colleges and universities to provide higher education in remote areas through satellite network. Live transmissions on EDUSAT allow subject experts to deliver lectures to students at different sites who can interact with the experts through audio, video, text or phone. VICTERS is an education channel on EDUSAT that offers virtual classrooms for direct communication between students, teachers and experts to dissemin

1. GyanDarshan
GyanDarshan-I is a satellite based TV channel devoted to educational and developmental
needs of the society. Then there is GyanDarshan-II / Edusat, which is an exclusive
educational satellite to provide interactive education using DVB-RCS technology. It offers
distance education through Virtual Class Room mode and provides access to digital
repository of educational content hosted at IGNOU. The GyanVani educational FM Radio
network provides programmes covering different aspects and levels of education including
Primary and Secondary Education, Adult Education, Technical and vocational Education,
Higher Education and Extension Education.
What is the social value of this project
Through these multifarious technological interventions,IGNOU is putting maximum efforts in extending its reach
beyond the borders ofthe country and facilitate international students.Whatis laudable is IGNOU's continuous
pursuitin providing higher and quality education using digital tools and technologies and reaching outto the
unreached.
Educational channels are in existence in India for over three years. Since the launch of Gyan
Darshan on January 26, 2000, the bouquet of educational TV channels today has three
completely digital and round-the-clock channels. In November 2001, a FM radio channel
called Gyan Vani was started which too has expanded manifold in its content and reach.
Gyan Vani
Gyan Vani is an educational FM Radio channel operating through FM stations from various parts of
the country. With 10 FM stations at Allahabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Vishakhapatnam, Mumbai,
Lucknow, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi already on air in the first half of 2003, the network is
slated to expand to a total of 40 stations.
Gyan Vani stations operate as media cooperatives, with day-to-day programmes contributed by
various Ministries, educational institutions, NGOs and national level institutions such as IGNOU,
NCERT, UGC, IITs and open universities. Each station has a range of about 70 km radius, which
covers the entire city/town as well as the surrounding area. Gyan Vani serves as an ideal medium for
niche listeners and for addressing local educational, developmental and socio-cultural requirements.
The programmes are in English, Hindi and the language of the region. The broadcast duration varies
from stations to station, and is in the range of 8-12 hours.
EDUSAT
EDUSAT is the satellite exclusively devoted to meet the demands of educational sector. It was
launched on September20, 2004 by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to meet ever
increasing demand for an interactive satellite-based distance education system for the country. It
has revolutionized classroom teaching through IP based technology. EDUSAT has five KU band
transponders providing spot beams, one KU beam transponder providing national beam and six
extended C-band transponders providing national coverage beams.
Consortium for Educational Commission (CEC) is one amongst the five primary users of this
educational satellite. ISRO has adjudged the CEC as “the best EDUSAT National Beam User” in July
2008.

2. At present, there are over hundred Satellite Interactive Terminals (SITs) and Receive only
Terminals (RoTs) under CEC EDUSAT network, installed at various colleges, Academic Staff
Colleges and Universities across the country. Many more are being added with the purpose of
providing quality higher education to the remote areas through satellitenetwork.CEC EDUSAT
network is empowering students through cutting edge technology and caters the needs of students
across the country.
EDUSAT live transmission
CEC EDUSAT network has done exceptionally well in the past and has won many laurels since it
began live transmission on 5th September 2005. In the live transmission, CEC acts as the teaching
end. Subject Experts deliver lectures live. These lectures are received by various SITs and RoTs.
They are known as Class Room End. The Teaching End can be shifted from one SIT to another.
Thus, the students can benefit from experts located in various Educational Institutions across the
country.
The Expert can address the queries of the students in the live mode. The students can interact and
ask questions using the following three methods.
 Audio Video Conferencing
 Text Mode
 Through Telephones
VICTERS[edit]
IT@School is the nodal agency for implementing EDUSAT network and runs an exclusive
channel for education called VICTERS (Versatile ICT Enabled Resource for Students), which is
now aired for 17 hours a day- from 6am to 11pm.India's epoch making first broadband network
on EDUSAT for schools, "VICTERS" inaugurated by A P J Abdul Kalamthe President of India on
28 July 2005 in Thiruvananthapuram. VICTERS offers interactive virtual classrooms that enable
the school students as well as the teachers to directly communicate with the subject experts and
educationists. It also ensures the dissemination of high quality education to the students and
teachers from the original source.