Edusat
EDUSAT Facility at EMMRC, Ahmedabad
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EDUSAT : India’s first exclusive satellite dedicated for Education
Introduction :
 Launching of GSLV-F01 |
EDUSAT is the first Indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector and was launched successfully by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) using GSLV-F01 on 20-9-2004. It is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite based distance education system for the country. It strongly reflects India’s commitment to use space technology for national development, especially for the development of the population in remote and rural locations. |
It is powerful enough to cover the whole Indian Sub-continent with its high power transponders of Ku band and C band. There are 5 regional and 1 national spot beams of Ku band and 1 national spot beam of Extended C band. There are Hub, Teaching End and large no. SITs and ROTs are connected with EDUSAT.
Gujarat University is also having SIT (Satellite Interactive Terminal) of
EDUSAT at EMMRC, Ahmedabad.This SIT is connected with CEC-UGC higher education network on EDUSAT. Apart
from CEC-UGC there are other users of this satellite i.e. AICTE, IGNOU, CIET-NCERT,
Vigyan Prasar – Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Lectures on different topics from different subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Management, Hindi Lit., English Lit.,Mass Communication, Genetics, Bio-informatics, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Library Science etc. are being delivered on the CEC network.
CEC is also providing a service called ‘Lecture on Demand (LoD)’
and these lectures are demanded by the students and faculties of various colleges
and departments of universities across the country. Lectures are also recorded
for the later viewing by students. Cataloguing process of these lectures is
going on.
List of Lectures multicast from EDUSAT studio at EMMRC, Ahmedabad.
Sr. No. |
Date |
Subject |
Topic |
Expert |
1. |
17-10-05 |
Economics |
In Focus : WTO Impact of Globalization & Liberalization in India |
Prof. Archana Dholakia Dept. of Economics, Gujarat University |
2. |
26-12-05 |
Physics |
Microwave and its applications |
Dr. A. D. Vyas Dept. of Physics, Gujarat University |
3. |
17-05-06 |
Education |
In Focus ACT : ICT Application For Education – EDUSAT (Education for masses) |
Mr. B. S. Bhatia
DECU-ISRO Mr. Harish Bhatt |
4. |
26-07-06 |
Mass Communication |
Edusat Network |
Mr. B. S. Bhatia DECU-ISRO |
5. |
09-08-07 |
EDUSAT |
EDUSAT Gateway |
Mr. Dharmesh Bhansali Mr. P. L. Rajshekhar SAC-ISRO |
6. |
14-08-07 |
Management |
Knowledge Management |
Prof. M. R. Dixit IIM-A |
7. |
14-08-07 |
Management |
Data warehousing and Data Mining : What are their
managerial applications? |
Prof. V. V. Rao IIM-A |
8. |
11-02-08 |
Sociology |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
Dr. Gaurang Jani Dept. of Sociology, Gujarat University |
9. |
12-02-08 |
Sociology |
Communal Violence in India |
Dr. Gaurang Jani Dept. of Sociology, Gujarat University |
10. |
07-03-08 |
Library and Information Science |
Open Access |
Dr. Jagdish Arora INFLIBNET |
11. |
21-04-08 |
Mass Communication |
Visualization & Idea Generation Techniques |
Prof. Amar Gargesh MICA |
12. |
22-04-08 |
Mass Communication |
Creativity in Design and Layout |
Prof. Subhash Tendle MICA |
13. |
23-04-08 |
Mass Communication |
Graphic Communication Process & Animation |
Prof. Subrata Bhowmick |
14. |
11-08-08 |
Environment & Technology |
Find Yourself on Globe |
Dr. N. G. Dikshit |
15. |
12-08-08 |
Environment & Technology |
Urban Environment |
Prof. Rutool Sharma CEPT University |
16. |
13-08-08 |
Environment & Technology |
E-Governance & Geographical Information System
(GIS) |
Prof. Anjana Vyas CEPT University |
17. |
14-08-08 |
Environment & Technology |
Urban Flood Management Case Study using GIS |
Prof. Anjana Vyas CEPT University |
18. |
09-09-08 |
Information Technology |
Access Management for Digital Libraries and Institutional
Repositories |
Dr. Jagdish Arora INFLIBNET |
19. |
11-09-08 |
Information Technology |
Libraries 2.0 : Innovative Technologies for Building
Libraries of Tomorrow |
Dr. Jagdish Arora INFLIBNET |
More than 1500 visitors have visited EDUSAT class room. Which includes students , Head & faculty members of different P.G. departments of Gujarat University and Colleges visited EDUSAT Studio at EMMRC.
List of departments, who have visited EDUSAT Class room
B. K. School of Bus. Mgt., Guj. Uni. |
Labour Welfare Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Geology Dept., M. G. Sci. Institute |
Space Sci. Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Environmental Sci. Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Geography Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Botany Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Geomatics Dept., CEPT Uni. |
Centre for Devlopment Communication (CDC), Guj.
Uni. |
Journalism Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Psychology Dept., Guj. Uni |
Hindi Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Environmental Sci. Dept., Guj. Uni. |
S.L.U. Arts College |
Economics Dept., Guj. Uni. |
M. P. Arts College |
Political Sci. Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Bhavan's Arts College |
Chemistry Dept., Guj. Uni |
Bhavan's Science College |
Urdu Dept., Guj. Uni. |
J. G. College of Education |
Library Sci. Dept., Guj. Uni. |
J. G. College of Performing Arts |
Mathematics Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Bio-Medical Technology Dept., Guj. Uni. |
History Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Zoology Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Physical Education Dept., Guj. Uni. |
Academic Staff College (ASC), Guj. Uni |
Statistics Dept., Guj. Uni. |
H. K. Arts College |
Lecture on Demand Facility
List of departments, who have sent their LoD
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E - Courses
Short term e-courses also are conducted by CEC through EDUSAT
platform. Students from our university have taken
benefit of such courses.
Some of such courses are as following…
1) E-course on Script Writing for Film and Television : registered students : 31
2) E-course on Editing for Film and Television : registered students : 25
3) E-course on Digital Library and Information Service : registered students : 14
4) E-course on Marketing Communication and Salesmanship : registered students : 20
Currently 3rd EDUSAT Based Distance Learning Programme on ‘Basics of Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS)’ for UG/PG students in Universities/Institutes is going on from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun. Total 187 students from different dept.s of Gujarat Uni. & CEPT Uni. have registered for this course. Last year, 154 students have registered for the same course.
Recorded lectures, Reading material, ILWIS software, Slides used by experts during the lectures etc. are provided to these registered students.
For more information visit CEC website or paste the following link in the browser
www.cec-ugc.org/edusat/whole6.html