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programme schedule by the channel coordinators, display of programme schedule (current, upcoming
and archives), searching of e-content/videos using different kinds of filters such as channel-wise search
and subject-wise search; and dashboard for MHRD, BISAG and admin view. The portal would also

provide for playing of archival videos that have already been telecasted on the channels.

The SWAYAM-PRABHA, an MHRD project under NME-ICT, is conceived as a group of 32 DTH channels
devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15
transponders. New content for at least four hours are being telecasted that would be repeated 5 more
times in a day, allowing the student to choose the time slot as per their convenience. SWAYAM-PRABHA
covers the following lectures of education:

a) Higher Education: Curriculum-based course contents at post-graduate and under-graduate level

covering diverse disciplines such as arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences and
humanities, engineering, technology, law, medicine, agriculture, etc. All courses would be
certification-ready in their detailed offering through SWAYAM, the platform being developed for
offering MOOCs courses.

b) School education (9-12 levels): Modules for teacher’s training as well as teaching and learning aids

for children of India to help them understand the subjects better and also help them in preparing for
competitive examinations for admissions to professional degree programmes.

c) Curriculum-based courses: Curriculum-based courses that can also meet the needs of life-long
learners of citizens in India and abroad.

d) IIT-PAL: Four dedicated channel for competitive exam preparation.

14.1. Channels Details

Details of SWAYAM-PRABHA’s Channels and Channel Route is given below in Table 31.

Channel Channel Name Channel Route/Parent

No.
Channels 01-10 are Managed by UGC/CEC, New Delhi
1 Channel 01: CEC/UGC: Humanities- 1, EMRC, EFLU, Hyderabad
Language and Literature
2 Channel 02: CEC/UGC: Humanities- 2, Arts, CEC, New Delhi
History,Philosophy and related Subjects

3 Channel 03: CEC/UGC: Social Science -1, CEC, New Delhi
Sociology, Political Science and related
Subjects
Channel 04: CEC/UGC: Social Science - 2,

4 Education, Psychology, Home Science and CEC, New Delhi
related Subjects

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