Edusat: A dedicated satellite for Education, National and State Level ICT Networks for Literacy, Elementary & Vocational Education and Teacher Training

Abstract

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) of Department of Space, Govt, of India conceived the idea of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the year 1993 through IGNOUISRO collaboration limited to the distance education students of IGNOU. In view of the effectiveness and success of this pioneering initiative, ISRO-IGNOU collaboration steadily grew. An Uplink, an equipment to project pictures and voice to a satellite from where it can be reflected back at specified ground locations provided with a receive terminal {an equipment to receive pictures and voice projected by an uplink to the satellite and reflected back to ground) was provided at Delhi in IGNOU by ISRO.