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CEC News
Vol.19 No. 09 SEPTEMBER 2018
Consortium for Educational Communication
(An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission on Electronic Media)
Media and Education Our Activities EduToon Lecture of the Month CEC MOOCs CEC Swayam Prabha
3-6 7-9 10 11 12-13 DTH Channel 14-18
CEC UGC
Director’s desk
Editorial Desk
Prof. Jagat Bhushan Nadda
Editor Director,CEC, New Delhi
Dr. Shatruddha
Research Scientist
Friends,
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, formerly President of India, teacher,
philosopher, and statesman, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as
Teachers’ Day, believed that education must be imparted keeping in
mind the type of society we desire to build. Hence, values like human
dignity and equality must reflect in our education system. Therefore,
Assistant Editor
we at CEC are constantly engaged in empowering the learners and
Ms. Srishti Sharma
Content Writer educators of India through Digital Education. It is our onerous responsi-
bility to usher in a better future for the coming generations by taking
education to the remotest learners across socio-economic and
gender biases. To commemorate Teachers’ Day, we plan to celebrate
the occasion at CEC by felicitating various Academicians associated
with CEC.
Committed to bringing qualitative changes in Digital Higher Education,
Design by CEC regularly organizes orientation & training workshops, and semi-
Mr. Prem Chander nars for training the trainers for development and delivery of Massive
Graphic Designer/Animator Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on MHRD’s SWAYAM platform.
Today, the world is at the inception of the age of the Internet of Every-
thing (IoE). Thus, time is ripe to encourage its application in the sphere
of education to make learning more dynamic and accessible. CEC is
working to create this new educational ecosystem with focus on
increasing Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER).
I am hopeful that the new era of digital learning would make its own
place in the discourse of teaching and learning. It is time to embrace
this dawn of digitized education and move towards a better and
brighter future.
Best Wishes…
JagatBhushanNadda
Chief Editor
Prof. Jagat Bhushan Nadda
Director,CEC
2 CEC News September 2018
Media & Education
Technology Enabled Learning:
Genesis and Future
Ms. Srishti Sharma
Content Writer, CEC, New Delhi
The history of distance learning made its humble
beginning in the form of postal courses in 18th
century Europe. Isaac Pitman is considered to be
the pioneer in distance learning when he started
postal courses for shorthand in 1840s.
Distance education took another century to reach
India, when, in 1929, All India Radio broadcast the
first educational programme named School Broad-
cast in Bombay for the underprivileged. In 1959,
Doordarshan’s educational programmes were
aired twice a week, propelling India into the arena
of audio-visual media for quality education dissem-
ination. In 1961, curriculum-based lectures on
Physics, Chemistry, English and Hindi were telecast
as part of the Secondary School TV project intro-
duced in Delhi to promote quality-enhanced
teaching standards.
Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE)
was launched, in 1975, to use satellite to telecast educational content through modes of ICT with
development and educational programmes target- the help of its media centres.
ing 2,330 villages of India. Again, in 1984, UGC
started an educational TV project in collaboration The idea of promoting and increasing the
with INSAT named Country Wide Classroom outreach distance learning in the country through
(CWCR) wherein 1-hr educational programmes on optimum use of technology gained a strong-hold
various subjects were telecast for the enrichment after the launch of India’s first communication
of undergraduate students and other learners. satellite known as EDUSAT by ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organization) in 2004. EduSat served as
In 1993, the Consortium for Educational Commu- a prime source of educational-content dissemina-
nication (CEC) was established by UGC to address tion for CEC. Also, a 24-hr higher education chan-
the higher education needs of the country by nel - Vyas was also assigned to CEC later in order
production and dissemination of multimedia to telecast higher educational programmes.
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In 2009, MHRD launched the NME-ICT project to ed in any disciplinary stream is given an open
promote technology enabled learning in the arena to learn and undertake their desired course
country. Here, CEC, given the responsibility to as per their convenient time, pace and place. In
develop e-content in undergraduate (UG) this context, MOOCs are the future of education,
subjects, developed e-content for all 87 under- to counter the scarcity of education resources like
graduate subjects, thus acting as the bedrock for infrastructure, faculty and educational facilities.
future endeavors on digital based distance learn-
India is an emerging nation with massive develop-
ing. The culmination of the journey that distance
mental requirements, where providing quality
learning undertook in India was SWAYAM which
education across socio-economic and
was launched in 2016, and wherein, CEC was
gender-based barriers is a herculean task. Howev-
made the national coordinator for developing
er, a majority of the Indian population is less than
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on
35 years of age with the potential to propel India
non-technical undergraduate (UG) subjects.
as a technologically advanced knowledge super-
power in the world. This can be achieved by
providing our workforce with quality education
and apt skill sets. Therefore, MOOCs counter the
challenges faced by the Indian higher education
system, providing quality education free of cost to
anyone, anytime and anywhere.
Realising the potential of MOOCs, the Govern-
ment of India launched the SWAYAM Prabha
project, an MHRD initiative to provide quality
educational content through 33 higher education
DTH channels. The project based on
Direct-To-Home (DTH) television transmission of
lectures conducted by nodal organizations like
CEC and its regional centres provides education
to the remotest learners having little or no access
to the internet.
In conclusion, it becomes imperative that innova-
tive pedagogical disruptions like MOOCs are
The field of higher education is sensitive to inno- incorporated into teaching and learning to further
vative teaching pedagogy and technology, which enhance the possibility of providing every learner
can be witnessed in the progression of distance with equal access to education.
education from postal courses to the Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs). MOOCs are open
courses accessible online, where anyone interest-
4 CEC News September 2018
Media & Education
Digital Education in India- Prospects
and Challenges
Dr. Archana Prasad, Assistant Prof.
Kamla Nehru College, New Delhi.
Technology has revolutionized education across access of students. In a country like India, where a
the globe in recent years. There has been a rapid large number of learners don’t have access to
increase in the use of computers, radio, internet educational institutions, digital education reaches
and mass media for imparting both formal and out to one and all equally. Learners in remote
informal information and for various educational villages can also utilize the digital medium to learn
purposes. The integration of modern technology and take competitive exams from the comforts of
with education has led to emergence of a new their homes. Through digital education, students
phenomenon known as ‘Digital Education’ in the can seek take guidance, training and advice from
forms of virtual classrooms, online lectures and renowned teachers across the globe.
videos available on social media. Digital education, The vision of imparting education through ICT
thus, refers to various modes of teaching and enabled means is a huge step towards building a
learning assisted by technological devices such as nation where every citizen is educationally
mobiles, computer, and other gadgets. The term empowered. However, there are a large number
has become a buzz word in every part of the world of challenges or hurdles faced by the higher
today, especially with the youth. In India, digital education system in India. Some of the challenges
education emerged in the early 1990s with are highlighted below:
advancement in Information and Communication
Technology. • Poverty and illiteracy- In India around 22 %
Digital education has brought radical changes in of people live below poverty line and 26 % of the
modes of imparting higher education. The conven- populations are illiterate. Poverty and illiteracy
tional teaching method of “chalk and talk” has been prevent this population from taking benefits of
replaced by modern gadgets such as smart board modern technology that is revolutionalising
and white board. Face-to-face learning has given education.
way to learning through i-pads, computer and
mobile where students have access to individual • Language Barrier –One of the main barri-
log-in and data being maintained individually on ers for higher education in India is the language
the portal for each of them. The use of gadgets and barrier. This is so because there are 1600
internet has paved way to make teaching and languages and dialects spoken all across country
learning more interactive and innovative and assist and the learners have little access to translated
in monitoring as well. As a result, it is a win-win texts.
situation for both learners and teachers. In today’s
society, digital learning is more acceptable as it is • Rural-urban divide- A barrier to the use of
flexible in terms of time and space as well as can technology is an outcome of the divide between
be highly personalized. A student can choose rural and urban areas due to lack of infrastruc-
his/her time and place of learning. Even teachers ture, low level of literacy and lack of awareness. In
and scholars can record their lectures at their rural areas people find it difficult to take advan-
convenience and upload them online for easy tage of technology due to lack of knowledge and
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to students from different section of society in
skills. Also there are very few teachers who have both rural and urban areas. Learning becomes
formal training in digital technology. Most of the accessible to even those who cannot afford to join
people after getting training in technology and educational institution for economic or other
modern gadgets move to urban areas for employ- reasons.
ment as they get higher salary and compensation.
Often the lack of knowledge among teachers and • Experiential and individualized learning-
lack of interest among students education in rural Education through mobiles and internet is a
areas continue to be imparted in the traditional platform which can be used according to skills
method of chalk and blackboard. and merits of individual learners. It provides the
possibility to go through lessons repeatedly
• Unavailability of infrastructure- The com- according to individual’s desire. Also, students can
plete integration of digital technology into educa- consult the teachers according to their individual
tion systems remains difficult because of the lack queries and questions.
of requisite funds and infrastructure. Digital
education requires extensive use of computers, • Eco-friendly – Use of technology in educa-
mobiles, internet and other technologies which is tion is a step towards being more eco-friendly as
limited in rural areas. Also where infrastructure it reduces the use of paper and books. Lectures,
exists, it remains unutilized because of the lack of tutorials and other activities are taught and read
knowledge and skills needed. through electronic media. This is a boon for the
environment especially at a time when Global
• Lack of Awareness- Many a times the Warming poses a grave threat to life on earth.
education technology is there, yet few people are
available for making it functional since a majority Looking into the advantages of digital education,
of people show lack of interest in using modern the Indian government, under the leadership of
technology on the pretext that technology is a Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, launched the
western import and it is destroying the tradition mission of ‘Digital India’ in 2015. It is a flagship
of Indian society. This negative attitude towards programme initiated to improve digital literacy in
technology prevents a large mass from under- the country. The aim is to extend literacy to rural
standing the positive role of technology in making India by making use of mobile and internet tech-
education a reality for everyone. nology. Some of the initiatives introduced by the
government to make digital education a reality
• Gender Divide- Another major challenge are:
facing digital education in India is the persistence •SWAYAM - an indigenously developed IT platform
of gender divide in India. Most technology and that facilitates the hosting of courses taught from
educational institution are availed by men only class 9 up to post-graduation. It can be accessed
because of social practices of gender discrimina- by anyone, anywhere at any time
tion and also due to low level of literacy and low •Nand Ghar- an initiative to train Anganwadi
employment rate among women. educators to use digital tools as teaching aids in
the Anganwadi centres.
However, the benefits of digital education far •E-basta - a program that aims to transform
outweigh the above mentioned challenges and school text books into digital e-books to be read
hurdles to higher education in India: on tablets and laptop
• Portable and flexible- Both learning and Digital technology removes the barriers of gender,
teaching can be done at time and space that is region, religion and class by providing all learners
convenient to individuals. Students and teachers with equal access to quality education. The higher
often find digital education more approachable education system in India is fast moving towards
as they can learn and teach when they are digital education that enables democratization of
relaxed. education, further strengthening the vision of
“Digital India.”
• Inclusive education –Digital education
through use of modern technology reaches out
6 CEC News September 2018
Activities
CEC organizes Workshop for Development and Delivery of MOOCs for Course
Coordinators at EMRC-Calicut
The Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) organised a 2-day workshop for “Development
and Delivery of Fresh MOOCs” for Course Coordinators at EMRC Calicut, on 2nd and 3rd August, 2018.
Prof. Jagat Bhushan Nadda, Director - CEC, while inaugurating the MOOCs orientation workshop at
Calicut University, urged the teaching faculty to engage with MOOCs on the SWAYAM platform and facili-
tate the conduct of online courses. He added that the MOOCs are becoming increasingly popular
among students. He also appreciated the best efforts taken by the Calicut University and the EMMRC
for launching 15 MOOCs. Dr. Mohammed Basheer, Vice-Chancellor, Calicut University also remarked
that the EMRC has taken an important lead in developing MOOCs.
D. Damodar Prasad, Director, EMRC-Calicut welcomed the dignitaries, experts and participants to the
workshop. The workshop was divided into four sessions about the process involved in developing Fresh
MOOCs for SWAYAM, Guidelines issued by the MHRD and UGC, and procedure of proposal develop-
ment and submission. These sessions on different aspects of MOOCs production were conducted by
Mr. Nageshwar Nath, JD/HW – CEC, Dr. Unnati Gulaty and Dr. Asmita Bakshi, Academic Coordinators,
CEC. The workshop was attended by the teaching faculty involved in developing MOOCs.
Participants were also familiarized with academic and technical requirements for development of a
MOOC on uploading the content and delivery of the course on SWAYAM.
Prof. J.B. Nadda, Director - CEC, Mr. Nageshwar Nath, JD/HW - CEC, Dr. Mohammed Basheer, VC, Calicut University and other members at CEC's
workshop for Development & Delivery of MOOCs at EMRC - Calicut.
6-Day Training Workshop on Digital Learning by CEC & SUPVA
A 6-day workshop on Digital Learning was organized jointly by the Consortium for Educational Commu-
nication (CEC), New Delhi and State University of Performing and Visual Arts (SUPVA), Rohtak, Haryana
at SUPVA from 23rd - 28th July, 2018. The 6-day workshop covering 9 subjects was attended by over 400
teachers from various Government Colleges of Haryana, where Dr. Inayat Chaudhary, Academic Coordi-
nator - CEC instructed them about using ICT tools for dissemination of CEC’s digital educational content.
Speaking on the occassion, Director - CEC, Prof. J.B. Nadda remarked that a series of more such work-
shops will be organized throughout the year covering various other subjects, as CEC has the largest
repository of e-content for 87 undergraduate (UG) Subjects. Therefore, CEC will provide training to the
teachers belonging to various Government Colleges and, thereafter, extend it to the Government aided
colleges.
CEC News September 2018 7
Activities
72nd Independence Day Celebrated at
CEC
On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, the CEC
staff members enthusiastically participated in the
celebration with fervor and solemnity. The Tricolour
was unfurled by Mr. Santosh Lakra, Library Atten-
dant, CEC followed by singing of the National
Anthem in CEC premises.
Director CEC, Prof. J.B. Nadda greeted the staff on
the occasion and, in his brief address, recounted
the sacrifices made by India’s freedom fighters. He
highlighted the importance of education for the
socio-economic progress of our nation and asked
all staff members to take a pledge to take the noble
initiative of digital higher education content
creation to new heights and make CEC an exempla-
ry organization while contributing to the Digital
India Mission. Prof. Nadda also remarked that true
Independence can only be achieved when the
country would be safe for women and when educa-
tion would be available for free to all. “We as
citizens of India must work with the spirit of collec-
tive welfare to make our nation a knowledge super-
power in the world,” remarked Prof. Nadda. The
ceremony ended with the distribution of sweets
among the staff.
Flag Hoisting Ceremony at CEC
Governing Board Meeting & Financial Committee Meeting convened at CEC
Sh. Pankaj Vohra, Media Expert chaired 42nd Governing Board (GB) meeting of the Consortium for
Educational Communication (CEC) on 14th August, 2018 at CEC, New Delhi. After welcoming the dignitar-
ies attending the meeting, Prof. J.B. Nadda, Director – CEC, made a presentation about CEC’s growth
trajectory, progress status activities and new initiatives. He informed the members about the progress
on projects like development and delivery of MOOCs and 11 CEC-UGC SWAYAM Prabha DTH Channels.
The Governing Board appreciated the progress seen in CEC’s social media networking informing more
and more learners of CEC’s 11 DTH Higher Education Channels on SWAYAM Prabha and of the Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on MHRD’s SWAYAM platform and Mr. Vohra congratulated Director
CEC and staff for this remarkable leap of progress. The meeting was attended by other council members
namely: Dr. Manju Singh, JS – UGC & IUC In-charge, Prof. Nageshwar Rao, VC, IGNOU, Prof. Nitin R.
Karmalkar, VC, SP Pune University, Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member Secretary - IGNC, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar
Singh, Director, EMRC Indore, Prof. Himanshu A. Pandya, VC, Gujarat University and Mr. D. Damodar
Prasad, Director, EMRC Calicut.
Mr. Vohra also chaired the 22nd Financial Committee Meeting at CEC on 14th August, 2018. Director –
CEC welcomed the Chairman and other members of the Finance Committee and apprised them of
various activities, initiatives and future plans of CEC. In the meeting, the minutes of the 21st Financial
Committee Meeting were confirmed and the committee approved the audited accounts for the financial
year 2017-18. The committee also considered the budget estimates for the year 2018-19 with respect
8 CEC News September 2018
Activities
to CEC and its EMRCs along with revising of stipend to students coming to CEC for internship/job train-
ing. The meeting was attended by other members namely: Mr. P.K. Thakur, Financial Advisor, UGC, Mr.
S.K. Ray, Ex-AS & FA, MHRD, Mr. Nageshwar Nath, JD/HW, CEC and Mr. Navin Soi, CAO, CEC.
Prof. Nadda thanked the Chairman and the Members of the Board for their support to enable CEC
become a premier institution in the area of digital content development & dissemination, and contribut-
ing to the national mission of digital education under “Digital India.”
Director - CEC and other eminent members at CEC's 42nd Governing Board Meeting and the Finance Committee Meeting at CEC, New Delhi
CEC’s Homage to Bharat Ratna Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Staff members at CEC gathered to mourn the loss of
Bharat Ratna Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and pay
tribute to him on 17th August, 2018 at CEC premises.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. J.B. Nadda, Director
– CEC remarked that an era comes to an end with
the passing away of Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The
nation has lost not just a statesman par excellence,
but also an admirable human being. His warmth and
soft-spoken charming manners ensured he was
loved by all whose lives he touched. He put the
nation on the fast track with initiatives like the
Golden Quadrilateral project, the New Telecom
Policy, the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and the Fiscal
Responsibility Act that laid down the path for future Prof. J.B. Nadda, Director - CEC pays floral tribute to Bharat Ratna
governments to Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
follow.
Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had the unique distinction of being a Member of Parliament for 12 terms,
which was the mark of an exemplary life in politics. He was a 10-time Lok Sabha Member and twice of
Rajya Sabha. Renowned for his poetic oratory, what he believed of himself and his long career in the
Indian Politics is best encapsulated by a few lines from the vast repository of his poems:
“Kaal ke kapaal par likhta mitaata hoon,/ Geet nayaa gaata hoon.”
(“I write and erase lines on the forehead of times,/ I sing a new song.”
After paying a floral tribute to the portrait of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the gathering dispersed.
CEC News September 2018 9
Edu Toon
Doctor says Baba has Malaria. His son,
Ram, is coming from town today. He has
gone there for completing his higher
studies. It is about time he was here.
Ram! How are
you, beta? I’m fine, uncle. Thanks for
informing me about Baba.
Oh, Ram! It’s nothing, I’m fine! It’s
just my age… immunity becomes
low, that’s all, nothing else!
No, Baba! This is all because of
garbage thrown here and
there… malaria-causing
mosquitoes breed in standing
water trapped in puddles and
Oh, my son! You’ve learned
tyres. We must clean the vicinity
so much in the town!
ensuring there’s no standing
water nearby. We can also put
larvicides in drains to kill the
You too can learn these mosquito larvae.
things, baba!
What! How would I look
going to school at my age?!
You don’t have to go anywhere, baba! You can now
learn from home itself by watching CEC’s 11 DTH
Amazing! Now Masterji will Higher Education Channels on the SWAYAM
teach on T.V.?! Ram, switch on Prabha platform. They have all sorts of engaging
educational lectures there.
the T.V., we’ll learn from your
Masterji today!!
10 CEC News September 2018Lecture of the Month
Topic: Cloud service and Deployment Model
Resource Person: Dr. Kashish Ara Shakil
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jamia Hamdard,
New Delhi
Excerpt from the Lecture:
The lecture discusses the benefits of cloud computing and the different aspects of service and deploy-
ment models in cloud. The first few slides discuss the benefits such as reduced initial investments,
capital investment and reduced industrial burden from the service provider's perspective. From the
end users perspective, it includes benefits such as reduced local computing and storage along with
energy aspect of cloud. The next set of slides discuss three service models: Infrastructure as a service
(IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS). The lecture explains these service
models and discusses which model a user must opt for, depending upon their respective use case. The
last section of the lecture focuses on the four deployment models namely Private Cloud, Public Cloud,
Community Cloud and Hybrid Cloud. The lecture also elucidates upon different characteristics of each
type and shows a comparison between the models. The lecture ends with a brief discussion on the
cloud ecosystem.
Learning Objectives:
To discuss various benefits of cloud computing.
To elaborate on the benefits from the end user’s and the service provider’s perspective.
To acquaint the users with the energy aspect of cloud computing.
To provide insights on the service models in cloud.
To explore the service models and develop an understanding of which model to opt for depending
upon the user requirements.
To discuss cloud deployment models and develops a clear understanding of the difference
between each of them.
About the Author:
Dr. Kashish Ara Shakil is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, Jamia Hamdard. She obtained her Ph.D degree from
Department of Computer Science, Jamia Millia Islamia University. She has 5
years of experience in academic research institute and more than 1-year
experience in IT industry with specialisation in cloud computing and develop-
ment of artificial intelligence (Machine learning, Genetic algorithm, Particle
Swarm Optimization, Neural Network, Bayesian) based algorithms for resource
allocation and for handling big data. As visiting researcher at University of
Melbourne (Australia), she worked on development of AI based scheduling
algorithms for resource allocation on scientific workflows in cloud. Also, she is
reviewer of various reputed International Journals in Computer Sciences. Her area of research includes
Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics and she has published several research papers on the same.
CEC News September 2018 11CEC MOOCs
CEC MOOCs Now Open
JULY SEMESTER 2018
CEC - Philo Taylor
CHOICE BASED CREDIT Farnsworth
SYSTEM (CBCS) compliant
MOOCs - HIGH QUALITY COURSES by eminent academics
on - ONE-CLICK SOLUTION for all learning needs
SWAYAM - FREE REGISTRATION with OPEN DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
M MASSIVE: MASSIVE ENROLMENT
O OPEN: OPEN FOR ALL
O ONLINE: ANYONE, ANYTIME & ANYWHERE LEARNING
Cs COURSES: STRUCTURED and CREDIT BEARING HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES
SOCIAL ART/LANGUAGE/
SCIENCE LITERATURE
NATURAL
VOCATIONAL/ &
SKILL BASED APPLIED
SCIENCES
MANAGEMENT/ OTHER
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
STUDIES
Courses now available on MHRD’s SWAYAM Platform.
For more details, log on to: www.swayam.gov.in
and CEC’s website: www.cec.nic.in
12 CEC News September 2018CEC MOOCs
CEC MOOCs SEPT-OCT 2018 SCHEDULE
Courses now available on MHRD’s SWAYAM Platform.
For more details, log on to: www.swayam.gov.in
and CEC’s website: www.cec.nic.in
CEC News September 2018 13CEC Swayam Prabha DTH Channel
CEC’s Bouquet of 11 DTH Channels on SWAYAM Prabha
CEC is the National Coordinator for Non-Technology UG and PG Programmes for
11 SWAYAM Prabha – MHRD’s DTH bouquet of educational channels that tele-
cast high quality educational programmes 24x7. Each channel has fresh educa-
tional content for 8 hours to be telecast 3 times a day. The channels are
free-to-air and can be viewed on DD Free Dish and DishTV. CEC is also running
an exclusive 24x7 CEC-UGC Higher Education DTH channel – Vyas. The live
lectures are webcast on CEC’s website: www.cec.nic.in and are also available on
www.swayam.gov.in, www.sakshat.ac.in and www.webcast.gov.in web portals
of Government of India.
Each programme offers a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of
the subjects enabling the students to choose a convenient time and ensure
recapitulation. Curriculum based programmes meet the needs of lifelong learn-
ers.
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 01
Channel Name – Language & Literature
Subjects:
• Hindi Literature
• Hindi Language
• English Language
• English Literature
• Sanskrit
• Urdu
• Foreign Language Courses: German, Japanese,
Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian
• Linguistics
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 02
Channel Name – History, Culture & Philosophy
Subjects:
• History
• Philosophy
• Performing Arts
• Rabindra Sangeet
• Hindustani Classical Music
14 CEC News September 2018CEC Swayam Prabha DTH Channel
• Karnataki Sangeet
• Fine Arts
• Manuscriptology
• Painting Applied Art Sculpture
• Theatre Arts
• Film Studies
• Painting Applied Multimedia
• Vocational Studies
• Buddhist Studies
• Comparative Studies of Religion
• Jyotish Ganit
• Visual Arts
• Indian Culture
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 03
Channel Name – Social & Behavioral Sciences
Subjects:
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Social Work Administration
• Social Work
• Political Science
• Public Administration
• Psychology
• Population Studies
• Women Studies
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 04
Channel Name – Education & Home Science
Subjects:
• B.A. Education
• B. Ed.
• B. Ed. English
• Special Education for Visually Impaired
• Elementary Education
• Environmental Science
• Home Science
• Adult Education
• Physical Education, Sports & Health Education
CEC News September 2018 15CEC Swayam Prabha DTH Channel
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 05
Channel Name – Information, Communication & Management Studies
Subjects:
• Business Management
• Human Resources Management
• Management & Marketing of Insurance
• Marketing Management & Retail Business
• Bachelor of Business Studies
• Office Administration & Secretarial Practice
• Tourism
• Hindi Journalism
• Communication & Journalism
• Multimedia Communication
• Vocational Studies – Mass Communication Video
Production, Advertising
• Library Information Science Management
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 06
Channel Name – Law & Legal Studies
Subjects:
• LLB
• Criminology
• Forensic Science
• Human Rights & Duties
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 07
Channel Name – Economics & Commerce
Subjects:
• Economics
• Business Economics
• Commerce
• Financial Accounting
16 CEC News September 2018CEC Swayam Prabha DTH Channel
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 08
Channel Name – Physical & Earth Sciences
Subjects:
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Physics
• Geography
• Geology
• Chemistry
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 09
Channel Name – Life Sciences
Subjects:
• Botany
• Zoology
• Life Sciences
• Microbiology
• Bio-Medical Sciences
• Bio-Chemistry
• Bio-Informatics
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 10
Channel Name – Applied Sciences
Subjects:
• Applied Life Science - Sericulture
• Applied Physical Sciences - Electronics
• Pharmacy
• Food Technology
• Agriculture
• Industrial Chemistry
• Polymer Science
• Computer Science
• Computer and Networking
• Cyber Security/Information Security
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CEC News September 2018 17CEC Swayam Prabha DTH Channel
Channel No. – CEC-UGC - 33
Channel Name – Vyas Higher Education Channel
Band I
• Art/Culture/Literature/Language
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Languages, Culture, Architecture, Plastic Arts & Sculpture, Drawing & Decorating Arts, Painting
& Fine Arts, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts, Public Performance, Film Appreciation,
Performing Arts, Dance & Drama, Religion, Customs, Folklore
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scripts & Rare Books, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Social Sciences/ Sociology, Anthropolo-
gy, Political Science, Economics, Public Administration
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ic Arts, Printmaking & Prints, Library &, Information Science, Education, Sports/Physical Educa-
tion, Women Education, Law, Environment Studies/Management, Home Economics & Family
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About Vyas Higher Education Channel
18 CEC News September 2018A Programme From CEC Archives
The Art of Wood Carving
The film deals with an ancient craft of Kashmir, the Art of Wood Carving. This craft is commonly done
on walnut wood which is ideal for carving. The film showcases how crude logs of walnut are shaped
into furnished sheets as well as utilitarian products. The art of wood carving is now rapidly becoming
popular for architectural purposes.
The film also points out the declining trend of this art as the new generation is not showing any inter-
est in learning this art because of its time consuming nature.
Target Audience : Undergraduate
Format of Program : Documentary
Duration : 12 mins (approx.)
Language : English
Tape No. : ASRI-B6-43-PD/3244
CEC News September 2018 19Education should be imparted
with a view to the type of society that
we wish to build. We are working for a
modern democracy built on the values
of human dignity and equality. These
are only ideals: we should make them
living forces. Our vision of the future
should include these great
principles.
~Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
A Philosopher, Teacher & Former President of India.
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