Varsity signs MoU with ISRO to expand VSAT programme
Mysore: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for expansion of ISRO's exclusive satellite-integrated VSAT channel with two-way video and audio network, for the varsity's affiliated engineering colleges.The MoU was signed in the presence of A. Bhaskaranarayana, ISRO SatCom Director; VTU Vice Chancellor H.P. Khincha; and principals of VTU-affiliated colleges.In 2003, VTU became the first university to use ISRO's EDUSAT programme. This pilot project was launched by ISRO using GSAT-3 to introduce new techniques for distance education / e-learning using multi-casting & interactive multimedia system. The EDUSAT or GSAT-3 was the first satellite of the Education Satellite System and had a special configuration for multiple beams covering different regions of India, enabling it to provide real time or offline multimedia, multicast of classes taken by the experts...