Saturday 04 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
Dedicated EduSat connection for Kalam

Through this mini-hub he can now get connected to the EduSat and interact with people around the corner

New Delhi: A direct connection from satellite has been given to former President APJ Abdul Kalam that will enable him to interact and hold video conferences from any corner of the country.

One bandwidth of a mini EduSat hub set up last week at the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) will manage all activities of the former President, reports IANS.

"We all know that Kalam loves interacting with college and school students. Through this mini-hub he can now get connected to the EduSat and interact with people around the corner," CIET Joint Director Vasudha Kamat said.

The Joint Director said that the former President has his own studio set up and can now get hooked to the satellite and stay in touch with the world.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) set up the EduSat mini-hub last week. Kamat, however, said the mini-hub has a greater role than just devoting bandwidth to Kalam.

She said that it will help setting up direct link with 100 Satellite Interactive Terminals across India which will boost the teachers training programme in a major way.

"With the increase in the bandwidth, we are also getting connected to about 120 centres from the Consortium of Educational Communications (CEC). School teachers and B.Ed and M.Ed students will benefit in a major way from this facility," Kamat added.

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