DD Gyan Darshan 1 is a state owned television channel telecasting from
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...
, Kendra,
IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...
. It is an educational media initiative of MHRD in collaboration with the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB),
Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB; Hindi: ''Praśar Bharati'', lit. Indian Broadcaster) is India's State media, state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi. It is a Statutory corporation, statutory autonomous body set up by an A ...
and
ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...
with
IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...
as the nodal agency.
Broadcasting
It was initially launched on 26 January 2000 as a solitary 24x7 hour satellite channel under the banner of Doordarshan which provided a Transponder on INSAT 2B satellite, free of cost.
Gyan Darshan ran successfully until 2 June 2014 as a must carry channel for educational programmes. GD was shut down by ISRO to facilitate its migration from INSAT 3C to GSAT-10. IGNOU now needs to apply for a fresh license to start the up-linking of its channels for GSAT-10 Satellite.
Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 6 October 2016 between
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest bro ...
and
IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...
regarding the transmission of Four Gyan Darshan Educational channels in October. Gyan Darshan was likely to be resumed airing from 1 January 2017.
See also
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All India Radio
All or ALL may refer to:
Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
Music
* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All a ...
*
DD Direct Plus
DD Free Dish (previously known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider. DD Free Dish DTH service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2 ...
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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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List of programs broadcast by DD National
This is a list of original television programming currently and formerly broadcast by DD National.
Currently broadcasts
Original series
*''Aardhana''
*''Aarogya Yog''
*''Anudamini''
*''Bin Bitiya Aangan Suna''
*''Chitrahaar''
*''Just Junior ...
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List of South Asian television channels by country
This is a list of South Asian-origin television channels available on cable, satellite and IPTV platforms in Canada, Malaysia, the Middle East, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States. Channels broadcasting from di ...
References
External links
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Doordarshan news siteAn article at PFC
{{Use Indian English, date=August 2015
Doordarshan
Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 1997
Indian direct broadcast satellite services
Television stations in New Delhi