The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has decided to put their PhD students on screens around the world. The young graduates will
each speak for 40 minutes on what pushed them to take up research and their work, thus inspiring lakhs of other students to think out of the box.
Called Researchoscope, this initiative was taken by the head of the centre for distance engineering education programme (C-DEEP) and financially supported by the ministry of human resource development. Talks by PhD students will be broadcast all over the country through EduSat, the satellite which exclusively caters to the education sector. In fact, even institutions in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Pakistan, which are covered by the EduSat footprint can view the lectures by tuning in to the same frequency.
At the same time, these talks will also be webcasted and anyone in the world will be able to access them. Talking to TOI, professor Kannan Moudgalya who is also on the standing committee of the National Mission on Education through ICT C-DEEP, said that the initiative will allow PhD fellows to not only present their work to other students, but also to corporates. "Anyone, with just 100 kbps bandwidth, can receive the transmission absolutely free of cost. We will also be using internet based video-conferencing, which can be accessed by anyone for two-way communication. In a way, the entire exercise will encourage and inspire people to research and innovate,'' he added.
Currently, India has about 1,000 engineers who take up PhD; of them, close to 700 graduate from seven old IITs.
The talks will not be monologues. During the last 10 minutes, each speaker will invite questions from the audience. Currently, IIT-B uses this same technology to broadcast its lectures to about 1,000 engineering colleges across the country and faculty members allow students to ask questions. Lectures in various disciplines are now held in a new studio established on the Powai campus. From here, unencrypted information will be sent out via the satellite and can be picked up by ISRO receivers in engineering colleges across the country.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/IIT-B-students-to-broadcast-research-work/articleshow/5521630.cms
each speak for 40 minutes on what pushed them to take up research and their work, thus inspiring lakhs of other students to think out of the box.
Called Researchoscope, this initiative was taken by the head of the centre for distance engineering education programme (C-DEEP) and financially supported by the ministry of human resource development. Talks by PhD students will be broadcast all over the country through EduSat, the satellite which exclusively caters to the education sector. In fact, even institutions in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Pakistan, which are covered by the EduSat footprint can view the lectures by tuning in to the same frequency.
At the same time, these talks will also be webcasted and anyone in the world will be able to access them. Talking to TOI, professor Kannan Moudgalya who is also on the standing committee of the National Mission on Education through ICT C-DEEP, said that the initiative will allow PhD fellows to not only present their work to other students, but also to corporates. "Anyone, with just 100 kbps bandwidth, can receive the transmission absolutely free of cost. We will also be using internet based video-conferencing, which can be accessed by anyone for two-way communication. In a way, the entire exercise will encourage and inspire people to research and innovate,'' he added.
Currently, India has about 1,000 engineers who take up PhD; of them, close to 700 graduate from seven old IITs.
The talks will not be monologues. During the last 10 minutes, each speaker will invite questions from the audience. Currently, IIT-B uses this same technology to broadcast its lectures to about 1,000 engineering colleges across the country and faculty members allow students to ask questions. Lectures in various disciplines are now held in a new studio established on the Powai campus. From here, unencrypted information will be sent out via the satellite and can be picked up by ISRO receivers in engineering colleges across the country.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/IIT-B-students-to-broadcast-research-work/articleshow/5521630.cms
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