SWAYAM PRABHA ANNUAL REPORT
SWAYAM Prabha is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting high-quality
educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite among which 12
channels are earmarked for school education and 22 for higher [Link]
Prabha was launched by the Honorable Former President of India, Shri Pranab
Mukherjee on July 09, 2017.
New Chief Coordinator – DTH Swayam Prabha
Prof. Dr. Arun K. Tangirala has been designated as the Chief Coordinator of SWAYAM
Prabha (CC-SP) w.e.f. 01.07.2022. He is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology
Madras in the department of Chemical Engineering.
Promotion of Swayam Prabha
Under the official Swayam Prabha account the frequent news updates are posted in
social media platforms – (Instagram and Facebook)
Facebook @ Swayam Prabha
Instagram @ Swayamprabhadth
BOOTH/ STALL SET UP:
Swayam Prabha both/stall was setup at the following event:
Event DATE Venue
DIDAC INDIA 2022 Sep 21st – Sep 23rd,, 2022 Bengaluru International
Exhibition Centre, Bangalore
10th Asian Symposium PSU Dec 11th to Dec 14th, 2022 ICSR, IIT Madras
8th Indian Control Dec 14th to Dec 16th, 2022 IIT Research Park, Chennai
Conference (ICC
SWAYAM Prabha Booth was set up to
To promote the Swayam Prabha channels and share the perspective of the project which aim
with participants who are mainly from the educational background.
To help people know how effective Swayam Prabha is when it comes to learning and teaching
and how well the available technology is used to telecast high-quality lecture videos that
disseminate education and learning to the masses.
A booth was setup as part of the promotion of Swayam Prabha where the Swayam Prabha staffs
explained the visitors about the DTH project and distributed Swayam Prabha pamphlets. Also,
there was a demo of the live telecast of the teaching session through the DTH channel 15. More
than 600 visitors visited the booth during the events
Few of the photos are featured below.
A speech on “Access of technology for a teacher in classroom” was given by the Prof.
Arun K. Tangirala,Chief Coordinator at the DIDAC 2022 event:
[Link]
Current Channels and Channel Coordinators
CHANNELS 01-10 & 21 : MANAGED BY CEC-UGC, NEW DELHI)
NATIONAL COORDINATOR - PROF. JAGAT BHUSHAN NADDA, DIRECTOR,
CEC, NEW DELHI
Channel No Channel name/Subject coverage Channel Coordinator
01 VAGEESH: CEC/UGC: Humanities - 1, Prof. T. T. Sreekumar
Language and Literature
02 SANSKRITI: CEC/UGC: Humanities - 2, Prof. Rajnish Shrivastava
History, Culture and Philosophy
03 PRABODH: CEC/UGC: Social Science - Prof. Praveen Gehlot
1, Social and Behavioural Sciences
04 SAARASWAT: CEC/UGC: Social Prof. Rajnish Shrivastava
Science - 2, Education, Psychology,
Home Science and related subjects
05 PRABANDHAN: CEC/UGC: Dr. Mohammad Kasim
Social Science -3, Management, Library
Science, Information Science and related
subjects
06 VIDHIK: CEC/UGC: Dr. Daljit Ami
Social Science - 4, Law, Legal Studies,
Human Rights and related subjects
07 KAUTILYA: CEC/UGC: Economics, Prof. Naresh Dave
Commerce and Finance
08 ARYABHATT: CEC/UGC: Physical Dr. D. Damodar Prasad
Sciences, Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry and related subjects
09 SPANDAN: CEC/UGC: Life Sciences, Dr. Salima Jan
Botany, Zoology, Bioscience and related
subjects
10 CEC/UGC: Applied Sciences, Allied Dr. D.S. Arulchelvan
Physical and Chemical sciences and
related subjects
21 Vyas (CEC) Dr. Sunil Mehru
CHANNELS 11 to 16 & 22: MANAGED BY IITs
Channel Channel name/Subject coverage Channel Coordinator
No
11 NPTEL: Mechanical Engineering & related Prof. Shantanu
branches Bhattacharya, Prof. Satyaki
Rai, IIT Kanpur
12 NPTEL: Civil Engineering & related Dr. Smruthi Sarang, IIT
branches Delhi
13 NPTEL: Computer / IT & related branches Prof. Sudip Misra, IIT
Kharagpur
14 NPTEL: Electrical, Electronics and Prof. Kannan Moudgalya,
Communication & related branches IIT Bombay
15 NPTEL: Engineering Sciences & related Prof. Arun K. Tangirala,
subject IIT Madras
16 NPTEL: Humanities, Management & other Prof. Munmun Jha , Prof.
branches Satyaki Roy, IIT Kanpur
22 IIT PAL Prof. Joby Joseph, IIT Delhi
CHANNELS 17 to 20: MANAGED BY IGNOU,NEW DELHI
NATIONAL COORDINATOR - PROF. UMA KANJILAL, IGNOU, NEW DELHI
Course lecture videos are also available in the respective regional languages in the
following channels from 17 to 20 of IGNOU.
Channel Channel name/Subject coverage Channel
No Coordinator
17 IGNOU: Social Sciences and Humanities Dr. Archana
Shukla
18 IGNOU: Basic and Applied Sciences Dr. Sanjay Gupta
19 Professional and Vocational Education Sh. M. P. Mishra
20 IGNOU: State Open Universities and Teacher Dr. Gaurav Singh
Education
The repository of SWAYAM Prabha courses are available in SWAYAM Prabha website
and in YouTube.
YOUTUBE VIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - 2022
Details Numbers
Views 4,339,676
Subscriptions 50064
BROADCAST DETAILS:
TOTAL NO. OF HOURS/VIDEOS BROADCASTED FROM 2017 – 2022
Details Numbers
Videos 113509
Hours 64458:45:05
For more information on Swayam Prabha courses, please visit the official website:
[Link]