SWAYAM PRABHA: Free DTH channel for education

The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite. This project ia part of the Digital India initiative.  Every day, there will be new content for at least four hours which would be repeated five more times in a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience. The contents are provided by National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning ( NPTEL ), all Indian Institute of Technology , University Grands Commission, Consortium for Educational Communication ( CEC ), Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU ), National Council for Educational Research and Training ( NCERT ) and National Institute of Open Schooling ( NIOS ). The INFLIBNET Center maintains the web portal of SWAYAM PRABHA.

SWAYAM PRABHA provide learning resources to support school, college, university education and life long learning. For school education from ninth level to twelveth level resources are telecasting. Modules are for teacher's training as well as teaching and learning aids for students to help them understand the subjects better. It also help students in preparing for competitive examinations for admissions to professional degree programmes. In the higher education level curriculum-based course contents at post-graduate and under-graduate level covering diverse disciplines such as arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences and humanities, engineering, technology, law, medicine, agriculture, etc. are provided. These courses can meet the needs of life-long learners of Indian citizens in India and abroad.

Official Website of SWAYAM PRABHA: https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/