Reaching out the video way: a journey

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Reaching out the video waya journey

• Kushal Sen
• IIT Delhi
• kushal_at_textile.iitd.ernet.in

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The experiment.

• Unparalleled co-operation between IITs IISc
  resulted in
• Eklavya
• NPTEL
• because of the felt need
• active support from MHRD

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eklavya_at_admin.iitd.ernet.in
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IIT Delhi IGNOU- INSAT - USER
D o w n   L i n k Through INSAT 3C Satellite on
C band (74 degrees East), frequency 4165 MHz.,
Symbol rate 26.000 SPS, FEC ½, Polarization
Horizontal.
http//web.iitd.ac.in/eklavya
Who all are using?
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Video streaming-NPTEL

• Channel http//youtube.com/iit
• Videos Uploaded 3,198 hrs (appx.)
• Play lists (Courses) 83
• Channel Views 192,224

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Page Views
Most Subscribed (All Time) India as on
31-Oct-2008
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Geographical distribution
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Territory Visits in India
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Video all the way.

• The bandwidth requirements notwithstanding.
• The nature of courses being same in web and video
  modes..
• The user preference for video is amazing about
  10 times

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Top 20 video courses
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Top 20 web
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Channel Comments
The videos are awesome..
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Issues

• Reach ?
• DTH cost?
• Web casting / web streaming - cost?
• Indexing the video content
• Bandwidth to users
• Alignment of curricula
• Uniform testing / evaluation

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Maha yajya.

• With 1600 engineering colleges in India and
  still counting
• With a recognized dearth of (quality) teachers
• With an ever increasing student strength across
  India
• With increasing employed professionals seeking to
  touch base and refresh
• Its our ahuti to this Maha yajya

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Invoking PANIIT..

• Lets make an impact.
• Philanthropy..

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The journey.. its miles to go. and we
would not sleep!