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Nashik (Maharashtra): The Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) has
launched its interactive live web radio from a studio in the
sprawling 150-acre campus in Nashik, an official said Saturday.
The brainchild of R. Shreedhar, the former director of
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), thousands
will be able to interact with each other via the live web radio.
"We had earlier tried this technology in Maldives which
surprisingly had a better bandwidth than India, but then only 20
people could interact with experts as we faced cost constraints.
Now, in case of YCMOU, the number will be in thousands," Shreedhar
said.
He also pointed out that the technology used in this facility had
been developed in India, and that YCMOU would be the first of the
country's 406 universities to make this facility available to
students.
"Now even Sunita Williams can log in to this web facility if she
wishes," Shreedhar said, in a lighter vein.
"We shall further enhance the technology. Soon, it will be
available on cell phones as well," Shreedhar said.
Vice-Chancellor of YCMOU Dr. R. Krishnkumar said that the
web-radio facility would initially be available only for an hour,
between 12 noon and 1 p.m..
"It will, however, be available for all 24 hours later in the
archive format. Students from anywhere in the world will be
interacting with experts of various subjects, listening to
lectures, discussions and interviews," he said.
The facility was inaugurated by the Divisional Commissioner of
Nashik, Ravindra Jadhav.
Also present on the occasion were Registrar of the university
Dr.Prakash Atkare, Head of the audio-visual centre Dr. Rajendra
Vadnre, Directors of all schools, teachers, officers and other
university staff.
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