Gyan Vani

The first Gyanvani station was inaugurated by the Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Government of India on the 7th November, 2001 in the city of Allahabad.

The programmes are broadcast 8 hours a day including one hour of phone-in teleconferencing. The interactive sessions are being shared by IGNOU, Rajshree Tandon Open University, Agricultural Institute, Indian Institute of Information Technology and others.

A test transmission was also started from Gyan Vani Bangalore. This is broadcast for 4 hours daily.

Further stations are proposed to be inaugurated at Coimbatore, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow and Bhopal. Downlink facilities for Gyan Darshan and Training and Development Communications Channel are to be extended to more and more institutions through an ambitious plan of IGNOU. IIT, Chennai has also joined Gyan Darshan as a partner institution and has already supplied 100 hours of video lectures delivered by top-notch experts from the institute. Following Gyan Vani, Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vahini channels are also being contemplated. All these would converge to form Gyan Bharati.

Currently, Gyan Vani Allahabad is broadcast on a frequency of 107.4 MHz and Gyan Vani Bangalore is broadcast on a frequency of 107.6 MHz.

The numbers to be dialed for phone-in conferencing are 0532-461855 in Allahabad and 080-6657376 for Gyan Vani Bangalore.

The programmes broadcast are educational and informative and the subjects vary from history to mathematics to quantum physics.

Fixed point charts for Gyan Vani Allahabad and Gyan Vani Bangalore

GYAN VANI ALLAHABAD

6:00 am Music
7:00 am For intermediate Students (UP Board)
7:30 am For senior students
8:00 am IGNOU Hour
9:00 am Phone-in Programme (repeat of the previous day)
10:00 am Close down

6:00 pm Phone-in Programme (Live)
7:00 PM For intermediate students (UP Board)
7:30 PM For senior students
8:00 PM IGNOU Hour
9:00 PM Music
10:00 PM Close down

GYAN VANI BANGALORE

6:00 am Signature Tune and Programme Highlights
6:05 am Music (Classical / Light / Devotional / Folk)
7:00 am Programme by Karnataka State Open University
7:30 am IGNOU Hour
8:00 am Music Concert (Compered)
9:00 am Programme by Regional Institute of Education
9:30 am Light Melodies
10:00 am Close down

6:00 PM Signature Tune and Programme Highlights
6:05 PM Music
6:30 PM Programme by Karnataka State Open University
7:00 PM Music Appreciation Programme / Lesson
7:30 PM IGNOU Hour
8:00 PM Music Concert (Compered)
9:00 PM Programme by Regional Institute of Education
9:30 PM Light Melodies
10:00 PM Close down