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Edusat network for Delhi

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Engineering colleges, polytechnics and IIT will be connected

Linking up: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurating the EDUSAT Network at Delhi College of Engineering in Bawana on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Delhi State EDUSAT (Educational Satellite) Network at Delhi College of Engineering in Bawana here on Wednesday through which the engineering colleges, polytechnics and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, will be interconnected.

Ms. Dikshit said the network would facilitate exchange of expertise available in technical education in these institutions and help students of engineering and management access state-of-the-art knowledge and augment their practical skills, something which was otherwise not possible due to shortage of engineering faculty.

The Chief Minister, who also interacted with students of four different polytechnics through the EDUSAT linkage facility, said the setting up of the EDUSAT network would go a long way in improving the delivery of knowledge. Besides, it would help in promoting innovations and creativity among students.

The gathering was informed that EDUSAT is an indigenously designed satellite, which is exclusively devoted to the field of education and is a path-breaking effort in the concept of tele-education. The EDUSAT Satellite can establish connectivity between urban educational institutions and the large number of rural and semi-urban educational institutions that lack necessary infrastructure.

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