January 2004

EDC Opens Production Studio in India

On December 22, 2003, EDC and the Government of Karnataka, India, inaugurated a new media production studio in Bangalore. The state-of-the-art studio will provide digital editing suites for local producers to create educational materials for primary schools across the Indian state of Karnataka. The digital studios are located at the Directorate of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) office in Bangalore.

EDC’s Bangalore office is home for the dot-EDU T4-India Project that is using interactive radio instruction and educational television for math, science and English as a second language in three states of India. The project is designed to reach some of the hardest to reach populations, including girls and lower castes. The digital video and audio studios will facilitate these development goals. The three-year project is funded by USAID, with collaboration of state governments and local organization.

EDC President Janet Whitla attended the ribbon cutting ceremony in Bangalore, along with EDC's Ms. Vandita Sharma, Country Director and Mr. T. Venugopal, Finance and Operations Manager. Present from the Indian government were Mr. V.R. Patel, Commissioner, Public Instructions, Karnataka, Mr. Jaggannath Rao, Director, DSERT and Mr. Bhaskariah, Director, Primary Education, Karnataka.

“ We’re very excited to have these new extraordinary resources right in our office,” said Sharma. “We expect that this studio will help us efficiently and effectively reach more teachers and children.”

For more information about the dot-EDU T4-India Project see, “Multiple Learning Channels to Attain Education for All.”

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