DD SCIENCE AND INDIA SCIENCE

About:

• DD Science: It is a one-hour slot on Doordarshan National channel, which will be telecast Monday to Saturday from 5 pm to 6pm. DD Science may also be scaled up to a full-fledged channel in the future.
  
  
• India Science: It is an internet-based channel, which is available on any internet-enabled device, and will offer live, scheduled play and video-on-demand services. India Science (www.indiascience.in) has a 24x7 presence.
  
  
• The two channels will have science-based documentaries, studio-based discussions, and virtual walkthroughs of scientific institutions, interviews and short films and will be completely free to access.
  
  
• This is the first step in creating a national science channel for the country.
  
  
• The channels are being implemented and managed by Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation of DST.