Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) will soon start an FM radio station in the campus. This is for the first time an FM radio stationis going to be operational from IIT campus.
The FM station will broadcast scientific programmes and classical music.
IIT-K has already received green signal for the project from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The FM station in IIT-K will operational following the model of America'sNational Public Radio (NPR).
Cultural programme will also air by the upcoming FM radio station at IIT-K.
"We have decided the land for the FM station and instruments worth Rs.22 lakh have been purchased. All formalities have also been completed to start the FM station," said Prof. Dhande, Director IIT-K.
A four-member committee headed by Prof. Sanjay Kasalkar, Registrar of the institute has been constituted to put the whole project into operation.
The most important feature of the FM station will be the phone-in programme in which students from across the city can put their queries relating to science to the professors of the college.
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