WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE OCT2016 | Page 5

WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE Electronics & Communication of Telangana and ISRO’s Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU). Key Facts :  Under the MoU, ISRO will help to improve services of Telangana’s educational channel ‘Mana TV’ by using Satcom.  Both parties will work together to create and disseminate educational content so that it reaches the entire population of the state.  It will help Mana TV channel to start coaching classes for those appearing for Group II services examination of the Telangana Public Service Commission (TPSC).  The channel will telecast daily a four-hour programme for candidates preparing for the examination. Later, Mana TV: will also launch similar coaching programmes for the students preparing for various competitive examinations. Mana TV: It was started by then undivided Andhra Pradesh state in 2006 to provide programmes on distance education, agriculture extension and telemedicine under different channels with help of ISRO. 5