EM²RC  Mysore

 Website: www.emmrc.uni-mysore.ac.in

Email:    emrc1@gmail.com

Name of the Center : Educational Multimedia Research Center

Name of the Director : Prof . A Balasubramanian

Date of Inception : 1996

Address : Educational Multimedia Research Center,

Manasagangotri,

University of Mysore,

Mysore -570006

Telephone No : 0821 -2419366, 2419562

Telefax No : 0821- 2419366

E-Mail Address : emmrc1@gmail.com

Website Address : under construction

Number of Post sanctioned: 25

Number of Positions filled :20

Description of the Center :

The Educational Multimedia Research Centre was established in 1996 as Audio Visual Research Centre at the University of Mysore. The name of AVRC has been changed to EMMRC in the month of August 2004. At Present the center is addressed as EMRC. It is the only institution of its kind to be established by the University Grants Commission in the entire State of Karnataka.

Presently the Center has established a Virtual Education Studio to facilitate conducting interactive classes to the students off campus centers. This center was inaugurated by Dr. Jabbar Patel Chairman, Governing Body, CEC, Dr. Tilak R Kem Director CEC, Dr. Dev Swarup, Joint Secretary, UGC Prof. V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, UoM, Dr P.S Naik, Registrar, UoM during the CEC Video Competition award Ceremony held in Mysore.

With this unbeaten record EMRC is marching further in the field of communication by making all our programmes available to the students on the World Wide Web also.

Our purpose is to make our viewers to believe the four functions of Television – Education, Instruction, Entertainment and Empowerment.

The EMRC, University of Mysore is currently involved in producing e-content for the following subjects at UG level:

1. Geography
2. Statistics
3. Sericulture
4. Tourism
5. Food Technology
6. Vocational courses (20 subjects)

Any additional achievement of the Centre:

1. Estimating Predator and Prey Populations - Won National award for Script in the UGC-CEC Educational video competition 1996.
2. Estimating Predator and Prey Populations - Won National award for Film in the UGC-CEC Educational video competition 1996.
3. Ice on the Moon – Declared best programme of the month by CEC.
4. Ice on the Moon - Given citation in the 11^th UGC-CEC educational video competition award 1998 in “best anchoring” category.
5. Plastination – the Art of Immortalizing – won National award under best educational programme for teachers in the 11^th UGC-CEC educational video competition award 1998.
6. Kodavas the Highlanders – Won National award under best educational programme for adults category in the 13^th UGC-CEC educational video competition award 2000.
7. Symphony in Soap Stone: Hoysala temples in Karnataka: Keshava temples at Somanathpura – Sculptures – Given citation in the 13^th UGC-CEC educational award 2000 in social sciences category.
8. A writer and her work – Shashi Deshpande – Given citation in the 14^th UGC-CEC educational video competition 2002.
9. Understanding Limnology – bagged best film award organized by “Kannur Film Fest – 2011”.
10. Prof. A. Balasubramanian, Director of EMRC is the recipient of Vikram Sarabhai Award for Life Time Achievement in Educational Communication, 2008 (given by CEC-UGC)
11. The video Competition Award Ceremony of CEC was held during September 2011, in the University of Mysore under the aegis of CEC.

12. Two short term workshops were conducted by the EMRC for teachers of Geography,

Statistics, Tourism, Food Technology and Sericulture subjects for the preparation of e-

contents in those subjects.

Name of the Host University : Manasagangotri, University of Mysore,

Mysore

Vice Chancellor :  Prof . V . G Talawar

Address of the Host University: Manasagangotri,

University of Mysore,

Vishwavidyalaya Karyasoudha
Crawford Hall, Mysore -570006

Tel.No : 0821-2419361

Website and E- Mail of Host University : http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in

E-Mail -Vice Chancellor :vc@uni-mysore.ac.in

E- Mail –Registrar : registrar@uni-mysore.ac.in