IIT-Kanpur FM to go on air in Nov

IIT-Kanpur is all set to start its own FM radio station which will broadcast scientific programmes and classical music from November.

This will be the first time that an FM radio station will be opened in any of the IITs in the country. The information and broadcasting ministry has already given a green signal to the project.

Frequency has been alloted for the FM station which will on on-air in November.

The well-equipped FM station with technical devices worth Rs 22 lakhs (Rs 2.2 million) will initially go on-air only for two to three hours.

The FM station will air programmes relating to science with special emphasis on making the subject more interesting and simpler to students.

The FM station will function emulating the model of America's National Public Radio.

"The radio station will function on lines of America's National Public Radio. It will incorporate educational and awareness programmes related to science, Indian classical music and the untouched fields of Indian culture," Registrar of IIT Kanpur Sanjiv Kasalkar told PTI.

"Apart from these, this FM Radio will also air a phone-in programme through which scientists and professors of IIT-Kanpur will answer queries related to science, engineering and biotechnology from students and other listeners," Kasalkar said.

This FM radio will play classical music of maestros like Bismillah Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Gangubai, Hari Prasad Chaurasia.