AIBD/Prasar Bharati/STI (T) Sub-regional Workshop on Satellite Communication

The sub-regional workshop on satellite communication organised by AIBD in collaboration with Prasar Bharati and STI (T) was held in New Delhi, India from 2 to 6 December 2013. The workshop aims to provide an overview of the issues and underlying communication principles associated with satellite communication in broadcasting to broadcast engineers and technicians.

The sub-regional workshop on satellite communication organised by AIBD in collaboration with Prasar Bharati and STI (T) was held in New Delhi, India from 2 to 6 December 2013. The workshop aims to provide an overview of the issues and underlying communication principles associated with satellite communication in broadcasting to broadcast engineers and technicians.

The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. A.K. Dixit, Engineer-In-Chief of Doordarshan, Mr. I.I. George, Additional Director General (Training), STI (T), Mr. P. Das, Dy. Director General (Engg.), Prasar Bharati, Mr. P.N. Bhakta, Dy. Director General (Engg.), STI (T) and Mr. Shashikant, Dy. Director General (Engg.), STI (T).

The one week workshop focused on the working methodology of satellite communication, where participants came to learn about the overview of satellite communication, orbital mechanics and various satellite orbits, space and ground segments, antenna alignment and optimization of cross polarization isolation, earth station and satellite link budget equation.

The workshop also covered the topics on DVB-S/S2 and DTH. Mr. Vijendra Barania, a renowned expert on satellite up-link station was invited to impart training and to interact with participants during the entire period of workshop. His interaction was highly appreciated by the participants. Technical visit to DTH set-up and monitoring station was organised during the workshop. Complete DTH chain was explained in details.

There were twenty nine participants who attended the workshop including ten foreign participants from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal and Thailand. The participants were engineers/ technicians from different broadcast organisations.

The consultants for the workshop were from Prasar Bharati and STI (T) and various experts in their fields were also invited to impart knowledge.

At the end of the workshop, after participant’s evaluation, valedictory session was conducted. During the session, verbal feedback was taken from individual participants. All the participants were shown great satisfaction on the resource persons and the overall organisation of the workshop. The workshop gave exposure to the participants who were novice in satellite communication and added good knowledge to the participants who were already having working experience in satellite up-linking.