EMRC

Educational Multimedia Research Centre, EMRC Kolkata began its journey as a modest Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC) in August 1986 following UGC’s approval of a budgetary support. The basic objective of this endeavour was to complement the efforts of teachers through technology-driven media and reach high-quality educational input to students in resource-poor areas through Countrywide Classroom (CWCR) telecast over Doordarshan National Network. In 1991, AVRC was upgraded to Educational Media Research Centre (EMRC), with more posts, most equipment, and above all more responsibility. In 2004, EMRC was rechristened as Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) in order for it to diversify its activities taking advantage of the emerging digital technologies. It is the only media centre hosted by an undergraduate college, unlike sixteen other centres that are hosted by universities or central institutes of higher education.