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VIGYAN PRASAR: 54th GOVERNING BODY MEETING & 31st GENERAL BODY MEETING
5.3. Science Communication Popularization & its Extension (SCoPE) in Radio
• Every year a 52-episode subject specific program is created & launched through AIR
• 121 M W radio stations
• 14 FM radio stations
• 19 Indian languages
• 2020-2021: Climate Change – Whispers of the Wind (English)/Badalti Fizayein (Hindi)
• 2021-2022: Artificial Intelligence – Welcome Tomorrow (English)/Aane wala Kal (Hindi)
• Format: Docudrama and interactive format
• 400 scriptwriters, subject matter experts/scientists/communicators, AIR producers, drama artistes
• Outreach: 95% of geographical area of the country
• Special programmes on community radio launched intermittently
• Review of SCoPE in Radio completed and recommendation included optimal utilization of radio in propagation of SCoPE
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