Educational Multimedia Research Centre

The Educational Multimedia Research Centre, formerly Audio Visual Research Centre, Manipur University was established in 1989 with full assistance from UGC. The educational programmes produced by this centre are intended to upgrade, update and enrich the undergraduate syllabus. It is one of the seventeen such Media Centres attached to Universities/ Institute in the Country and the only Media Centre in the North Eastern States of India.

Main Activities:

• The main activities of the Centre are to

• Produce excellent audio-visual and Multimedia programmes

• Conduct Research

• Train Media Persons

• Utilize electronic media in education

• Promote a healthy audio-visual culture to Higher Education

• Popularize e-learning

• Encourage, cultivate and harvest the resources of the faculty members and other experts to produce high quality educational programmes.

The centre has 15 staff members including one Director, one Jr.Research Officer, one Asstt. Engineer, two Cameraman, one Section Officer, one Graphic Artist, two Production Assistant, one Technical Asstt., one Stenographer, one Jr. Asstt., one Driver-cum-helper and two attendant.

Facilities at the Centre : The centre has got facilities for shooting, recording and editing of video programmes. The centre produce both outdoor and indoor video programmes. It has got a video library of master copies of the programmes produced by the centre and collection of other video programmes from other centres. It has got programme viewing facilities for students and teachers for the cultivation of audio-visual culture of education.

The centre has procured and installed Non-linear editing system and other DPS velocity system. The center will have SIT- site interactive transmission with assistance from Indian Space Research Organisation for live telecast of programmes enabling student viewers to interact with subject experts by directly up-linking with EDUSAT.

Programme Production : The Centre has so far produced 115 ETV programmes since 1990 till now. Mr. Atal Bihari Vaipayee, former Prime Minister of India, during his visit to Vietnam, from 7-10 January, 2001, presented a package of educational programmes including three programmes produced by EMMRC, M.U. to the Vietnamese Television. The three programes are (a) Huyen Lalong  (2) Kalaripayatt  (3) Affinities and Differences.

The Centre has so far won 14 awards in UGC-CEC Educational Video Competition since 1997. Some of the award wining productions are "Tupis' Nanas",  "Moibung", "Food Chain", "Imphal Battle", Meitei Women", "Nupi Keithel", "Dancing Hands", "Learning First Aid-II", Pitchfork Bifurcation", "Women form the cloud", "Feathered Guests-II", "Goshem", "Chilli" and "Waiyu of Chothe".