IGNOU requested Doordarshan to apply for the necessary Licence and permissions for the Gyan Darshan channels. Under the Up-linking & Down-linking Guidelines of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, IGNOU is not eligible for the grant of a Licence. IGNOU now needs to apply for a fresh Licence to start the uplinking of its Channels for GSAT-10 Satellite. GD was shut down by ISRO to facilitate its migration from INSAT 3C to GSAT-10. Gyan Darshan ran successfully till 2nd June 2014 as a must carry channel for educational programmes. It was initially launched on 26th January, 2000 as a solitary 24x7 hour satellite channel under the banner of Doordarshan which provided a Transponder on INSAT 2B satellite, free of cost. It consists of four TV Channels namely Gyandarshan-1 & Gyandarshan-2 (by IGNOU) Gyandarshan-3 Eklava (by IIT, Delhi) Gyandarshan-4, Vyas Channel (by UGC, CEC). The Gyan Darshan Bouquet of Educational TV Channels is an educational media initiative of MHRD in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), Prasar Bharati & ISRO with IGNOU as the nodal agency. A Memorandum of Understanding was today signed between Doordarshan & IGNOU regarding the transmission of Four Gyan Darshan Educational channels.
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