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Gyan Darshan to air a technical education channel GD3
MUMBAI: The All India Council for Technical Education has launched GD-3 an education channel, exclusively for technical education.
The AICTE, has in a notice in a daily today, said that the ministry of human resource development has launched GD3 on 26 January 2003. The target group of the educational channel, a subsidiary of DD’s own education channel Gyan Darshan, is essentially students of engineering colleges. Information provided will be useful for the general public as well, the notice says.
Coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the venture has all the IITs participating. The channel is uplinked through the infrastructure at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
GD3 will telecast 16 hours of curriculum-based programmes every day for undergraduate studies in engineering and technology. According to the notice, it is estimated that the channel will be watched by nearly 1.5 million students studying at 1200 engineering and technology colleges across the country. Programme schedules of GD3 are available at www.gyandarshan.ernet.in.
All AICTE approved technical institutions have been asked to install the downlink immediately and has urged technical institutions in the country, particularly engineering colleges, to broadcast GD3, as an essential part of their academic infrastructure.
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Network18 Q4 revenue grows 9.7 per cent, EBITDA at Rs 30 crore
PAT improves to Rs 306.6 crore, margins steady amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: Not all news is breaking, some of it is quietly improving. Network18 Media & Investments Limited appears to be doing just that, tightening losses and stabilising margins even as costs continue to weigh on the business. For FY26, the company reported revenue from operations of Rs 1,955.1 crore, up from Rs 1,896.2 crore in FY25, signalling modest top-line growth in a challenging media environment. Total income stood at Rs 1,978.2 crore, compared to Rs 1,913 crore a year earlier.
Profit after tax came in at Rs 306.6 crore for the year, a sharp turnaround from Rs 3,225.4 crore in FY25, largely reflecting the absence of large exceptional items that had inflated the previous year’s numbers. On a more comparable basis, the company’s operating performance showed signs of gradual stabilisation.
However, the quarterly picture remained under pressure. For the March quarter, Network18 reported a loss of Rs 53.1 crore, narrower than the Rs 98.1 crore loss in the same period last year, but still indicative of ongoing cost challenges.
Expenses continued to track high. Total expenses for FY26 stood at Rs 2,235.7 crore, up from Rs 2,197.8 crore in FY25. Key cost heads included operational expenses of Rs 765.9 crore, employee benefits of Rs 475.9 crore, and marketing, distribution and promotional spends of Rs 427.1 crore, underlining the continued investment required to sustain reach and engagement.
At an operating level, margins remained under strain. Operating margin stood at 2.33 per cent for FY26, marginally higher than 1.77 per cent in FY25, while net profit margin remained negative at -13.02 per cent, though improved from -14.89 per cent.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 8,957.6 crore as of 31 March 2026, from Rs 8,317.5 crore a year earlier. Equity strengthened to Rs 4,958.7 crore, while borrowings increased to Rs 3,112.8 crore, reflecting a higher reliance on debt to support operations.
Cash flows told a mixed story. While financing activities generated Rs 83.9 crore, operating cash flow remained negative at Rs -24 crore, highlighting ongoing pressure on core cash generation. Cash and cash equivalents, however, improved to Rs 33.9 crore from Rs 1.8 crore.
The numbers point to a company in transition growing revenues, trimming losses, but still grappling with structural cost pressures. In a sector where scale often comes at a price, Network18 seems to be inching towards balance, one quarter at a time.
