The extension of term is a recognition of the efforts by University of Hyderabad.
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Hyderabad: Unesco has granted extension for the Unesco Chair on Community Media in University of Hyderabad for a second term until 2019. Prof Vinod Pavarla, who heads the chair, said this is the only such chair granted by Unesco. The extension of term is a recognition of the efforts by University of Hyderabad in the field of community media in India and abroad.
Recently, a team from the university trained the staff of eight community radio stations in Bhutan. These nations have invited them again to train more community radio officials there. In Chhattisgarh, as a result of efforts by University of Hyderabad professors to empower a group of 20 children from Sarguja district, a YouTube channel called Sangwari Khabariya was started.
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