Airtel partners with Aakash Institute to launch TV channel for exam preps

While the monthly tariff of these channels is ₹247, they will be available as Free Preview until October 21, 2020.

The telecom giant said that the faculty members of Aakash will teach the students through LIVE interactive classes and help students learn key concepts and solve problems. (REUTERS)

Airtel on Tuesday announced a partnership with Aakash Institute. As a part of this partnership, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, that is, the Airtel Digital TV has collaborated with Aakash Educational Services Limited to launch dedicated TV channels for medical and engineering entrance exams preparations.

Aakash Edu TV, which is available exclusively on Airtel Digital TV will provide high-quality coaching sessions to students across India who are preparing for entrance exams such as JEE Advanced and NEET. The telecom giant said that the faculty members of Aakash will teach the students through LIVE interactive classes and help students learn key concepts and solve problems.

The Aakash Edu TV-JEE and Foundation will be available on Airtel DTH Channel number 467 and Aakash Edu TV - NEET will be available on Airtel DTH Channel number 478 at a monthly tariff of ₹247. While the monthly tariff of these channels is ₹247, they will be available as Free Preview until October 21, 2020.

Customers with Airtel Digital TV subscription can give a missed call on 9154052467 to subscribe for JEE Channel and 9154052478 to subscribe for the NEET Channel amongst other activation methods.

“We are delighted to partner with Aakash Institute to offer high-quality Ed-tech content to our 17 Mn DTH customers across the country in an affordable and simple way, helping millions of aspiring students to realize their dreams of clearing Medical and Engineering entrance exams using high-quality test preparation offered through Aakash EduTV on Airtel DTH platform. This partnership further underscores the high potential for innovation in DTH and improving lives of our customers by offering value-added digital services,” Sunil Taldar, Director – Homes, Bharti Airtel said on the occasion.