Since 1992, MSSRF has been implementing Village Resource Centres (VRCs) and Village
Knowledge Centres (VKCs). Generally, the Village Resource Centre is located at block,
commune or mandal level or at the centre of a cluster of villages. In 2003, the VRC and
VKC programmes were strengthened with the creation of the Jamsetji Tata National
Virtual Academy (NVA) and the ISRO-VRC programme, which involve collaboration
with national and international partners for developing content and capacity building
structures to promote sustainable rural development. VRCs are connected to one another
through ISRO’s uplink and downlink satellite facilities, whereby users located at one
node of this network can fully interact with those located at another node through video
and audio links.