The DEP-DPEP, IGNOU and DEP-SSA Karnataka prepared its merger and the distance education activities of Karnataka were shaped by the then Distance Education Co-ordinator, Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel. A massive EDUSAT programme was designed for primary schools of Karnataka by involving (i) NOS, IGNOU, Jawaharal Nehru Centre for Languages, (ii) RIESI, and others, (iii) ISI, IISC, CTE And others, (iv) IISE, KRVP,CTE, Planetarium, (v) CIIL, CTE, DIET, BRC (vi) ISRO and others with DSERT as the nodal agency. The proposal is placed at the following link for information of academicians https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzTU0wmWJQRONzYwN2NlNDUtNzNmYy00MTVjLWE1NDYtNmE2MDIwNDRjZjE3&hl=en_US