"Distance education at IIT Bombay is carried
out through live and free transmission of its own courses,
through satellite, video conference and webcast.
Distance education is a partial solution to improve the
dismal state of engineering education in India.
Optionally, the transmission is also available under value
added modes, using powerful features, such as, video
course on demand and the learning management system,
moodle." The article presents the efforts and considerations taken in order to offer postgraduates programs succesfully in order to improve engineering students.