The TDCC was declared operational in February 1995 and one transponder on INSAT -38 is dedicated for this purpose. Several user agencies have set up their own receive networks and now are in the process of acquiring their own uplinks. More and more user agencies are coming forward. It is quite likely that (in the next five years almost all State 6overnmerts and several Open Universities would have these satellite based teleconferencing facilities and these would form the backbone of communication support to distance education and development training in the country

Growth of teleconferencing/Interactive Training Programmes using TDCC is phenomenal in terms of:
1. Increase in number of user agencies
2. Increase in number of areas of teleconferencing applications
3. Increase in number of target groups
4. Increase in number of Teaching ends
5. Increase in number of Receiving ends
6. Add-on Technologies

Software Planning Training to TDCC User Agencies
After operationalisation of TDCC in February 1995, TDCC has witnessed tremendous growth in terms of number of teaching ends, receiving ends, user agencies, training areas and training groups. On demand by different user agencies, software-planning training is provided in order to empower them for conducting Interactive Training Programmes more effectively.

Training content includes familiarisation with the network, roles and responsibilities of user agencies, nodal person, focal person, facilitator, anchor person, resource persons, and visual aids.

Such trainings were provided to:

1. ANS - SIRD, Mysore for State Government of Karnataka (Two Training Programmes)
2. MPAA - Bhopal, for State Government of Madhya Pradesh

3. SEWA - Ahmedabad

4. DPEP - New Delhi
5. ORSAC - Bhubaneswar for Government of Orissa

It is planned to provide software training to all new user agencies as well as all Gramsat Projects in different states.

All agencies involved in communication impart in-house training to their employees both long term and short term training with a view to capacity building of communicators for transformation of the society. It would be more meaningful if networking of all training agencies takes place.