started in 1975, kcp was india's first rural communication project. kcp aimed at providing television broadcasting and allied communication services to the targeted rural areas. kcp was a joint collaboration between the government of india, the united states government and the united nations. the united nations development program (undp) donated low cost transmitters and satellite earth stations to this project. about 650 television sets were distributed to nearly 400 villages in this project. the project received the 1985 ipdc-unesco prize for rural communication. the project was subsequently taken as a reference for implementation of the gramsat pilot project.