Annual Report 2015-2016
Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
www.ignou.ac.in ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16
Preparation Team : Prof. A.R. Khan, Prof. A.K. Singh, Prof. Anju Sehgal Gupta, Prof. Anurag Saxena, Prof. T.U. Fulzele, Dr. V.P. Rupam, Dr. Pankaj Khare, Dr. Jitendra K. Srivastave, Dr. Neelam Chaudhary, Dr. Harish K. Sethi, Dr. Bir Abhimanyu Kumar, Dr. Vandana Varma, Dr. Sunil Kumar (Convener)
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This report was finalized by the Preparation Team with the help of Planning and Development Division, IGNOU and approved by the Board of Management, IGNOU in its 126th meeting held on 18.10.2016.
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CONTENTS
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From the Vice Chancellor’s Desk 4 Executive Summary 7 Chapter – I Indira Gandhi National Open University: A Profile 13
Chapter – II Academic Activities 20
Chapter – III Enrolment and Learners’ Profile 37 Chapter – IV Learner Support Activities 49
Chapter – V Technology for Education 64
Chapter – VI Governance, Resources and Infrastructure 69 Appendix – 1 Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University 81 Appendix – 2 List of the MoUs/MoCs/Agreements/by IGNOU in the Financial Year 2015-16 97 Appendix – 3 Academic Programmes offered by the University 99 Appendix – 4 Details of Externally Funded Projects 114
Appendix – 5 Conferences/Workshops/Panel Discussions/ Lectures/Seminars organized by IGNOU 116 Appendix – 6 Research Publications and Contributions in Conferences/Seminars/ Workshops 122 List of Abbreviations 157
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From the Vice-Chancellor’s Desk
It is a great honour for me to present the Annual Report of Indira Gandhi National Open University for the fiscal year 2015-16. This report provides a glimpse of academic achievements and implementation of administrative reforms in the period. The University, over the years, has made remarkable contributions in meeting demands of higher education of the society, and stands committed to continue its efforts to meet the educational needs including training and delivering quality education to large number of people, especially those living on the margins of society. The University has registered a growth of 7.2 % in its enrolment in the reported period with 45.5 % of women students among fresh students. In order to address issue of gender equity the University is offering academic programmes empowering women. As a result, the University has enrolled a larger number of women students in academic programmes of Gender and Development Studies, Humanities, Health Sciences, Continuing Education, Vocational Education, Social Work and Translation Studies. It is reflected in the fact that the strength of female students is more than 50% of fresh enrollments in these Schools. Along with it, the University has been addressing social issues in selected areas and accrediting skills by offering training in formal and non-formal sectors through awareness, appreciation and bridge courses. Moreover, the University made special provision of plan grants to boost educational development of North-East States, and has witnessed higher enrolment from these states. There is remarkable strength of SC/ST students in academic programmes in the areas of Education, Humanities, Management Studies, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Continuing Education, Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Tourism and Social Work. With its intent to bridge educational gap among SC and ST community, the University has introduced the scheme of reimbursement/exemption of fee in select Undergraduate academic programmes including BA, B.Sc, B.Com, B.T.S. and BCA in the fiscal year 2015-16. IGNOU’s unique strength lies in its self-learning instructional materials in a wide range of disciplines. It has produced the largest collection of qualitative self-learning instructional materials for higher education in India. With the largest collection of printed self-learning instructional material at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in Hindi medium, the University is aware of its responsibility to play the role of national resource centre for educational resources and provide access to its learning resources on ‘E-Gyankosh’ platform which is a digital repository open to the public. With its countrywide network of 67 Regional Centres and over 3000 Study Centres, IGNOU has exhibited its capability for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in higher education and skill development. It has augmented its capacity to meet educational and training needs by entering into collaboration with industries and other institutions. The University has provided impetus to academic-industry linkages and collaboration for design and delivery of academic programmes in new and emerging areas of studies. A range of skill and capacity building programmes will be delivered through these initiatives by acquiring unconventional modes of delivery of academic programmes, also blend of ICT, hands-on-training, field experiences and Open and Distance Learning mode is being adopted to meet the learning requirements.
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The Students Support Network of the University is unique in terms of its wide range of support activities offered through its Regional Centres and Study Centres spread across the country with focus on marginalized areas with Special Study Centres. The University has established Regular Study Centres especially for women in existing academic institutions to encourage admission of women. Also it further strengthened its linkage with the society by adopting 47 villages, dispersed across its Regional Centres under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. A number of Student Support Services including admission, applying for Term-End- Examination and assignments have been made available at the doorstep of learners through Internet in recent years. Admission and re-registration of students is now also offered through online mode. IGNOU has succeeded in bringing marginalized society to the main stream by using its traditional approach in cost effective ways, while on the other hand, it also leads in the use of technology. Also it has contributed to equity and access to higher education and in using education technology and ICT in delivery of quality higher education through ODL. The remarkable ICT enabled initiatives of the University include designing, developing and launching of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), accessing learning resources through Shodhganga (UGC-INFLIBNET project), and National Digital Library (MHRD project), contributing to Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth (SAMVAY), re-starting of Gyan Vani FM radio stations, reactivating e-Gyankosh, Wi-fi campus connectivity, Cloud based IT infrastructure and Digital Locker. Moreover, the University has taken initiatives to augment the use of ICT in academic and administrative transactions and introduced e-tendering for purchase of items for the University through the Central Public Procurement Portal of India under the reported period. For capacity building of its teaching, academic and non-teaching staff in the period of the report, the University organized refresher and orientation programmes with emphasis on design and delivery of online education and designing of online education. The University conducted 31 workshops/training/refresher programmes. The University also played an important role in training of in-service teachers from Schools. It has been engaged in training of teachers employed by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Governments of North-East states. The University extensively used its wide spread Student Support Network and technology for training in-service teachers on a large scale without displacing them from their place of work. The MHRD entrusted IGNOU with the task of coordination of drafting of inputs for the National Policy on Education on the theme “Promoting Open and Distance Learning and Online Courses”. For this purpose, the University conducted a survey of stakeholders; held a seminar and series of consultative meetings at regional levels with various stakeholders in collecting inputs for the proposed national policy. In all 98 consultations at its Headquarters and Regional Centres were held and around 21 ODL Institutions also submitted their inputs and opinions. The National Survey was also done through a questionnaire administered online through IGNOU website and responses were collected. The Campus Placement Cell of the University made special efforts and conducted record number of placement drives in the fiscal year. The University organised 23 placement drives at the Headquarters and various Regional Centres. The placement drive exclusively for women was a remarkable contribution to the Prime Minister’s initiative of ‘Beti Padhao Beti Bachao’. 4,780 students participated in various placement drives out of which 1,197 were short-listed/selected.
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The University had initiated the process of consolidating its overseas activities. After consolidation the University has expanded and revived its international operations with reactivation of its nine overseas Centres with the approval of the Visitor. Further, the University has established its excellence in conducting research in the ODL system as well as discipline based research. It is imperative that the ODL system also proves its commitment and capability of running quality research programmes in tune with other institutions of higher learning. During the period 123 research scholars were awarded Ph.D./ M.Phil. degrees; and a good number are pursuing their research degrees in different disciplines. The University also organized 16 international conferences/ seminars, about 100 consultative meetings with experts from all over India and organised 30 lectures to give impetus to research. The volume and quality of research and publications of the faculty is evident in the two lists provided in this report at Appendix 6. IGNOU as a system leader also works for establishing, practicing and spreading awareness about quality assurance mechanism and accreditation system for the open and distance learning institutions in India. The University made substantial progress in evolving accreditation mechanism for the ODL system. The University convened the 5th National Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Open Universities and Directors of Distance Education Institutions (DEIs). It also organised a meeting of the Steering Committee on accreditations to formulate policy for accreditation of ODL system in India. The University has been sharing and promoting best practices of ODL in India so that other institutions will learn from innovative experiences of each other. The University has prepared a road map to create a database of best practices of the system and is sharing it with all ODL institutions. The University has now entered into new phase of academic collaborations, growing enrollment, placement of students, and diversified expansion of Students Support Network and capacity building of academic and administrative staff. The Government of India has also recognized IGNOU’s contributions toward knowledge and skill development of the society by assigning new responsibilities to it for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in education and skill development through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) under SWAYAM and SWAYAM PRABHA. I have great pleasure to inform you that IGNOU as a system leader in ODL has accepted the responsibility of taking these schemes to new heights. In the current year, IGNOU has also been assigned the role of National Coordination for five DTH (Direct to Home) channels under the SWAYAM PRABHA scheme i.e. Culture; Liberal Arts and Humanities; State Open Universities; Agriculture, Vocational & Allied Sciences; and Teacher Education. It is a challenging task for us, as the University not only designs software, educational resources, audio and video for SWAYAM PRABHA and SWAYAM (MOOCs) but also trains the workforce to face the emerging challenges so that they can sustain these innovations. With the cooperation of all stakeholders the University stands committed to its objectives and rededicates itself for their realization in the days to come.
(Prof. Ravindra Kumar) Vice Chancellor (I/c)
6 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 Executive Summary IGNOU was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 to provide access to quality higher education to all segments of the society. The objective of the University was to offer high-quality, innovative and need-based programmes at different levels, to all those who require them; and reach out to the disadvantaged segments by offering programmes in all parts of the country and overseas at affordable cost. IGNOU has been steadily expanding opportunities for life-long higher education and democratising education by making it inclusive. The University has adopted a flexible and innovative approach which encourages learners to move from education to work and vice versa. Its academic programmes are well suited to the diverse requirements of the country, and also help to harness the human resources with its full potential and leverage the demographic dividend. The University has an estimated cumulative student strength of about 2.98 million of these a significant number of 7,96,127 students were added through fresh admission and re-registration during 2015-16 admission cycles. An analysis of data of fresh enrolment for 2015-16 reveals that 45.5% of them are women, 8.8% are ST, 10.0% are SC and 20.8% are OBC, thereby providing a significant social spread towards inclusive education. The University offered 227 academic programmes, encompassing a wide range of disciplines, which cater to the diverse socio-economic needs. It ventured into new academic areas of anthropology, bio-chemistry, foreign languages and gender studies etc. The university re-launched Certificate in French Language in the reported period. The 21 Schools of Study continued their regular activities of planning, designing and developing academic programmes, and undertaking research activities. The schools revised courses and developed new courses in existing academic programmes in various disciplines in the reported period. The support services to students are extended by the Student Registration Division (SRD), Student Evaluation Division (SED), Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD), Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC). The academic programmes are delivered through the vast network of 67 Regional Centres (RCs), 3,089 Learner Support Centres (LSCs). A total of 52,830 part-time academic counsellors drawn mostly from the conventional system provide the human interactivity element for the learners at LSC’s . In 2015-16, the student support network was expanded by establishing 137 new Learner Support Centres, of which 31 are Special Study Centres. The University published 165 lakh blocks of study material to meet the requirement of 7.96 lakh students registered in 227 academic programmes during the reported period. Production and distribution of printed materials is closely monitored to ensure quality and its timely delivery to students. The task of delivery of study materials was accomplished within the timeframe. In the December, 2015 Term End Examination, over 4.9 lakh students appeared in 2,524 courses across 877 Examination Centres, which included a striking number of 82 Jail Centres and 22 International Centres. Similarly, 4.91 lakh students appeared in Term End Examination held in July, 2015. The total number of answer sheets evaluated stood at 31.7 lakh in the reported period. The university introduced close monitoring
7 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 of conduct of Term End Examination through Web-Conferencing at select Examination Centres. The 28th Convocation was held on 8th August, 2015 in which Dr. Hari Gautam, Former Chairman, University Grants Commission and President, Mahatama Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology delivered the Convocation address. Prof. D.P. Singh, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University was Distinguished Guest. Apart from Degree/Diploma/Certificates, various awards were conferred at the Convocation, which included Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Gold Medal, CEMCA Cash Award, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Cash Award, Mother Teresa Memorial Cash Award, Prof. Grover Cash Award and best service award to the Regional Centres. At this Convocation, a total of over 1.91 lakh students spread in all regions of India and overseas received Degree/Diplomas and Certificates. Of the total number of 1,91,818 awardees, Bachelors degree constitute the largest number with 75,305 (39.3%), followed by Diplomas with 51,253 (26.7%), Masters with 47,198 (24.6%), Certificates with 17,939 (9.4%), 25 in M.Phil and 98 in Ph.D. 90 meritorious students received Gold Medals. The Regional Centres (RCs) took special initiatives for awareness on various social and educational issues such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan, plantation of trees and saplings, promoting higher education opportunities through distance education, education opportunities for women, education and job avenues for disabled. RCs took innovative approaches to enhance enrolment, including on-the-spot admission, road shows, publicity through mobile vans, meeting with the potential learners from all walks of life, particularly in the rural and remote areas during the period of the report. RC Jabalpur participated in Career Fair organised by Mahakoshal College of Arts & Commerce, Jabalpur. Regional Centre at Khanna developed a mobile application to provide relevant information to individual students. The University introduced the scheme of fee reimbursement for SC and ST students in selected undergraduate academic programmes (BA, B.Sc., B.Com, BTS, BSW and BCA) as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme under SCSP and TSP scheme. During the year, the University has further augmented the infrastructure of its Regional Centres through construction as well as extension of Regional Centre buildings at different locations. Buildings of Regional Centres located in Lucknow and Cochin were inaugurated in the reported period. Foundation Stone of the building for Regional Centre Vatakara was also laid in this period. Distance learners not only require quality study material but also its timely delivery combined with all other relevant academic support services, namely, conduct of counseling sessions, submission and evaluation of assignments, timely updating and issuance of grade cards. Hence, in the reporting year, the University continued its efforts to strengthen these services for improving the quality of instructional delivery. The Campus Placement Cell of the University convened 23 placement drive events in the reported period at various places with proactive assistance from the respective Regional/Study Centres to provide placement opportunities to successful students. It included five Campus Placement Drives at Headquarters, thirteen Placement Drives at Regional Centres, two recruitment drives at company premises, one exclusive all
8 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 women Job Fair at Headquarters and two Job Fairs at a Study Centre of IGNOU under RC Delhi-2. A total of 4,762 students of the University attended these placement drives, out of which 1,197 students were shortlisted/selected. The University fulfills educational, vocational and rehabilitation needs of persons with disabilities through a wide range of activities. The University established Special Study Centres to extend support to students with disabilities. A video brochure in sign language on IGNOU was developed in the reported period to acquaint prospective students with disabilities about IGNOU and its academic programmes. Soft copies of study material of select courses were made available on demand to students having Visual Impairment and Low Vision. The University compiled published and unpublished research work on disabilities and higher education. This compilation was published as a report entitled ‘Compilation of Indian Research Abstracts in Disability Studies’ in the reported period. This compilation would be shortly available on web. The university developed six radio programmes on different topics of disabilities in the reported period and organized six sensitization programmes on various issues of disabilities on the basis of recommendations of a Committee constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, for faculty and staff of the University in the reported period. The University focused on capacity building of workforce with the help of Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE). STRIDE’s capacity building initiatives were focused on target groups, such as, teachers/academics and non- teaching/administrative staff of IGNOU, State Open Universities (SOUs) and DDEs/ DEIs in the reported period. The Workshops/Training Programmes conducted by STRIDE during 2015-16 focused on Research Methodology in Distance Education, Refresher Programme on Distance Education, Financial and Administrative aspects of ODL; Design of self-learning material for Open and Distance Education; and Gender Concerns in Open and Distance Learning. STRIDE conducted seven Workshops, two Refresher programmes, one Seminar, one Training and five Training-Cum-Workshop programme in the reported period. The Central and State Governments envisage a major role for IGNOU in addressing the training needs of in-service teachers. During the period of report, the University continued the task of training of in-service teachers for the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and also few North East States. The University recently revised instructional materials of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) to update knowledge and skill of teachers with the latest developments in teacher education discipline. The University entered into academic collaborations with various industries/academic/training/ professional institutions for design and delivery of academic/training programmes in the reported period. The University hosted the fifth Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Open Universities in the reported period. Vice-Chancellor/Representatives from State Open Universities and Directorates of Distance Education participated in this Conference to take forward the work of the previous conference on assessment and accreditation of open and distance learning institutions and to discuss other issues pertaining to ODL institutions mainly, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and Choice Based Credit
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System (CBCS). The participants agreed and accepted in principle the draft framework of assessment and accreditation of ODL institutions. The University also convened one day meeting of the Steering Committee for the ‘Accreditation of Open and Distance Learning Institutions’ to deliberate on the parameters for Accreditation of the ODL System. The University conducted one day seminar on ‘Best Practices of ODL’ and developed a preliminary road map for creation of Database of Best Practices in ODL. The University made significant contribution in drafting of National ODL policy as a part of National Education Policy in the period of report. The University organsied Regional Consultative Meetings for New Education Policy on ‘Promoting Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Online Courses’ at different Regional Centres. The University continued to harness the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for enhancing the teaching-learning processes. During the reported period, the University initiated several steps to bring about a paradigm shift in the ICT usage and deployment to improve access and achieve excellence in the quality of distance education. Technical staff, producers and other supportive staff of Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC) were trained in Sound Recording Technology and Channel Packaging. EMPC has contributed 117 video programmes to a cumulative total of 4,616 video programmes and 157 audio programmes to a cumulative total of 2,491 audio programmes. The University produced a documentary film on life and work of Prof. G. Ram Reddy, the founder Vice-Chancellor of the University. There were two major initiatives to integrate electronic media with print materials i.e. a) integration of audio and print materials to impart Communication Skills. This module was offered to students enrolled in undergraduate Programmes of IGNOU; and b) Audio programmes are fully integrated with the self-learning instructional materials of Certificate in Russian Language. India’s first Educational TV Channel, Gyan Darshan–1 (GD-1) has completed 15 years of its operations with a break at present. Programmes telecast on GD-1 were pooled from various educational institutions and organizations, like Central Institute of Educational Technology of NCERT, NIOS, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, CEC (UGC), DST, DAE (Directorate of Adult Education), NLM (National Literacy Mission), NITTTRs, BRAOU and Ministries of Government of India. In order to build interactivity in ODL, one-way video and two-way audio teleconferencing facilities were being offered through Gyan Darshan-2 (GD-2). Important nationwide programmes for IGNOU’s learners, lectures by eminent experts/dignitaries, discussions with Regional Centre (RC) staff were also being organized through this channel. The transmission of GD-1 and GD-2 channels was discontinued w.e.f. June, 2014. Gyan Vani (GV), an educational FM Radio Channel, has been operating through several FM radio stations from different cities in the country, with a break at present 37 FM stations were operational. The broadcasting on Gyan Vani FM radio was discontinued w.e.f. October, 2014. The University made sincere efforts to reactivate Gyan Vani and Gyan Darshan in the reported period. The University signed Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA) with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for reactivating Gyan Vani FM radio. Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vani initiatives will be likely back for telecasting/broadcasting during next fiscal year.
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The University introduced e-network in the reported period. e-Network provides interactivity in distance education system through audio-video streaming and data exchange facilitated through a computer network. SITs (Satellite Interactive Terminals) installed at Regional Centres across the country facilitate regular two-way video conferences. The Teaching end is co-located with the Hub (earth station) at IGNOU’s Headquarters. The centralized online database of students’ profile and online admission were implemented to improve flexibility of the system. The University developed Online Convocation registration service apart from strengthening of student support services through ICT in the reported period. The University designed and developed an interactive online database on innovations in the Open and Distance Learning System (ODL) named “Navdharana” which contains more than a hundred innovation and ideas for the use of the stakeholders. These innovations have been disseminated through various media, such as reports, e-newsletters, blogs and booklets. In keeping with the earlier emphasis on research, the University has given further impetus to research education. The University conferred 98 awards at Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) and 25 awards at Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) levels in the reported period. The Central Library resources are open to access for all stakeholders of IGNOU through host website and remote access through Web-OPAC and Integrated search engines. The Central library situated at the Headquarters maintained a collection of 1,38,858 books, while libraries at RCs maintained 2,51,762 books. The L&DD has subscribed to about seventy five thousand e-journals and 1,711 e-books during the period of the report. These are regularly used by the Academics, Faculty, Researchers, Administrative Staff and Learners. More than one thousand five hundred registered users (Teachers, Academics, Researchers, Administrative Staff and Students) have been provided remote access services to e-resources subscribed by the library. The Digital Repository (e- Gyankosh) service was restored and made operational. Most of the instructional materials of the University are made available to the general public in digital form through E-Gyankosh portal. Now anyone with internet access can access IGNOU’s instructional materials. The University has additional internet broadband connectivity of one GBPS at the Headquarters under the National Knowledge Network (NKN). This facility is used as the primary link for internet access and online support to stakeholders and others across the globe. IT Computing and Storage infrastructure from NIC Cloud is hired to host some of the critical IT services of the University such as Online admission, Website and DNS to ensure high availability of these services to all stakeholders of the University. The University has a considerable international presence with its widening base of foreign students, increasing academic collaboration and capacity building programmes. Earlier IGNOU had its reach in 15 countries through 29 Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) (excluding Learning Centres established under the Pan Africa e-Networking Project). OSCs were kept in abeyance due to some administrative reasons for some time. However out of these, nine OSCs in eight countries were reactivated with the approval of the Hon’ble President of India, the Visitor of the University in the reported period.
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The University has also been offering it academic programmes in the disciplines of Management Studies and Early Childhood Care and Education in 32 institutes/ universities in 31 countries of African continent under Pan Africa E-Network. The cumulative enrolment of overseas learners was 64,608 (excluding students enrolled under Pan Africa E-Network) at the end of reported period. A total of 2,678 students were enrolled under the Pan Africa E-Network project. Six foreign delegations made academic visits to the University in the reported period During the period of report, the Administration Division carried out its routine activities through its functional units, such as, Governance, Establishment, Central Purchase Unit, General Administration, Security Unit, Public Relations Unit, Hindi Cell, Legal Cell, SC/ST Cell, Coordination Section, Recruitment Cell and RTI Cell. The University introduced e-Tendering for purchase of items for the University through the Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India. The financial achievements of the University during the period of report with the expenditure being 117.1 % ( ` 584.04 Crore) as against the total revenue of ` 498.63 Crore. Of the total revenue, the share of Central Plan funding by MHRD was 14.9% (` 74.25 Crore) and the remaining income was primarily through student fees and internal resources. IGNOU has been implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for its back office processes popularly known as “ODL Soft-ERP”. The IT Infrastructure and related services created for the ODL Soft-ERP, through the Data Centre have been operational 24x7 at about 2,500 network nodes using OFC, CAT6, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The Horticulture Cell of the University maintains greenery of the University campus spread in an area of 120 acres. The Horticulture Cell focused on massive plantation of fruit trees and beautification of official buildings with indoor plants in the reported period. The Cell developed a lawn (area covered 0.45 hectare) in the housing complex inside the University Campus. 1000 trees of different species, seasonal flowering plants and more than 12,000 pots of flowering plants were planted on the campus in the period of report. The University maintained an Herbal Garden with more than 50 Medicinal and Aromatic plants on the campus. In the process of consolidation, the University successfully faced the challenges given its size and operational dimension during the reporting period. To meet the launch of quality necessary steps were taken to review, reflect, introspect and carry out appropriate action while maintaining and consolidating best practices. The main focus remained on a learner-centric approach suited to both individual requirements and composite needs of the learners.
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CHAPTER-I INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY: A PROFILE Introduction Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the world’s largest University, was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 with the following objectives: to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge by a diversity of means, including the use of communication technology, to provide opportunities for higher education to a large segment of the population, to promote the educational well being of the community generally, and to encourage the Open University and distance education systems in the educational system of the country. The University has contributed significantly to the higher education sector of the country by increasing equitable access to quality education through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode. In 1987, the University commenced its academic operations by offering two Diploma programmes in Management and in Distance Education, with a modest enrolment of 4,528 students. From these humble beginnings, presently the University has recorded a mammoth growth with an estimated cumulative enrolment of 29.82 lakh. Student enrolment was significant in 2015-16 with 7,96,127 registered students, out of which 4,55,832 constituting 57.3% of registration was fresh enrolment. There is remarkable annual growth in enrolment of 7.1% in the reported period. Of the total fresh enrolment in 2015-16, women constitute 45.5%, STs are 8.8%, SCs are 10.0% and OBC are 20.8% thereby representing the diverse social canvas of the country.
Prof. Arun Nigavekar, Former Chairman of UGC presenting memento to Mrs Pramila Ram Reddy at the 20th Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture on 2nd July, 2015 The University offered its academic programmes through its 21 Schools of Studies and a network of 67 Regional Centres, 3,089 Learner Support Centres (LSCs). The
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University has also established Special Study Centres (SSCs) to bring the disadvantaged sections into the mainstream/higher education. IGNOU has helped the advancement and development of higher education, by offering a wide spectrum of academic programmes and courses for continued professional development and carrying out extension activities. As a world leader in distance education, it has been conferred with the Award of Excellence by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. The University was ranked 124th in the Webometrics ranking of Indian Universities, based on the criterion of its presence in terms of impact, openness and excellence. The University is committed to quality in teaching, research, training and extension activities, and acts as a National Resource Centre for expertise in the ODL system. It’s various Centres namely, Staff Training and Research Institute in Distance Education (STRIDE), Inter-University Consortium (IUC), National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS) and National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE) among others, focus on specific learner groups and enriches the distance learning system. The University has ushered in a new era of technology-enabled education in the country with the establishment of the Inter-University Consortium. A large number of Regional Centres and high enrolment Study Centres have been provided with computer-based network connectivity to provide interaction with students. The emphasis is now being laid on developing interactive multimedia, online student support, and adding value to the traditional distance education delivery mode with modern technology-enabled education within the framework of the ODL system.
30th Foundation Lecture was delivered on 19th November, 2015 by Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi, Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi The University has gained considerable international presence by enrolling overseas students through Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) Faculty participation in International seminars and conferences and regular visits of foreign scholars for lectures and participation in seminars and conferences provide opportunity for interaction to faculty.
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Authorities of the University The President of India is the Visitor of the University and designated as the Highest Authority of the University. The Board of Management is the chief executive body of the University. It is empowered by the Statutes of the University to look after the management and administration of the revenue, finances and property of the University as well as the conduct of all academic and administrative affairs. The Academic Council is the apex academic authority, which decides the academic policies of the University and gives directions on methods of instruction, evaluation and improvement in academic standards and also provides guidance and supervision to research activities within the University. The Planning Board is responsible for the design, development and delivery of academic programmes and formulation of priorities for academic programmes offered by the University. It also advises to the Board of Management and the Academic Council on any matter that it may deem necessary for the fulfillment of the objectives of the University. The Research Council is responsible for the planning, designing, organizing and monitoring of research programmes. The Schools of Studies are the basic academic units responsible for the conceptualization, design and development of academic programmes. Every School of Study has a School Board, chaired by the Director of the School that oversees its academic activities. The Finance Committee advises the University on all financial matters, fixing the limits for the recurring and non-recurring expenditure, on the basis of grants received from the Government and the income and financial resources of the University. It also examines the accounts and scrutinizes the expenditure of the University.
Cultural Programme on 30th Foundation Day on 19th November, 2015 The officers of the University include the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice Chancellors, the Directors of Schools/Divisions/Centres/ Institutes, the Registrars, the Finance Officer and the Librarian. The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive Officer of the University and is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Board of Management, the Academic Council, the Planning Board, the Research Council and the Finance Committee.
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Organizational structure of Indira Gandhi National Open University Academic Programmes IGNOU offered 227 academic, professional, vocational, awareness generating and skill- oriented programmes of study during the period of report at the level of Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree. Admission in the Doctoral academic programmes, for the time being is kept on hold. The focus of these programmes is to meet the diverse academic and employment needs of the people, especially of the disadvantaged sections of society. A number of programmes have been designed to meet the requirements of continuing education and training of in- service people for their professional growth. The academic programmes are designed and developed by the faculty in active collaboration with eminent experts from all over the country and in-house instructional designers and media specialists. By providing good quality learning materials to its learners, the University has succeeded in raising the standards of higher education in the country. The University, with its emphasis on learner-centred education, has introduced a number of modular programmes so as to provide a greater flexible learning environment. Academic programmes, other than awareness/appreciation programmes, have been assigned credit weightage. In general, Master’s Degree programmes are assigned 64 to 72 credits; Bachelor’s Degree programmes are assigned 96 to 124 credits; Diploma Programmes are of 24 to 36 credits and Certificate Programmes are of 12 to 18 credits. A policy for granting credit exemption and credit transfer is also in place. Being an open and distance learning institution, IGNOU provides considerable flexibility in
16 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 entry qualifications, place, pace and duration of study. A major focus of IGNOU is on research in academic disciplines, which are housed in the Schools of Studies and also on systemic research about the open and distance learning system. Students have been pursuing Ph.D./M.Phil. programmes in different disciplines. A total of 123 scholars were awarded M.Phil/Ph.D. Degrees (98 Ph.D. & 25 M.Phil.) in various Disciplines during the period of report. Apart from externally funded projects for training, research and academic growth, the University collaborated with different organizations for design, development and delivery of academic programmes. The important ones of these are Commonwealth of Learning (COL), World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Rights Organization (WIPO), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), various Ministries of the Government of India, State Governments, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) among others. Instructional System The University delivers its academic programmes through a multi- media instructional system, which includes self-instructional print materials, audio-video materials, face- to-face counseling, Radio, Television, Interactive Radio Counseling, Laboratory and Hands-on Experience, Web-Conferencing, Interactive Multimedia, CD-ROM, Internet based learning, and also Instant Messaging through mobile phones. For courses in streams like Sciences, Computer Sciences, Nursing, Medical Sciences, Education, Engineering and Technology, arrangements have been made for intensive practical classes/practice teaching at selected Study Centres/Work Centres/Programme Centres, while the traditional distance education delivery through print and study centre support has been strengthened with Radio, Television, counseling at regular intervals, Interactive Multimedia Content, Web-based Conference and Digital content and CD/ Web. The design of the instructional system as well as capacity building of teachers and counsellors is facilitated by the different Schools, Divisions, Institutes and Centres of the University.
Learning System of Indira Gandhi National Open University
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Student Support Services The University caters to a diverse range of learners from the rural, urban and tribal areas, the physically challenged, socially marginalized, sex workers, jail inmates, personnel from Government, non-government sectors, armed and paramilitary forces, employers and the employed from organized and unorganized sectors, parents and home makers. The University has an extensive nation-wide Student Support Network comprising Regional Centres and Learner Support Centres. IGNOU is able to reach out to aspirants of higher education in remote and marginalized areas of the country through its deeply rooted Student Support Network. This network facilitates access to a range of services to students and other stakeholders, such as, subject-specific academic counseling, listening/viewing of Audio/Video programmes, library facilities, teleconferencing, video conferencing, multimedia support, computer access, laboratory work and other practical work. Special attention is given to women, minority communities, socially and economically disadvantaged groups, jail inmates, the North- East Region, tribal areas and low literacy areas by establishing Special Study Centres in identified areas across the country. Details about Special Study Centres are provided in Chapter-IV: ‘Learner Support Activities’. Depending on the academic requirements, the University collaborates with outside agencies to provide work experience, practical and hands on training to its learners.
84th Birthday celebration of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on 15th October, 2015 Administration and Finance The general administration of the University is run by the Administration Division headed by the Registrar. It provides administrative support to all the Schools, Divisions,
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Centres and other Units of the University. The details of its functioning are covered in Chapter VI: ‘Governance, Resources and Infrastructure’ of this Report. The University’s finances are maintained by the Finance and Accounts Division, which deals with the collection of revenue, receipts and expenditure of the University. The Division is responsible for preparation of budget estimates, review of receipts and expenditures, financial investment and overall upkeep of the financial health of the University under the guidance of the Finance Committee. Enterprise Resource Planning In an effort to computerize all operations of the University, various activities have been automated and integrated. Implementation of PeopleSoft ERP modules for Back Office integrated automation has been taken up. The Back Office Automation covers Finance and Accounts, Human Resource, Payroll, Administration and the Central Library. It is also planned to automate the processes in the Students Evaluation Division (SED), Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD), Regional Services Division (RSD) and International Division (ID).
67th Republic Day Celebration on 26th January, 2016
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CHAPTER-II ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES The academic activities of the University are mainly organized through the Schools of Studies. The research activities, housed under various Schools of Studies, are coordinated through a separate ‘Research Unit’. A few Centres are also functioning to promote innovations, strengthen capacity building and support academic activities including research. This Chapter provides information about Schools of Studies, Centres/Institute and other academic initiatives during the period of report. The academic programmes offered by the various Schools of Studies are provided at Appendix 3. The details of externally funded research projects, seminars, workshops, lectures and training organized by Schools of Studies, Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education, Centres, and Inter-University Consortium are separately given in Appendices 5 and 6. A tabulated list and chart providing consolidated information about the number of academic programmes on offer is given at the end of this Chapter. The information relating to academic activities is divided into three sections – Schools of Studies, Centres/Institutions and other academic activities. SCHOOLS OF STUDIES At present, there are 21 Schools of Studies, which are responsible for planning, designing, developing and coordinating academic programmes and courses offered by the University. Each School of Study has the School Board that oversees the academic activities of the School, such as curriculum design and development, research and other major activities of the School. The details of academic programmes, eligibility criteria, duration, credit requirements and medium of instruction are available on IGNOU’s website www.ignou.ac.in under the respective School’s web-page. School of Humanities The mandate of the School is to develop and offer academic programmes in English, Hindi and other Indian languages. The School houses the disciplines of Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, Bhojpuri and Maithilee. The School has been offering Certificate, Diploma, Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate level programmes/courses in Hindi, Urdu and English. Research programmes are on offer in the disciplines of English and Hindi. Foundation Courses in 16 Modern Indian languages, including Bhojpuri and Maithili, added recently, have been designed and developed by the School. The faculty is also involved in editing of study materials and other publications of the University. The Translation Unit of the School takes care of translation in Hindi and vetting of learning materials and other publications. School of Social Sciences The School’s mandate is to develop and offer academic programmes and conduct research in the major areas/streams of Social Sciences. The school has been assigned
20 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 the disciplines of Economics, History, Library and Information Sciences, Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology. The School has designed and developed a variety of academic programmes / courses in the discipline areas assigned to it. The School houses two Centres: a) Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies: The main Objective of the Centre is to train students to participate creatively in all aspects of peace studies—peace building in conflict and post-conflict societies. Towards this objective, the CGPS has evolved a rigorous academic curriculum developed by leading Indian scholars in the field that help students to develop critical thinking and analytical skills as well as alternative methodologies for research. b) Indira Gandhi Centre for Freedom Struggle Studies: The Centre was established in 2008. The Centre has taken up the compilation of nationalist poetry in vernacular newspapers and work has started in Hindi, Persian and Urdu. The Three Chairs have been housed in the Centre, viz., (i) Bahadur Shah Zafar (ii) Gen. Shah Nawaz Khan, INA and (III) Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha. These Chairs have been sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. The IGCFSS has been conducting research in the following areas by compiling: 1. Persian records of 1857-58 2. Nationalist Poetry in Urdu newspapers 3. Nationalist Poetry in Hindi newspapers 4. Reports and news items related to Indentured Labour history 5. Poetry on INA & Subash Chandra Bose The compilation of these collections is nearing completion and is soon to be published by the Centre to facilitate Scholars and Researchers of Modern Indian History – particularly the Freedom Struggle.
National Seminar on ‘Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: A Reconstruction of Post 1945 Events in Freedom Struggle’, on 21st January, 2016
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The IGCFSS organized a One-day Seminar on ‘Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: A Reconstruction of Post 1945 Events in Freedom Struggle’, on 21st January 2016. The seminar was inaugurated by Major General (Dr.) Gagan Deep Bakshi (Retired) and the Keynote Address was delivered by Mr. Anuj Dhar, a renowned researcher on Netaji. Besides there were presentations by Dr. Sushil Kumari Tiwari, Dr. Sarwarul Haque from IGCFSS and Dr. Amba Pande. The School housed Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair on Social Change & Development. The objective of the Chair is to work towards dissemination of the ideas and thoughts of Dr. Ambedkar and to organize educational programmes including seminars, workshops, lectures, films, etc. The Chair is expected to make efforts directed towards achieving the dream of Ambedkar of an inclusive society based on equality. The Chair organised two lectures and celebrated birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (details are reflected in Appendix-5).
International Conference on Indo-Australia Relations Evolving Poly-Centric Order on 26-27th November, 2015 School of Sciences The School’s mandate is to develop and offer academic programmes and conduct research in different areas/streams of Science and Mathematics. It covers the disciplines of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics. Some courses prepared by the School are integral components of academic programmes offered by other Schools, such as Bachelor Degree Programme (B.A. and B.Com.), Bachelor of Tourism Studies (BTS), Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Post basic Bachelor of Sciences–Nursing, ‘Certificate in Environmental Studies’ (CES), ‘PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights’ (PGDIPR) and Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP).
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Science Exhibition on National Science Day on 27th February, 2016 The School added new courses on Aquaculture practices, Fresh Water Aquaculture, Coastal Aquaculture in existing academic programmes and revised courses of Physics discipline in the Bachelor Degree Programme (BDP) and Certificate Programme in Laboratory Techniques in the reported period. The School organized eight lectures on emerging issues in Sciences, apart from inviting Dr. Souvik Maiti for a talk entitled ‘Targeting DNA Structure’ in the reported period. Dr. Souvik Maiti, was recipient of prestigious S.S. Bhatnagar Award in 2014. The Science day was celebrated on 26th February 2016 with exhibition of paintings, poems, slogans received in a competition organised for IGNOU students, innovations by IGNOU students and useful products created from waste, teaching aids and science toys. The School introduced web based counseling for theory and practical courses of PG certificate in Geoinfomatics programme and developed a Web Based Student Support with the help of National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education to resolve queries of students. School of Education The School’s mandate is to develop and offer academic programmes and conduct research in Education as a field of knowledge and as an area of professional practice. The School successfully revised and offered Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) programme in the reported period. School of Continuing Education The School’s mandate is to provide opportunities for continuous updating and life- long learning so that individuals can keep pace with the rapid increase of knowledge, particularly in the professional and vocational spheres. The emphasis of the School is on sustainable development, including amelioration of rural poverty and empowerment of women and children. The School is assigned the disciplines of Rural
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Development, Nutritional Sciences, Child Development and Home Science. The School has successfully revised Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education (English and Hindi), course titled ‘Nutrition for the Community’ in Certificate Programme in Nutrition and Child Care; Application Oriented Course titled ‘Nutrition for the Community’ and elective course titled ‘Rural Development: Indian Context’. The School organized a National Seminar on ‘Stress and Mental Health: Nurturing Positivity in Children and Adolescents’ during the reported period. The seminar focused on the relevance of child and adolescent development for outcomes in education, health, live success and societal well being, other details are given in Appendix-5.
Prof. Girishwar Misra, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Jitendra Nagpal, eminent Psychiatrist & MGAHV, Wardha and other dignitaries Guest of Honour at the Valedictory Function lighting the lamp at the Inaugural function of sharing his views at the National Seminar on the National Seminar on ‘Stress and Mental ‘Stress and Mental Health: Nurturing Health: Nurturing Positivity in Children and Positivity in Children and Adolescents’ held Adolescents’ held on 2nd March, 2016 on 2nd March, 2016 School of Engineering and Technology The School’s mandate is to develop and offer academic programmes and conduct research in various streams/areas of Engineering and Technology with a focus on employment and continuing education. The school undertook education and training projects in collaboration with industries, training, vocational and educational institutions. The school entered into an agreement with the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FFDDI) in the reported period to offer vocational education and training in the area of Footwear retail, fashion and allied industry by adopting Open & Distance mode of education. The School introduced web based support in Advance Certificate in Power Distribution (ACPDM) programme to meet requirement of employed learners in the reported period. The School also entered into collaboration with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, Delhi and BSES Yamuna Power Limited, Delhi for opening of two Programme Study Centres (PSC) to impart skill development training in the reported period. The School introduced the Certificate programme in Motorcycle Service and Repair (CMSR) offered in collaboration with Hero MotoCorp limited, which was re-launched in January 2016, and 536 learners were trained and certified during January-March, 2016 cycle.
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School of Management Studies The School’s mandate is to provide an avenue for working personnel and professionals to acquire management qualifications so as to upgrade their managerial skills and capabilities through academic courses/programmes in the context of the developments taking place in the business world and society at large, and to collaborate with various apex institutions to develop programmes catering to the needs of specific target groups. The School provides opportunity for working personnel and professionals in acquiring area specific qualifications to upgrade and refine their managerial skills and capabilities with certification. The School is assigned the disciplines of Management and Commerce.
Celebration of 153rd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on 12th January 2016 The School organized a talk on the 153rd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on 12th January 2016. Shri Indresh Ji, member, National Executive RSS was the Chief Guest and Dr. R. B. Solanki was the distinguished guest on this occasion. The School entered into collaboration with the Retailers Associations of India (RAI), Mumbai to offer Bachelor in Business Administration (Retailing) and also signed an MoU with National Foundation for Corporate Governance wherein the faculty from the School was awarded a research grant of 3.70 lakhs for: ‘Study of Corporate Governance Practices of Indian Financial Sector Companies’ in the reported period. School of Health Sciences This School’s mandate is to augment educational avenues for Medical, Nursing and Paramedical personnel through the ODL mode. The main function of the School is the planning, developing, and launching of degree, diploma and certificate level academic programmes for various categories of health professionals, offering health-related awareness courses for the general public and conducting research on health-related issues. The School has collaborated with various national and international organizations, such as, the World Health Organization (WHO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH &FW) and National Board of Examination (NBE) for the development and dissemination of academic programmes.
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The School successfully revised ‘Certificate in New born and Infant Nursing’ and ‘Certificate in Maternal and Child Health’ and engaged in development of ‘Certificate in First Aid’ and ‘Bridge Programme in Community Health for Nurses’ in the reported period. Four Programme Study Centres were established to impart skill and training in various academic programmes offered by the School. The School also reactivated ‘Certificate in Adolescent Health & Counseling’ and ‘Certificate in Diabetes Care for Community Workers’. The School signed an MOU with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW) for developing a bridge course in Certificate in Community Health for nurses in the reported period. The school organized free eye check up, health talk, free health check up and Yoga Day in the reported period. School of Computer and Information Sciences The School’s mandate is to provide academic programmes in the area of Computer and Information Sciences. The School has taken up the challenge to demonstrate that the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) approach in computer education is not only feasible but also preferable. The School ensures high quality computer education programmes at different levels through innovative multiple media teaching/learning packages to cater to the academic needs of diversified learner groups. The programme evaluation study of ‘Master of Computer Application’ (MCA) is in progress with collaboration of ‘Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education’ (STRIDE) in the reported period. School of Agriculture The School’s mandate is to address the need for education and knowledge management in agriculture for safe and sustainable resource utilization and nutritional food production/security. The vision of the School is to improve knowledge, skills and entrepreneurial capabilities of farmers and rural youth to create a force of trained human resources in consonance with national and regional policies and the market requirements. The School seeks to build the capacity of stakeholders on emerging issues, such as, climate change, declining productivity, etc. through competency-based education and training. Academic and extension activities are undertaken by the School with the aim of improving and sustaining the productivity and quality of human life in rural areas. The School conducted two days workshop and two days seminar in the reported period, their details are given in Appendix-5. School of Law The School’s mandate is to impart education and research in Legal disciplines both as a field of knowledge and as an area of professional practice under the ODL System. The School aims to create awareness about legal rights and responsibilities in the emerging world order and strives to ensure high-quality legal education and research through innovative, multimedia learning packages. The School gave emphasis on development of academic programmes in Para-legal Education, Court Administration, Law and Office Management, Legal Aid administration, occupation based and management oriented legal education for middle and top-level personnel in Government and industry. The School organsied a one day seminar on the ‘Preamble of the Constitution of India’ in the reported period, details about it are reflected in Appendix-5.
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National Seminar on the Preamble of the Constitution of India on 26th November, 2015 School of Journalism and New Media Studies The School’s mandate is to harness the potential of media revolution caused by a massive mass media expansion, particularly the news industry by education and training through the ODL mode. Journalism and New Media are emerging as powerful tools of communication to reach out to large sections of society and the media revolution has opened up tremendous professional opportunities resulting in the need for trained human resources in industry, academia and research. The School has been offering academic programmes to cater to the diversified needs of trained workforce in journalism and new media. MA in Journalism and Mass Communication, B.A. in Journalism and New Media and appreciation course in Media and Informative Literacy are under development in the period under report. School of Gender and Development Studies The School’s mandate is to work for gender equity and justice through education and research in the areas of ‘Women’s and Gender Studies’ and ‘Gender and Development Studies’. The School addresses the issue of gender disparity, with the objective of strengthening individual and institutional efforts to enable women’s empowerment and promoting deeper conceptual understanding of gender issues. The School is engaged in conducting research, developing appropriate research methodology; formulating and implementing training programmes in the broad streams of Gender and Development Studies; and Women’s and Gender Studies. Other focal areas for the School include the issue of Gender equity in the disciplines of Law, Science, Agriculture, Literature and Culture among others. Academic programmes ‘M.Phil in Gender and Development Studies’ and five programmes at Diploma/Certificate levels are under development in the reported period.
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The School was engaged in development of Elective course on ‘Gender Sensitization: Society, Culture and Change’ for inclusion in the Bachelor Degree Programme (BDP) of the University. The School convened an academic interaction of IGNOU faculty with the delegates from Linnaeus University, Sweden in the reported period. The International Women’s Day was celebrated on 8th March 2016 with a panel discussion on the topic ‘The Future of Feminism’. Two day workshop on ‘Towards Gender Sensitization: Planning, Budgeting and Mainstreaming’ was also organized in the reported period. The School initiated compilation of published documents on Women’s and Gender studies in the form of books, documents, e-resources, monographs, reports and audio-visual materials in the reported period. Faculty and staff of the School participated in creating a collaborative painting entitled ‘Wings’. The School introduced innovative web mediated support and strengthened assignments by making them application oriented in the academic programmes offered by the School.
National Seminar on Gender Sensitization: Planning , Budgeting and Mainstreaming on 17-18th November, 2015 School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management The School’s mandate is to harness the growing potential in Tourism and Hospitality sectors through training and education. These sectors have provided increased impetus to the economic profile of the country. The hallmark of the School’s academic programmes is to incorporate both regional diversities and international developments for the design and delivery of courses in a manner that is amenable to the remotely located and educationally marginalized students. The School organized an Expert Committee meeting to explore and identify skill-based programmes in the area of Tourism and Hospitality for the North-Eastern States in the reported period. The School organized orientation programmes for coordinators and counsellors engaged in offering B.Sc (Hospitality and Hotel Administration) (BHM) programme at Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru in the reported period.
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School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies The School’s mandate is to promote academic study and research within and across conventional and emerging disciplines by innovative courses and academic programmes in the areas of Social Anthropology, Labour and Development, Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development, Language and Linguistics and Peace and Conflict among others. It has also promoted courses in the sphere of Folklore and Cultural Studies. The School is also promoting research by utilizing the various resources under different projects from University Grants Commission & Department of Science & Technology. The School has organized nine lectures and two Panel Discussions under ‘SOITS Seminar Series’ in the reported period enclosed at Appendix-5. School of Social Work The School’s mandate is to meet the educational and training requirements of lifelong learning, particularly in the areas of social work and other related areas of social intervention. The School has addressed certain selected areas of concern such as, Social Work, HIV/AIDS Counseling, Family Studies and Tribal Studies by offering academic programmes leading to the award of Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees under the ODL mode. The School has adopted the Tigri slum in South Delhi for its overall development. The main activities are geared towards community development, which includes Balwadi, Promotion of Self Help Groups, Counseling Centre and Field Lab for ‘Master of Social Work’ (MSW) students and Research Scholars. The School initiated fieldwork for the MSW students at the Tihar Jail wherein students were engaged in Field Lab and Counseling Clinic for the Jail inmates. The School initiated revision of Master of Social Work (MSW), Bachelor in Social Work (BSW), Certificate in HIV and Family Education (CAFE) and Diploma in HIV and Family Education (DAFE). The CBCI-IGNOU Chair under the School contributed to developing study material for M.Phil & Ph.D. in Social Work. The School also houses Centre for Tibetan Studies. The objectives of the Centre are: to help preserve the endangered Tibetan culture in India and Nepal; to contribute theoretical knowledge and practical training in Tibetan Buddhist scholarly traditions for international students, scholars and general public; to develop and launch B.A./M.A./M.Phil/Ph.D. programmes of study on Tibetan studies, Buddhist Philosophy & Theology; to offer authentic Tibetan Buddhist teachings in the context of a nonsectarian institute promoting dialogue between transnational scholars, clergy and Tibetan teachers; to provide Tibetan teachers and scholars with opportunities to learn the English language as well as other academic, social and technical skills; to provide facilities and programmes supportive of training in practice of Buddhist Dharma in the Tibetan tradition; and
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to focus on providing cultural support to the local Tibetan community of India and establishment of community colleges for Tibetan refugees. School of Vocational Education and Training The School’s mandate is to provide education and training for development of skills to meet the vocational and technical requirements of the country. Research for identifying societal and industrial needs in Vocational Education and Training is another priority. The School initiated revision of Diploma in BPO Finance and Accounting programme. SOVET organized a Panel Discussion and a Guest lecture in the reported period, their details are given in Appendix-5. School of Extension and Development Studies The School’s mandate is to offer quality education and training in various aspects of extension and development by offering academic programmes leading to award of Certificate, Diploma, Master and Doctoral degrees and research in four thrust areas i.e. Extension Education, Development Studies, Livelihood Education, and Empowerment Studies. Academic programmes namely MA in Development Studies and Post Graduate Diploma in Animal Welfare are under development in the reported period. The school organized two days International Seminar and a Talk in the reported period, their details are given in Appendix-5.
International Seminar on ‘Ethnicity and Development in South Asia: Issues and Challenges’ on 21st - 22nd January, 2016 School of Foreign Languages The School’s mandate is to promote cross border communication across countries by delivering innovative, flexible and cost effective academic programmes to teach foreign languages through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode. The School intends, on the one hand, to develop students’ communicative abilities in their chosen language(s), and on the other hand to inculcate cultural understanding and inter- cultural communication among the learners through the study of language, literature and culture of people from different linguistic backgrounds. The research programmes
30 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 aim at gaining greater insight in understanding of Arabic and French language, literature and culture. Presently, the School offers academic programmes in Arabic and French. The Certificate in Arabic Language is offered to capacitate the learners professionally in today’s job market, by offering education and training in Arabic. The School organized three workshops in the reported period; details of these workshops are given in Appendix-5. School of Translation Studies and Training The School’s mandate is to offer academic and training programmes in the field of translation. Its academic thrust includes various fields/areas such as Translation theory; Comparative Asian and Western Traditions of Translation; Applied Translation; Translation and Mass Communication; Translation and Inter-cultural studies; and Translation and Linguistics. In addition, the School also organizes training programmes to develop the required human resource in the field of translation. The School has initiated ‘Ultha’ as an In-house Literary Forum, to discuss works of Art, Literature and Culture which provides space to young and established Artists and Authors to share their views. The Sindhi Chair, sponsored by National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language and Culture (MHRD) is housed in the School. The School organized two days translation workshop for translating Sindhi short stories under the Chair. The School organized two seminars at National level, one orientation programme and five workshops in the reported period, details of these are given in Appendix-5.
Signing of MoU for establishment of ‘Sindhi Chair’ with National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India on 10th August, 2015 School of Performing and Visual Arts The School’s mandate is to develop and offer academic programmes and conduct research in the areas of Music, Dance, Theatre and Visual Arts. The School was in the process of revising its Certificate programmes on offer, besides developing curriculum
31 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 and study material of Certificate programmes in areas such as Craft & Pottery Design, Art Appreciation, Performing Arts-Theatre Appreciation, Folk Theatre and Performance, ‘Diploma in Hindustani Music (Vocal)’, ‘Diploma in Drawing & Painting’ and ‘Bachelor of Performing Art- (Karnataka music)’ in the reported period. The School conducted a four day National Workshop to address various issues of Research Methodology in Performing and Visual Arts in the reported period. The workshop was attended by 60 scholars; other details of the workshop are given in Appendix-5.
CENTRES The University has established a few Centres to focus on research and development in specific areas of study. Their details are elaborated in the following sections: National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education The National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE) is aimed at nurturing, promoting, supporting, re-engineering and disseminating innovations in Open and Distance Learning System. During the reported period, the Centre has designed and developed a prototype of the ‘IGNOU-online’, an eLearning platform for offering online education at IGNOU. The Centre documents and disseminates innovations in ODL through various media, such as reports, e-newsletters, blogs and booklets. The University instituted a Gold Medal for Innovations in Distance Education in 2006 for faculty/other staff of the university, which is awarded on the occasion of each Convocation. The Centre has also designed and developed an interactive online database on innovations in the Open and Distance Learning System (ODL) named “Navdharana” which contains more than a hundred innovations and ideas for the use of the stakeholders in the reported period. This database has been made socially interactive and is available at http://navdharana.ignouonline.ac.in/navdharana/. The Centre has set up the Innovation Club@IGNOU with the objective to generate awareness about creativity, innovations and IPR, among the faculty members, staff and students of the university. The Centre aims at promoting the culture of innovation in the university. The Centre has also been nurturing innovative initiatives of the faculty members of the university through the design and development of interactive multiple media modules, mobile enabled student support, interactive web support, Quick Response (QR) code enabled educational content, and game-based Language learning content. The Centre undertook a research study on the Perception of Innovation among the students of IGNOU in the reported period. The Centre conducted a workshop to encourage and enhance creativity in ODL in the reported period; details are given in Appendix-5. National Centre for Disability Studies The mandate of National Centre for Disability Studies is to develop human resources in various disability areas aimed at creating a disabled-friendly society and also for promoting interdisciplinary studies on disability with the goal of removing barriers in empowering persons with disabilities. The Centre provides and promotes research and extension activities in the area of disability studies through ODL mode. The Centre compiled published researches and unpublished documents such as Ph.D., D.Litt, and Post Doctoral researches on disabilities and higher education and published this compilation as a document entitled ‘Compilation of Indian research abstracts in
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Disability Studies’ in the reported period. This document would be available on-line and it would be updated regularly. The Centre developed six radio programmes on different topics of disability in the reported period. The Centre also organized six sensitization programmes on various issues of disability on the basis of recommendations of a Committee constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, for faculty and staff of the university in the reported period. The centre organsied a series of activities for observing International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 2nd December, 2015 and organized a painting competition on 30th November, 2015.
Disability Day was celeberated on 2nd December, 2015, Shri P.K. Pincha, Former Chief Commissioner of Disability, Govt. of India was the Keynote Speaker National ODL Centre for Local Governance The National ODL Centre for Local Governance (NOCLG) has been established to catalyze the process of democratic decentralization. The Centre facilitates in developing a clear vision and strategy to realize objectives of 73rd & 74th Amendments of the Constitution through appropriate educational and training intervention. Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education The University established Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) to focus on research and development in Open & Distance Learning as a discipline and training of academic and administrative staff engaged in ODL system. The University is committed to systemic research in Open and Distance Learning. The erstwhile Division of Distance Education was upgraded to the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) in 1993, with support received from Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, as a nodal agency for training and research in Distance Education in the South Asian region. STRIDE is entrusted with the responsibility of capacity building of staff members associated with ODL, research and development, programme evaluation, and system development in Open and
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Distance Learning (ODL) and allied fields. STRIDE conducted a National level Seminar and a series of training programmes for teachers, academics, non-teaching staff of IGNOU, SOUs and DDEs; details of these training programmes are provided in Appendix-5. The Institute successfully completed programme evaluation study for Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables Programme in the reported period. The evaluation of four additional academic programmes is under progress in the reported period.
National Workshop on Development of Self-Learning Materials in Open and Distance Learning, 14th-20th March, 2016 Research Degree Programmes The Research Unit is the principal academic wing of IGNOU that manages Research Degree Programmes of the University under the guidance of the Academic Council and Research Council. A Research Policy has been enunciated to guide research activities in the University. The Ordinance on research has been amended and approved by the Statutory Bodies of IGNOU and sent for approval of the Visitor. The University constituted an Area Committee to discharge the responsibilities of the School Board as per provision in IGNOU’s Ordinance on Research Degree Programme in the reported period. The Research Unit conducted one meeting of the Research Council and one meeting of Research Council’s Standing Committee. A total of 123 Research Scholars (98 Ph.D. and 25 M.Phil) successfully completed the degree in research in the reported period. Indian Journal of Open Learning Since 1992, IGNOU has been publishing the Indian Journal of Open Learning (IJOL), a referred/peer reviewed international journal, to provide an opportunity to researchers
34 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 and scholars to present their contributions about theory, practice and research in the field of Open and Distance Learning (ODL), including correspondence and multimedia education, educational technology and communication, independent and experiential learning, and other innovative forms of education. The Journal also provides a forum to researchers across the world for debate on these areas of concern with specific reference to the developing nations. This quarterly journal is internationally contributed, subscribed and abstracted. From 1992 to 1996, IJOL was published twice a year; and from 1997 onwards, it is published three times a year, in January, May and September. In the reported period, the University published three Issues of Volume No. 23 of the IJOL. The issues of the Journal can be retrieved from http:// journal.ignouonline.ac.in/iojp/index.php/ijol/login. Academic Programmes – An analysis Consolidated information about the number of academic programmes on offer is provided at Table 2.1, and is graphically presented in Graph 2.1. The University offered 54, 35 and 13 academic programmes at Research, Masters and Bachelors level respectively, and 117 short-term academic programmes at Certificate and Diploma levels. Eight academic programmes listed under ‘Others’ are non-credit awareness courses for fostering understanding of social concerns. Table 2.1: Level-wise and School-wise distribution of Academic programmes 2015-16
Name of School Research Master Bachelor Diploma Certificate Others Total School of Humanities 2 2 — 3 3 — 10 School of Social Sciences 13 9 2 3 3 1 31 School of Sciences 8 1 1 4 3 1 18 School of Education 3 4 1 7 5 — 20 School of Continuing Education 3 3 — 5 3 — 14 School of Engineering & Technology 2 — — — 3 1 6 School of Management Studies 3 6 4 2 2 — 17 School of Health Sciences 1 1 8 5 — 15 School of Computer and Information Sciences 1 1 1 — 1 — 4 School of Agriculture 2 — — 8 6 4 20 School of Law 1 — — 3 7 — 11 School of Journalism and New Media Studies 1 — — 2 1 — 4 School of Gender and Development Studies 2 2 — 2 — — 6
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Name of School Research Master Bachelor Diploma Certificate Others Total School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management 1 2 2 1 1 — 7 School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies 1 1 — 1 — — 3 School of Social Work 2 2 1 2 2 — 9 School of Vocational Education and Training 1 — — 3 2 — 6 School of Extension and Development Studies 1 1 — 2 2 — 6 School of Foreign Languages 2 — — — 2 — 4 School of Translation Studies and Training 2 1 — 1 2 — 6 School of Performing and Visual Arts 2 — — — 7 — 9
Total 54 35 13 57 60 8* 227*
* Also includes Computer Literacy Programme (an awareness programme) offered by RSD.
Graph 2.1: Level-wise distribution of Academic programmes 2015-16
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CHAPTER-III ENROLMENT AND LEARNERS’ PROFILE The University follows two annual academic cycles for its academic programmes, which are January to December and July to the following June. Regional Centres are the nodal points for admission. In general, admission to the academic programmes is subject to the fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria. However, for some specific academic programmes, the admission is conducted through entrance test, such as Doctoral Programmes, Management Programmes, Master of Education (M.Ed), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) and Post-Basic B.Sc. Nursing. A list of academic programmes on offer is provided in Appendix-3.
Students referring books in IGNOU’s Library With a view to provide better student services, the prospectus and application forms for admission to various academic programmes are uploaded on the IGNOU website, (www.ignou.ac.in). It includes information about admission and re-registration, list of Regional Centres and Study Centres. The status of the admission for the last five admission cycles (years) is also maintained on internal web portal used for exchanging of information on students’ admission in Regional Centres and Headquarters. Each Regional Centre maintains its individual website to offer academic support to learners within its jurisdiction. Prospective and enrolled students were provided information and other services through single window concept at the Public Information Centre. The University employs innovative strategies for enhancing enrolment across the country, which include reaching out to secondary/senior secondary school pass outs, sex workers, jail inmates and other potential learners through the network of NIOS and NGO’s and also corporate organizations. Innovative strategies applied by individual Regional Centre to enhance enrolments are provided in the Chapter IV: ‘Learner Support Activity’. Apart from these innovative strategies, regular webcasting with the Regional Centres was conducted on a weekly basis in order to give impetus
37 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 to fresh enrolment of students and encourage students to re-register. All these positive efforts have helped in achieving substantial growth in learner enrolment during the reported period. IGNOU is mandated to reach out to the marginalized sections of our society. Working on this objective special measures were initiated to attract learners from the disadvantaged groups. The University established 658 Special Study Centres in areas highly populated with disadvantaged segment of population, jail inmates and minority groups. There are Special Study Centres (SSC) for physically challenged, visually challenged and women. A. School-wise demographic analysis The University enrolled 7,96,127 students in the reported period out of which 4,55,832 were fresh enrolment. The profile of fresh enrolled students on the basis of gender, area of residence and social category is furnished in the following graphs and tables. Table 3.1 reflects that out of 4.56 lakh freshly enrolled students in 2015-16, 2.07 lakh were females constituting 45.5% of total fresh enrolment during the period of the report. A total of 224 students enrolled in different academic programmes, opted for ‘Other’ option in ‘Gender’ column in admission form. These students are either transgender or unwilling to express their gender. The strength of female students is more than 50% of fresh enrolments in the School of Education, Gender and Development Studies, Humanities, Health Sciences, Continuing Education, Vocational Education and Training, Social Work; and Translation Studies and Training, with the highest enrolment of female students being 79.3% from School of Gender and Development Studies followed by 67.4% of female students in academic programmes offered by School of Humanities. The gender-wise distribution of fresh enrolment is graphically presented at Graph 3.1. Table 3.1: Gender-School of Study wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16
Name of School School Male Female Other Total Code No % No %
School of Agriculture SOA 1756 79.6 448 20.3 1 2205
School of Continuing Education SOCE 9822 41.6 13786 58.3 21 23629
School of Computer and Information Sciences SOCIS 10861 69.9 4665 30.0 1 15527
School of Education SOE 6543 40.6 9560 59.3 6 16109
School of Extension and Development Studies SOEDS 1007 67.6 482 32.4 - 1489
School of Engineering & Technology SOET 444 93.1 33 6.9 - 477
School of Foreign Languages SOFL 219 62.6 131 37.4 - 350
School of Gender and Development Studies SOGDS 121 20.7 464 79.3 - 585
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Name of School School Male Female Other Total Code No % No % School of Humanities SOH 13613 32.6 28165 67.4 9 41787 School of Health Sciences SOHS 687 34.9 1280 65.1 - 1967 School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies SOITS 771 61.2 488 38.8 - 1259 School of Journalism and New Media Studies SOJNMS 528 70.6 220 29.4 - 748 School of Law SOL 1929 70.1 823 29.9 - 2752 School of Management Studies SOMS 32811 55.5 26333 44.5 15 59159 School of Performing and Visual Arts SOPVA 152 57.4 113 42.6 0 265 School of Sciences SOS 11105 63.5 6393 36.5 1 17499 School of Social Sciences SOSS 141805 57.2 106142 42.8 95 248042 School of Social Work SOSW 3185 46.1 3726 53.9 3 6914 School of Tourism and Hospi- tality Services Management SOTHSM 9756 77.8 2709 21.6 72 12537 School of Translation Studies and Training SOTST 752 44.7 929 55.3 - 1681 School of Vocational Education and Training SOVET 374 49.2 386 50.8 - 760 Others : Includes Admission in appreciation/ awareness academic programmes managed by other than School of Studies 84 92.3 7 7.7 - 91 TOTAL 248325 54.5 207283 45.5 224 455832
Graph 3.1: Classification of fresh enrolment in 2015-16 on the basis of Gender of students
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Table 3.2 shows that there is a sizeable representation of socially disadvantaged and marginalized sections of the society among students enrolled in the reported period. The strength of students from SC, ST and OBC category in fresh enrolment was 45,769 (10.0%); 40,242 (8.8%); and 94,968 (20.8%) respectively during the period of report. Further, the strength of socially disadvantaged groups is substantially good in Academic Programmes offered by Schools of Education, Health Sciences and Social Sciences. The strength of SC/ST students was more than 20% of the fresh enrolment in these Schools. The distribution of fresh enrolment social category wise is graphically depicted in Graph 3.2. Table 3.2: Social Category – School of Study wise (General/SC/ST/OBC) Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16 Name of School School General SC ST OBC Not Total speci- Code No % No % No % No % fied School of Agriculture SOA 1239 56.2 182 8.3 71 3.2 713 32.3 - 2205 School of Continuing Education SOCE 13383 56.6 2124 9.0 2104 8.9 6003 25.4 15 23629 School of Computer and Information Sciences SOCIS 10982 70.7 1169 7.5 260 1.7 3070 19.8 46 15527 School of Education SOE 8689 53.9 1714 10.6 1593 9.9 4104 25.5 9 16109 School of Extension and Development Studies SOEDS 968 65.0 117 7.9 83 5.6 321 21.6 - 1489 School of Engineering & Technology SOET 359 75.3 42 8.8 6 1.3 70 14.7 - 477 School of Foreign Languages SOFL 289 82.6 16 4.6 4 1.1 41 11.7 - 350 School of Gender and Development Studies SOGDS 425 72.6 50 8.5 35 6.0 75 12.8 - 585 School of Humanities SOH 26147 62.6 3844 9.2 2982 7.1 8798 21.1 16 41787 School of Health Sciences SOHS 1045 53.1 249 12.7 156 7.9 517 26.3 - 1967 School of Inter-disci- plinary and Trans- disciplinary Studies SOITS 883 70.1 90 7.1 120 9.5 166 13.2 - 1259 School of Journalism and New Media Studies SOJNMS 574 76.7 51 6.8 26 3.5 97 13.0 - 748 School of Law SOL 1865 67.8 223 8.1 98 3.6 565 20.5 1 2752 School of Manage- ment Studies SOMS 42016 71.0 4395 7.4 1960 3.3 10048 17.0 740 59159 School of Performing and Visual Arts SOPVA 190 71.7 35 13.2 11 4.2 29 10.9 - 265
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Name of School School General SC ST OBC Not Total speci- Code No % No % No % No % fied School of Sciences SOS 10561 60.4 1806 10.3 722 4.1 4407 25.2 3 17499 School of Social Sciences SOSS 138473 55.8 27823 11.2 28743 11.6 52793 21.3 210 248042 School of Social Work SOSW 4185 60.5 735 10.6 563 8.1 1423 20.6 8 6914 School of Tourism and Hospitality SOTH Services Management SM 9786 78.1 853 6.8 630 5.0 1209 9.6 59 12537 School of Translation Studies and Training SOTST 1038 61.7 209 12.4 65 3.9 369 22.0 - 1681 School of Vocational Education and Training SOVET 565 74.3 39 5.1 8 1.1 148 19.5 - 760 Other: Include Admission in appreciation / awareness academic programmes managed than School by other of Studies 84 92.3 3 3.3 2 2.2 2 2.2 - 91 TOTAL 273746 60.1 45769 10.0 40242 8.8 94968 20.8 1107 455832
Not specified
Graph 3.2: Classification of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16, on the basis of Social Category of Students
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Table 3.3 shows distribution of students on the basis of area of living i.e. urban, rural and tribal areas in fresh enrolment during the period of report. While there is a predominance of students from urban areas which is 2,50,292 lakh (54.9%), the combined student enrolment from rural and tribal areas is 1,73,627 lakh (38.1%), which is considerable. Further, there is a substantial representation of students from rural areas in Academic Programmes offered by Schools of Agriculture, Continuing Education, Education, Humanities, Performing and Visual Arts, Vocational Education & Training and Social Sciences. Similarly, there is a substantial representation of students from tribal areas in Academic Programmes offered by Schools of Education, Social Sciences and Continuing Education. The distribution of students as per area of living of students is graphically presented in Graph 3.3. Table 3.3 : Area of Living (Rural/Urban/Tribal) -School of Study wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16 Name of School School Urban Rural Tribal Not Total Code speci- No % No % No % fied School of Agriculture SOA 958 43.4 1133 51.4 7 0.3 107 2205 School of Continuing Education SOCE 13248 56.1 8177 34.6 725 3.1 1479 23629 School of Computer and Information Sciences SOCIS 11043 71.1 3173 20.4 56 0.4 1255 15527 School of Education SOE 8307 51.6 6621 41.1 529 3.3 652 16109 School of Extension and Development Studies SOEDS 988 66.4 236 15.8 30 2.0 235 1489 School of Engineering & Technology SOET 307 64.4 43 9.0 - 0.0 127 477 School of Foreign Languages SOFL 163 46.6 38 10.9 - 0.0 149 350 School of Gender and Development Studies SOGDS 448 76.6 83 14.2 9 1.5 45 585 School of Humanities SOH 23200 55.5 14089 33.7 984 2.4 3514 41787 School of Health Sciences SOHS 1362 69.2 512 26.0 48 2.4 45 1967 School of Interdisciplinary & Trans-Disciplinary Studies SOITS 695 55.2 354 28.1 31 2.5 179 1259 School of Journalism and New Media Studies SOJNMS 495 66.2 166 22.2 6 0.8 81 748 School of Law SOL 1635 59.4 753 27.4 24 0.9 340 2752 School of Management Studies SOMS 41203 69.6 12141 20.5 503 0.9 5312 59159 School of Performing and Visual Arts SOPVA 137 51.7 103 38.9 1 0.4 24 265 School of Sciences SOS 10882 62.2 5126 29.3 177 1.0 1314 17499
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Name of School School Urban Rural Tribal Not Total Code speci- No % No % No % fied School of Social Sciences SOSS 119561 48.2 104151 42.0 8690 3.5 15640 248042 School of Social Work SOSW 4261 61.6 1926 27.9 187 2.7 540 6914 School of Tourism and Hospitality Services SOTH- Management SM 9676 77.2 2073 16.5 182 1.5 606 12537 School of Translation Studies and Training SOTST 1228 73.1 266 15.8 4 0.2 183 1681 School of Vocational Education and Training SOVET 421 55.4 253 33.3 0.0 86 760 Other: Include Admission in appreciation / academic programmes managed by other than School of Studies 74 81.3 16 17.6 1 1.1 91 TOTAL 250292 54.9 161433 35.4 12194 2.7 31913 455832
Graph 3.3: Classification of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16, on the basis of area of living B. Level of Academic Programmes wise demographic analysis The University offers Academic programmes at the levels of Master’s Degree,Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma, and Certificate to cater to academic and training needs of diversified groups at different levels/advancement of studies. Admission in research programmes (M.Phil and Ph.D) was on hold in the reported period. The University also offers non- credit based Awareness /Appreciation/Training programmes, which are reflected by ‘Other’ category in following Tables i.e. 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. Table 3.4 reflects gender wise
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Table 3.4: Gender and level of Academic Programmes-wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment (2015-16)
Level of Academic Male Female Other Total Programme Number % Number % Number % Master 76845 43.6 99549 56.4 42 0.02 176436 Bachelor 124361 63.4 71609 36.5 138 0.07 196108 Diploma 14158 49.7 14311 50.2 12 0.04 28481 Certificate 13086 49.0 13626 51.0 13 0.05 26725 Other 19875 70.8 8188 29.2 19 0.07 28082 TOTAL 248325 54.5 207283 45.5 224 0.05 455832
Table 3.4 indicates that participation of female students was higher at the Master, Diploma and Certificate levels. The participation of female students was more than 50% at these levels. The gender-wise distribution of students is graphically presented in Graph 3.4. No.of students
Graph 3.4: Classification of fresh enrolment in 2015-16 on the basis of Gender and level of academic programmes
Table 3.5 shows distribution of students on the basis of Social Category i.e. General, SC, ST and OBC and level of academic programmes in fresh enrolment during the period of report.
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Table 3.5: Social Category (General/SC/ST/OBC) and level of Academic Programmes-wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16
Level of General SC ST OBC Not Total Academic speci- Programme Number % Number % Number % Number % fied
Master 112124 63.5 15559 8.8 15359 8.7 33189 18.8 205 176436
Bachelor 113633 57.9 21731 11.1 18083 9.2 41878 21.4 783 196108
Diploma 18315 64.3 2302 8.1 1645 5.8 6195 21.8 24 28481
Certificate 14854 55.6 2621 9.8 1422 5.3 7806 29.2 22 26725
Other 14820 52.8 3556 12.7 3733 13.3 5900 21.0 73 28082
Total 273746 60.1 45769 10.0 40242 8.8 94968 20.8 1107 455832
Table 3.5 reflects that participation of students from ST was higher at the Bachelor level; 9.2 % of students at the Bachelor level belong to ST category. The participations of students from SC category at all the levels of academic programmes were around 10 % of the total strength of fresh enrolment at that level, with 11.1% at Bachelor level. Similarly, strength of students from OBC category was in the range of 19 to 29 % at all levels, with highest of 29.2% at the Certificate level. The distribution of students on social category-level of academic programmes is graphically depicted in Graph 3.5. No.of students
Graph 3.5: Classification of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16, on the basis of Social Category and level of academic programmes
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Table 3.6 shows distribution of students on the basis of area of living i.e. urban, rural and tribal areas and level of academic programmes in fresh enrolment during the period of report.
Table 3.6 : Area of living (Rural/Urban/Tribal) and level of programme wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16
Level of Academic Urban Rural Tribal Not Total Programme Number % Number % Number % specified
Master 102082 57.9 53717 30.4 4860 2.75 15777 176436 Bachelor 104391 53.2 76155 38.8 5137 2.62 10425 196108
Diploma 17386 61.0 7762 27.3 517 1.82 2816 28481
Certificate 13724 51.4 10440 39.1 495 1.85 2066 26725
Other 12709 45.3 13359 47.6 1185 4.22 829 28082
TOTAL 250292 54.9 161433 35.4 12194 2.68 31913 455832
Table 3.6 reflects that participation of students residing in rural areas was higher at the Bachelor level, 38.8 % of students at Bachelor level reside in rural areas. 30.4% of students at the Master level reside in rural areas. The participation of students residing in tribal areas was also higher at Master and Bachelor levels; about 2.7 % of students at these levels reside in tribal areas. The distribution of students on area of residence- level of academic programmes wise is graphically depicted in Graph 3.6. No.of students
Graph 3.6: Classification of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16, on the basis of area of Living and level of academic programmes
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C. State-wise Enrolment Analysis The Delhi state contributed 18.4 % of fresh enrolment in the reported period, followed by Jammu & Kashmir with 8.7%; and Uttar Pradesh with 7.8 % contribution in fresh enrolment. Other states, which contributed over 5% of total fresh enrolment in the reported period were Bihar; West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. There is substantial enrolment from States with hilly areas or highly populated with the marginalized section of society. There is also substantial enrolment from states situated in the North-East Region of the country. Thus, the University makes significant contribution in connecting disadvantaged and marginalized segments of the society with higher education. The university enrolled 476 overseas students; 2,245 Army personal and 94 Air Force Personal. Table 3.7 : State-wise Distribution of Fresh Enrolment 2015-16
Name of State No. of Students % Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT) 2258 0.5 Andhra Pradesh 6503 1.4 Arunachal Pradesh 6020 1.3 Assam 8559 1.9 Bihar 31824 7.0 Chandigarh (UT) 1777 0.4 Chattisgarh 4396 1.0 Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman & Diu (UT) 110 0.02 Delhi 83677 18.4 Goa 2727 0.6 Gujarat 9956 2.2 Haryana 20240 4.4 Himachal Pradesh 11379 2.5 Jammu & Kashmir 39711 8.7 Jharkhand 25725 5.6 Karnataka 8616 1.9 Kerala 20249 4.4 Lakshadweep (UT) 113 0.02 Madhya Pradesh 9098 2.0 Maharashtra 15948 3.5
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Name of State No. of Students % Manipur 3964 0.9 Meghalaya 5946 1.3 Mizoram 3278 0.7 Nagaland 2380 0.5 Odisha 23183 5.1 Pondicherry (UT) 113 0.02 Punjab 6923 1.5 Rajasthan 9331 2.0 Sikkim 2451 0.5 Tamil Nadu 9230 2.0 Telangana 1329 0.3 Tripura 4025 0.9 Uttar Pradesh 35553 7.8 Uttaranchal 6199 1.4 West Bengal 30226 6.6 Airforce* 94 0.02 Army* 2245 0.5 International* 476 0.1 TOTAL 455832 100.0
Note: * represents categories other than states; UT stands for Union Territory
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CHAPTER-IV LEARNER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Indira Gandhi National Open University has a nation-wide learner support network for providing student support services, including face-to-face counseling and technology enabled academic as well as administrative support. The support services to students are extended by certain operational Divisions at the Headquarters, such as, the Student Registration Division (SRD), Student Evaluation Division (SED), Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD) and Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC). Outside the Headquarters, support services to students across the country are provided by the Regional Centres (RCs) and Learner Support Centres (LSCs). The nodal unit for providing learner support within the country is the Regional Services Division (RSD), while learner support abroad is managed by the International Division (ID). A. Network of Student Support Services The Regional Services Division (RSD) was established in 1986 to operationalise the Regional Centres and Study Centres for providing student support services to the learners of the University across the length and breadth of the country. The responsibilities and functions assigned to the RSD are as follows: a. To negotiate with Government Departments, educational institutions, other organizations including voluntary organizations for establishment of new Regional Centres and Study Centres, and strengthening the facilities at such centres; b. To assess the availability of physical facilities and academic expertise and arrange the delivery of all academic programmes launched by the University; c. To workout, in consultation with respective Schools the required norms and procedures for appointment of counsellors and payment structure for conduct of counseling/practical sessions, etc; d. To identify and appoint suitable resource persons for conduct of counseling and practical sessions, workshops, extended contact programmes and evaluation of assignments; e. To organize orientation programmes for all academic counsellors as well as other part-time functionaries at the study centres; f. To organize induction and in-service training programmes for full-time staff of Regional Centres; g. To regulate funding and exercise expenditure control at Regional Centres and Study Centres; h. To provide necessary furniture and equipment to Regional Centres and Study Centres; and i. To coordinate various matters related to Student Support Services between the Schools and Divisions in the Headquarters, in general; and Regional Centres and Study Centres, in particular.
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The focus of IGNOU’s learner support services network has been on giving learners opportunities for face-to-face interaction with academic counsellors and with peer groups. The support activities include establishing Learner Support Centres (LSCs); identifying, appointing and training personnel at LSCs; providing and ensuring appropriate use of resources, monitoring theory/practical counseling and feedback on learner-progress, identifying examination centres and conducting Term-End (theory and practical) Examinations twice in a year. To undertake these responsibilities, the University has nine Regional Cenres (RCs) in the North East region and 47 RCs in the rest of the country. Apart from these RCs, 11 Recognised Regional Centres (RRCs) have been established - six with Army, four with Navy and one with Assam Rifles, thus taking the total number of RCs to 67. There are 4 Sub-Regional Centres located at Darjeeling (under RC Siliguri), Kandhamal (under RC Bhubaneswar), Tirupati (under RC Vijayawada), and Pithoragarh (under RC Dehradun). Table 4.1 shows the classified strength of Student Support Network comprising Regional Centres and Study Centres/Learner Support Centres.
st Table 4.1 : Students Support Network as on 31 March, 2016 Network of Students Support Number Regional Centres (RCs) Regional Centres in the North-Eastern States 9 Regional Centres in other states 47 Recognized Regional Centres (with Army, Navy and Assam Rifles) 11 Total (Regional Centres) 67 Learners Support Centres (LSCs) Regular Study Centres 798 Special Study Centres 658 North Bihar Pattern Study Centres 14 Programme Study Centres 1509 Recognized Study Centres 11 Regular SC For Women 7 Sub-Study Centres 8 Sub-Total 3005 Recognized Army Study Centres 49 Recognized Navy Study Centres 5 Recognized Assam Rifles Study Centres 30 Sub-Total (Recognized LSCs) 84 Grand Total (Learners Support Centres) 3089
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During the period of the report, 52830 academic counsellors were engaged for various academic programmes of the University across the country. The University established 137 new Learner Support Centres during the reporting period, of which 31 are Special Study Centres. B. Events Organized By Regional Centres The Regional Centres across the country observed the International Yoga Day, IGNOU Foundation Day, 125th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel’s 140th birth anniversary and 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. International Students’ Day was organized on 15th October 2015 to commemorate the 84th birth anniversary of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Live webcast of the programmes from IGNOU Headquarters was witnessed by the learners, functionaries of Regional Centres and Study Centres. Regional Centres organized Regional Consultative Meeting for New Education Policy on ‘Promoting Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Online Courses’. The outcome of these consultative meets has been used to formulate the Policy. Induction Meetings for newly enrolled learners of July 2015 and January 2016 session were organized at learner support centres (LSCs) including Special Study Centres at Jails by the Regional Centres across India. Academics from Regional Centres participated in these meetings and inducted the learners into the system of open and distance learning (ODL). Coordinators’ meetings and Orientation Programmes for academic counselors were held at various Regional Centres during the reporting period. (i) Inauguration of new building of Regional Centre Lucknow
His Excellency Shri Ram Naik, Hon’ble Governor, Uttar Pradesh and Vice-Chancellor and other officials during the Inauguration Ceremony of new building of RC Lucknow on 4th November, 2015 IGNOU Regional Centre Lucknow building was inaugurated by His Excellency, Shri Ram Naik, Hon’ble Governor, Uttar Pradesh on 4th November 2015 in presence of IGNOU Authorities. More than 400 people including Coordinators, Assistant Coordinators, Programme In-charges of Study Centres, Students, Dignitaries from District and State Administration and representative from Print & Electronic Media attended the programme.
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(ii) Foundation stone laying for the building of RC Vatakara
Foundation stone laying ceremony of the new building for Regional Centre Vatakara at Maniyur on 12th January, 2016 The Foundation Stone Laying ceremony of the new building for Regional Centre Vatakara was held at Maniyur on 12th January 2016. Shri. Mullappally Ramachandran, Hon’ble M.P of Vatakara Parliamentary Constituency laid the Foundation Stone and also inaugurated the Compound Wall constructed under the MPLAD Scheme. (iii) Inauguration of a new building at Cochin Regional Centre Campus
Inauguration of new building of Regional Centre Cochin on 11th January, 2016 A new building constructed in the Regional Centre Campus at Cochin was inaugurated on 11th January 2016. RC Delhi-3 observed National Mathematics Day on 22nd December, 2015, the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan. A brief talk was delivered on the life and works of Srinivasa Ramanujan. A small exhibition was organized, highlighting the contribution of the great Indian Mathematician with display of several mathematical games and puzzles. RC Kolkata organized a workshop on fieldwork practicum in Social Work for Field Work Supervisors and Academic Counsellors on 10th - 11th March, 2016.
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RC Nagpur organized a one-day Seminar on Chemistry sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry, West India Section, on 4th March 2016. Experts from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, IIT, Mumbai and successful Entrepreneurs from Pune and Hyderabad participated in the Seminar. The morning session on Chemistry: Promoting Knowledge was for school students in which about 500 students from 27 different schools participated. The afternoon session on Chemistry: Entrepreneurship and Research Aspects was attended by about 120 college students, which included 50 students enrolled in B.Sc and PGDAC Programmes of IGNOU. RC NOIDA organized a one day Project Workshop on 18th April 2015 for 5th semester learners of BCA & MCA programmes. The faculty of SOCIS provided guidance and inputs for working on the projects and preparing the Project reports.
C. Use of ICT for Student Support Services SMS services are being used extensively by the Regional Centres to provide regular updates to the learners. RC Khanna has developed a mobile application that provides all the relevant information to the students. Regional Centres are also tapping the potential of social media like Facebook and Twitter for dissemination of information and gathering feedback. D. Admission and Promotional Activities Undertaken by Regional Centres RC Aizawl organized awareness programmes at Aizawl, Lunglei District and Vairengte, Kolasib district on the 19th September, 25th September and 17th November, 2015 respectively. Information leaflets in local language (Mizo) were distributed among the participants. Admission Awareness Campaign for July 2015 session was also held at Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) at Mualpheng. One-hour live phone-in programme was held at AIR, Aizawl by the Regional Director and Coordinator of Study Centre-1911. Under RC Khanna, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan was launched by the Study Centre at Nehru Memorial Government College, Mansa on 25th August 2015 in which officials from the Regional Centre participated and informed people about educational opportunities for women available in IGNOU. Awareness Programmes were also
Students of Govt. Senior Secondary School, Jhunir, Mansa attending the awareness programme organized by Regional Centre Khanna
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Personnel of Sashastra Seema Bal during the Awareness Camp Organized for skill development through education for in-service personnel of Armed Forces Such awareness camps have also been organized at SSB Field Sector Headquarters at Balrampur, Lakhimpur and Field training centre, Gorakhpur. Another educational awareness camp was organized at State Vigilance Establishment, Uttar Pradesh on 17th February 2016. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh, Director, U.P. Vigilance Establishment, Lucknow inaugurated the Awareness camp. The Regional Centre organized a Seminar on “Socio-Economic, Educational & Legal Framework for Promoting Women Empowerment” to mark the International Women’s Day. The Seminar was attended by more than 150 students, staff and other officials of IGNOU Regional Centre. Promotional Seminars have also been conducted on “Importance of Value Addition in knowledge leading to enhancement of employability skills: IGNOU, a viable option” at various conventional Colleges including women’s colleges.
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RC Vatakara conducted awareness campaigns at various places and institutions including the tribal region at Mananthavady, Vatakara Cooperative Arts and Science College, Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala and Central Prison, Kannur. RC Madurai organized an awareness campaign at Puliyankulam Kallikudi, Madurai for promoting Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme in Tamil medium among the village women. RC Deoghar organized a Plantation-Cum-Awareness Camp at Jamuni Village on 23rd September 2015. RC Jabalpur participated in Career Fair organized at Mahakoshal College of Arts & Commerce, Jabalpur on 23rd -24th February, 2016, at Govt. Rani Durgawati PG College, Mandla on 20-21st February, 2016 and at Nachiketa College, Jabalpur on 11th March, 2016. The objective of participation in career fairs was to create awareness among the people about IGNOU programmes. On an average 150-200 visitors attended stalls of IGNOU and gathered information about academic programmes of their interest.
Regional Centre Jabalpur staff guiding prospective learners during Career Fair organized at Mahakoshal College of Arts & Commerce, Jabalpur on 23rd -24rd February, 2016 RC Nagpur developed an information brochure for Certificate in Organic Farming (COF) in Marathi, which was released by Padmabhushan Dr Vijay Bhatkar at Murumba Village, Akola District.
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Release of information brochure for Certificate in Organic Farming in Marathi by Padmabhushan Dr. Vijay Bhatkar E. Support for Students with Disabilities The university meets educational, vocational and rehabilitation needs of persons with disabilities through a wide range of activities. The University established Special Study Centres to extend support to students with disabilities. A video brochure on IGNOU in sign language was developed in the reported period to acquaint prospective students with disabilities about the University and its programmes. Soft copies of study material of selected courses was made available to students having Visual Impairment and Low Vision. These are provided on demand to students, 08 students were provided soft copy of the self-learning material in the reported period. Admission prospects for enrolling in academic programmes of the university was revised to guide and help admission seekers with disabilities in opting for the academic programme as per identified posts and physical requirements of persons with different types of disabilities as per the recommendation of the office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. An Awareness Camp on professional programmes offered by IGNOU was organized for differently abled students at Jagatguru Ram Bhadracharya Viklang Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot which was attended by about 200 students of the Institution. F. Material Production and Distribution Printed learning materials are an integral component of delivery of academic programme under the ODL system. This makes production and distribution of study materials one of the most important activities of the University. The Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD) has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating printing of study materials of all the Schools of Studies and other printed materials for administration of the University. The printing of learning materials was decentralized to minimize the transportation cost and ensure timely printing and delivery of study materials to students. The University has set up a Printing Unit at
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Coimbatore to meet the requirements of Regional Centres in the Southern region. Special efforts were made in the reported period for timely delivery of study materials to students. The following Graph 4.1 illustrates the volume of study materials printed by MPDD over the last decade in terms of numbers of blocks. MPDD published 165 lakh Blocks of study materials to meet requirements of 7.96 lakh of students in 227 academic programmes during the period of the report.
Graph 4.1: Learning Material blocks, printed in the last one decade (in lakh)
G. Student Service Centre Student Support Services are an integral and essential component of ODL system, and serve as an interface between the institution and learner. The Student Service Centre (SSC), located at IGNOU Headquarters, continued to provide a cluster of facilities and services to the diverse learner population. Queries and grievances were received at SSC through a multi-modal system including fax, post, in person, email/SMS and telephone. SSC has devised mechanism for prompt reply of queries and grievances. SSC promptly responded to enquiries/queries of students/stakeholders through 1,475 letters by post, 41,143 messages through e-mail, and 1,14,460 voice responses over telephone. The Centre also attended 75,420 students/ stakeholders visits to Headquarters in person and addressed their queries. 2423 Grievances were forwarded to SRE/MPDD/SCHOOLS and 220 grievances were forwarded to concerned RCs/ SCs for redressal at their end. 3838 Prospectus (Common/B.Com A&F/MBA/B.Ed/ B.Sc Nursing) were sold. 155 Grievances related to DELPGE Scheme were resolved. SSC had addressed 22680 grievances pertaining to Online Admission through Phone while through e-mails the number was 17143. 32 out of 32 UGC online grievances were resolved and 117 PG portal grievances were resolved.
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Enquiries and grievances received at the SSC were immediately and satisfactorily responded under the single window concept. The frequently raised queries from students can be classified as: Pre-admission enquiry and advice to potential learners by providing information on academic programmes, admission procedures, fee details, guidance and counseling. Support services were also provided in the form of sale of handbook and prospectus, guidance in filling up of forms and timely submission of admission form. Post-admission enquiry and redressal of grievances of enrolled students regarding schedule of counseling/contact classes, conduct of practical, submission of assignments; non-updating of marks, non-receipt of mark sheet/degree, non receipt of study materials and non-declaration of result. Post-programme enquiry by pass outs/alumni regarding convocation, career prospects, campus placement and re-entry into the system for advanced studies. H. Capacity Building Programmes Orientation Programmes for Academic Counsellors engaged at Learner Support Centres (LSCs) were organized at several RCs during the period of the report. The main objectives of these Orientation Programmes were to acquaint the Academic Counsellors with the principles and practices of open and distance learning; and also improve the quality of academic support by equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills. Course-Specific Orientation Programmes for courses having practical components were organized at most of the Programme Study Centres (PSCs). I. Student Management System The Computer Division has developed an integrated system titled as ‘IGNOU Students Management System’ (ISMS) to support online delivery of information and services to students, RCs and others. Students are provided the following facilities through ISMS: Compilation of Admission and Re-Registration activities; Submission and Management of Assignment, Practical and Project; Transfer of registration data of students from RCs to Headquarters; Submission of Examination forms for Term-End Examination(TEE); Management and monitoring of pre and post examination activities; Extending other support to ensure declaration of results of TEE within one-and- half months of conduct of the TEE; Dynamic dashboard facility; Student e-profile on demand. J. Student Assessment and Evaluation At IGNOU, a three-tier system of evaluation and assessment of performance of students is followed comprising built-in self-evaluation in study materials, continuous evaluation through combination of theory-based and practical assignments, and Term-
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End Evaluation through examinations, conducted twice a year, in June and December at a large number of centres all over the country and overseas. In case of Post- Graduate programmes with project component, the evaluation methodology also includes a viva-voce. In December, 2015 Term End Examination, over 4.9 lakh students appeared in 2,524 courses across 877 Examination Centres, which included a striking number of 82 Jail Centres and 22 International Centres. Similarly, 4.91 lakh students appeared in Term- End-Examination held in June, 2015. With regard to Term End Examinations, decentralization of the evaluation of answer scripts to the seven Evaluation Centres situated at Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Pune and Chennai had led to early declaration of results. Most of the RCs conducted practical examinations and organized evaluation of Project Proposals and Project Reports of the BCA, MCA, MA (Education) and M.Ed. programmes. The University closely monitors conduct of Term End Examination through Web- Conferencing at selected Examination Centres. Graph 4.2 shows volume of Answer books of Term end Examinations (TEEs) handled by the University over a period of nine years from June, 2007 to December, 2015. The University evaluated 15.93 lakh answer books during the TEE-June, 2015 and 15.76 lakh Answer books in TEE-December, 2015 in the period of report.
Graph 4.2 : Answer Books of Term End Examination Processed K. Convocation Learners, who successfully complete the prescribed number of credits in a particular academic programme, are awarded Certificates/Diplomas/Degrees at the Convocation, usually held in March/April of every year at the University Headquarters, and at selected Regional Centres simultaneously through the teleconferencing mode. Gold
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28th Convocation held on 8th August, 2015 The 28th Convocation was held on 8th August, 2015 in which the Dr. Hari Gautam, Former Chairman, University Grants Commission and President, Mahatama Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology delivered the Convocation address. Prof. D.P. Singh, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University was Distinguished Guest. Various awards, apart from Degree/Diploma/ Certificate were also conferred at the Convocation, which included Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Gold Medal, CEMCA Cash Award, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Cash Award, Mother Teresa Memorial Cash Award, Prof. Grover Cash Award and best service award to the Regional Centres. At this Convocation, a total of over 1.91 lakh students spread in all regions of India and overseas received Degree/Diplomas and Certificates. A total of 98 students were awarded Doctoral degrees and 90 meritorious students received Gold Medals. Graph 4.3 presents the level-wise distribution of awards conferred by the University in the 28th Convocation. Of the total number of 1,91,818 awardees, Bachelors constitute the largest number with 75,305 (39.3%), followed by Diplomas with 51,253 (26.7%), Masters with 47,198 (24.6%), Certificates with 17,939 (9.4%), 98 Ph.D., and 25 in M.Phil.
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Total 1,91,818
Graph 4.3: Students Eligible for award of Degree/Diploma/Certificate at the 28th Convocation Graph 4.4 shows the growth in numbers of awards conferred by University in the last decade ranging from 2006 (17th Convocation) to 2015 (28th Convocation).
Graph 4.4: Degree/Diploma/Certificate Awardees (Convocation Wise) in the last decade
L. Campus Placement The objective of Campus Placement is to assist and facilitate the process of interaction between potential employers and successful students so that they can meet suitable employers. The nodal unit for placement is the Campus Placement Cell (CPC) at the Headquar.ters.
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Fair organised for Women at Delhi During this period, many reputed companies like IndiGo, Tech Mahindra Pvt. Ltd., Genpact India Pvt. Ltd., ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Ltd., Competent Software Pvt. Ltd., TenderNews.com, Policy Bazaar, Convergys, Go-ibibo.com, Yatra.com, Dash Career Fox Pvt. Ltd., Aegis Ltd., Inter-Globe Technologies (IGT), ATS Services Pvt. Ltd., Web Xpert India Pvt. Ltd., Mintlogix Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Suntec Webservices Pvt. Ltd., Sem Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., D-Tech, Easy Manpower Services & Consultancy, E-Tech Communication, Adecco India Pvt. Ltd., Delvin Formulations, Team Lease Services Ltd., Kaam24.com, HR Vision Consultants, TMI Group etc. have collaborated with CPC independently as well as through HR agencies for the effective placement of IGNOU students. In order to facilitate the students for their placement, various recruitment drives, campus placement drives, job fairs etc. were conducted in association with the said companies. A total of 23 events were organized in the reported period at various places with proactive assistance from the respective Regional/Study Centres. During the reporting period, the Campus Placement Cell has organized/conducted five Campus Placement Drives at Head Quarters, thirteen Placement Drives at Regional Centres, two recruitment drives at company premises, one exclusive all women Job fair at Head Quarters and two Job Fairs at a Study Centre of IGNOU under RC Delhi-2. A total of 4,762 students of the university attended these placement drives, out of which 1,197 students were shortlisted/selected. The University has always been proactive in promoting the activities pertaining to women empowerment/development through its various initiatives. Keeping in view the growing competitiveness in the corporate spheres, a pertinent need was being felt to give an opportunity to our women students/alumni to gain foothold in the industry. The exclusive job fair for female students has reaffirmed the University’s commitment towards the cause of women for their empowerment. M. International Activities On the international front, IGNOU has focused on collaborations with foreign institutions, undertaking research projects and conducting capacity building workshops. Admission and student support overseas are managed by the International Division (ID). The International Division follows a four-fold approach for expanding the frontiers of IGNOU beyond India, through Collaboration, Cooperation, Coordination and Competition at the global platform. Earlier, IGNOU has its reach in
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15 countries through 29 Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) (excluding Learning Centres established under the Pan Africa e-Networking Project). The details of this Project are given in Chapter V: ‘Technology for Education’. OSCs offer Students Support Services, conduct counseling, practical and examination for students enrolled with the university. The activation of OSCs was kept in abeyance due to some administrative reasons for the time being. However, at present out of these; nine OSCs have been reactivated with the approval of the Hon’ble President of India, the Visitor of the University in the reported period. Table 4.3 : Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) reactivated in the reported period Name and location of Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) International Centre for Academics, Kathmandu, Nepal (9602) Glory Institute, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat (5905) Regent International, Gampaha, Srilanka (9702) St. Mary’s University College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (8105) Nepal Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal (9604) Gulf Centre for University Education, Kuwait (5704) Open University of Mauritius, Mauritius, (7202) Centre for Open and Distance Education, Kenya (9401) Hautes Etudes Commercials (HEC), Ivory Coast (8203)
Signing of MoA for Opening of Overseas Study Centres on 4th December, 2015 The cumulative enrolment of overseas learners was 64,608 enrolled through Overseas Study Centres (OSCs) at the end of period under report. The other major international activities of the university include visits of following delegations in the reported period: a) Ms. Dunja Markovie, Education Associate, UNCHR Headquarters Geneva in June 2015 b) Nigeria Open University, Nigeria in September, 2015 c) Linnaeus University, Sweden in November, 2015 d) High Commissioner of Republic of Namibia in October 2015. e) Belarusian Delegation in February 2016. f) International University of La Rioja (UNLR) Spain in March 2016.
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CHAPTER-V TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION With the advent of newer technologies, particularly Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), there has been a paradigm shift in the pedagogy and delivery of higher education. IGNOU as an apex Open and Distance Learning University in the country has been making significant contribution both in the generation and dissemination of knowledge with the use of newer technologies and ICTs. Pan Africa E-Network Pan Africa E-Network was started on 11th February 2010 with Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (DECE) programmes being offered for the students of four African countries viz. Egypt, Rwanda, Botswana and Malawi. In July 2010, Ghana and Ethiopia joined the project for MBA programme. Students from Botswana, Malawi and Rwanda also joined Diploma in HIV and Family Education (DAFE) programme. IGNOU has signed MoUs with 32 Institutes/ Universities in 31 countries of the African continent viz., Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, Eriteria, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sao Tome, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia under the Pan African E-Network. Students from African countries were enrolled under the project in Diploma and Certificate programmes mentioned above with a cumulative strength of 2,678 students. The project has been extended till July 2016. Inter-University Consortium for Technology-enabled Flexible Education and Development The Inter University Consortium (IUC) is a platform for collaborative efforts among the institutions working for the growth and development of ODL system. The Consortium also works as a nodal point to undertake various collaborative activities involving ODL, e-learning, new knowledge creation and appropriate technologies. It objectives are: To promote technology enabled education and training for the overall development of the country; To promote the existing ODL programmes through flexible, interactive formats enhanced through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); To create new e-content and on-line programmes in a wide range of formats to enable different types of learners to master need based learning objectives; To facilitate convergence and sharing of knowledge through a judicious mix of media and technology; To undertake research and development related to social, educational and economic development through ODL technology enabled programmes;
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To stimulate further thinking on development of education and employment of people with disabilities, educationally backward and weaker sections in general; To pool talents available in different segments of society such as open universities, conventional universities, NGOs and others; To translate instructional material available in one language into other languages in collaboration with State Open Universities with appropriate technology; and To adopt wherever possible, a few villages/talukas/districts for all round development through different schemes such as IRD, PURA etc, using ODL-ICT methods.
Steering Committee Meeting on Accreditation of Open and Distance Learning Institutions held on 18th June, 2015 The Consortium strives to integrate technology for qualitative improvement in ODL system. The Consortium organizes training programmes and workshops to meet these aims. IUC convened a one-day meeting of the Steering Committee for the ‘Accreditation of Open and Distance Learning Institutions’ on 18th June 2015 in Delhi to deliberate on the parameters for Accreditation of the ODL System. It was attended by members of State Open Universities (SOUs) and Directorates of Distance Education (DDEs). The 5th National Conference of Vice Chancellors of Open Universities was convened on 4th March 2016 to take forward the work of the previous conference on assessment and accreditation of open and distance learning institutions and to discuss other issues pertaining to ODL institutions mainly National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). The participants agreed and accepted in principle the draft framework of assessment and accreditation of ODL institutions. IUC conducted a One day Seminar on Best Practices in ODL on 4th January 2016 and developed a preliminary road map for the implementation of Development of ‘Database of Best Practices in ODL’.
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5th National Conference of Vice Chancellors of Open Universities held on 4th March, 2016 Electronic Media Production Centre The responsibility for the development and dissemination of academic content through electronic media rests with the Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC). Initially, the Centre produced audio and video programmes to supplement the SLMs (Self Learning Materials) of various academic programmes and courses of the University. Over a period of time, EMPC diversified its activities manifold including interactive transmissions through radio, television and EduSat based teleconferencing. EMPC also serves as the Nodal Centre for managing Gyan Darshan 1 and 2 Channels and Gyan Vani Stations. IGNOU programmes were also being telecast on DD National Channel from 6:00 am to 6:30 am every day. A total number of 4,616 video and 2,491 audio programmes have been produced by the EMPC so far including 117 video programmes and 157 audio programmes during the period under report. A documentary film was produced on life and work of Prof. G. Ram Reddy, the founder Vice-Chancellor of the University. The film was screened on the occasion of Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture on July 02, 2015.
IGNOU team during an outdoor recording for a video programme on the life of Late Prof. G. Ram Reddy, founder Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU
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Two major initiatives were taken for integration of electronic media with print material: Designing an integrated module with blend of audio and print materials to impart Communication Skills. This module has been offered to students enrolled in undergraduate Programmes of IGNOU. Audio programmes fully integrated with the text produced for Certificate in Russian Language. Gyan Darshan-1 India’s first Educational TV Channel, Gyan Darshan-1 (GD-1) has completed 15 years of its operations successfully. Programmes telecast on GD-1 were pooled from various educational institutions and organizations, like Central Institute of Educational Technology of NCERT, NIOS, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, CEC (UGC), DST, DAE (Directorate of Adult Education), NLM (National Literacy Mission), NITTTRs, BRAOU and Ministries of Government of India. Gyan Darshan-2 In order to build interactivity in ODL, one-way video and two-way audio teleconferencing facilities were being offered through Gyan Darshan-2 (GD-2). Important nationwide programmes for IGNOU’s learners, lectures by eminent experts/ dignitaries, discussions with Regional Centre (RC) staff were being organized through this channel. In addition to IGNOU, many other institutions, such as, ICAI, NBE, DAVCMC, ICAI and UNICEF also utilised this facility for reaching out cost effectively to their target audiences spread across the country. The transmission of GD-1 and GD- 2 channels was discontinued w.e.f. June 2014. Gyan Vani FM Radio Gyan Vani (GV), an educational FM Radio Channel, has been operating through several FM radio stations from different cities in the country, 37 FM stations were operational. Gyan Vani aims to enhance and supplement the teaching-learning process by reaching out to the learners through a low cost popular mass medium using interactive formats. Gyan Vani Stations operate as media broadcasting cooperatives. Academic Programmes contributed by various educational institutions, such as, NCERT, NIOS, IGNOU, State Open Universities, NGOs, GOI Ministries, government organisations and foreign broadcasters are regularly broadcast through Gyan Vani FM radio. The broadcasting on Gyan Vani FM radio was discontinued w.e.f. October 2014. The University signed Grant of Permission Agreement (GOPA) with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to reactivate Gyan Vani FM radio stations in the reported period. e-Network e-Network provides interactive distance education system through audio-video streaming and data exchange facilitated through a computer network. SITs (Satellite Interactive Terminals) installed at Regional Centres across the country facilitate regular two-way video conferences. The Teaching end is co-located with the Hub (earth station) at IGNOU’s Headquarters.
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Training and Research activities EMPC organised a workshop on ‘Sound Recording Technology for Technical Assistants and Technicians of EMPC and another workshop on ‘Channel Packaging’ for production, engineering, graphic, and camera persons. EMPC also conducted a workshop on ‘Aesthetics of Program Production, Research and Technology Upgradation’ in the reported period. EMPC is engaged in refresher programme for teachers and academics organised by the STRIDE. Remote access of e-resources Library and Documentation Division implemented RATE service (Remote Access to e-resources) in June 2011, through Ezproxy (a product of OCLC, USA) along with EcAccess (Informatics Indian Ltd) which connect Library users to web based subscribed e-contents by facilitating a single sign-in using library issued credentials. At present more than 1,500 Users (Faculty, Staff, RC, Research Scholars and students etc) are able to access more than 7,500 e-journals and 1,711 e-Books on 24X7 hrs. basis from anywhere.
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CHAPTER-VI GOVERNANCE, RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE In this Chapter, a brief account of governance, financial outlays and infrastructure of the University is being provided. The organizational structure and officers of the University have been covered in Chapter-I: IGNOU- a Profile and Appendix 1 (1.6: Directors of the School of Studies and 1.7: Directors/Head of the Division/Unit/Centre). Administration and Governance The day-to-day administration and governance of the University is looked after by the Administration Division in conjunction with other functional and operational Divisions. This Division provides support to all functional and operational Divisions, Centres, Units, Schools of Studies, Institutes, and Regional Centres by providing logistic and administrative support to facilitate academic and non-academic activities. The security and safety of the University property at the University Headquarters and other locations in Delhi and Regional Centres is also managed by the Administration Division. To carry out its various functions, the Administration Division is divided into Sections on the basis of the nature of its duties and responsibilities. The organization of the meetings of the Board of Management is dealt by the Governance Section. It also deals with amendment, addition and deletion in the Act and Statutes of the University; the Ordinance and Regulations framed under the Act and ensures their compliance. The Governance Section gives inputs to other Sections/Divisions/ Centres/Units/Cells/Schools by providing the key papers/minutes/decisions etc., to facilitate their work particularly in policy matters. The Purchase Committee and Establishment Committee are Standing Committees of the Board of Management. Establishment The service matters of non-academic employees (Administrative and Technical) of the University are looked after by the Establishment Section. Table 6.1 reflects the strength of the Administrative and Technical staff, it is 1,865 and 632 respectively. The strength of administrative staff is 2.95 times the strength of technical staff. 28.3% of Administrative staff and 19.7% of Technical staff belong to SC/ST community. Nine employees in Group A. 10 employees in Group B and 28 employees in Group C were promoted in the reported period.
Table 6.1: Administrative and Technical Staff Strength Sanctioned and in Position
Category Administrative staff Technical staff Total staff
Sanc- SC/ General/ Vacant Sanc- SC/ General/ Vacant Sanc- SC/ General/ Vacant tioned ST OBC tioned ST OBC tioned ST OBC
Group A 203 29 106 68 81 3 53 25 284 32 159 93
Group B 527 86 359 82 345 53 180 112 872 139 539 194
Group C 1135 165 241 729 206 28 110 68 1341 193 351 797
Grand Total 1865 280 706 879 632 84 343 205 2497 364 1049 1084
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Workshop–Cum-Training for Private Secretaries, 11th - 13th January, 2016 Recruitment The Recruitment Cell looks after advertisement, screening and other activities pertaining to the recruitment of various posts for Group ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ services. Welfare of SC/ST The University has a separate Cell to look after the welfare of SC and ST employees. This Cell monitors the implementation of the reservation policy of the Government of India in the University. The Cell also facilitates welfare activities of staff and students belonging to SC/ST. Statistical data pertaining to SC/ST employees and students is collated and furnished to the MHRD, UGC and other outside agencies by the SC/ST Cell of the University. Implementation of Official Language Policy The Rajbhasha Cell looks after the implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Government of India and makes available necessary inputs/help to increase the use of Hindi in the day-to-day work of the University. The Cell translates administrative documents as per the Official Language Act and its requirements. The Cell celebrated Hindi Diwas apart from regular workshops and orientation programmes for capacity building of the staff members to train them in the use of Hindi in official work in the reported period.
Recipients of Awards during Hindi Pakhwada
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Right to Information The University is prompt in providing timely replies to the queries raised under the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005. There is a separate Cell for this purpose. The University designated Public Information Officers (PIOs) and Appellate Authorities at Headquarters and Regional Centres for strict compliance of RTI Act and for providing timely replies. The quarterly Report on RTI related issues, as per directions of the CIC, has been uploaded on the Chief Information Commission (CIC) website. The University responded to 1,070 queries received under the RTI Act, 2005 during the period of the report. Central Purchases The Central Purchase Unit manages the tasks of purchase of items for the University. It is also responsible for the insurance of the assets and properties of the University as well as the maintenance of all the equipment/machines procured by this Unit. Legal Matters The Legal Cell takes care of all legal matters related to the University, including pending cases before the various courts located all over the country and their monitoring through the Regional Centres. The Cell also deals with the legal vetting of various documents referred to it by the University. Vigilance Vigilance Cell was established in 1998 to bring into practice the guidelines laid down by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). The Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) acts as a special assistance/advisor to the Chief Executive in all matters pertaining to vigilance. The CVO provides a link between his/her organization and the Central Vigilance Commission and his/her organization and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Vice-Chancellor administered the pledge to work with honesty and eradicate corrupt practices during Vigilance Awareness Week observed from 26th - 31st October, 2015
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Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from 26th to 31st October 2015. The Vice- Chancellor administered the pledge to work with honesty and eradicate any corrupt practices. General Administration The Section deals with matters relating to house allotment, space allocation to Schools/ Division/Centres, receipt/payment of license fee, electricity bills, payment relating to property tax, employee welfare fund activities, maintenance of university vehicles and arranging vehicles for officers and for official visits, meetings etc. It also conducts meetings for allotment of quarters and makes logistic arrangements for other University meetings, conferences, convocation etc. Apart from this, the section looks after maintenance of telephone exchange, intercom lines, and liaisoning with Government Bodies/Agencies like MCD/DDA/DJB/BRPL etc. Welfare of Employees The Coordination Section deals with Personnel claims (Medical bills both indoor and outdoor, LTC, Transfer, TA and CEA) which are processed through the computerized ODL system. In addition, the Section processes employee’s request for Personal Advances, Provident Fund, Advance withdrawals and Group Insurance. It also manages the two health centres of the University located in University Headquarters at Maidan Garhi and residential complex at Asiad Village, Khelgaon, New Delhi. Prevention of Sexual Harassment The University has adopted a policy, and developed rules and regulations for prevention of sexual harassment against women employees and students. The University has constituted three Committees each at the Regional Centre level (RSDCASH), Headquarters level (ICASH) and an Apex Committee (ACASH) as per Supreme Court directives for prevention of sexual harassment. The CASH conducted a lecture on ‘Women Safety: Issues and Concerns’ to spread awareness about safety issues concerning women. The main Speaker was Ms. Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women.
Ms. Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women delivered a lecture on ‘Women Safety: Issue and Concerns’ on 18th February, 2016 Service matters of Teachers/ Academics The University has a separate Division namely the Academic Coordination Division to deal with the service matters of teachers/academics. It also coordinates all the
72 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 administrative and academic activities pertaining to recruitment of teachers and academics, formulation of academic policy and its implementation, guiding research activities, career advancement scheme, travel grants, study/ sabbatical leave, conduct of meetings of Academic Council and its Standing Committee. The Division deals with service matters of 280 teachers and 256 academic staff posted at the Headquarters and the Regional Centres. It convened two meetings of the Academic Council and three meetings of the Standing Committee of the Academic Council during the period of the report.
One day Seminar on Best Practices in ODL was held on 4th January, 2016 Construction and Maintenance Activities The construction and maintenance activities of the University estate are undertaken by the Construction and Maintenance Division. The University estate includes temporary buildings, Academic Blocks, EMPC building, VC Office, Guest House, Convention Centre, Residential Complex at IGNOU Campus and Asian Games Village and the Regional Centres in Delhi. The maintenance activities include supply of water, electricity, air-conditioning system, maintenance of streetlights, pump houses and tube wells at the IGNOU office complex. The major achievements in the construction and maintenance of building in different Regional Centres are provided in Chapter IV: ‘Learner Support Activities’. Planning and Development The Planning and Development Division is responsible for the overall planning and monitoring of the University. This Division has the following objectives: to set the vision and directions for the University’s Open and Distance Learning System; to identify issues, concerns and emerging opportunities for the University; to set short term and long term growth targets; define procedures to realize these goals and monitor the performance; to optimize utilization of resources by improving efficiencies and effectiveness of the system; and sharing of intellectual resources with academic institutions in compliance of IPR Policy of the University; and to prepare Plan proposals of the University
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It convened one meeting of the Planning Board and three meetings of the Academic Programme Committee, which is a Standing Committee of the Planning Board in the reported period. The Division also coordinated finalization of policy on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to students belonging to SC/ST categories in the reported period. This scheme made provision of Fee reimbursement to SC/ST students enrolled in BA, B.Sc., B.Com, BTS, BSW and BCA academic programmes under SCSP and TSP component of budget.
Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Chairman, Planning Board briefing on development in its meeting on 13th July, 2015 Finances and Accounts The University’s finances are managed under the guidance of Board of Management and are administered by the Finance and Accounts Division. The Division is responsible for preparation of budget estimates, review of receipt and expenditure to facilitate Management Information System (MIS), preparation of inputs for Standing Finance Committee (SFC) memorandum, monitoring of financial targets of development plans, rendering financial advice/concurrence, collection of revenue/receipts, release of quarterly Grant under Plan and Non-Plan Funds to Regional Centres/Schools/Units, processing and payment of Bills/Claims pertaining to Divisions/Units/ Centres under the Plan/Non-Plan and EMF Funds, preparation of Annual Accounts of the University as well as Provident Fund and Pension Fund Accounts and Internal Audit of Regional/ Study Centres, Divisions and Schools. IGNOU is funded partly by grant-in-aid from Ministry of Human Resource Development in respect of its developmental activities. The expenditure relating to other than developmental activities of the University was mainly incurred through University’s internally generated revenue collection. The details of receipts of the University and the Plan and Non-Plan expenditure for the last five years, including the year 2015-2016, are provided in Table 6.2 and Table 6.3 respectively. The total receipt of the University during the Financial Year 2015-16 was ` 498.63 Crore; include grant-in-aid received from MHRD, which contributed 14.9 percent of total receipt; receipts generated through fee from students contributed 70.2 per cent and other income contributed 14.9 per cent. This data is also graphically presented in Graph 6.1.
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Table 6.2 Receipts of the University (` in Crore)
Nature of receipt 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Total Receipts 529.53 533.26 569.71 564.79 498.63 Grants from MHRD 91 105.06 46.25 100 74.25 % of Receipts 17.2 19.7 8.1 17.7 14.9 Fee from Students 387.57 356.95 435.21 382.26 349.89 % of Receipts 73.2 66.9 76.4 67.7 70.2 Other Receipts * 50.96 71.25 88.25 82.53 74.49 % of Receipts 9.6 13.4 15.5 14.6 14.9
* It contains Sale of Application forms, Examination fees and other miscellaneous receipts etc.
Graph 6.1 : Details of receipts of the University (` in Crore) Table 6.3 reflects the Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure of the University in the period of report, which is also graphically presented at Graph 6.2. Table 6.3: Details of Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure (` in Crore) Nature of Expenditure 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Total Expenditure 610.82 473.05 565.65 527.66 584.04 Salaries 128.30 150.47 168.81 187.99 202.55 % of Expenditure 21.0 31.8 29.9 35.6 34.7 Staff Welfare 7.08 9.28 10.48 11.47 12.82 % of Expenditure 1.1 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.2 Retirement and Terminal Benefits 113.01 26.21 94.72 35.9 116.84 % of Expenditure 18.5 5.5 16.7 6.8 20.0
75 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 (` in Crore) Nature of Expenditure 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Academic Expenses 124.68 122.67 142.53 150.67 148.4 % of Expenditure 20.4 25.9 25.2 28.5 25.4 Repair and Maintenance 6.46 4.9 4.6 5.81 4.61 % of Expenditure 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.8 Administrative Expenses 115.93 82.85 91.14 90.89 87.26 % of Expenditure 19.0 17.5 16.1 17.2 14.9 Gyan Vani (GV)/Gyan Darshan (GD) Operations 21.29 23.57 27.18 40.93 1.24 % of Expenditure 3.5 5.0 4.8 7.8 0.2 Grant to SOUs and DEIs 48.9 42.06 *19.40 0 0 % of Expenditure 8.0 8.9 3.4 0 0 Capital Expenditure 45.17 11.04 6.79 4 10.32 % of Expenditure 7.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 1.8
*` 19.4 Crore was transferred to UGC
Graph 6.2: Details of Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure Information and Communication Technology Services The Computer Division at the Headquarters is the prime service provider of the University in the IT sector. It is the backbone of the University for providing various computing and network services through ICT. The services of the Division cater to the needs of learners, staff and faculty at the HQs, Regional Centres, Study Centres, and
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Overseas Study Centres across India and abroad. The website of IGNOU i.e. www.ignou.ac.in is managed by the Division, which is extensively used for student support in virtual mode.
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ICT backbone of Headquarters IGNOU is the first National level University which has implemented automated functionalities by implementing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for its back office processes to improve effectiveness and management of the system. This process, popularly known as ‘ODL Soft-ERP’, was implemented by the University in 2008. The project has been successfully executed to automate processes like Human Resource, Payroll, Purchasing, Finance and Accounting and Supply Chain Management to cater to the requirements of the Headquarters. The Computer Division has completely taken over this project from the outside agency in 2014. LAN and Internet facilities have been extended to the newly constructed buildings. The Division has been facilitating conducting of Web-Conferencing with Regional Centres, on every Friday and also on demand. The IT Infrastructure and related services created for the ODL Soft-ERP, through the Data Center have been operational 24x7 at about 2500 network nodes using OFC, CAT6, and Wi-Fi connectivity. Necessary training and skill development on various operational modules of the ERP package of the ODL Soft was organized. The University has an additional internet broadband connectivity of 1Gbps at the Headquarters under
77 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 the National Knowledge Network (NKN) in the reported period. This facility is used as the primary link for internet access and online support to stakeholders and others across the globe. The centralized online database of students’ profile and online admission were implemented to improve flexibility of the system. The University introduced e-Tendering for purchase of Items for the University through the Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India. IT computing and storage infrastructure from NIC Cloud is hired to host some of the critical IT services of the University such as Online admission, Website and DNS to ensure high availability of these services to all stake holders of the University. The Digital Repository (e-Gyankosh) service was restored and made operational. E- Gyankosh portal makes available most of the instructional materials of the University to society. Now anyone with internet access can read IGNOU’s learning materials. The University developed Online Convocation registration service apart from strengthening of student support services through ICT in the reported period. Library Services The library services and documentation activities are undertaken by the Library and Documentation Division (L&DD). It is the most resourceful repository in the country in the field of ODL. This system operates in a three-tier structure having Central Library at the Headquarters and libraries at the Regional Centres (RCs) and Learner Support Centres (LSCs). The Central Library caters to the needs of academics, administrative and supporting staff at the Headquarters, research scholars and visiting faculty. The libraries at Regional Centres take care of the library needs of the staff, academic counsellors, and coordinators in their respective region. The libraries at Study centres are primarily meant for students. The L&DD has digitized IGNOU Term End Examination question papers of previous years and uploaded these on the website. The holdings of the library collection and e- resources can be remotely browsed and downloaded by members of the Central Library through Web-OPAC and Integrated Search Engines. Koha software provides similar services at libraries at RCs. The Library is a member of the E-ShodhSindhu, DELNET, and ILA. DELNET provides services like browsing of Union Catalogues, Inter-Library Loan and Document Delivery facility to Central as well as RC libraries. E-ShodhSindhu provides access to number of e-resources. Remote access of e-resources has been extended to research scholars and faculty at Headquarters and RCs. This facility can also be availed by students from nearby Study Centres at the RC Library. Regional Centres have been permitted to utilize e-resources (e-journals/e-books) for their academic pursuit. Table 6.4 presents the library holdings at Headquarters, Regional Centres and Learner Support Centres (LSCs). Overall, the collection of printed and electronic resources is quite good with 1.39 lakh printed books at Headquarters and 2.5 lakh printed books at RC and LSC Libraries. The University provides remote access of 75 thousand journals and 1.7 thousand books in Digital form to faculty, academic, other staff and research scholars. Currently, IGNOU Library has subscription of 306 journals and 30 newspapers. L&DD has also decentralized the procurement process of books to RCs & LSCs to enable them to purchase books as per their requirements.
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Table 6.4 : Library Holding as on 31st March 2016
Nature of Resources Volume Central Library at Headquarters a) Printed Books 1,38,858 b) Theses 161 c) Pamphlets 94 d) IGNOU Course Materials 2,443 e) Bound Journals 15,620 f) Microfiches 17,558 g) Microfilms 199 h) Journals 306 i) CD-ROMs 4,122 j) Newspapers 30 k) Magazines 52 l) Photograph albums 209
Libraries in RCs and LSCs a) Printed Books 2,51,762 E-resources accessible at Headquarters and Regional Centres a) E-books 1,711 b) E-journals 75,000
The L&DD successfully organized the exhibition of the archival materials on the occasion of 20th Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture, held on 2nd July 2015. Greening of Campus The Horticulture Cell of the University maintains greenery of the University campus spread in an area of 120 acres. The Cell has been engaged in plantation of wide variety of avenue plants, ornamental plants, seasonal flowers; growing chemical free vegetables; development of lawns in the campus in order to make the campus environment friendly and to strengthen plant biodiversity of the campus. During the past few years, the Cell has focused on massive plantation of fruit crops in the campus and beautification of official buildings with indoor plants. The patches of vacant land areas are landscaped and developed as beautiful lawns or as recreational sites. One lawn (area covered 0.45 hectare) was developed in the housing complex inside the University campus; 1,000 trees of different species were planted. Seasonal flowering plants such as Cineraria, Dianthus, Antirrhinum, Sweet William, Paper flower etc. and more that 12,000 pots of flowering plants were developed. Maintenance of Herbal Garden with more than 50 medicinal and aromatic plant varieties were grown in the campus in the period of report. The Cell also participated and displayed saplings of different plant species on Science Day and Foundation day.
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Plantation on 30th Foundation Day on 19th November, 2015
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APPENDIX-1 Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University (During the period from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016) 1.1 Board of Management Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M. Aslam* Vice-Chancellor – Chairman (20.03.2013 - On leave from 28.11.2014) Ex-Officio Prof. Nageshwar Rao Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) – Chairman (28.11.2014 - till date**) Ex-Officio Govt. of India Representative 2. Sh. Satyanarayan Mohanty Secretary, Department of Higher Education, (01.10.2014 - 03.06.2015) Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ex-Officio Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. Sh. Vinay Sheel Oberoi Secretary, Department of Higher Education, (04.06.2015 - till date**) Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ex-Officio Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 3. Sh. Bimal Julka Secretary, Ministry of Information & (18.11.2013 - 30.08.2015) Broadcasting, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Ex-Officio Sunil Arora Secretary, Ministry of Information & (31.08.2015 - till date**) Broadcasting, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Ex-Officio Visitor’s Nominees 4. Prof. Ram G. Takwale Former Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU (26.09.2013 - 09.09.2015) 162/4 A, Naveli, Aundh, Pune Prof. Vasudha Kamat Vice-Chancellor, SNDT Women’s University, (08.10.2015 - 07.10.2018) Mumbai 5. Prof. D.B. Phatak Department of Computer Science and (10.09.2012 - 09.09.2015) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai Prof. J.S. Rajput Former Director, NCERT (08.10.2015 - 07.10.2018) A-16, Sector P-7, Mitra Enclave (Opposite Greater Valley School), Greater Noida 6. Dr. (Ms.) Ruth Manorama President, National Alliance of Women (10.09.2012 - 09.09.2015) (NAWO), Jayanagar, Bangalore Sh. Ramji Raghavan Founder and Chairman, Agastya (08.10.2015 - 07.10.2018) International Foundation, Bangalore
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7. Prof. Bakul Dholakia Director General, International (10.09.2012 - 09.09.2015) Management Institute B-10, Qutab Institutional Area, Tara Crescent, New Delhi Sh. Manish Sabharwal Co-founder and Chairman of Team Lease (08.10.2015 - 07.10.2018) Services Ltd., Bangalore 8. Dr. Anil Wali Managing Director, FITT, (20.02.2013 - 19.02.2016) Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Co-opted by Board of Management 9. Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak Vice-Chancellor, Vardhaman Mahaveer (17.05.2013 - September 2015) Open University, Kota Dr. Hitesh Deka Vice-Chancellor, Krishna Kanta (04.03.2016 - 03.03.2019) Handique State Open University, Guwahati 10. Prof. K.N. Tripathi Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (31.10.2014 - 30.10.2017) A-94/2, SFS Flats, Saket, New Delhi 11. Dr. A. Surya Prakash Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board, (05.01.2016 - 04.01.2019) PTI Building, New Delhi Vice-Chancellor’s Nominee 12. Prof. S. Srilatha Director, School of Management Studies, (23.04.2015 - till date**) IGNOU 13. Prof. S.R. Jha Professor, School of Sciences, IGNOU (28.03.2014 - 27.03.2016) 14. Dr. Sanjeev Pandey Regional Director, IGNOU, Regional Centre, (28.03.2014 - 27.03.2016) Delhi-2
Secretary (Ex-officio) 15. Sh. Sudhir Budakoti Registrar, Administration, IGNOU (11.09.2014 - till date**)
* In compliance of No.F. 10-2/2014-D4 dated 18-11-2014 from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28th November, 2014. ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.2 Academic Council Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination
1. Prof. M. Aslam* Vice-Chancellor - Chairman (20.03.2013 On leave from 28.11.2014) Ex-Officio Prof. Nageshwar Rao Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) - Chairman (28.11.2014 - till date**) Ex-Officio Pro-Vice- Chancellors (Ex-officio) 2. Prof. Nageshwar Rao Pro-Vice Chancellor (05.12.2012 - till date**) Prof. Sushma Yadav Pro-Vice Chancellor (09.12.2013 - 09.12.2015) Prof. P. Prakash Pro-Vice Chancellor (07.01.2014 - 27.08.2015) Members (Ex-officio) 3. Prof. Sunaina Kumar (01.10.2013 - till date**) Director, SOH 4. Prof. D. Gopal (01.07.2013 - till date**) Director, SOSS 5. Prof. Vijayshri (09.07.2013 - till date**) Director, SOS 6. Prof. Pity Koul (06.08.2014 - till date**) Director, SOHS 7. Sh. Akshay Kumar Director (I/c), SOCIS (01.02.2015 - 13.05.2015) Dr. P.V. Suresh 14.05.2015 - Till date**) Director (I/c), SOCIS 8. Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar (05.08.2014 - Till date**) Director, SOET 9. Prof. K. Elumalai (03.05.2010 - till date**) Director, SOL 10. Dr. S.K. Yadav (25.06.2013 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOA 11. Prof. A.K. Gaba (25.06.2013 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOVET
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12. Dr. Kiron Bansal Director (I/c), SOJNMS (04.02.2013 - 24.02.2016) Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh (25.02.2016 - till date**) Director, SOJNMS 13. Prof. S. Srilatha Director (I/c), SOTHSM (22.10.2014 - 29.04.2015) Prof. Ravindra Kumar (30.04.2015 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOTHSM 14. Prof. Gracious Thomas (11.02.2009 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOSW 15. Prof. Anu Aneja (11.02.2015 - till date**) Director, SOGDS 16. Dr. Nehal A. Farooquee (25.06.2013 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOEDS 17. Dr. Govindraju Bhardwaja (25.06.2013 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOPVA 18. Prof. Anju Sehgal Gupta (27.10.2014 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOFL 19. Dr. R.P. Pandey (02.06.2014 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOTST 20. Prof. Nandini Sinha Kapoor Director (I/c), SOITS (01.08.2012 - 31.07.2015) Dr. Babu P. Ramesh (01.08.2015 - till date**) Director (I/c), SOITS 21. Prof. Neerja Chadha (01.01.2015 - till date**) Director, SOCE 22. Prof. N.K. Dash (01.08.2013 - till date**) Director, SOE 23. Prof. S. Srilatha (05.08.2013 - till date**) Director, SOMS 24. Prof. Jaideep Sharma (01.01.2014 - till date**) Librarian (I/c), L&DD Nominated by Board of Management of IGNOU 25. Prof. Satyakam (02.08.2014 - till date**) Professor, SOH 26. Prof. Deeksha Kapur (08.07.2015 - till date**) Professor, SOCE
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Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 27. Prof. P.K. Biswas (02.08.2014 - till date**) Professor, STRIDE 28. Dr. Shubha M Gokhale Reader, SOS (02.08.2014 - 22.05.2015) Dr. Sanjay Gupta (08.07.2015 - till date**) Reader, SOS 29. Dr. Bharti Dogra (02.08.2014 - till date**) Reader, SOE 30. Dr. B. Kiranmayi (02.08.2014 - till date**) Reader, SOSS 31. Dr. Madhulika P. Sarkar Assistant Professor, SOMS (02.082014 - 28.01.2016) Dr. Anupriya Pandey (15.03.2016 - till date**) Assistant Professor, SOMS 32. Dr. Nisha Varghese (02.08.2014 - till date**) Assistant Professor, SOEDS 33. Dr. Vijay Kumar (02.08.2014 - till date**) Assistant Professor, SOA 34. Prof. M.S. Nathawat Director (I/c), Research Unit (02.08.2014 - 25.01.2016) Prof. Satyakam (27.01.2016 - till date**) Director (I/c), Research Unit 35. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra Director, RSD (02.08.2014 - 11.05.2015) Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy (12.05.2015 - till date**) Director, RSD 36. Prof. C.R.K. Murthy Director, STRIDE (02.08.2014 - till date**) 37. Dr. P. Siwaswaroop Regional Director, Regional Centre (02.08.2014 - till date**) Nagpur, IGNOU 38. Dr. S.K. Prasad (02.08.2014 - till date**) Deputy Director, NCDS Co-opted by the Academic Council (not employees of the University) 39. Prof. Rajan Gurukkel Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
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Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 40. Prof. Joseph Dorairaj Acting Vice-Chancellor (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 41. Prof. V. R. Panchmukhi Former Chairman (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi 42. Prof. Nitin Madhusudan Nagarkar Director, All Indian Institute of (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Medical Sciences, Raipur 43. Prof. Vinay Srivastava Department of Anthropology (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) University of Delhi, Delhi 44. Prof. S. E. Hasnain Kusuma School of Biological Sciences (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi 45. Prof. Man Mohan Singh Director (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Centre for Science Education North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong 46. Prof. Indu Agnihotri Director (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi 47. Prof. R. G. Harshe Former Vice-Chancellor (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) University of Allahabad 48. Dr. S. S. Meenakshi Sundaram Former Secretary, Government of India (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Visiting Professor National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore 49. Dr. D. N. Reddy Chairman (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Recruitment and Assessment Centre DRDO, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi 50. Dr. B. K. Gairola Former DG, NIC (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Mission Director (e-governance) 51. Dr. K. K. Chakravarty Chairman (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Lalit Kala Akademi and Chancellor (Hony.) NUEPA, New Delhi 52. Dr. George Mathew Chairman (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015) Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi 53. Prof. K. Sudha Rao Former Vice-Chancellor, KSOU (20.12.2013 - 19.12.2015)
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Registrars Designated by BOM (Ex-Officio) 54. Dr. S.K. Mohapatra Registrar (I/c), SED (09.07.2014 - 11.05.2015)
Sh. N.P. Singh Registrar (I/c), SED (12.05.2015 - till date**) 55. Dr. Pankaj Khare Registrar , SRD (23.04.2010 - 22.04.2015)
Sh. S.K. Sharma (22.04.2015 - till date**) Registrar (I/c), SRD Member Secretary 56. Prof. Debal K. SinghaRoy Director (I/c), ACD (31.03.2014 - 18.08.2015)
Prof. Naryan Prasad Director (I/c), ACD (18.08.2015 - 16.11.2015)
Prof. Manjulika Srivastava Director (I/c), ACD (17.11.2015 - till date**)
* In compliance of No.F. 10-2/2014-D4 dated 18-11-2014 from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28th November, 2014. ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.3 Planning Board
Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination
1. Prof. M. Aslam* Vice-Chancellor – Chairman (20.03.2013 On leave from 28.11.2014) Ex-Officio Prof. Nageshwar Rao Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) – Chairman (28.11.2014 - till date**) Ex-Officio Vice-Chancellor’s Nominees 2. Prof. A.R. Khan Professor, SOSS, IGNOU (16.07.2012 - 15.07.2015) Prof. B.S. Saraswat Professor, SOS, IGNOU (17.07.2015 - 15.07.2018) 3. Prof. A.K. Singh Professor, SOTST, IGNOU (16.07.2012 - 15.07.2015) Prof. Swaraj Basu Professor, SOSS, IGNOU (17.07.2015 - 15.07.2018) 4. Dr. R. Satyanarayana Professor, STRIDE, IGNOU (16.07.2012 - 15.07.2015) Prof. K. Ravi Sankar Professor, SOMS, IGNOU (17.07.2015 - 15.07.2018) 5. Shri K.K. Bhat Regional Director, RC-Jammu, IGNOU (16.07.2012 - 15.07.2015) Dr. C.K. Ghosh Regional Director, RC Delhi-3, Dwarka, (17.07.2015 - till date**) New Delhi, IGNOU Registrar (Ex-Officio) 6. Sh. Sudhir Budakoti Registrar, Administration, IGNOU (11.09.2014 - till date**) Visitor Nominees 7. Sh. Dilip Chenoy MD & CEO, National Skill Development (28.04.2014 - 13.10.2015) Corporation, New Delhi 8. Sh. Sashi Kumar Chairman, Asian College of Journalism, (28.04.2014 - 27.04.2017) Chennai 9. Prof. Santosh Mehrotra Professor, Centre for Informal Sector (28.04.2014 - 27.04.2017) & Labour Studies, School of Social, Sciences, JNU, New Delhi
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10. Dr. M.V. Rao Former Special DG, ICAR & Former VC (28.04.2014 - 08.03.2016) Agricultural University, Hyderabad 11. Prof. Anupama Roy Professor, Centre for Political Studies, (28.04.2014 - 27.04.2017) School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi Board Of Management Nominees 12. Dr. K. Srinath Reddy President, Public Health Foundation of (21.08.2013 – 20.08.2016) India, PHD House, New Delhi-110 016 13. Prof. J. B. G. Tilak Professor and Head (21.08.2013 - 20.08.2016) National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi 14. Er. Milind Kamble Chairman, Dalit India Chamber of (21.08.2013 - 20.08.2016) Commerce and Industry (DICCI), Pune 15. Prof. Pankaj Chandra Director, Indian Institute of Management (21.08.2013 - 20.08.2016) Bangalore 16. Prof. V. S. Prasad Former Director, NAAC, Bangalore (21.08.2013 - 20.08.2016) Member Secretary 17. Prof. T.U. Fulzele Director (I/c), P&DD (16.10.2012 - till date**)
* In compliance of No.F. 10-2/2014-D4 dated 18-11-2014 from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28th November, 2014. ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.4 Finance Committee
Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M. Aslam* Vice-Chancellor - Chairman (20.03.2013 On leave from 28.11.2014) Ex-Officio Prof. Nageshwar Rao Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) - Chairman (28.11.2014 - till date**) Ex-Officio Pro-Vice Chancellor by Seniority 2. Prof. P. Prakash Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (02.06.2015 - 27.08.2015) Prof. Sushma Yadav Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (20.10.15 - 09.12.15) Visitor’s Nominees 3. Sh. Yogendra Tripathi Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, MHRD (10.06.2013 - 05.01.2016)
Ms. Darshana M. Dabral Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, MHRD (06.01.2016 - 05.01.2019) 4. Sh. S.P. Goyal Joint Secretary (TEL), D/o Higher (21.11.2014 - 20.11.2017) Education, MHRD Board of Management Nominees 5. Prof. K.N. Tripathi Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (28.05.2015 - 30.10.2017) 6. Sh. M.P. Gupta Additional Secretary (Retd), (30.11.2013 - 29.11.2016) Ministry of Finance, New Delhi Director of School nominated by the Vice Chancellor 7. Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar Director, SOET, IGNOU (15.10.2014 - till date**) Secretary (Ex-officio) 8. Mrs. Vidya Sonal Finance Officer (I/c), IGNOU (02.02.2015 - till date**)
* In compliance of No.F. 10-2/2014-D4 dated 18-11-2014 from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28th November, 2014. ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.5 Research Council Sl.No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M. Aslam* Vice-Chancellor – Chairman (20.03.2013 On leave from 28.11.2014) Ex-Officio Prof. Nageshwar Rao Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) – Chairman (28.11.2014 - till date**) Ex-Officio Four experts (at least two from Board of Management), who are not employees of the University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 2. Prof. K. N. Tripathi Former PVC, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - Till date**) 3. Dr. (Ms.) Ruth Manorama President, National Alliance of Women, (24.07.2015 - 14.10.2015) Bangalore Prof. Vasudha Kamat Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women’s University, (22.12.2015 - till date**) 1, Nathibai Thackersey Road, Mumbai 4. Prof. K.N.S. Yadava Vice-Chancellor, (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh 5. Prof. Piyush Ranjan Agrawal Vice-Chancellor (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh One representative each from Planning Board and Academic Council nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 6. Prof. A.K. Singh Director, SOTST, IGNOU (15.10.2012 - 23.07.2015) Prof. T. U. Fulzele Director (I/c), P&DD, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - till date**) 7. Prof. D. Gopal Director, SOSS, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - till date**) Two Pro-Vice Chancellors nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 8. Prof. P. Prakash PVC, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - 27.08.2015) 9. Prof. Sushma Yadav PVC, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - 9.12.2015)
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S. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination Three Directors of School/Head of Division nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 10. Prof. S. Srilatha Director, SOMS, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - till date**) 11. Prof. Ravindra Kumar Director, SOTHSM, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - till date**) 12. Prof. Sunaina Kumar Director, SOH, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - till date**) Five members (three from Teachers (two internal and one external) and two other Academics staff nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 13. Prof. B.S. Saraswat SOS, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) 14. Prof. A.K. Singh SOTST, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) 15. Prof. Harjeet Singh Ex Dean, JNU, New Delhi (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) 16. Shri K. Ravi Kant Director (I/c), EMPC, IGNOU (22.12.2015 - 14.12.2018) 17. Dr. Venugopal Reddy Director, RSD, IGNOU (24.07.2015 - 23.07.2018) Member Secretary (Ex-Officio) 18. Prof. M.S. Nathawat Director (I/c), Research Unit, IGNOU (29.08.2014 - 27.01.2016) Prof. Satyakam Director (I/c), Research Unit, IGNOU (27.01.2016 - till date**) * In compliance of No.F. 10-2/2014-D4 dated 18-11-2014 from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28th November, 2014. ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.6 Directors of the Schools of Studies Sl.No. Name of School Name of Directors/Head 1 School of Agriculture Dr. S.K. Yadav (I/c) (25.06.2013 - till date**) 2 School of Computer and Shri Akshay Kumar (I/c) Information Sciences (01.02.2015 - 13.05.2015) Shri P.V. Suresh, (I/c) (14.05.2015 - till date**) 3 School of Continuing Education Prof. Neerja Chadha (01.01.2015 - till date**) 4 School of Education Prof. N.K. Dash (01.08.2013 - till date**) 5 School of Engineering and Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar Technology (05.08.2014 - till date**) 6 School of Extension and Dr. Nehal A. Farooquee (I/c) Development Studies (25.06.2013 - till date**) 7 School of Foreign Languages Prof. Anju Sehgal Gupta (I/c) (27.10.2014 - till date**) 8 School of Gender and Prof. Anu Aneja Development Studies (11.02.2015 - till date**) 9 School of Health Sciences Prof. Pity Koul (06.08.2014 - till date**) 10 School of Humanities Prof. Sunaina Kumar (01.10.2013 - till date**) 11 School of Inter-Disciplinary and Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor (I/c) Trans-Disciplinary Studies (01.08.2012 - 31.07.2015) Dr. Babu P. Ramesh (I/c) (01.08.2015 - till date**) 12 School of Journalism and Dr. Kiron Bansal (I/c) New Media Studies (04.02.2013 - 24.02.2016) Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh (25.02.2016 - till date**) 13 School of Law Prof. K. Elumalai (03.05.2013 - till date**) 14 School of Management Studies Prof. S. Srilatha (05.08.2013 - till date**)
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Sl.No. Name of School Name of Directors/Head 15 School of Performing and Visual Arts Dr. Govindraju Bhardwaja (I/c) (25.06.2013 - till date**) 16 School of Sciences Prof. Vijayshri (09.07.2013 - till date**) 17 School of Social Sciences Prof. Darvesh Gopal (01.07.2013 - till date**) 18 School of Social Work Prof. Gracious Thomas (I/c) (11.02.2012 - till date**) 19 School of Tourism and Hospitality Prof. S. Srilatha (I/c) Services Management (22.10.2014 - 29.04.2015) Prof. Ravindra Kumar (I/c) (30.04.2015 - till date**) 20 School of Translation Studies Dr. Rajinder Parsad Pandey (I/c) and Training (02.06.2014 - till date**) 21 School of Vocational Education Dr. Ashok Kumar Gaba (I/c) and Training (25.06.2013 - till date**)
Note - ** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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1.7 Directors/Heads of the Divisions/Units/Centres
Sl.No. Name of Directors/Heads of Name of Directors/Heads Divisions/Units/Centre 1. International Division Dr. Silima Nanda, (I/c) (07.09.2012 - till date**) 2. Library and Documentation Division Prof. Jaideep Sharma (I/c) (31.12.2013 - till date**) 3. Regional Services Division Dr. Srikant Mohapatra (02.08.2012 - 11.05.2015) Dr. V.V. Reddy (12.05.2015 - till date**) 4. Staff Training and Research Prof. C.R.K. Murthy Institute of Distance Education (26.08.2013 - till date**) 5. Planning and Development Division Prof. T.U. Fulzele (I/c) (16.10.2012 - till date**) 6. Electronic Media Production Centre Prof. Iftikhar Ahmad (25.06.2014 - 18.10.2015) Shri Ravi Kanth (I/c) (19.10.2015 - till date**) 7. Inter-University Consortium Prof. Gayatri Kansal (I/c) (03.11.2014 - till date**) 8. National Centre for Innovation Dr. Jyotsna Dixit (I/c) in Distance Education (17.08.2013 - till date**)
9. National Centre for Disability Studies Dr. S.K. Prasad (I/c) (25.08.2013 - till date**) 10. Research Unit Prof. M.S. Nathawat (I/c) (28.08.2014 - 25.01.2016) Prof. Satyakam (I/c) (27.01.2016 - till date**) 11. Academic Coordination Division Prof. Debal K. SinghaRoy (I/c) (31.03.2014 - 18.08.2015) Prof. Narayan Prasad (I/c) (18.08.2015 - 16.11.2015) Prof. Manjulika Srivastava (I/c) (17.11.2015 - till date**)
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Sl.No. Name of Directors/Heads of Name of Directors/Heads Divisions/Units/Centre 12. Administration Division Sh. Sudhir Budakoti (11.09.2014 - till date**) 13 Construction and Maintenance Division Shri Sudheer Reddy (I/c) (14.06.2012 - till date**) 14. Computer Division Dr. V.S.P. Srivastava (I/c) (01.04.2015 - 31.01.2016) Dr. A. Murali M. Rao (I/c) (31.01.2016 - till date**) 15. Finance and Accounts Division Mrs. Vidya Sonal (I/c) (02.02.2015 - till date**) 16. Material Production and Sh. Sudhir Budakoti (I/c) Distribution Division (25.01.2015 - 27.04.2015) Prof. Pardeep Sahni (I/c) (27.04.2015 – till date**) 17. Student Evaluation Division Dr. S.K. Mohapatra (I/c) (08.07.2014 - 10.06.2015) Sh. N.P. Singh (I/c) (10.06.2015 - till date**) 18. Student Registration Division Dr. Pankaj Khare (01.04.2015 - 22.04.2015) Sh. S.K. Sharma (I/c) (22.04.2015 - till date**) 19. Vigilance Cell Prof. Madhu Parhar (I/c) (07.10.2012 - 31.12.2015) Prof. B.B. Khanna (I/c) (04.01.2016 - till date**)
** Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31st March, 2016.
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APPENDIX - 2 List of MoUs/MoCs/Agreements by IGNOU (From 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016) Sl. IGNOU in Date of Regarding Nodal No. Agreement /MoU/ Signing School/ MoC with Division Division/ Centre 1. National Informatics 07.05.2015 Broadband Services under CD Centre (NIC), National Knowledge Network Department of (NKN) Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India. 2. Indian Institute of Banking 20.04.2015 Renewal & Amendment of the SOMS & Finance (IIBF), Mumbai. MoU for offering Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) adapted to need and career development of the members of the IIBF 3. National Council for 28.10.2015 Design and offer Various SOTST Promotion of Sindhi Academic progammes; Language (NCPSL), conferences, workshops and Ministry of Human research activities to promote Resource Development, Sindhi Language. Govt. of India. 4. Glory Institute for 04.12.2015 Offer academic programmes ID Technical & Applied overseas Training, Muttrah, Oman. 5. Gulf Centre for University 04.12.2015 Offer academic programmes ID Education, Shuwaikh, overseas Kuwait. 6. International Centre for 04.12.2015 Offer academic programmes ID Academics, Kathmandu, overseas Nepal. 7. Nepal Information 04.12.2015 Offer academic programmes ID Technology, Kathmandu, overseas Nepal. 8. Footwear Design and 24.09.2015 Design and Offer Academic SOET Development Institute Programmes in Relevant (FDDI), Ministry of Disciplines Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India.
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SI. IGNOU in Date of Regarding Nodal No. Agreement /MoU/ Signing School/ MoC with Division Division/ Centre 9. National Council for 16.12.2015 Offering of academic SOTHSM Hotel Management & programmes in relevant Catering Technology, disciplines Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India. 10. Indian Navy 23.09.2015 Renewal of MoU for Extension RSD of period for offering academic programmes for Navy personnel under IGNOU-NAVY Educational Project. 11. Information and Library 18.12.2015 Membership of Shodganga / L&DD Network (INFLIBNET) Shodhgangotri (A Repository Centre, Inter-University of thesis & dissertation Centre (IUC), UCG, submitted for awarding of Gandhinagar, Gujarat. M.Phil/Ph.D to the Universities affiliated with UGC). 12. Regent International 27.01.2016 Mutual Covenants - To promote ID Institute of Higher Studies, acquisition of knowledge in a 125-George R. DeSilva rapidly developing and Mawatha, Columbo-13, changing society. Sri Lanka. 13. Centre for Open and 27.01.2016 Mutual Covenants - To promote ID Distance Education,Kasneb acquisition of knowledge in a Towers, Nairobi, Kenya. rapidly developing and changing society. 14. Ministry of Information & 19.02.2016 Operating FM Radio EMPC Broadcasting, Govt. of India. Broadcasting Service. 15. Retailers Association 02.03.2016 To develop and launch academic SOMS of India programmes to facilitate growth of Indian retailers industry 16. National Foundation for 10.03.2016 Financial Grant for Research SOMS Corporate Governance Project/Study 17. Ministry of Health and 16.03.2016 Develop a bridge course SOHS Family Welfare, “Certificate in Community Govt. of India Development” for Nurses
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APPENDIX-3 Academic programmes offered By the University
Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School 1 Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture Extension PHDAGE 2 Years 5 Years English SOA 2 Doctor of Philosophy in Dairy Science and Technology PHDDR 2 years 5 years English SOA 3 Doctor of Philosophy in Computer & Information Sciences PHDCISC 2 Years 5 Years English SOCIS 4 Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Development PHDRD 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 5 Doctor of Philosophy in Child Development PHDCDEV 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 6 Doctor of Philosophy in Food & Nutrition PHDFN 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 7 Doctor of Philosophy in Education PHDEDU 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 8 Doctor of Philosophy in Extension & Development Studies PHDEDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOEDS 9 Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering PHDCENG 2 Years 5 Years English SOET 10 Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering PHDMECE 2 Years 5 Years English SOET 11 Doctor of Philosophy in French PHDFL 2 years 5 years French SOFL 12 Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic PHDAL 2 years 5 years Arabic SOFL 13 Doctor of Philosophy in Gender & Development Studies PHDGDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 14 Doctor of Philosophy in Women’s Studies PHDWS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 15 Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi PHDHIN 2 Years 5 Years Hindi SOH
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School 16 Doctor of Philosophy in English PHDENG 2 Years 5 Years English SOH 17 Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing PHDNUR 2 Years 5 Years English SOHS 18 Doctor of Philosophy in Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies PHDITS 2 years 5 years English SOITS 19 Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism & Mass Communication PHDJMC 2 Years 5 Years English SOJNMS 20 Doctor of Philosophy in Law PHDLAW 2 Years 5 Years English SOL 21 Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce PHDCOM 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 22 Doctor of Philosophy in Management PHDMGMT 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 23 Doctor of Philosophy in PHDPFVA Performing and Visual Arts PHDFA with specialization in Fine PHDTH Arts, Theatre Arts and Music PHDMU 2 years 5 years English SOPVA 24 Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry PHDBC 2 years 5 years English SOS 25 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry PHDCHE 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 26 Doctor of Philosophy in Geography PHDGG 2 years 5 years English SOS 27 Doctor of Philosophy in Geology PHDGY 2 years 5 years English SOS 28 Doctor of Philosophy in Life Sciences PHDLS 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 29 Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics PHDMT 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 30 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics PHDPH 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 31 Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics PHDSTAT 2 Years 5 Years English SOS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
32 Doctor of Philosophy in Economics PHDEC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 33 Doctor of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies PHDGDS 2 years 5 years English SOSS 34 Doctor of Philosophy in History PHDHIS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 35 Doctor of Philosophy in Library & Information Sc. PHDLIS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 36 Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science PHDPS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 37 Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology PHDPC 2 years 5 years English SOSS 38 Doctor of Philosophy in Public Admn. PHDPA 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 39 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology PHDSOC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 40 Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work PHDSW 2 Years 5 Years English SOSW 41 Doctor of Philosophy in PHDTT 2 years 5 years English SOTST Translation Studies & Hindi 42 Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism and Hospitality Services PHDTS 2 Years 5 Years English SOTHSM 43 Doctor of Philosophy in Distance Education PHDDE 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 44 Doctor of Philosophy in Vocational Education PHDVED 2 Years 5 Years English SOVET 45 Master of Philosophy in MPHIL- Commerce COM 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 46 M.Phil in Economics MPHILEC 18 4 years English SOSS months 47 Master of Philosophy in MPHILSO 18 4 years English SOSS Sociology months
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
48 Master of Philosophy in 18 Political Science MPHILPS months 4 years English SOSS 49 Master of Philosophy in 18 Public Administration MPHILPA months 5 years English SOSS 50 Master of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and 18 Peace Studies MPHILGDS months 7 years English SOSS 51 Master of Philosophy in 18 18 Social Work MPHILSW months months English SOSW 52 Master of Philosophy in 18 30 English Translation Studies MPHILTT months months & Hindi SOTST 53 M.Phil in Distance MPHILDE 18 4 years English SOE Education months 54 Master of Philosophy in 18 Theatre Arts MPHILTH months 5 years English SOPVA 55 Master of Computer Applications MCA 3 Years 6 Years English SOCIS 56 Master of Science (Dietetics and Food Services Management) MSCDFSM 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 57 Master of Arts English (Rural Development) MARD 2 Years 5 Years & Hindi SOCE 58 Master of Commerce MCOM 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS &Hindi 59 Master of Tourism and Travel Management MTTM 2 Years 4 Years English SOTHSM 60 Master of Arts (English) MEG 2 Years 5 years English SOH 61 Master of Arts (Hindi) MHD 2 Years 5 years Hindi SOH 62 Master of Social Work MSW 2 Years 5 Years English SOSW & Hindi 63 Master of Social Work (Counselling) MSWC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSW 64 Master of Arts (Philosophy) MAPY 2 years 5 years English SOITS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
65 Master of Arts (Gandhi and English Peace Studies) MGPS 2 years 5 years & Hindi SOSS 66 Master of Arts (Education) MAEDU 2 Years 5 years English SOE 67 Master of Arts (Economics) MEC 2 Years 5 years English SOSS & Hindi 68 Master of Arts (History) MAH 2 Years 5 years English SOSS & Hindi 69 Master of Arts English (Political Science) MPS 2 Years 5 years & Hindi SOSS 70 Master of Arts MPA 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS (Public Admn.) & Hindi 71 Master of Arts (Sociology) MSO 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS & Hindi 72 Master of Arts (Psychology) MAPC 2 years 5 years English SOSS 73 Master of Science in Counselling and Family Therapy MSCCFT 2 years 5 years English SOCE 74 MA in Extension & Development Studies MAEDS 2 years 5 years English SOEDS 75 Master of Arts in Adult Education MAAE 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 76 Master in Gender & English Development Studies MAGD 2 years 5 years & Hindi SOGDS 77 Master of Arts (Distance Education) MADE 2 Years 6 years English SOE 78 Masters in Anthropology MAAN 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 79 M.Sc.(Mathematics with Applications in Computer Science) MSCMACS 2 Years 4 Years English SOS 80 Master of Arts(Women’s & Gender Studies) MAWGS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 81 Master of Library and Information Science MLIS 1 Year 4 Years English SOSS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School 82 Master of Education* MED 2 Years 4 Years English SOE 83 Master of Business Administration MP 2½ Years 8 Years English SOMS 84 Master of Commerce English (in Finance & Taxation) MCOMFT 2 Years 5 Years & Hindi SOMS 85 Master of Commerce in Business Policy and MCOM- English Corporate Governance BPCG 2 Years 5 Years & Hindi SOMS 86 Master of Commerce in Management Accounting & MCOM- English Financial Strategies MAFS 2 Years 5 Years & Hindi SOMS 87 Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) MPB 2½ Years 8 Years English SOMS 88 Master of Science (Hospitality Administration) MHA 2 Years 4 Years English SOTHSM 89 Master of Arts (Translation Studies) MATS 2 Years 5 Years Hindi SOTST 90 Bachelor of Arts English (Tourism Studies) BTS 3 Years 6 Years & Hindi SOTHSM 91 Bachelor of Computer Applications BCA 3 Years 6 Years English SOCIS 92 Bachelor of Arts BA 3 Years 6 Years English SOSS & Hindi 93 Bachelor of Commerce BCOM 3 Years 6 Years English SOMS & Hindi 94 Bachelor of Science BSC 3 Years 6 Years English SOS & Hindi 95 Bachelor of Social Work BSW 3 Years 6 Years English SOSW & Hindi 96 Bachelor of Library & English Information Science BLIS 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOSS 97 Bachelor of Science (Hospitality and Hotel Administration BHM 3 Years 6 Years English SOTHSM
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
98 Bachelor of Education English (Through Entrance Test) BED 2 Years 4 Years & Hindi SOE 99 B.Sc.Nursing (Post Basic) BSCN 3 Years 5 Years English SOHS 100 Bachelor of Commerce (with Major in Accountancy English and Finance) BCOMAF 3 years 6 years & Hindi SOMS 101 B.Com with Major in Corporate Affairs and English Administration BCOMCAA 3 Years 6 Years & Hindi SOMS 102 B.Com with Major in Financial and Cost English Accounting BCOMFCA 3 Years 6 Years & Hindi SOMS 103 Bachelor Preparatory BPP 6 Months 2 Years English, SOSS Programme Hindi, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Malaya- lam & Gujarati 104 Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking PGDLAN 1 Year 4 Years English SOSS 105 Post Graduate Diploma in English Disaster Management PGDDM 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOSS 106 Post Graduate Diploma in English Rural Development PGDRD 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOCE 107 Post Graduate Diploma in Translation PGDT 1 Year 4 Years Hindi SOTST 108 Post Graduate Diploma in International Business English Operations PGDIBO 1 Year 3 Years & Hindi SOMS 109 Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development PGDESD 1 Year 3 Years English SOS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
110 Post Graduate Diploma in Analytical Chemistry PGDAC 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 111 Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication PGJMC 1 Year 4 Years English SOJNMS 112 Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme English Production PGDAPP 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOJNMS 113 Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Technology PGDET 1 Year 3 Years English SOE 114 Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership and English Management PGDSLM 1 Year 2 Years & Hindi SOE 115 Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management and Administration PGDEMA 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 116 Post Graduate Diploma in Education PGDHE 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 117 Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work Among Tribals* PGDSWT 1 Year 4 years English SOSW 118 Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sales Management PGDPSM 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 119 Post Graduate Diploma in Maternal & Child Health PGDMCH 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 120 Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights PGDIPR 1 Year 3 Years English SOL 121 Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice PGDCJ 1 Year 3 Years English SOL 122 Post Graduate Diploma in Extension and Development Studies PGDEDS 1 Year 3 Years English SOEDS 123 Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Education PGDAE 1 Year 4 Year English SOE
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School 124 Post Graduate Diploma in Folklore and Culture Studies PGDFCS 1 Year 4 Years English SOITS 125 Post Graduate Diploma in English Gandhi and Peace Studies PGDGPS 1 Year 3 Years & Hindi SOSS 126 Post Graduate Diploma in Women’s and Gender Studies PGDWGS 1 Year 3 Years English SOGDS 127 Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy PGDCFT 1 Year 4 Years English SOCE 128 Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Health Management PGDHHM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 129 Post Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine PGDGM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 130 Post Graduate Diploma in HIV Medicine PGDHIVM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 131 Post Graduate Diploma in Plantation Management PGDPM 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 132 Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing PGDBP 1 Year 4 Years English SOH 133 Post Graduate Diploma in Pre Primary Education PGDPPED 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 134 Post Graduate Diploma in Information Security PGDIS 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 135 Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety & Quality Management PGDFSQM 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 136 Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology PGDCC 2 Years 4 Years English SOHS 137 Post Graduate Diploma in PGDTRM 1 Year 4 Years English SOMS Teaching & Research in RC Management Cochin 138 Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development PGDUPDL 1 Year 3 Years English SOEDS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
139 Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics PGDAST 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 140 Diploma in Early English, Childhood Care DECE 1 Year 4 Years Hindi & SOCE and Education Tamil 141 Diploma in Nutrition & English Health Education DNHE 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOCE 142 Diploma in Tourism Studies DTS 1 Year 4 Years English SOTHSM & Hindi 143 Diploma in Aquaculture DAQ 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 144 Diploma in Creative Writing in English DCE 1 Year 4 Years English SOH 145 Diploma in Urdu DUL 1 Year 3 Years Urdu SOH 146 Diploma in HIV and English Family Education DAFE 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOSW 147 Diploma in Women’s Empowerment & English Development DWED 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOGDS 148 Diploma in BPO Finance & Accounting DBPOFA 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 149 Diploma in Paralegal DIPP 1 Year 3 Years English SOL Practice & Hindi 150 Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and English Vegetables DVAPFV 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOA 151 Diploma in Production of Value Added Products from English Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds DPVCPO 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOA 152 Diploma in Meat DMT 1 Year 4 Years English SOA Technology & Hindi 153 Diploma in Dairy DDT 1 Year 4 Years English SOA Technology & Hindi 154 Diploma in Watershed English Management DWM 1 Year 4 Years & Hindi SOA
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
155 Diploma in Fish Products Technology DFPT 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 156 Diploma in Nursing Administration DNA 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 157 Diploma in Panchayat Level Administration & Development DPLAD 1 Year 4 Years English SOCE 158 Diploma in Critical Care Nursing DCCN 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 159 Diploma in Elementary DELED 2 Years 4 Years English, SOE Education Hindi, Assamees, Bengali , Khasi Garo 160 Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management ACPDM 6 months 2 Years English SOET 161 Advanced Certificate in Information Security ACISE 6 months 2 Years English SOVET 162 Post Graduate Certificate in Bangala-Hindi Translation PGCBHT 6 months 2 Years Hindi SOTST 163 P. G. Certificate in Malyalam Hindi Translation PGCMHT 6 months 2 Years Hindi SOTST 164 Post Graduate Certificate in Extension & Development Studies PGCEDS 6 months 2 Years English SOEDS 165 Post Graduate Certificate in Adult Education PGCAE 6 months 2 Years English SOE 166 Post Graduate Certificate in Cyber Law PGCCL 6 months 2 Years English SOL 167 Post Graduate Certificate in Patent Practice PGCPP 6 months 2 Years English SOL 168 Post Graduate Certificate in English Gandhi and Peace Studies PGCGPS 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOSS
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
169 Post Graduate Certificate in Agriculture Policy PGCAP 6 months 2 Years English SOA 170 Post Graduate Certificate in Information and Assistive Technologies for the Instructors of PGCIA- Visually Impaired TIVI 6 months 2 Years English SOE 171 Post Graduate Certificate in Geoinformatics PGCGI 6 months 2 Years English SOS 172 Post Doctoral Certificate in Dialysis Medicine PDCDM 1 Year 2 Years English SOHS 173 Certificate in Indigenous CIAP 1 Year 3 Years English/ SOPVA Art Practices Hindi/ others 174 Certificate in Visual Arts - Painting CVAP 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 175 Certificate in Visual Arts – Applied Arts CVAA 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 176 Certificate in Performing Arts – Theatre Arts CPATHA 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 177 Certificate in Performing Arts – Hindustani Music CPAHM 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 178 Certificate in Performing Arts – Karnatak Music CPAKM 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 179 Certificate in Performing Arts - Bharatnatyam CPABN 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 180 Certificate in Arabic CAL 6 months 2 Years English/ SOFL Language Arabic 181 Certificate in Disaster English Management CDM 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOSS 182 Certificate in English Environmental Studies CES 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOSS 183 Certificate in Teaching English CTE 6 months 2 Years English SOH 184 Certificate in Functional English (Basic Level) CFE 6 months 2 Years English SOH
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
185 Certificate in Urdu CUL 6 months 2 Years Bilingual SOH Language Hindi/ Urdu 186 Certificate in HIV and English Family Education CAFE 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOSW 187 Certificate in Social Work English and Criminal Justice System CSWCJS 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOSW 188 Certificate in Health Care English Waste Management CHCWM 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOHS 189 Certificate in Newborn & CNIN 6 months 2 Years English SOHS Infant Nursing 190 Certificate in Maternal and Child Health Nursing CMCHN 6 months 2 Years English SOHS 191 Certificate in Home Based English Health Care CHBHC 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOHS 192 Certificate in Community English Radio CCR 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOJNMS 193 Certificate in Tourism Studies CTS 6 months 2 Years English SOTHSM & Hindi 194 Certificate in Food & CFN 6 months 2 Years English, SOCE Nutrition Hindi Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Oriya 195 Certificate in Nutrition English and Child Care CNCC 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOCE 196 Certificate in Rural English Development CRD 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOCE 197 Certificate in Organic English Farming COF 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOA 198 Certificate in Human Rights CHR 6 months 2 Years English SOL & Hindi
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Sl. Name of the Programme Prog. Duration Medium Code of No. Code Programme instruc- of the Min. Max tion School
199 Certificate in Consumer English Protection CCP 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOL 200 Certificate in Co-operation, Co-operative Law and Business Laws CCLBL 6 months 2 Years English SOL 201 Certificate in Anti Human English Trafficking CAHT 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOL 202 Certificate in International Humanitarian Law CIHL 6 months 2 Years English SOL 203 Certificate in Information Technology CIT 6 months 2 Years English SOCIS
204 Certificate in Guidance CIG 6 months 2 Years English SOE & Hindi 205 Certificate in Business Skills CBS 6 months 2 Years English SOMS 206 Certificate in Sericulture CIS 6 months 2 Years English SOA 207 Certificate Programme in English Laboratory Techniques CPLT 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOS 208 Certificate in Teaching of English Primary School Mathematics CTPM 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOS 209 Certificate in Communication and IT Skills CCITSK 6 months 2 Years English SOVET 210 Certificate Programme in Value Education CPVE 6 months 2 Years English SOEDS 211 Certificate in Water Harves- English ting and Management CWHM 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOA 212 Certificate in Poultry English/ Farming CPF 6 months 2 Years Hindi/ Mizo SOA 213 Certificate in Beekeeping CIB 6 months 2 Years English SOA & Hindi 214 Certificate in NGO Management CNM 6 months 2 Years English SOMS 215 Certificate in Energy Technology and Management CETM 6 months 2 Years English SOET
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216 Certificate in Elementary Teacher Education CETE 6 months 2 Years English SOE 217 Certificate of Competency English in Power Distribution CCPD 6 months 2 Years & Hindi SOET 218 Awareness Programme on Dairy Farming for Rural Farmers APDF 2 months - Hindi SOA 219 Awareness Programme on Value Added Products from 1½ Hindi Fruits & Vegetables APVPFV months - & English SOA 220 Computer Literacy Programme CLP 1 month - English RSD 221 Certificate Programme on Integrated Pest Management Technology in Potato Bengali Cultivation CIPMT 3 months - & English SOA 222 Short Term Training Programme for Farmers Bengali of Betel-Vine _ 2 weeks - & English SOA 223 Appreciation Course on English Environment ACE 3 months 1 Year & Hindi SOS 224 Certificate in Motorcycle English, Service and Repair CMSR 2 months - Hindi Bengali, Tamil & Malayalam SOET 225 Post Graduate Diploma in Bioethics PGDBE 1 year 3 Years English SOHS 226 Certificate Programme for Professional Development 18 of Primary Teachers CPPDPT 6 months months English SOE 227 Certificate in French CFL 6 months 2 Years English SOFL Language Hindi & French *Admission in these academic programmes and Ph.D and M.Phil was on hold in the reported period.
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APPENDIX-4 Details of Externally Funded Projects
Name of the Nodal Title of the Research Projects Funding Agency School/Unit School of Functionalized Nano antimalarials : Indo Portuguese Bilateral Agriculture Design synthesis and structural aspects Research Cooperation of novel aspartic protease Plasmepsin I Project, Department of & Plasmepsin II Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology IGNOU-APEDA Development of Agricultural and Processed Agricultural Exports Related Food Products Export Educational Programmes Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce Capacity Building Diploma Training Department of Land Programme Under Common Guidelines Resources (DoLR), 2008 For Watershed Development Ministry of Rural Projects Development Development of Training Module on Food Safety and Standards Food Safety and Hygiene for Authority of India (FSSAI), Housewives Government of India Human Resource Development in Central Silk Board (CSB), Sericulture and ancillary disciplines Ministry of Textiles Asymmetric Reductive animation University Grants of carbonyl compounds in Chiral Commission (UGC) ionic liquids Functionalized Nano-antimalarials: Indo Portuguese Bilateral Design, Synthesis and Structural Research Cooperation aspects of Novel Metal Complexes as project, Department of Inhibitors of Plasmepsin I and Science and Technology Plasmepsin II. (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology Search for proficient antimalarial Department of Science and agents: design, synthesis and structural Technology –Science and characterization of small molecule Engineering Research inhibitors of malarial aspartic Board(DST-SERB), proteases, Plasmepsin I & Ministry of Science and Plasmepsin II. Technology Capacity Building in Horticulture Ministry of Agriculture
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Name of the Nodal Title of the Research Projects Funding Agency School/Unit
School of Sciences Role of Adiponectin and Uncoupling Department of Science and protein in diabetic heart in rats: Technology, Ministry of Molecular and Stemic Mechanisms Science and Technology Free Radical Mediated Mechanisms Indian Council of Medical of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Research (ICMR) Chronic Heart Failure: Molecular and Systemic Mechanisms Geochemistry, petrogenesis and Council for Scientific and Isotopic studies of mafic dykes from Industrial Research (CSIR) Sonbhadra district, Son valley: Implication to Evolution of Sub-continental Lithosphere in Central India. Integrated Geospatial Information Department of Science Technologies for Water Resources and Technology (DST), Management: A Case Study of Ministry of Science and Thatipudi Watershed, Eastern Ghat Technology Terrain, Andhra Pradesh School of Education State Open Universities (SOUs) in Indian Council of Social India: An Evaluation Certificate Science Research (ICSSR) · programme for Professional Kendriya Vidyalaya Development of Primary Teachers Sangathan (KVS) (CPPDPT) for the Kendriya Vidyalaya Teachers. School of Extension Integrated Contract Broiler Farming: United States Agency for and Development An Evaluation Case Study in India International Development Studies School of Manage- Study on Corporate Governance National Foundation for ment Studies Practices of Indian Financial Sector Corporate Governance, Companies Ministry of Corporate Affairs School of Social The Post Liberalization Rural Indian Council of Social Sciences Transformation: A Study of Rural Science Research (ICSSR) Society of Bihar Design and Development of a Dr. B.R. Ambedkar certificate programme on Life Foundation, Ministry of and Thought of B.R. Ambedkar Social Justice and Empowerment.
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APPENDIX-5 Conferences/Workshops/Panel Discussions/Lectures/Seminars organized by IGNOU
Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit University Level 20th G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture was delivered on ‘India Needs to go for Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education Sector’ by Prof. Arun Nigavekar, Former Chairman, University Grants Commission on 2 July 2015. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas to mark 140th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel was celebrated on 31 October 2015. 30th Foundation Day of the University was celebrated with lecture delivered on ‘Higher Education Changing Scenario’ by Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi, Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on 19 November 2015. National Education Day was celebrated to mark 127th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on 11 November 2015. International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21 June 2015. 84th Birth Anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Kalam was celebrated on 15 October 2015. Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from 26 to 31 October 2015. Ms. Swati Maliwal delivered a lecture ‘Women Safety: Issue and Concerns’ on 18 February 2016 International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on 2 December 2015 with lecture on ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and Role of Higher Education Institutes’ by Sh. P.K. Pincha, Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. National Consultative Meeting: Promoting ODL and Online Courses was held on 28 September 2015. Hindi Diwas was celebrated on 14 September 2015. 5th Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Open Universities was held on 04 March 2016. International Women’s Day was celebrated with a panel discussion on ‘The Future of Feminism’ on 09 March 2016. School of Social One day Seminar on ‘Nataji Subhash Chandra Bose A Reconstruction Sciences of Post 1945 Events in Freedom Struggle’, was organized on 21 January 2016 (Under Indira Gandhi Centre for Freedom Struggle Studies)
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Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit Prof. Viddhut Chakravarty, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, delivered lecture on ‘Constitutionalism and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’ on 09 April, 2015. 124th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was celebrated , Prof. Ramesh Chandra, Founder Director, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Former VC, Bundelkhand University delivered a lecture on ‘Relevance of Baba Saheb in making Dalits successful’, on 13 April 2015. Prof. A. Satyanarayana, Department of Sociology, Dean of Social Sciences & Former VC of Allahabad University delivered a lecture on ‘Farmer’s Suicide in India’ on 16 March 2016. National Seminar ‘Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique’ from 28 to 29 October 2015. Prof. S. Inayet Ali Zaidi, Jamia Millia Islamia delivered lecture on ‘Alternative Images on the Perception of Sufism’ on 31 March 2016. Ms. Manjari Chaturvedi delivered lecture on ‘Dance of the Mystics’ on 31 March 2016. Seminar on ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Humiliation in Higher Education: Politics, Policy and Practice’ on 2 February 2016. Seminar on ‘Ethics and Research: Issues and Dilemmas in Indian Context’ on 27 April 2015. Workshop on ‘Living with Mindfulness’ on 09 October 2015. Seminar on ‘Consciousness’ on 15 January 2016. Prof. Anuradha Sovani, Dept. of Psychology, SNDT Women’s University delivered a talk on ‘Creating Evidence Base for Community Interventions’ on 25 February, 2016. Dr. Shilpa Pandi delivered a talk on ‘Gender and Development’ on 04 March 2016. School of Translation One day Orientation Programme was organized for Developing Studies & Training courses on ‘Media Translation’ under Katha-IGNOU Initiative on 13 October 2015, I.P. College, University of Delhi. Two day National Seminar on ‘Inter-Medial Translation : Word to Visual and Visual to Word’, from 01 to 02 March 2016 Convention Centre IGNOU. Two day National Seminar on ‘Literary Translation : Challenges & Opportunities’ from 29 to 30 March 2016, Convention Centre, IGNOU Two day National Translation Workshop for Translating PLSI Volumes, under PLSI (People’s Linguistics Survey of India)-BHASHA- IGNOU from 04 to 06 June 2015, Convention Centre, IGNOU
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Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit One day Workshop on ‘Translating India : Translating Diversity’ under Katha-IGNOU Initiative on 28 August 2015 One day National Workshop on ‘Translating Poetry’ under Samanvya, IHC-SOTST on 28 November 2015, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi One day National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in Translation Studies’ on 23 February 2016, Convention Centre, IGNOU Two day Translation Workshop for Translating Sindhi Short Stories from 15 to 16 February 2016 (under Sindhi Chair) School of Extension Two days International Seminar on ‘Ethnicity and Development in and Development Asia: Issues and Challenges’ from 21 to 22 January 2016 Studies Talk on ‘Female Professional Migration from Punjab and the Limits of Autonomy’ by Prof. Margaret Walton-Roberts, Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance, The Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada on 19 February 2016. School of Gender and Workshop on ‘Towards Gender Sensitization: Planning, Budgeting Development Studies and Mainstreaming’ from 17 to 18 November 2015. School of Vocational Panel Discussion on ‘New Education Policy and Skill Development Education & Training through ODL’ on 30 September 2015. Guest lecture on ‘MOOC and Distance Education: Korea National Open University (KNOU)’s Experience’ delivered by Prof. Tae Rim Lee, Dean, Colleges of Natural Science. Korea National Open University, Seoul, South Korea on 2 November 2015 (in collaboration with STRIDE). School of Performing Four day National workshop on ‘Research Methodology in and Visual Arts Performing and Visual Arts’ from 02 to 05 November 2015.
School of Sciences Lectures organised by School Dr. S. Gokhale, Associate Professor in Physics, School of Sciences, IGNOU on Intellectual Property Rights on 30 April 2015. Prof. Rakesh Srivastava, Dept. of Statistics, M. S. University, Baroda on ‘Overview of Statistics in Medical Research’ on 25 May 2015. Dr. Suhas Shetgovekar, Associate Professor in Psychology, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU on ‘Stress Management’ on 21 August 2015. Dr. Sanjiv Kumar, Associate Professor in Chemistry, School of Sciences, IGNOU on ‘SLM Live’ on 15 September 2015. Dr. Jyotsna Dikshit, NCIDE on ‘Designing the SOS Web Page’ on 30 September 2015. Prof. J. P. Shrivastava, Dept. of Geology, University of Delhi, on ‘Deccan Volcanism’ on 29 October 2015. Dr. Souvik Maiti, Principal Scientist, Nucleic Acid Biophysics, CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi on ‘Targeting DNA Structure’ on 25 February 2016.
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Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit Prof. Arif Ali (Retd.), Dept. of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia on ‘Epigenetic and Gene Expression’ on 29 March 2016. School of A talk on 153rd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on Management Studies 12 January 2016, Convention Centre, IGNOU. School of Agriculture Workshop on ‘Agriculture Education through Open and Distance Learning (ODL)’ from 28 to 29 January 2016, IGNOU, New Delhi. National Seminar on ‘Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Chemistry and Biology’ from 12 to 13 February 2016, University of Delhi. School of Continuing National Seminar on ‘Stress and Mental Health: Nurturing Positivity Education in Children and Adolescents’ on 02 March 2016. School of Inter- Seminar organised under ‘SOITS Seminar Series: disciplinary and Prof Debal K. SinghaRoy, IGNOU on ‘Knowledge Society in India’ Trans-Disciplinary on 30 July 2015. Studies Dr. Sunita Dhal, IGNOU on ‘Food Security and Initiatives of Women Collectives: An Ethnographic Study of the Tribal Community, Kandhamal, Odisha’ on 20 August 2015 Dr. Nilika Mehrotra on ‘The Question of Marginally and Sustainability in Development Policy and Disability Rights Debates in India’ on 28 September 2015 Dr. Padmini Swaminathan on ‘Formal Creation of Informality: Illustrations from India’s Social Sector’ on 15 October 2015 Panel Discussion on ‘Revisiting Access, Quality and Equity: Reflections on Educational Policy in India’ on 23 November 2015 Panel Discussion on ‘Swami Vivekananda’s Vision on Education’ on 12 January 2016 Prof. Kaustuva Barik, IGNOU on ‘Road Rationing in Delhi: Policy Alternatives’ on 20 January 2016 Prof. Swaraj Basu, IGNOU on ‘Readings on Dalit Identity: History, Literature and Religion’ on 11 February 2016 Prof. Savita Singh, IGNOU on ‘International Women Day’ on 10 March 2016. School of Law One day National Seminar on ‘The Preamble of the Constitution of India’ on 26 November 2015. School of Foreign Workshop on ‘Learning to Learn Functional Arabic in ODL: Issues Languages and Challenges’ from 17 to 18 October 2015. Workshop on ‘Teaching and Learning Arabic in Open and Distance Learning: Issues and Challenges’ on 27 April 2015. Workshop on ‘French Teacher Training Programme (Universities-
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Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit BELC)’ from 25 to 29 May 2015 in collaboration with Embassy of France in India and CIEP, Paris. National Centre for Seven days workshop on ‘Creativity and Innovation in ODL’ on Innovation in 03 March 2016 and from 9 to14 March 2016. Distance Education National Centre for Round Table Conference on Disability, Shri Hemant Thakkar, Ph.D. Disability Studies Research Scholar of University of Auckland, New Zealand made presentation on ‘Disability Status in India and New Zealand’ on 08 September 2015 (In collaboration with School of Social Sciences). Electronic Media Workshop on ‘Sound Recording Techniques for Technical Assistants Production Centre and Technicians of EMPC’ from 06 to 09 July 2015. Workshop on ‘Channel packaging for Production, Engineering, Graphics, Camera Persons of EMPC’ and Workshop on ‘Aesthetics of Program Production, Research and Technology Upgradation’, from July to October, 2015 (20 July, 24 July, 14 August, 28 August, 18 September, 06 October and 9 October 2015). 7 day module on ‘Development of audio-video programme’ in Refresher Programme organized by STRIDE from 09 to 16 September 2015. 7 day module on ‘Development of audio-video programme’ in Refresher Programme organized by STRIDE from 10 to 18 November, 2015. Prof. Mangal Sunder, IIT Chennai delivered lecture and resource person in Guidance session on MOOCS on 15 October 2015. Inter-University One day Seminar on ‘Best Practices in ODL at IGNOU’ on 04 January Consortium 2016. Conference of Vice-Chancellors of State Open Universities on 04 March 2016. Staff Training and Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in Distance Education’ from Research Institute 08 to 09 July 2015. of Distance Education Refresher Programme on Distance Education, from 31 August to 24 September 2015. Training-Cum-Workshop for Section Officer (s) from 06 to 08 October, 2015 Workshop on Assessment in ODL from 14 to 16 October 2015. Refresher Programme on Distance Education from 02 to 27 November 2015. National Seminar on Open and Distance Learning in India-Present Status and Future Prospects from 29 to 30 September 2015. One day workshop on Right to Information 07 December 2015.
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Name of School/ Theme, Venue and Date Unit
Training-Cum-Workshop for Private Secretary(s) from 11 to 13 January 2016. Workshop on ODL Soft for IGNOU Administrative Staff from 28 to 29 January 2016. Training-Cum-Workshop for Private Secretary(s) from 03 to 05 February 2016. Workshop on ODL Soft for IGNOU Administrative Staff from 11 to 12 February 2016. Two day National Training Programme on ‘Policies, Innovative and Governance in Open Distance Learning’ from 18 to 19 February 2016. Training-Cum-Workshop for Section Officer (s) from 23 to 25 February 2016. Training-Cum-Workshop for Section Officer (s) from Regional Centres of IGNOU from 07 to 10 March 2016. Brainstorming Workshop on ‘Gender Concerns in Open and Distance Learning’ on 11 March 2016. National Workshop on ‘Development of SLM in Open and Distance Learning (Learning Materials for Higher Education)’ from 14 to 20 March 2016.
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APPENDIX-6 A. Research Publication and Contributions in Conferences/ Seminars/Workshops
A. Research Publications A.1 Published Books School of Social Science Prof. Swaraj Basu Readings on Dalit Identiy : History, Literature and Religion, Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2016. School of Translation Studies and Training Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh Samkaleen Alochna Vimarsh, ISBN 978-93-5229-271-4, Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, March 2016. School of Social work Guin. S Prison Inmate Living with HIV in India : Case Studies from Prisons in Maharashtra, Springer, Berlin, 2015. School of Performing and Visual Arts Dr. Mallika Banerjee Emerging Trends and New Perspectives in Teaching Learning Practices in Performing and Visual Arts 1st Edition, MPDD, IGNOU New Delhi, October 2015 (Co-authored with Prof. Sunil Kumar & Dr. G. Bharadwaza). (Seminar proceedings) School of Foreign Languages Vikash Singh Translation: Acabeleria (Fragmentos), Rodriguez Fer. Claudio, 1985, Grial, num .89 Vuigo (Spain), Translation Book Published : A Tola Sonado, Lugo (Spain) 2015 (Co-Translator with VV.AA.). Regional Services Division Dr. Amit Kumar Jain Organic Farming : Scope and Uses of Biofertilizers. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. (co-authored with Dr. J.D.S Panwar) Dr. Mokbul Ali Lasker Dynamics of Indian Federalism : A Comprehensive Historical Review. Notion Press, Chennai.
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Vinita Katiyar Microbiology – An Overvie. IK International Publication, Delhi (co-authored with Anubha Joshi) A2. Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals School of Social Sciences Dr. Archana Shukla “Assessing University Libraries in Uttar Pradesh with emphasis to Information and Communication Technology Applications”. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. Vol. 35(4), pp 266-272, July 2015. “Dental Clinics of North America 2004-2014 A Bibliomentric Study”. Library Herald, Vol. 54(1), 2016 (co-authored with Papreja, Shruti). “Promoting Health Literacy in India Through Social Networks: Opportunities and Challenges”, Library Herald, Vol. 53(4), 2015 (co-authored with Narang Sangeeta, & BK. Sen) “User Relationship in Medical Colleges of Delhi”, India European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2014, Estonia, Seminar Proceedings 19-22 October 2015 (co-authored with Narang Sangeeta, and Sen BK) Prof. Jaideep Sharma Guest Editor, Ranganathan, Special Issue, Annals of Library and Information Studies, Vol. 62 (4) 2015. Guest Editor, Libraries and Librarianship : Status Issues and Trends, DJLIT Vol. 35 (4), 2015. Dr. Rashmi Sinha “BMI and Blood Sugar among Factory Workers” International Journal of Innovative Resesarch and Studies, Vol. 14(8), pp. 217-226, India 2015. Dr. Rukshana Zaman “Practicing Dance and Anthropology” Queenbala Marak (Guest Editor), Man in India Special Edition on Auto Enthnography, Vol. 95(1), pp. 83-96, ISSN 0025-1569, Delhi, January – March 2015. Mitoo Das “Ethnographic Literature in Anthropology : A Comparative Study of Two Ethnographic Texts” The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. 68 (2-3), pp. 214-256, Delhi, 2015. School of Translation Studies and Training Dr. Harish Kumar Sethi Editor, Anuvad, quarterly bilingual research journal, Issues 4 (No. 163-165), Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi. 2015-16 (co-edited with Neeta Gupta)
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“Sampark Bhasha Hindi Ke Vikas Mein Anuvad Ki Prasangikta”, Anuvad, Vol. 163, pp 20-29, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, April-June 2015.
“Dr. Nagendra Ki Nibandh Kala” Bhasha (Janam Shati Visheshank), Vol.55 Issue 263, pp 226-233, Central Hindi Directorate, MHRD, New Delhi, Nov.-Dec. 2015.
“Bhomandalikaran Aur Hindi Ki Asmita”, Sahridaya, Vol. 7 Issue 24-25, pp 27-35, Nav Unnayan Sahityik Society, New Delhi, April-Sept. 2015.
“Vigyapanon Ka Anuvad : Avashyakta Evam Taknikeyn”, Anuvad, Vol. 164, pp 29-35, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, July-Sept. 2015.
“Ashu Anuvad Ka Atihasik Paripreksh”, Anuvad, Vol. 165, pp 27-34, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, Oct-Dec. 2015.
“Gandhi Ji Ki Anuvad-Sadhna”, Bahuvachan, Vol. 46, pp 178-191, Mahtama Gandhi Antarrashitriya Hindi Vishvidyala, Wardha, Maharashtra, July-Sept. 2015.
“Hindi Ke Vikas Mein Koshon Ki Bhoomika Aur Mahatav”, Smarika (Souvenir) 2015, pp. 69-74, Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhash Sangoshti, Dehradun, 2015.
“Anuprayukt Bhashavigyan Ke Arambhik Roop : Bhasha Shikshan Aur Anuvad”, Bhasha (Vishwa Hindi Sammelan Visheshank), Vol. 54, Issue 262, pp 289-294, Central Hindi Directorate, MHRD, GOI, New Delhi, July-Oct. 2015.
“Anuvad Ki Rajniti : Ek Punarvichar (Hindi Translation)”, Anuvad, Vol. 166, pp 14-25, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, Jan.-March 2016.
Dr. Jagdish Sharma
“Vaigyanik Sahitya Ka Anuvaad”, Anuvaad, Vol. 164, pp 41-49, New Delhi 2015.
“Hindi hai Shaan Hamari”, Hindi Vision, Vol. 3, pp 4, T Nagar Chennai, 2016.
“Translation on Ten Years Perspective Plan for Development of Sanskrit : Vision and Roadmap”, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, MHRD, GOI, New Delhi, 2016.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pandey
“Dalit Aatmkathain: Poorvapaath, Paathpa, Antarpaath”, Samiksha, ISSN 2349-9354, Issue 2-3(joint), pp 83-88, New Delhi, July-Dec., 2015.
“The Battle Royal: Adaptation of Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar’s Kurukshetra in English”, Critical Practice, ISSN 0972-4230, Vol. XXII, pp 137-139,New Delhi 2015.
“Strategies of Translation”, Panorama Literaria, ISSN:2349-0705, Vol.2, pp 92-98, New Delhi, July-Dec. 2015.
“Anuvad ke Naye Pariprekshya ki Talash”, Anuvad, Vol. 164, pp 92-94, New Delhi, July-Sept., 2015.
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“Hindi Katha Sahitya: Anveshan Evam Vishleshan”, Samiksha, ISSN 2349-9354, Issue 4, pp 106-111, New Delhi, Jan-March 2016.
Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh
“Discourse of Resistence”, Journal of Comparative Language, literature & Cultural, Dec. 2015, pp 40-69, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, June-Sept. 2015.
“Towards Indology”, Critical Endeavour Journal, pp 107-139, Bhuvaneshwar, Dec. 2015
School of Education
Prof. Dasyam Venkiteshwarlu
“Attitude of Special Teachers towards Inclusive Education”, Journal of Disabilities and Impairments, Vol. 29(1), pp. 27-31, New Delhi, 2015 (co-authored with Jainul, K).
Prof. Mishra, A.
“Application of Concept of Universal Design in Inclusive Classrooms: A Collage of Experience.”, Journal of NCED, Vol. 7(1), pp.10-18, Mumbai, 2015 (co-authored with Bhaumik, M.).
Dr. M.V. Lakshmi Reddy
“Professional Development and Capacity Building in Adult Education through Open and Distance Learning Mode by IGNOU: Experiences, Problems and Prospects”, Indian Journal of Adult Education, Vol. 76(2), pp. 20-38, New Delhi, April-June 2015.
“Cosmicism’ the True Eternal Theism: Realising the Supreme Cosmic Reality through Basic Cosmic Education for Global Adults”, Indian Journal of Adult Education, Vol. 76(4), pp. 15-32, New Delhi, October–December 2015.
Dr. Bharti Dogra
“Pre service Science Teachers’ Diaries: Tools for Reflection”, NCTE Teacher Support, Vol. 4(3), ISSN 0975-4598, Delhi Sept. 2015.
Dr. Niradhar Dey
“The perception of B.Ed. Students on Printed Self-Learning Material and Learning Style in ODL”, Indian Journal of Open Learning, Vol. 24, No. 1&2 , pp.23-40, IGNOU, New Delhi, Jan.-May 2015.
School of Computer and Information Sciences
Dr. Sudhansh Sharma
“Analytical Hierarchical Process Based System for Image Fusion”, Signal & Image Processing: An International Journal (SIPIJ), Vol. 6, No. 5, October 2015. (co-authored with Ashok Kumar, Amruta Shelar, Jim Etheredge, Sandhya Prakash, and MP Mishra ).
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Dr. M.P. Mishra
“Analytical Hierarchical Process Based System for Image Fusion”, Signal & Image Processing : An International Journal (SIPIJ), Vol. 6, No. 5 October 2015.(co-authored with Ashok Kumar, Amruta Shelar, Jim Etheredge, Sandhya Prakash, and Sudhansh Sharma). School of Gender and Development Studies Dr. Smita M. Patil
“International Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies”, Journal of Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Vol. V1, ISBN: 978-1-4051-9694-9, pp. 275- 280, March 2016. Dr. G. Uma “Skill Development in the Informal Sector in India: The Case of Street Food vendors”, International Review of Education Journal of Lifelong Learning, Vol. 61; pp. 191-209, Germany, May 2015, (co-authored with Matthias Pilz, and Rengan Venkatram). School of Extension and Development Studies Prof. B.K. Pattanaik “Make in India: Possible benefits and Challenges’, Editorial Note, Political Economy Journal of India, Vol. 24 pp. 1-2, 2015. “Agriculture holds the key to India’s economic growth and development”, Political Economy Journal of India, Editorial Note, Vol. 24; pp. 3-4, 2015. Dr. Nehal A. Farooquee “Decline in Agriculture Sector’s Cultivator Force with the expansion of Urban Sectors in Developing India”. Political Economy Journal of India, Vol. 24 (2); pp. 21-34. 2015 (co-authored with Brij M.K Shorey) “Evaluate the management and regulatory capacity of District Hospital in Tumkur”, Advance Research Journal of Social Science, Vol. 6(1); pp. 87-91. 2015 (co-authored with N. Kumar) “Study on the Performance of Arecanut and Ginger Lilly as a Mixed Crop Under Organic Condition in Tumkur district of Karnataka – India”, Indian Journal of Arecanut, Spices and Medicinal Plants Vol. 17 (2); pp. 17-23. 2015 (co-authored with N. Kumar, and P.V.K. Sasidhar.) Dr. P.V.K. Sasidhar “Scope for Animal Welfare Education in Open and Distance Learning: Findings from a Needs Assessment Study in India”. Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., Vol. 34 (3); pp. 689- 697, 2015 (co-authored with Jayasimha, N.G.).
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“Constraints Experienced by Veterinarians While Performing their Duties”. Tropical Agricultural Research & Extension Vol. 18 (1); pp. 1-11, 2015 (co-authored with Ratnayake, T.C., Gupta, J., and Meena, B.S.). “Farmers Perception and Extent of Utility of Crop Insurance in Tamilnadu”. Progressive Research, vol. 10 (3); pp. 1875-1880, 2015(co-authored with Mariappan, Vasanthakumar, J., and Santha Govind). “Improving the Delivery of Veterinary Services in India”. Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 2015,Vol. 34 (3); pp. 767-777.2015, (co-authored with Rao, S.V.N., Rasheed Sulaiman, V., Natchimuthu, K., Ramkumar, ). “Scale to Measure the Attitude of Datepalm Growers towards Scientific Datepalm Cultivation Technology”. Progressive Research, Vol. 10 (4); pp. 372-374. 2015(co-authored with Y.V. Patel, Y.V., and Thakkar, K.A. ). “Construction of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge of Crop Insurance”. Annals of Plant and Soil Research, Vol. 17; pp. 123-128. 2015(co-authored with Mariappan, S., and Vasanthakumar, J. ). School of Agriculture Dr. Rupini, B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Oxovanadium (IV), Cobalt (II), Palladium (II) Complexes of Naphthiridine based Schiff bases”, International Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 36, pp. 1848-1855, ISSN:2051-2732, United Kingdom, December 2015. (co-authored with Somireddy, K. and Rathi, B.) Dr. Shah, S. “Impact of Fertilizers and Pesticides on Soil Microflora in Agriculture”, Eric Lichtfouse, Sustainable Agriculture Review, Vol. 19, pp. 331-362, Springer International Publishing , France, 2016. (co-authored with Prashar, P.) Dr. Dave, D. “Celebrating Earth Day”, International Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, pp. 28-31, Silchar, Assam, 28-30, October 2015. Dr. Baskar, S. “Evidences for microbial precipitation of calcite in speleothems from Krem Syndai in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India: Geobiological significance”, Geomicrobiology Journal, Taylor and Francis Publication, DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2015.1127447, ISSN: 0149-0451 (Print) 1521-0529 (Online), Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ ugmb20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2015.1127447, Taylor and Francis Publication, USA, 2016 (co-author Routh, J., Baskar, R., Kumar, A., Miettinen, H. and Itävaara, M.). Dr. Kumar, M. “Spatio-temporal movement of water and nitrate under different dripper discharges in drip fertigation”. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. 86 (3), pp.301-314, New Delhi (co-authored with Rajput T.B.S. Kumar, R. and Patel N).
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“Effect of dripper discharge on spatio-temporal movement of water in soil under drip irrigation”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol. 14(2), pp. 141-145, New Delhi, 2015 (co-authored with Rajput T.B.S. and Patel N). “Water and nitrate dynamics in baby corn (Zea mays L.) under different fertigation frequencies and operating pressures in semi-ari region of India”, Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 163, pp. 263–274, 2015-16 (co-authored with Rajput, T.B.S. Kumar R. and Patel N). Dr. P.K. Jain “Status of Public Extension System in Jharkhand”, Journal of Communication Studies, Vol. XXXIII(3), pp. 15-23, 2015 (co-authored with Choudhary J., and R.P. Singh Ratan). “Motivational Climate in Jharkhand Department of Agriculture”, International Journal of Current Science and Technology, Vol. 3(10), pp. 94-98 (co-authored with Choudhary J. R.P. Singh Ratan, B.K. Jha and P.K. Sarkar). Impact of Extension Activities of Jharkhand Department of Agriculture on Productivity and Profitability of Selected Crops. Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary (JIARM), Vol. 3(10), pp. 1-8, 2015 (co-authored with Choudhary J., R.P. Singh Ratan B.K. Jha and P.K. Sarkar). “Impact of Farmer Field School on Extent of Adoption of Improved Practices by Groundnut Farmers”, Journal of Oilseeds Research, Vol. 32 (1), pp. 106-109, 2015 (co-authored with Sreenivasulu S. and T.P. Sastry). School of Humanities Dr. Nandini Sahu Reading Myth as an Epistolary Novel: Prativa Ray’s Jagnaseni, Kafla Intercontinental, Vol. XXII, No. 1 & 2., pp 22-48, ISSN 2278 – 9170 , 2015. Prof. Satyakam Reviewed “Ek Aur Adhuri Kahani”, in Sara Roy’s short story ‘Cheelwali Kothi, Journal of Samkalin Bhartiya Sahitya, Vol. 183, pp. 185-186, Jan-Feb. 2016. “Aadhunikta Aur Purv Adhunikta”, in Tridip Suhrid’s ‘Hindi Swaraj-Anusheelan, Journal of Pustak Varta, Vol. 60, pp. 22-24, Sep-Oct. 2015. School of Sciences Dr. P. Bubber “Somoclonal variation: a new dimension for sugarcane improvement”, GERF Bulletin of Biosciences, Vol. 6(1), pp. 5-10, ISSN: 2229 6433, India, 2015 (co-authored with J. Rastogi Siddhant, and Brij Lal Sharma) Prof. Bharat Inder Fozdar “Open and Distance Learning (ODL): A Strategy of Development through its Potential Role in Improving Science & Technology Knowledge”, International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, Vol. 10(2), pp. 9-16, 2015.
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“Triterpenoid Saponins from Clematis graveolens and Evaluation of their Insecticidal Activities”, Natural product communication, Vol. 10(9), pp. 1525-1528, 2015 (co-authored with S.G. Reddy, Shudh Kirti Dolma, Rajeev Rattan, Veena Gautam, Ritika Sharma, Upendra). “In vitro Evaluation of Few Indigenously Known Herbal Plants for their Anthelmintic Property”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 28 (5), pp. 1001-1003, 2016 (co-authored with N Saxena, Chander Mohan, Rajender Kumar, M.L. Sharma, V. Mudgal, Avijit Dey & B.S. Punia). Prof. Javed A. Farooqi “Forced Degradation Study of Lamivudine under the Scope of Genotoxic Impurity”, World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 4(6), pp. 1032-1041, Bulgaria, 2015 (co-authored with Utpal Nandi, Anil K. Teotia, Anuj Prakash, & G.N. Singh). “Forced Degradation Study of Emtricitabine for Evaluation of Genotoxic Impurity in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient’s (API) Shelf Life”, World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 4(7), pp. 1909-1919, 2015, Bulgaria (co-authored with Utpal Nandi, Anil K. Teotia, Anuj Prakash and G.N. Singh). “Forced degradation study of abacavir sulfate under the frame of genotoxic impurity”, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 55(B), pp. 213-219, India, 2016 (co-authored with Utpal Nandi, Anil K. Teotia, Anuj Prakash and G.N. Singh). Prof. Lalita S. Kumar “Synthesis and Characterization of Process-related impurities in Azelnidipine”, North Asian International research Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 37-59, 2016 (co-authored with Sivalakshmi Devi A, Sudarshan Rao, K. Nageswara Rao K., Anantha Lakshmi P. V., and Srinivasa Rao Y.). “Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Cancer Cell Growth-Inhibitory Properties of Novel Derivatives of 2-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-5-(5-Aryl Substituted-1, 3, 4-Oxadiazol-2-yl) Pyridine”, British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 7(1), pp. 34-43, U.K., 2015 (co-authored with Medapa Sudha, Adarsha Haramballi Jagadeesha and Adimule Vinayak). “Identification, Isolation and Characterization of Process related Impurities in Irbesartan”, North Asian International research Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 92-107, 2015 (co-authored with Chandan Kumar V., Sivalakshmi Devi A., Anantha Lakshmi P. V., Srinivasa Rao Y). “Identification and characterization of Impurities in Lisinopril”, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research, Vol. 4, pp. 1-11, 2015 (co-authored with A. Sivalakshmi Devi, V. Chandan Kumar, K. Nageswara Rao, G. Tataji, P. V. Anantha Lakshmi, Srinivasa Rao) Dr. Kamalika Banerjee “Synthesis and spectral characterization of Cu(II) complexes of Tridentate ONO donor hydrazones”, International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied
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Sciences, Vol. 3(7), pp. 110-116, 2015 (co-authored with Pramod Kumar Singh and Sangeeta Singla). Dr. Sanjiv Kumar “Visualization of Latent Fingermarks using Rhodamine B: A New Method”, Int. J. Forensic Sci. Pathol, Vol. 3(11), pp. 199-201, 2015 (co-authored with Gurvinder S. Sodhi, Kapoor S.). “Spectroscopic and Photophysical Studies of Fingerprint Dusting Compositions”, J. Forensic Investigation, Vol. 3(2), pp. 4, 2015 (co-authored with Gurvinder S. Sodhi, Kapoor S). Prof. M. S. Nathawat “A review of radar remote sensing for biomass estimation”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 12, DOI: 10.1007/s13762-015-0750-0, Springer, 2015 (co-authored with Jeganathan Chockalingam, Laxmi Kant Sharma, Suman Sinha). “Improved Land-use/Land-cover classification of semi-arid deciduous forest landscape using thermal remote sensing”, Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, Vol. 18(2), pp. 217–233, Elsevier ,2015 (co-authored with Laxmi Kant Sharma, Suman Sinha). “Modelling spatial variation of fluoride pollutant using geospatial approach in the surrounding environment of an aluminium industries”, Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 74(12), DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4563-8, Springer, 2015 (co-authored with Pavan Kumar, Vandana Tomar ). Dr. Meenal Mishra “Geochemistry of Late Archaean shaly BIF formed by oxic exogenic processes: an example from Ramagiri schist belt, Dharwar Craton, India”, Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, Vol. 34 (3), pp. 362–378, September 2015 . Dr. B. Deshmukh “A Review on ‘Geo-ecological Studies -An Interdisciplinary Approach for Evaluation and Sustainable Management of ‘Geo-ecosystems’”, Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol. 86(5), pp. 605-612, Bangalore, Nov. 2015 ( co-authored with Kumar, Amit). Dr. O. Verma “Myliobatid and pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous of Central India and their paleobiogeographic implications”, Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology, pp. 1-13, February. 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/ 08912963.2016.1154954 ( co-authored with Ashu Khosla, Jasdeep Kaur & M. Prashanth). “Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: Palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications”, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol.431, pp. 53-67, August 2015.
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Prof. B. Saidullah “Molecular Basis for Mercury-Induced Alteration in Endothelial Function: NO and its Modulators”, Cardiovasc Pharm Open Access, Vol. 4, pp.167, 2015 (co-authored with Omanwar S., Fahim M.). “Chemopreventive efficacy of hesperidin against chemically induced nephrotoxicity and renal carcinogenesis via amelioration of oxidative stress and modulation of multiple molecular pathways”, Exp Mol Pathol, Vol. 99(3), pp. 64-153, Dec. 2015 (co-authored with Hasan S.K., Nafees S, Rashid S, Siddiqi A, Sultana S.). “Hesperidin ameliorates trichloroethylene-induced nephrotoxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress and apoptosis in wistar rats”, Mol Cell Biochem, Vol. 406(1-2), pp.9-20, August 2015 (co-authored with Nafees S, Rashid S, Sultana S, Siddiqi A). “Diabetes deteriorates the epithelium mediated mechanisms through frailty of COX pathways in diabetic-antigen sensitized airways of guinea pigs”, The Physiological Society, Vol. 34, 2015 Online (co-authored with Fahim M.). Prof. S.S. Hasan “Evaluation of lipid changes in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa during in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction”, Indian J. Anim. Res., Vol. 1-4, ISSN:0367-6722/ Online ISSN: 0976-0555, 2015 ( co-authored with Atreja S. K. & Kant Ravi). “Ethnomedical plants of Kathua district, J&K, India”, J.of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 12- 27, pp. 171, 2015 (co-authored with Rao Pushp Kant, Bhellum B.L. & Manhas R.K.). “Seasonal variations in the prevalence and intensities of infestations of phthirapteran ectoparasites of domestic fowl”, Entomol, Vol. 40 (4), pp. 193-198, 2015 (co-authored with Kumar,V., & Saxsena A.K.). “Comparative study of natural and commercial pectin on growth of probiotic”, IJSIR, Vol. 6 (6), pp.1749-1764, 2015 (co-authored with Manual S.G.A., Chatterjee Emon). “Characterisation and statistical analysis of bioactive compounds from fruit waste”, IJRD, Vol. 1(1), pp. 1-4, 2015 (co-authored with Manual S.G.A., Chatterjee Emon). Prof. Amrita Nigam “Molecular phylogenetic analysis of fusarium isolates causing pokkah boeng disease in sugarcane based on rapd marker”, IJASR, ISSN(P): 2250-0057, ISSN(E): 2321-0087 Vol. 6(3), pp. 177-186, 2016 (co-authored with Sunil Kumar, Vishwakarma & Atul Singh). “Ethnobotanical study of wild fruits in Pabbar Valley, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh”, Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 216-220, 2016 (co-authored with Chauhan P.P., Santvan K. Virender). Prof. Neera Kapoor “Prevalence of vector mosquitoes of major mosquito borne diseases in areas of Indira Sagar Project in Madhya Pradesh, India”, Int. Journal of Mosquito Research,
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Vol. 2(3), pp. 182-187, 2015 (co-authored with Nagpal BN, Anushrita, Shrivastava Aruna, Saxena Rekha, Kumar Vikram, Gupta Saneev, Jain V.K., Valecha Neena). Dr. S. Lamba “Origin of open recoil curves in L10-A1 FePt exchange coupled nanocomposite thin film”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, DOI: 10.1016/j. jmmm.2016.02.083, Elsevier, February, 2016 (co-authored by Akanksha Kapoor , Rajan Goyal , S. Annapoorni). “Growth of cobalt nanoparticles in Co-Al 2 O 3 thin films deposited by RF sputtering”, Physica Status Solidi A, DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201532704, Wiley , January 2016 (co-authored with Rajan Goyal , S. Annapoorni). “Nucleation Controlled Magnetization Reversal Mechanism in Oriented L10 FeCoPt Ternary Alloys”, Solid State Communications, Vol. 226, pp. 44-50, Elsevier, November 2015 (co-authored with Neeru Sehdev , Rajan Goyal, S. Annapoorni). Prof. Vijayshri “Excitation of Electromagnetic Surface Waves at A Conductor-Plasma Interface by an Electron Beam”, Journal of Atomic, Molecular, Condensate & Nano Physics, Vol. 3, pp. 35- 43, March, 2016 (co-authored with Ved Prakash, Ruby Gupta, and Suresh C. Sharma) “Resonant Ion Beam Interaction with Whistler Waves in A Magnetized Dusty Plasma”, Journal of Atomic, Molecular, Condensate & Nano Physics, Vol. 3, pp. 45-53, March, 2016 (co-authored with Ruby Gupta, Ved Prakash, Suresh C. Sharma, and D. N. Gupta). “Interaction of an Electron Beam with Whistler Waves in Magnetoplasmas”, Laser and Particle Beams, Vol. 33, pp. 455-461, September, 2015 (co-authored with Ruby Gupta, Ved Prakash, Suresh C. Sharma ). Dr. Satya Raj Book Review Crime Mapping Case Studies: Practice and Research, Spenser Chainey and Lisa Thompson (eds.)”, Current Science, Vol.10(7), p. 1345, 2015, Bengaluru, India. School of Law Prof. K. Elumalai “Disability Law in India An Overview”, AYJNIHH-Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 1(1), pp 41-55, January 2016. School of Journalism & New Media Studies Dr. Shikha Rai “Political Economy of Media Advocacy and Human Rights in India”, Amity Journal of Media And Communication Studies, Vol.4 (1)2, pp. 85-91, August 2015 (co-authored with Chitra Tanwar). Dr. Kiron Bansal “Using Focus Group Discussion for Community Radio”, Communication Today; Vol. 17(4), pp. 62-77, Jaipur, October-December, 2015, ISSN 0975-217X.
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School of Continuing Education
Prof. Deeksha Kapur
“Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices in Udupi District”, Journal Nutrition Research, Vol. 3(1), pp. 38 -44, 2015 (co-authored with Marriyah Hasan, Meenakshi Garg).
“Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children of sub-centre Kotamoni, Assam”, Food Science Research Journal, Vol. 6(2), pp 292-298, October 2015 (co-authored with , N. Seema and K. Geeta).
Prof. Neerja Chadha
“Botswana early childhood educators’ perceptions on factors associated with the inclusion of children with disabilities”, International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol. 15(3), pp1-19, March 2016 ( co-authored with Chhabra, S., Bose, K., ).
A3. Chapters in Edited Book
School of Social Science
Prof. Shashi Bhushan Upadhary
“Meaning of Work in Dalit Autobiographies”, In Swaraj Basu(ed), Readings on Dalit Identity, Orient Black Sevan, New Delhi, 2015.
Dr. K. Anil Kumar
“Tribes and Their Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge: Dimensions and Relevance” In Byomkesh Tripathy and D.V. Prased (ed), Aspects of Ethno-Science and Traditional Technology among the Tribes of Central India, pp. 16-47, Aayu Publishers, New Delhi 2016.
“Functioning of Primary Health centres in the Tribal Areas of Warangal District in Andhra Pradesh, India”, in Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal (ed), Health : A Multidime nsional Approach on Occupation al Hazards, pp. 199-233, Heritage Publishers, Delhi 2015.
Prof. P. Venkatraman
“Role of Anthropology in Nation’s Development An Indian Scenario”, Seminar Proceeding, A.K. Kapoor & Monika Saini (eds),pp. 16-28, Nirmal Publications, India, Delhi, 2015.
School of Sciences
Prof. M. S. Nathawat
“Land use, land capability and land evaluation in Economic Geography”, In L.S. Bhat (ed) ICSSR Research Surveys & Exploration, Vol. 1, pp. 31-61, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2016.
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School of Translation Studies and Training Dr. Harish Kumar Sethi “Soochna Prodyogiki Aur Hindi : Avashaykta Evam Apesha”, in Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka (ed), Hindi Bhasha, Swaroop, Shikshan, Vaishvikta, pp 143-154, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2015. “Madhyakalin Hindi Niti Kavya : Rashtriye Ekta Ka Sandarbh”, in Dr. Keshav Phalke (ed.), Rashtriye Ekta Ki Kadi, Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya, pp. 73-96, New Delhi, 2016. Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh Tulnatmak Sahitya Ka Bhavishya, in Prof. H.P. Shukla (ed.), Tulnatmak Sahitya, pp 14- 28, Rajkamal, New Delhi, 2015. Tulnatmak Kavyashastra, in Prof. H.P. Shukla (ed.), Tulnatmak Sahitya, pp 121-136, Rajkamal, New Delhi, 2015. Tulnatmak Sahitya Ka Fransisi School , in Prof. H.P. Shukla (ed.), Tulnatmak Sahitya, pp 68-76, Rajkamal, New Delhi, 2015. Literary Culture in South Asia, Reconsidering South Asian Culture, In Huma S. Farosh et.al. (eds.), pp 8-31, Authors Press, Delhi, 2015. “Grahan: Shakespeare’s Othello in Gujarati, Grahan”, Bharat Yagnik (ed.), Shakespeare Na Othello nee Anusrijan, pp 8-27, Praveen Prakashan, Rajkot, 2016. Prof. Jagdish Sharma “Sanchaar madhyam bhasha aur anuvaad”, in Anuvad Ki Nai Parampara, K. K. Goswami et.al(eds.), pp 159-181, Prakashan Sansthaan, New Delhi, 2015. School of Agriculture Dr. Baskar, S. “Speleothems from Krem Mawsmai, Meghalaya, India: Some biogenic evidences”, in K.L. Shrivasatava & Pankaj Srivastava (eds), Frontiers of Earth Science, pp. 403-407, ISBN 978-81-7233-926-9, Scientific Publishers, India, 2015 (co-authored with Baskar, R.). “Introducing Microbiology in the Indian Earth System Science Curriculum: A game changing decision”. In K.L. Shrivasatava & Pankaj Srivastava (eds), Frontiers of Earth Science, pp. 431-434, ISBN 978-81-7233-926-9,Scientific Publishers, India, 2015 (co-authored with Baskar, R.). “Environmental assessment and planning” in R.S Khoiyangbam and Gupta, N. (eds), Introduction to Environmental Sciences, pp. 325-340, ISBN-13: 978-8179934555 , The Energy and Resources Institute Publications (TERI), New Delhi, India, June 2015 (co-authored with Baskar, R.)
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Dr. P.K. Jain “Open and Distance Learning System in Extension Education”, in A.K. Singh et. al.(ed), Dynamics of Agricultural Extension Approaches, Biotech Books, pp. 29-36, 2015 ( co- authored with Hansra, B.S.). School of Gender and Development Studies Dr. G. Uma “NGO Initiatives: Non Governmental Organization Initiatives”, India: Preparation for the World of Work Education System and School to Work Transition, pp. 211-230, Springer, Germany, 2016. School of Education Prof. Amitav Mishra “Cross Disability Approach to Inclusion of Children”, In Sophia Dimitriadi (ed), Diversity, Special Needs and Inclusion in Early Years Education, Vol. XXXX, 2015, pp. 175-197, New Delhi (co-authored with Bhaumik, M.). Dr. Bharti Dogra “Adopting Critical Pedagogy in Teaching-Learning Process”, In Dr. Chaudhary G. (ed) Learning: Issues & Aspects, pp 101-112, ISBN: 978-93-80570-87-7, Global Books Organization New Delhi, Jan. 2016. School of Humanities Prof. Shatrughna Kumar “Jalte Rahna Chahiya Namdeo Dhasal ki Mashal”, Maha pran Namdeo Dhasal, pp. 101- 104, Bahujan Diversity Mishan,Delhi & Balijan culture, Delhi New Delhi, 15 March 2015. Dr. Nandini Sahu “Love as a Kernel of Artistic Imagination: A Study of the Shakespearean Sonnets”, In S Sinha and C Rozzonelle (eds), Shakespeare: a Reappraisal; pp 73-84, Atlantic, April 2015. School of Continuing Education Dr. Heena K. Bijli “Developing a Model Village Plan for Implementation through CSR”, In Ghuman R.S, and Sharma, R. (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in India: Quest for Economic Transformation, pp 57-86, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, January 2016. “New Market Economy and the Problems of Women’s Health in India”, In Mukherjee, S. (ed),Gender in the Market Economy, pp 167-179, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, December 2015.
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“Extension and Corporate Social Responsibility: New Paradigms and Linkages for Community Development”, In Roy, S. and Dash, B.M. (eds), New Perspectives in Community Development, pp 71-98, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., 2015. Dr. Gurupada Saren “Participation of Tribal in Social Entrepreneurship : A case of Santal Tribe of Purulia District in West Bengal”, In Pankaj Kumar(ed), Relocating Women’s Equality, Rawat Publications New Delhi, 2015. School of Inter–Disciplinary and Trans–Disciplinary Studies Dr. Sadananda Sahoo “Sociology of the Indian diaspora”, In Sadananda Sahoo (Ed), UGC E-Pathsala, ‘Diaspora, Development and Philanthropy’, Section V Module 5 (Sociology), New Delhi, 2015. School of Performing and Visual Arts Dr. Mallika Banerjee “Possibilities of Teaching Music through E-Learing”, Prof. Sunil Kumar & Dr. G. Bharadwaza (eds), Emerging Trends and New Perspectives in Teaching Learining Practices in Performing and Visual Arts, pp 63-66, MPDD, IGNOU New Delhi, October 2015. (Seminar proceedings) School of Health Sciences Prof. Jena T.K. “Cancer”, in Gupta, P (ed), Text Book of Community Medicine”, pp 510-520, 1st Edition, CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2016 (Co-authored with Jamatia Biplab) School of Journalism & New Media Studies Dr. Arul Selvan “Measuring Linguistic Diversity of India in Online Space”, UNESCO’s MILD Yearbook 2015. NORDICOM, April, 2015. School of Vocational Education and Training Dr. Ashok Kumar Gaba “Training needs assessment for teaching staff in open universities and dual-mode higher education institutions in Asia”, In Li, K.C & Yuen, K.S. (eds.), Studies and Practices for Advancement in Open and Distance Education, pp 66-77, Open university of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 2015. (Co-authored with Sanjaya Mishra) National Centre for Disability Studies Dr. Hemlata “Impact of Impairment of Body Function and Body Structures Vocational Training of Adults with Intellectual Impairment”, In Singh, J.P. and Pujari, J.(eds.), Skill Development, pp 129-152, S.R. Publishing House, New Delhi, March 2016 (Co-authored with Dr. Gauri Shankar and U. Gangadhar).
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Regional Services Division
Dr. Rupali Srivastava
“Open and Distance Leering Programmes for Women Empowerment” In Deb, N. (ed), Gender Issues Education in Modern Society, pp 58-63, Kunal Books, New Delhi, January 2016 (Co-authored with Anbalagan. G.)
Dr. Anbalagan G.
“Emerging issues in Environment Education towards Sustainable Developments” , In Deb. N.(ed) Education and Development, pp 62-69, Kunal Books , New Delhi August 2015(co-authored with Dr. Rupali Srivastava & Dr. K. Shanthi)
“Student Support Services to ODL Learners through ICT mediated Innovative Methods”, In Ghosh, A. (ed), Open and Distance Learning System-Recent Developments, pp 140-152, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, January 2016 (co-authored with Dr. Rupali Srivastava)
Changing Perception of Indian Open and Distance Education through ICT intervention”, in Sreedevi, P.S. (ed), ICT Enabled Education, pp 314-319, A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, February 2016. A4. Other Publications (Article in Magazine/Newspaper/Creative/Writing/Monographs)
School of Social Science
Prof. Shashi Bhushan Upadhary
Published an essay on Vivekananda entitled “Legacy of a Karma Yogi” Deccan Herald, 10 January 2016.
School of Translation Studies and Training
Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh
‘Azadi’ (Tr. Of Paul Eluard poem ‘Liberate’), ‘Anuvad’, Issue 164,pp 86-88, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, July-Sept. 2015.
‘Kavita Ko Kya Karna Hota Hi’ (Tr. of Ramesh Parekh’s Gujarati poem), ‘Anuvad’, Issue 166, pp 89, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, Jan.-March 2016
‘Marte Vishwavidyala’, Jansatta, p.6, New Delhi, 28 June 2015
School of Agriculture
Baskar, S.
“Cave Biosignatures on Earth: Implications for Extraterrestrial life”, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Newsletter, vol. 5(3) ISSN-2320-7108, pp. 16-20, Ahmedabad, India, July 2015. (co-authored with Baskar, R.)
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School of Education
Dr. Bharti Dogra
“Importance of Adolescence Education in a Globalized World”, The New Learn: Pedagogy, Aesthetics, Imagination, Newsletter, Vol. 2(9), New Delhi, February 2016.
School of Law Prof. K. Elumalai “Contribution on the subject co-operative law”, In the Annual Survey for the Year 2015 Published by Indian Law Institute in the year 2015 School of Humanities Prof. Satyakam “Rashtriya Ekta Mein Hindi Upanyas ka Yogdan”, Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya, pp. 194-197, 2016. Prof. Shatrughna Kumar “Poem – (Kuru Hota Dronacharya)”, Ambedkar in India, Lucknow, Feb.-2016. “Sadion ke Aarakshan ki Samiksha Jaruri”, Samyak Bharat, Delhi , Oct.-2015. “Dalit Aandolan-Karmath patrakar –K.P. Murya”, Samyak Bharat, Delhi, Nov 2015. “Samajik Andolan ke Gatirodh ko Dur Karna awshyak”, Kameri Duniya, Kanpur, Nov-2015. “Dalit Hitaishi se Samyek Bharat Tak”, Samyak Bharat, New Delhi, Nov-2015. “Vartman Samaya ke Badlte haua Rajnatik”, Ambedkar in India, Lucknow, Jan-2016. Dr. Nandini Sahu “Responsible Literature” in (Competition Success Review), pp 50-53, March 2016. School of Continuing Education Prof. Deeksha Kapur “Fats and Oils: A Fact Sheet”, Businessworld, 21 March , 2016. Regional Services Division Dr. Ajay Vardhan Acharya “Consumer Rights in 21st Century”, News Paper pp 8, Jodhpur 1 March 2016. Dr. Prasad Babu, B. Abnormal Psychology, Telugu Akademi, Govt of Andhra Prasesh, Hyderabad 16 Mach 2016 (Co-authored with P. Nageswararao).
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Dr. Punam K. Singh “Sustainable Development of Education: A Constitutional Approach”, Souvenir IGNOU, Shimla, pp 30-31, Shimla, 8 August 2015 (co-authored with Dr. V.B Negi, Sh. Mohan Sharma) “Skill India-Role of Open and Distance Learing (ODL) system”, Souvenir IGNOU, Shimla, pp 36-38, Shimla, 29 June 2015. Dr. Ananya S Guha “ Erotext”, The Outlook, pp 57, New Delhi, 28 March 2016.
B. Participation in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Lectures Delivered School of Social Sciences Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan Presented paper ‘Climate change and Changing Pattern of Farming in Nagaland”, International Conference on Anthropology and Global Climate Change’, Hyderabad University, March 2016. Organized International Conference ‘Deepening Diversity & Democracy in India: Working towards addressing Racial Discrimination and Call for Anti-Racial Law’, India International Centre, New Delhi, March 2016. Presented paper “Transforming the Youth : Music and Naga Society”, International Seminar on ‘Ethnicity and Development in South Asia : Issues and Challenges’, January 2016. Presented paper “Social Media and Distance Education”, National Seminar on ‘Open and Distance Scenario in India, IGNOU’, October 2015. Dr. Suhas Shetgovekar Delivered a Plenary talk “Contemporary Research in Emotional Intelligence”, National Conference on ‘Emotional Intelligence’ PES’s Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, 06 February 2016. Delivered a session on “Psychosocial Challenges faced by People with Disability”, An Overview of Research in Indian context during a Symposium at Centenary Conference on ‘Psychology: An International Event’ University of Calcutta, 09-11 October, 2015. Presented a paper “Ethical Issues and Challenges while conducting research on Female Victims of Domestic Violence” Third Annual Conference ‘Revisiting the Discourse on Duties and responsibilities in Health Research’, Institutional Review Board, JNU, Delhi, 07 January 2016.
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Presented a paper “Health Related Challenges and Issues faced by Women with Disability in India: A Theoretical Overview” International Conference on ‘Psycho-social Perspectives on Health & Wellbeing’, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 1-2 March 2016. Organised a Seminar “Consciousness” SOSS, IGNOU, 15 January 2016. Delivered special lectures “SPSS” in workshop ‘English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing’, Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU, New Delhi, 13 May 2015. Conducted a session on “Methods of Research on Human behaviour with reference to Psychology”, Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in Research Methodology for University and College Teachers by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education and Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 16 June, 2015. Prof. Kapil Kumar Paper presented “Reconstructing the History of Indian Diaspora : Issues, Concerns and Challenges” conference in University of West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad held on 12-15 May 2015. Prof. Uma Kanjilal Delivered plenary talk at the National Conference on “K-2015: Application of Social Media in Innovative Knowledge Services” organised by Society for Information Research & Amp; Studies (SIRs) and Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi. 19 December 2015. Keynote Address in the inaugural session of UGC-DEB sponsored conference on Open Educational Resources, Netaji Subhash Open University (NSOU), Kolkata, 18-19 December 2015. Keynote address on “Big Data and Learning Analytics: A Change Agent in Higher Education” in ‘COLLNET 2015’, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), University of Delhi, 26-28 November 2015 . Participated in the panel discussion on “Open Access at the Crossroads: Policies and Future Directions”, Seminar on ‘Looking Back and Moving Forward: Open Access Movement at the Crossroads’, TERI, IHC, New Delhi, India 13 August 2015. Dr. Monika Misra Presented paper “Ushering Positivity in a Developing Society” at International Conference ‘Psychosocial Perspectives on Health and well Being’, Jamia Milia Isamia, New Delhi 1-2 March 2016. Presented paper “Psychosocial Challenges faced by People with Disability : An Overview of Research in Indian context” during a Symposium at Centenary Conference on ‘Psychology : An International Event’, University of Calcutta, 9 – 11 October 2015. Dr. Rashmi Sinha Organised National Seminar ‘Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015.
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Delivered Invited Lecture “The Politics of Representation Reflection on the life of Sahimani Last wife of the God-King”, Conference ‘Cultural Resource Management in the perspective of Human Right’, Kolkata, 30-31 March 2016. Presented paper “Combating Obesity Anthropologically” National Seminar on Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique, Convention Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015. Delivered Invited Lecture “Anthropology and Forensic Science”, National Workshop ‘Recent Trends in Forensic Science and its Utility’, Department of Anthropology, Univesity of Delhi, 18-19 March 2016. Chaired session ‘National Workshop on Recent Trends in Forensic Science and its Utility’, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, 18 March 2016. Dr. Rukshana Zaman Presented paper “Sattras Through the Eyes of an Udasin Bhakat” in National Seminar ‘Cultural Heritage of Assam’, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 25 April 2015. Presented paper “Who is Muslim a reflection on the self as perceived by others” National Seminar ‘Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015. (Published Seminar Abstract Book) Dr. P. Venkatramana Presented paper “Health seeking behavior among the tribal’s of India”, National Seminar on ‘Forest Ecology Tribal Livelihoods and sustainable Development Issue and Challenges’, MVR Degree and PG College, Visakhapatam, 17-18 March 2016. Presented paper “Association Apolipoprotein (Apo E) Polymorphism and non- communicable diseases”, at ‘National Seminar on Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015. Dr. K. Anil Kumar Presented paper “Local Knowledge and Climate Change : Perceptions Vulnerability and Mitigation” International Seminar ‘Anthropology and Global Climate Change : Local Knowledge, Cultural Adaptation & Resilience among the Indigenous Peoples’, Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, 15-16 February 2016. Presented paper at “Indigenous Knowledge and Management of Natural Resource Management”, National Seminar on ‘Anthropology-Unveiling the Mystique’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015. Presented paper “The Impact of Indira Sagar (Polavaram) Multipurpose Project on the Tribal People of Andhra Pradesh”, at seminar on Development Induced Displacement and Migration Land Acquisition and Resettlement, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala India, 3-4 March 2016.
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Prof. Abha Singh Presented Paper on “Commissioned Agents, Commissioned History : A Critical Survey of W.H. Moreland’s Writings of India”, Pakistan History Conference, Trends in South Asian History, 19-21 January 2016. Presented Paper on “ Merchant Groups and The Trading Rupban Networks in Suba Delhi in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, World Economic History Congress, Osaka, Japan, 3-7 August 2015. Dr. Swati Patra Organised half a Day Seminar on ‘Ethics in Research: Issues and Dilemmas in Indian Context’, SOSS, IGNOU, 27 April 2015. Organised Workshop on ‘Living with Mindfulness’, IGNOU, SOSS, 9 October 2015. Chaired a session on ‘Revisiting Women’s Mental Health’ Department of Psychiatry’, Lady Hardinge Medical College, NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi, 1 August 2015. Delivered Lecture “English for Academic Writing: From Synopsis to Thesis Writing”, Workshop organized by 3rd Intensive Programme, Linguistic Empowerment Cell, JNU, Delhi. 1-15 May 2015. Prof. Swaraj Basu Delivered Lecture “Devotion Above Caste : Life Stories at Dalit Saints”, NMML, New Delhi, 2016. Prof. Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay Read a paper on “Annihilation of Caste : Ambedkar and his Contemporaries”, International conference held at Mahatma Gandhi National Labour Institute, Ahmedabad , 20 March 2016. Delivered a lecture “Mahatma Gandhi and Indian Nationalism”, Gargi College, University of Delhi, 17 March 2016. School of Gender and Development Studies Prof. Anu Aneja Resource person in “Training Programme for Principals of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas on Gender Issues in Education”, Department of Gender, NCERT, New Delhi, 22-26 June 2015. Dr. Nilima Srivastava Presented Paper “Work-Life-Balance and Sustainable livelihoods: A Study of Coastal Rural Women in Odisha”, 6th International Conference Community, Work and Family, Malmo, Sweden, 19-22 May 2015. Presented Paper “Need Assessment to Learners’ Feedback: An Exploratory Study of Master’s Degree Programme in Women’s and Gender Studies (ODL)”, National Seminar ‘Open Distance Learning in India: Present Status and Future Prospects’, IGNOU, 20-30 September 2015.
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Presented Paper “Women in India: Understanding health in the context of women’s work and wellbeing”, International conference on ‘Psycho-social perspective on health and well-being’, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, 1-2 March 2016 (co-presenter with Dr. Sunita Dhal). Presented Paper “Innovative Programme Design and Online Learner Support Platform for MAWGS”, National Seminar Best Practices in ODL at IGNOU, 4 January 2016 (co- presenter with Prof. Anu Aneja). Delivered lecture “Understanding Gender”, Training Programme on Handling Sexual Harassment at Workplace, V. V. Giri National Labour Institute, January 2016. Delivered lecture “Sexual Harassment”, Leadership and Career Development for Women Scientists and Technologists, International Training programme, IIE, Guwahati, 5 September 2015. Delivered lecture “Advance Research Methods” and “Gender and Ecology”: Participation and Empowerment, FPM 2014-2017 batch (Fellow Programme Research and Area Course), Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad, 7–11 December, 2015. Dr. G. Uma Presented Paper “Total Sanitation: Lessons from a Gram Panchayat in Tamil Nadu”, National Seminar ‘Rural Sanitation in India: Achievements, Trends and Challenges’, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, 27-29 January, 2016. Delivered lecture “Gender, Globalization and Migration”, Women’s Development Centre, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, 22 January 2016. Dr. Sunita Dhal Presented Paper “Food Security and Initiatives of Women’s Collective: An Ethnographic Study of the Tribal Community of Kandhmal, Odisha”, SOITS Seminar Series, IGNOU, New Delhi, 20 August 2015. Dr. Smita M. Patil Chairperson in session ‘Environment in Sociology: Emerging Trends’, UGC National Seminar, Department of Sociology, Jesus and Mary College University of Delhi, 7-8 April 2016. Delivered lecture “Standpoint Theory and Feminist Methodology & Debates on Women’s Studies to Gender Studies”, at ‘Feminist Research Methodology’ Workshop on Tarabai Shiende Women’s Studies Centre, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 16-17 February 2016. School of Education Prof. N.K. Dash Delivered lecture on “Challenges to Teacher Education in the New Millennium”, at National Seminar on ‘Challenges to Teacher Education in the New Millennium’, 18-19 April 2015.
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Prof. Amitav Mishra Presented Paper “Exploring Research in ESD of Persons with Multiple Disability”, 2nd International Conference on ‘Education for Sustainable Development’, NIEPMD, Chennai, IFTI, New Delhi, 27-28 February 2016. Presented Paper “Professional Collaboration for Inclusive Education”, 80th Annual National Conference of NCED India AIISH, Mysore. Presented Paper “Universal Design for Learning”, National Conference ‘Accessible India-A Vision: Opportunities and Challenges’, jointly organized by ARPP and NIEPMD, IIC, New Delhi, 17 January 2016. Presented Paper “Hands I Training on Educational Guidance for Children with Hearing Impairment: 20 Tips for Parents”, State Level Conference on ‘Management of Hearing Loss’, NIEPMD & NCED, Mysore, 29-30 December 2015. Resource Person & Chaired , ‘80th Annual National Conference of NCED India’, Mysore, 23-25 February 2016. Resource person & Chair person “Management of Hearing Loss in Children”, NIEPMD & NCED, Mysore, 29-30 December 2015. Resource person & Chairperson “Technical Session I”, National Seminar on Quality Concern in Primary Education, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, 28-29 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Inclusive Education at Secondary Level, UDL and Handing Special Needs of Students with Hearing & Speech Impairment”, Capacity Building workshop of the Mentor Resource Teachers of the IEDSS Programme in the Secondary Education organized by State Project Board, RMSA Bihar & UNICEF, Patna 3-4 September 2015. Delivered lecture “Exploring Scope for HRD to Improve Quality of Life of Persons with Multiple Disability”, at National Meet of Rehabilitation Scientists, NIEPMD, Chennai, 19-20 November 2015. Delivered lecture “Development of E-Training Module for In-Service Training & Sensitization Programme”, Rehabilitation Council of India: E-Training Module for In- Service Training & Sensitization Programme, New Delhi, 26-28 August 2015. Dr. M.V. Lakshmi Reddy Presented Paper “E-Governance and Open Distance Learning: Enhancing Access through Alternative Links to Institutional Web-based Learning Resources”, at seminar Policies, Innovations and Governance in Open Distance Learning, STRIDE, IGNOU, 18 – 19 February 2016. Dr. Bharti Dogra Presented Paper “Technology Integration for Teacher Education in a Knowledge Society”, National Conference on Teacher Education: Issues and Challenges, Department of Education, University of Delhi, 11-12 February 2016. Presented Paper “Promoting Excellence through ICTs in Higher Education”, International South Asian Conference, Department of Education , University of Delhi, 19-21 November 2015.
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Poster at “Impact of Adolescence Education Programme on Awareness Level of Students”, Conference on ‘Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy – Strengthening Joint Action’, India International Centre, Delhi, 12-13 October 2015. Presented Paper “ICTs for Empowering Learners in a Knowledge Society”, Two Day National Seminar ‘Emerging Trends in Education: New Paradigms’, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, Department of Education, University of Delhi, 10-11 March 2016. Presented Paper “Issues and Challenges in Pedagogy and Education in India”, at National Seminar ‘Transforming Pedagogy in India’, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) Shimla, 7-8 April 2015. Resource Person, for “Certificate in Research Methodology”, at NE-RIE (NCERT), Shillong, Meghalaya, 7-11 December 2015. Delivered lecture “Leveraging Technology in Continuing Education”, National Seminar Transforming Pedagogy in India, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, 7-8 April 2015. Dr. Niradhar Dey Presented Paper “State Open Universities (SOUs) in India: An Evaluation”, National Seminar Policies, Innovations and Governance in Open Distance Learning, STRIDE, IGNOU, New Delhi, 18-19 February 2016. Presented Paper “Paradigm shifts in preparing Skilled Teachers: Global Perspectives”, National Seminar ‘Changing Perspectives of Teacher Education for Preparing Skilled Teachers’, Department of Education, Amity University, Noida, 27 November 2015. Presented Paper “Peace Education in Teacher Education Curriculum: A Suggested Curriculum Framework”, National Seminar ‘Education for Peace and Harmony, Bathenda’, Punjab, 25-26 April 2015. Presented Paper “Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research”, National Seminar ‘Research Methodology in Present Scenario’, Meerut , U.P, 09 May 2015. Presented Paper “Creative Classroom Research Model: A Paradigm Shifts in Higher Education Teaching”, National Seminar ‘Quality Concerns in Higher Education’, Bathenda, Punjab, 30-31 August 2015. Presented Paper “Preparing Skilled Teachers: A Paradigm Shifts in Indian Teacher Education”, National Seminar ‘Skill Based Education: Scope and Perspective’, Haryana, 29 – 30 August 2015. Dr. Ajithkumar. C Presented Paper “Meeting the Management Expectations of Millions of IGNOU Learners”, International Conference on Educational Management and Administration, SIEMAT, Kerala, 17-18 Decembers 2015. Presented Paper “A Study on Utilization of Web Technologies among Student Teachers”, International Conference ‘Standard and Benchmarks for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Research’, Department of Education, University of Kerala, 26-28 Novembers 2015.
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Presented Paper “Evolving Web Based Teaching-Learning Tools in Open and Distance Education”, National Seminar ‘Policies, Innovations and Governance in Open Distance Learning’, STRIDE, IGNOU New Delhi, 18-19 February 2016. Prof. Dasyam Venkiteshwarlu Chaired a Session in ‘International Conference Innovative Practices in Management of Persons with Special Needs’, Ashtavakra Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research, Delhi, 3-5 March 2016. Chaired a Plenary Session in National Conference on ‘Skill development : Dynamic Approach towards Inclusive Society for Persons with Disability’, Amity Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Amity University, Noida, 20-21 November 2015. Chaired a Session in “National Conference ‘Quality Concerns in Primary Education’, Department of B. Ed/M. Ed MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, 28-29 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Learning Engagement of Persons with Multiple Disabilities: Formal/ Non Formal/Informal, Education for Sustainable Development: Empowering Individuals with Multiple Disabilities”, 2nd International Conference Multiple Disabilities, NIEPMD, New Delhi, 27-28 February 2016. Delivered lecture “Policies and Programmes for Children with Special Needs in India”, Orientation Workshop ‘Planning and Management for Inclusion in Education with Focus’ CWSN, NUEPA, New Delhi, 07 March, 2016. School of Humanities Dr. Nandini Sahu Delivered lecture as Plenary Speaker, in International Seminar on ‘Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Perspectives in Contemporary Indian Writing’; Amrita University, Koimbatore, 06 January 2016. Keynote Speaker National Seminar ‘Ecofeminist Interventions: Theory and Praxis’; BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 06-07 February 2016. Delivered lecture “Writing from the Margins: Telling a Tale” Representations and Stereotypes in Children’s Literature, Katha Manch, New Delhi, 22 November 2015. Delivered invited lecture “Guest Speaker”, SAARC Literature Festival, IIC, New Delhi, 27-29 February 2016. Prof. Satyakam Delivered lecture “Bhakti Kavya Ka Uttar Adhunik Sandarbh Aur Hindi Alochana”, Bhakti Kavya, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 17 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Samkalin Sahitya : Varchasav Banam Asmitavadi”, Aryabhatt College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 16 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Samkalin Hindi Upanyas : Vartman Jivan ka Adarsh Aur Hindi Upanyas”, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 03 March 2016.
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Delivered lecture “Aaj ke Samay Mein Jaishankar Prasad: Jaishankar Parasad Ka Adhyan”, Hindi Akadmi, Delhi, 01 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Hindi Ka Pravasi Sahitya & Rashtra, Rashtriyata Aur Rashtravad- swarup Evam Prakarti” , Hindi ka Pravasi Sahitya & Refresher Course, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 10-12 January 2016. Delivered lecture “Pragatishil Andolan Aur Bhishm Sahani”, Bhism Sahani, Sahitya Akadmi, New Delhi, 10 July 2015. Delivered lecture in Orientation Programme: ‘Change-over in Teachers Profile in ICT Environment’, Teaching Methodology, Staff College, BHU, Varanasi, 17-18 June 2015. Delivered lecture “Jagdamba Prasad Dixit ka Rachna Pradeya”, at St. Xavier Mahavidhyalaya, Mumbai, 01 April 2015. School of Extension and Development Studies Dr. Sasidhar, P.V.K. Presented Paper “Human Resource Development Plans for Indian Dairy Sector for Improved Service Delivered”, 44th Dairy Industry Conference, NDRI, Karnal, 18-20 February 2016. Presented Paper “Strengthening Poultry Science Education in India”, 32nd Annual Conference of Indian Poultry Science Association and National Symposium, College of Avian Sciences and Management, Thiruvazhamkunnu, Palakkad, Kerala, 19-21 November 2015. Presented Paper “Animal welfare in Open and Distance Learning”, International Conference on and 23rd Annual Convention of ISAPM, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, Livestock 28-31, January 2016 (Co-presented with Jayasimha, N.G.). Dr. Nisha Varghese Presented Paper “Linkages between land use changes, desertification and human development in the Thar Desert Region of India”, Land Use Policy (51): 18-25, 2016 (Co-authored with N.P. Singh). Presented Paper “Quantitative Methods in Labour Research”, short course on ‘Research Methods in Labour Studies’, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA, 16 September 2015. Dr. Grace Don Nemching Presented Paper “Social Background of Learners in Certificate Programme in Value Education”, National Seminar on ‘Open Distance Learning in India: Present Status and Future Prospects’, STRIDE, IGNOU, New Delhi, 29-30 September 2015. School of Computer and Information Sciences Dr. V.V. Subrahmanyam Presented Paper “MOOCs : A New Perspective for Online Higher Education”, XX IDEA Annual Conference-2015, Tamilnadu, 23-25 April 2015. Open University, Chennai, Also published in conference proceeding pp 439-442, ISBN No: 978-93-81830-89-5, (co-presented with K. Swathi,)
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Presented Paper “Big Data –Issues and Challenges”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology ETIT-2015, G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad, Telangana, Also published in conference proceeding pp 65-69, ISBN No: 978-93-85100-58-1, 28-29 December 2015 (co-presented with K. Swathi,) Presented Paper “A Survey on Intrusion Detection Techniques for Cloud”, National Conference on ‘Big Data Analytics (NCBDA – 2016)’, Knowledge Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah University, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 18-19 March, 2016, Also published in conference proceeding pp 103-108, ISBN No: 978-93-85818-85-1. (Co- presented with M. Ram Gopal, and Ms. K. Swathi,) Dr. Sudhansh Sharma Chaired Session in 2nd International Conference on ‘Recent Development in Computational and Information Technology’ (ICRCCIT 2016), conducted on at SRM University, Delhi NCR Campus, India, 26-27 February 2016. School of Foreign Languages Dr. Mohd. Saleem Organized workshop ‘Learning to Learn Functional Arabic in ODL: issues and challenges’, IGNOU, New Delhi, 17-18 October 2015. Organized Workshop ‘Teaching and Learning Arabic in Open and Distance Learning: issues and challenges’, IGNOU, New Delhi, 27 April 2015. Dr. Deepanvita Srivastava Organized workshop ‘French Teacher Training Programme (Universities-BELC)’, in collaboration with Embassy of France in and CIEP, Paris, 25-29 May 2015. School of Sciences Dr. Kamalika Banerjee, Presented paper “How to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into the infrastructure and pedagogy for promoting ubiquitous learning”, International Conference on ‘Open and Flexible Education’, Open University of Hong Kong, published in Proceedings of ICOFE, 2015. Delivered lecture “Empowering Educators to innovate -an innovative policy of the RCSE at IGNOU”, Two Day National Seminar ‘Policies, Innovations and Governance in open Distance Learning’, STRIDE, 18-19 February 2016. Prof. Parvin Sinclair Delivered lecture “Learning Mathematics in School”, National Conference ‘Emerging Trends in Science and Mathematics Education’, Department of Education, University of Delhi, February 2016. Delivered lecture “Developing Support Systems for Self-learning in Mathematics”, National Conference ‘Mathematics Teaching—Approaches and Challenges’, Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Mysore, December 2015.
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Chaired a session “International Conference ‘Science and Jain Philosophy’, IIT, Mumbai, January 2016. Delivered lecture “Learning Values Through Arts Education”, National Seminar ‘Synergy of Education and Culture’, Nalanda Centre, University of Mumbai, September 2015. Delivered lecture “Bridging the Gap Between Secondary and Tertiary Education”, Conclave on Academic Reforms, NIT, Tiruchirapalli, April 2015. Delivered lecture “Teaching and Learning Mathematics”, DIET, Leh, June 2015. Delivered lecture “Making the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Interesting”, 8th National Teachers’ Science Congress, IISER, Pune, December 2015. Expert at National Consultation on “Strengthening Women’s Voices in Shaping the Post 2015 Agenda”, AIWEFA, India International Centre, Delhi, July 2015. Dr. Vijay Kumar Baraik Presented paper “Gendered Educational Deprivation among the Tribals in Chotanagpur: A historical perspective”, International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference, “Geography, Culture and Society for Our Future Earth”, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 17-21 August 2015 (co-present with Dr. Gloria Kuzur). Presented paper “Regional Diversity, Disparity and Development Challenges in Jharkhand”, International Conference and 47th Annual Seminar of The Regional Science Association, India on ‘Urbanization and Regional Sustainability’, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 28-30 January 2016. Dr. V. Warpa Presented paper “Geography and Geo informatics”, 37th Indian Geography Congress, Tourism Resources, Environment and Development with GIS Remote Sensing Techniques, Jammu, Department of Geography, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 02-04 December 2015. Dr. Omkar Verma Presented paper “Diversity and historical biogeography of Cretaceous vertebrates of the Cauvery Basin Southern India”, XXV Indian Colloquium on Micropalaeontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 18-29 December 2015. Dr. Benidhar Deshmukh Presented paper “Imparting Geospatial Education in ODL Mode at IGNOU: Initial experience”, International Conference of the Learning Community on ‘Quest for Excellence in Higher Education’, Sidana Institute of Education, Amritsar, Punjab, 17- 18 October 2015 (co-presenter with Kakoli Gogoi and Meenal Mishra). Presented paper “Space, GIS and Geospatial Analysis in Anthropology”, National Seminar ‘Anthropology -Unveiling the Mystique’, IGNOU, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015.
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Dr. Kakoli Gogoi Presented paper “Geoscience Education in India at School Level: A Review”, International Conference of the Learning Community on Quest for Excellence in Higher Education, Sidana Institute of Education, Amritsar, Punjab, 17-18 October 2015 (co- presented with Meenal Mishra and Benidhar Deshmukh). Dr. Deepika Presented paper “Reliability of Digital Information sources”, 3rd International Conference ‘Skill Development & Technological Innovations for Economic Growth-ICST-2015’, Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad, 30 November 2015. Chaired technical session ‘2nd IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology (CICT-2016)’, ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, 13 February 2016. Dr. Satya Raj Delivered lecture “Remote Sensing and GIS for Sustainable Management of Forests and Conservation of Biodiversity”, 1st National Conference ‘Approaches Towards Protection of Biological Resources’, Shobhit University, Meerut, 8-9 May 2015. Dr. P. Bubber Presented Paper “Thiamine deficiency impairs oxidative metabolism in brain”, National Symposium on Neuroscience, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 13-14 November 2015 (co-present with Dr. A. Chauhan). Dr. Seema Kalra Presented Paper “Use of open education resources in Delivered of programs through open and distance learning (ODL)”, National seminar: ‘Open and distance learning in India: Present status and future prospects’, STRIDE, IGNOU, 29-30 September 2015. Dr. A. Kareem Presented Paper “Inhibition of iNOS expression could be a potential therapeutic target for CVDs”, National seminar on ‘Anthropology Of Cardio-Metabolic Adversities’, University of Delhi, 25-26 September 2015. Presented Paper “Experimental Induction of Oxidative stress during predisposed Hyperlipidaemia leads to enhanced Nitric Oxide (NO) signaling”, National Seminar ‘Anthropology and Health, University of Delhi, 5 January 2016. Dr. Maneesha Pandey Participated in “Hands-on training workshop on miRNAs: Novel tools for Diagnostics”, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, South Asian University, New Delhi, 15-16 October 2015.
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School of Journalism & New Media Studies Dr. Shikha Rai Delivered lecture “Public driven Journalism and Socio cultural representation”, UGC sponsored National Conference Kalindi College, University of Delhi, 17-18 March 2016. Delivered lecture “Cultural variation, changing content and audience needs: a study of four leading newspapers of India”, International Seminar Dept. of Communication Management and Technology, GJU, Hisar, Haryana, 16-17 March 2016. Delivered a talk “Soft skills and Personality development”, Arya College, Panipat, Haryana, 8 February 2016. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh National Resource Person and Chaired UNICEF Seminar ‘Millenium Development Goal’, Tezpur University, Assam, 3-7 January 2016. Delivered lecture as Chief Speaker in Workshop ‘Adhunik Bharat Ka Nirman Avam Nehru’, Nehru Study Centre, DAV College, Kanpur, UP, 15 February 2016. Dr. Kiron Bansal Presented paper “Coverage of Issues on HIV & AIDS: A Content Analysis of Four English Newspapers in Nagaland”, IAMCR Regional Conference, The International Conference on News Literacy, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Surendranath College for Women, Kolkata, 18 January 2016. Presented paper “Media Influence on HIV & Gender : A Study on the Effects of Corporate Influence on Newspapers in Nagaland”, National Seminar on Media Corporatization Needs & Inadequacies, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Noida International University, Noida, 28 April 2015. Presented paper “Sports Broadcasting in India: A Historical Study”, 24th AMIC International Conference Communicating in an e-Asia Values, Technologies and Challenges, American University of Dubai, Dubai, 10-13 June 2015. School of Translation Studies and Training Dr. Harish Kumar Sethi Presented paper “Rashtriya Ekta Mein Devnagari Lipi Ka Mahtav”, Antar-Bharti Bhasha Samanvay Sanghoshti,Goa, Surya Sansthan, Noida , 27 September 2015. Presented paper Soochna Prodyogiki, Nagari Lipi Aur Hindi, One day National Seminar on ‘Soochna Prodyogiki, ‘Nagari Lipi Aur Hindi’, SCD Govt’. College, Ludhiana, Punjab, 7 November 2015. Presented paper “Soochna Prodyogiki Aur Hindi: Manakikaran Ka Sandarbh”, Three Day National Seminar ‘Hindi Vartani Evam Devnagri Lipi Ka Mankikaran’, Central Hindi Directorate (MHRD) & SRCC, University of Delhi, 14-16 March 2016.
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Presented paper “Uttar Madhyakalin Niti Kavya Aur Rashtriye Ekta”, One Day National Seminar ‘Madhyakalin Hindi Sahitya : Samvedna, Shastra Aur Samsaamyikta’, Nav Unnayan Sahityik Society, New Delhi, 17 March 2016. Coordinated two Day National Seminar ‘Literary Translation : Challenges and Opportunities’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, 29-30 March 2016. Presented paper “An appraisal paper on translating Languages of Punjab”, two day National Translator’s Workshop, PLSI BHASHA, New Delhi, 4-5 June 2015. Delivered Lecture “Karyalayi Evam Vidhi Sahitya Ka Anuvad” Translation Workshop, Bhartiya Anuvad Parishad, New Delhi, 19 December 2015. Delivered Lecture “Sarkari Kaamkaj mein Rajbhasha Hindi Ki Bhoomika Aur Uska Karyanavayan”, Hindi Workshop, CAPART (Ministry of Rural Development), Conference Room, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 28 December 2015. Delivered Lecture “Soochna Prodyogiki Aur Anuvad”, Translation Training Refresher Programme, Central Translation Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, 11 February 2016 Delivered Lecture “Prashanik Anuvad Ki Vyavaharik Kathinayan Evam Samadhan”, Refresher Course for Hindi Officers and Hindi Assistants, CEPTAM, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), M/o Defence, GOI, New Delhi, 01 July 2015. Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh Keynote Address ‘Translational Consciousness in India’, Sahitya Akademi Seminar, New Delhi, 20 January 2016. Keynote Address “1857 and After: Literary Trajectories”, National Seminar on ‘1857 and After: Literary Trajectories’ Deptt. of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 04 March 2016. Plenary Lecture “Beyond Amnesia”, on National Seminar of Bhasha, Baroda, Gujarat, 24 July 2015. Valedictory Address “Intermediality and Ekpherasis”, National Seminar ‘Intermedial Translation’, SOTST, IGNOU, 02 March 2016. Keynote Address “Literature in the Age of Globalization”, Indo-China International Seminar, Beijing International Book Fair, Beijing, 28 September 2015. Keynote Address “New Paradigm of Translation Studies”, CLAI International Seminar, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Rajasthan, 24 November 2015. Keynote Address ‘Language in the Age of Digital Humanities’, National Seminar, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (MP), 04 December 2015. Keynote Address “Comparative Literature in New Era”, International Seminar, Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan (WB), 26 January 2016. Keynote Address “Migration and Identity”, National Seminar, Daulatram College, University of Delhi, 28 January 2016.
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Valedictory Address “Higher Education in the age of Post Globalization”, National Seminar, Gujarati Law Society, Gujarati University, Ahmedabad, 13 March 2016. Presented “Discourse of Identity”, National Seminar Satyavati College, University of Delhi, 21 March 2016. Presented paper “Historiography of Translation in Hindi and Sanskrit”, Study Week, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 10-14 August 2015. Presented paper ‘Towards Historiography in Hindi’, Sahitya Akademi Seminar Literary Historiography in India, Tirupati, 28 September 2015. Chaired a Session and Presented Paper in ‘Preserving Languages in Asia’, Bhasha & IIC Seminar on ‘PLSI and Asia’, IIC, Delhi, 22 September 2015. Delivered Lecture “Research Methodology: An Introduction”, National Workshop SOPVA, IGNOU New Delhi, 4 October 2015. Keynote Address “Compoeties: Principles and Practices”, Indo-German Workshop on ‘Postcolonial Hermenuties’, Dayal Bagh Educational Institute, Agra, 24 February 2016. Delivered Prof. V. Rai Memorial lecture, Department of English, BHU, Varanasi (UP), 7 November, 2015 Delivered Special Lecture “Comparative Literature : An Introduction”, School of Studies in English, Vikram University, Ujjain, 5 December 2015. Delivered Expert Lecture “Comparative Poetics”, Department of English, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, 21 January 2016. Keynote Address “Languages in India” KMV College, Jullandar (Punjab), 12 September. 2015. Keynote Address “Changing Paradigms of Communication”, MV College, Pune University, Pune, 4 January 2016. Keynote Address “Managing Knowledge in 21st Century”, on IMS Ghaziabad, 21 February 2016. Panelist in session ‘Translation in Festival of Letters’, Samanvay, India Habited Centre, New Delhi, 27 Novembers 2015. Panelist in session ‘Shakespeare in Gujarat’, Gujarati Literature Festival, Ahmedabad, 10 January 2016 Keynote Address “Shakespeare and His World”, Institute of Higher Education and Excellence, Govt. of M.P., 17 March 2016. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pandey Presented paper “Bal Sahitya: Srijan evam Samvedna” International Seminar, Vishwa Hindi Manch-Uapadhi Mahavidyalaya-Aakriti Educational & Research Organization on October 2015.
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Chaired a session : ‘Languages of Himalaya : Crossroads and Conservations’, IIC-Asia Project and Bhasha Research Centre : National Seminar on Indigenous Languages : Survival of the Oral in the Digital Future’ on IIC New Delhi, 22-24 September 2015. Chaired a Session ‘Pali Prakrit mein Anuvaad Parampra, National Seminar on Bhartiya Gyaan Parampra mein Pali Prakrit ka Yogdaan’ Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan New Delhi, 06 December 2015. Chaired a session Translation and Media, Orientation Programme for New Translators, Katha, IP College, Delhi, 1 October 2015. Dr. Jagdish Sharma Presented paper “Reliability of Machine Translation : Its Performance and Existence in the Context of Human Translation”, National Conference ‘Sustainability and Development : Implications of ELT for Individual, Society and Ecology’, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna, 3-4 April 2015. Presented paper “Re-Visiting 1857: A Critique of Translation of Ruskin Bonds A Flight of Pigeon”, National Seminar ‘Remapping Translations: 1857 and After’, Deptt. of English, Aligarh Muslim University, 4-5March 2016. Presented paper “An appraisal paper on translating Languages of Himachal Pradesh”, Two Day National Translator’s Workshop, PLSI BHASHA New Delhi, 4-5 June 2015. Organised Two Day National Translators Workshop, Bhasha-PLSI-IGNOU, IGNOU/ Orient Blackswan, 4-5 June 2015. Organised Katha – IGNOU Workshop : Translating India-Translating Diversity, IGNOU Convention Centre, 20 August 2015. Organised One Day National Workshop Translating Poetry, IHC-Samanvaya SOTST Collaboration, IHC New Delhi, 28 November 2015. Organised One Day National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology of Translation Studies’, Convention Centre, IGNOU, 23 February 2016. Organised Katha-IGNOU Initiative Orientation Programme for Development of Media Translation Course, IP College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 13 October 2015. Delivered Lecture “Journalism and Translation”, High Level Translation Training Programme of Central Translation Bureau, MHA, GOI, New Delhi, CTB, Paryavarn Bhawan, Lodhi Rd, New Delhi, 3 March 2016. Delivered Lecture “Translation : Changing Trends”, High Level Translation Training Programme of Central Translation Bureau, MHA, GOI, New Delhi, CTB, Paryavarn Bhawan, Lodhi Rd, New Delhi, 15 March 2016. School of Continuing Education
Dr. Rekha Sharma Sen
Delivered lecture “Early Childhood Development: Current Policies and Challenges”, Third International Conference on Early Childhood Development Emerging World –
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Policies and Practice for Early Childhood Development, Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 19-20 November 2015.
Participated in “Panel Discussion: Status of Implementation of ICDS Mission with focus on Early Childhood Education”, State Consultation on ‘Status of implementation of Integrated Child Development Services in Delhi’, New Delhi, 29 June 2015.
Participated in “Panel Discussion: Policy Implications of Research In Early Childhood Care and Education”, Consultation on Learning in the Early Years: Challenges and Possibilities,: Care, India and Ambedkar University, Delhi, 29 May 2015.
Prof. Neerja Chadha
Delivered lecture “Stress and mental health of children and adolescents: Issues and correlates” as Plenary Speaker: , National Seminar ‘Stress and Mental Health: Nurturing Positivity in Children and Adolescents’ SOCE, IGNOU, Convention Centre, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, 2 March 2016.
Participated as Guest of Honour & Chaired the Interactive Session on Global Summit 2016 ‘Enriching Skills for Health, Behaviour & Wellbeing in Schools’, at Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, Enhancing Inclusive Wellbeing of Children with Special Needs, Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, 24-25 February 2016.
Delivered lecture “Early Childhood Care and Education : Issues and Concerns”, Training Programme on ‘Strategies for Promoting and Protecting Child Rights’ organized by Centre for Human Resource Development (CHRD), NIRDPR, Hyderabad, 8 June 2015.
Delivered lecture “Family Counselling and Therapy”, Workshop on ‘Family Counselling and Therapy’ for Diploma trainees at Department of Educational Psychology & Foundations of Education, NCERT, New Delhi, 25 August 2015.
Prof. Deeksha Kapur
Delivered lecture “Status of malnutrition among children in early years in our country”, Workshop on Nutrition, CECED, Ambedkar University, 20 January 2016.
Delivered lecture “Government initiatives to combat malnutrition”, Workshop on Nutrition CECED, Ambedkar University, 27 January 2016.
Delivered lecture “Nutrition related deficiency diseases among children”, Workshop on Nutrition CECED, Ambedkar University, 3 February 2016.
Delivered lecture “Fortification of foods to enhance nutrient value of foods for children”, Workshop on Nutrition CECED, Ambedkar University, 10 February 2016.
Regional Services Division
Dr. P. Sivaswaroop
Presented paper “Whether Entrepreneurship Development be part of Assessment of
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Institutions?”, IIEFA Conference, Panel Discussion , VNIT, Nagpur, 6 February 2016. Paper presenter “OER for inclusive Development-Identifying Challenges: Addressing Opportunities, IGNOU’s Gadchiroli Experiment”, CEMCA – UNECO -JNU, New Delhi, 1 December 2015. Paper presenter “Best practices in ODL at IGNOU, IGNOU’s Gadchiroli experiment”, Inter University Consortium, IGNOU, New Delhi, 4 January 2016. Paper presenter “Research for Resurgence”, Water Pollution -impact of pollutants and techniques in purification process, VNIT, Nagpur, 11 February 2016. Delivered Lecture on “Moral values through classroom teaching”, Moral values through Chemistry Teaching, Saraswati Vidyalaya, Nagpur, 30 June 2015. Delivered Lecture on “Professional Ethics for nurses, professionalism – what”, why & how ? Peace Foundation & Care Hospital, Nagpur, 17 August 2015. Delivered a talk on Radio -the non disturbing communication medium, CEMCA, Community radio awareness workshop, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Nagpur, 02 February 2016. Delivered Lecture “Recent trends in life sciences”, as keynote Address on Material Sciences and Home Sciences, Omni potent Nano materials, inaugural session, Sevadal Mahila Mahavidyalay, Nagpur, 04 October 2015.
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List of Abbreviations
Abbreviation Details A/V Audio/Video ACD Academic Coordination Division BA Bachelor of Arts BCA Bachelor of Computer Applications BCOM Bachelor of Commerce BDP Bachelor Degree Programme BOM Board of Management BRAOU Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University BSC Bachelor of Science BSES Bombay Suburban Electric Supply BSW Bachelor of Social Work CAT6 Category 6 Cable CBCI-IGNOU Chair Catholic Bishops Conference of India-Indira Gandhi National Open University Chair CBI Central Bureau of Investigation CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory CEA Children Education Allowance CEC UGC Consortium for Educational Communication, University Grants Commission CEMCA Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia CDPO Child Development Project Officer CGPS Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies CMD Construction and Maintenance Division COL Commonwealth of Learning CPO Chief Project Officer CVC Central Vigilance Commission CVO Chief Vigilance Officer DAVCMC Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Management Committee DD Doordarshan DDE Directorates of Distance Education
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Abbreviation Details DEC Distance Education Council DEIs Distance Education Institutes DELNET Developing Library Network DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation DST Department of Science & Technology EMPC Electronic Media Production Centre ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FM Radio Frequency Mode Radio GD Gyan Darshan GOI Government of India GV Gyan Vani HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HQ Headquarters HRD Human Resource Development ICAI Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICT Information and Communication Technology ID International Division IGCFSS Indira Gandhi Centre for Freedom Struggle Studies IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University IIPA Indian Institute of Public Administration IJOL Indian Journal of Open Learning ILA Indian Library Association IRC Interactive Radio Counselling ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation IUC Inter-University Consortium KSOU Karnataka State Open University KVS Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan LSC Learner Support Centre M.Phil Master of Philosophy MOC Memorandum of Collaboration
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Abbreviation Details MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses MPDD Material Production and Distribution Division MPLAND Scheme Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council NCDS National Centre for Disability Studies NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training NCIDE National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education NER North- Eastern Region NGO Non-Governmental Organization NIOS National Institute of Open Schooling NISCAIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources NITTRS National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research NKN National Knowledge Network NMEICT National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology OBC Other Backward Classes ODL Open and Distance Learning OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue OSCs Overseas Study Centres PG Post-Graduate Ph.D. Doctorate of Philosophy PSC Programme Study Centre RC Regional Centre RRC Recognized Regional Centre RSD Regional Services Division SC Scheduled Castes SCSP Scheduled Castes Sub plan SED Students Evaluation Division SLM Self-Learning Material SOA School of Agriculture
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Abbreviation Details
SOCE School of Continuing Education SOCIS School of Computer and Information Sciences SOE School of Education SOET School of Engineering and Technology SOEDS School of Extension and Development Studies SOFL School of Foreign Languages SOGDS School of Gender and Development Studies SOH School of Humanities SOHS School of Health Sciences SOITS School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies SOJNMS School of Journalism and New Media Studies SOL School of Law SOMS School of Management Studies SOPVA School of Performing and Visual Arts SOS School of Sciences SOSS School of Social Sciences SOSW School of Social Work SOTHMS School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management SOTST School of Translation Studies and Training SOUs State Open Universities SOVET School of Vocational Education and Training SSC Special Study Centre ST Scheduled Tribes STRIDE Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education TA Travelling Allownace TEE Term End Examination TMA Tutor Marked Assignment TSP Tribal Sub Plan UGC University Grants Commission UT Union Territory WHO World Health Organisation WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
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