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attended by the Education Officers/SCERT/DIET faculty from MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD CHAIR NIEPA CAMPUS various States and Union Territories. Till now, the programme has been able to cover about 1200 participants. NIEPA has created Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Chair as an NIEPA has a modern self-contained office building, with conference appropriate tribute to India’s first Education Minister. rooms, rooms for organizing programmes and classrooms for National Institute of INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA research scholars. The Institute has two computer centers, with SCHOOL STANDARDS AND EVALUATION & PROJECT latest computer facilities and broadband internet connectivity, for Educational Planning and Administration The Institute has also been conducting International Diploma in MANAGEMENT UNITS all the members of staff of the Institute. NIEPA also has a multi- Educational Planning and Administration (IDEPA) programmes storied hostel with 60 fully furnished air-conditioned rooms. The School Standards and Evaluation Unit is leading the National for the last 34 years. About 900 participants from more than 90 A second campus of the Institute, with modern facilities and Programme on School Standards and Evaluation (Shaala Siddhi) countries from Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific region and Latin infrastructure, is proposed to be set up in Delhi to accommodate under the aegis of MHRD to institutionalise performance evaluation America have participated in these diploma programmes. increasing demand from students for various programmes. for school improvement and improved learning outcomes. RESEARCH DATABASE ON EDUCATION A Project Management Unit has also been set up by the Institute LIBRARY for supporting and managing in-house and sponsored research. TEACHING Comprehensive database on school education in India covering The Institute has a specialized library and documentation centre, Pre-school to grade XII, has been developed by NIEPA which is with approximately 60,000 books and documents on educational CONSULTANCY popularly known as Unified District Information System (UDISE). NATIONAL FELLOWS planning and management, and subscribing to around 250 Indian NIEPA has also been maintaining a Student Database Management In order to enrich the academic programmes of the Institute, and foreign journals, and academic periodicals regularly. The EXTENSION Information system (SDMIS) since 2016. experienced academics are identified and invited for the positions library is computerized and provides on-line access to various of National Fellows. referencing resources. As a member of DELNET, it has the facility DISSEMINATION NIEPA’s Digital Archives of Education Documents, as part of of inter-library loan service. NRCE, has more than 11,500 documents freely available online. NETWORKING WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LEVEL INSTITUTIONS NIEPA brings out a quarterly Journal in English, namely Keeping pace with today’s world of knowledge, the Institute has Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA), and successfully created networks as well as entered into co-operation Pariprekshya in Hindi. It also brings out a bi-annual Newsletter agreements with educational institutions for providing varied – the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in opportunities for disseminating and sharing educational researches Educational Planning (ANTRIEP). In addition to these academic and innovations. This networking not only encompasses the journals, research findings are disseminated through a variety of national and state level institutions within the country but also publications, such as Reports, Research Monographs, Occasional networking at the international level through Asian Network Papers and Books. of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP), with 22 member institutions from 15 countries in the Asian Region, for providing a forum for horizontal linkages among Planning and Management institutions in the field of education. National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (Deemed to be University) 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110016 Phone:011-26544800, 26565600 Fax: 011- 26853041, 26865180 Printed by: Anil Offset & Packaging, New Delhi. Email: [email protected] Website: www.niepa.ac.in September 2018 • Providing a forum for exchange of ideas and TEACHING AND LEARNING Our Vision… experiences among policy makers, planners, Evolving a humane learning society through administrators and academics. NIEPA is a learning organization, striving to achieve excellence in teaching and learning imparted through its professional advancement of knowledge development programmes. As part of its professional development ACADEMIC STRUCTURE activities, NIEPA conducts, every year, about 150 capactiy building The academic structure of the University comprises programmes, which include long-term and short-term training programmes, seminars, conferences and meetings of senior Our Mission… Departments, Centres, special Chairs and technical national and international education policy makers, planners and To become a centre of excellence in support units, which are responsible for the administrators. On an average, each year, about 14000 senior educational policy, planning and development and execution of activities relating to planners and administrators participate in these programmes. their respective programmatic thrust areas. management by promoting advanced level M. PHIL. AND PH. D. PROGRAMMES teaching, research and capacity building in The Academic Departments of the National Institute are : (i) Department of Educational Planning; The National Institute has been offering M. Phil and Ph.D. national and global contexts (ii) Department of Educational Administration; (iii) programmes from a broader inter-disciplinary perspective since Department of Educational Finance; (iv) Department 2007. NIEPA also provides generous financial support through of Educational Policy; (v) Department of School and fellowships to its students and scholars. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE Non-Formal Education; (vi) Department of Higher and Professional Education; (vii) Department of he beginnings of the National Institute of Educational Educational Management Information System; and Planning and Administration (NIEPA) can be traced back (viii) Department of Training and Capacity Building Tto the year 1962 when the Asian Institute of Educational in Education. Planning and Administration was set up by the Government of India FUNCTIONS The Academic Structure also includes the National Centre under a 10-year agreement with the UNESCO for the purpose of for School Leadership, Centre for Policy Research in Higher training senior educational planners and administrators in the Asian The National Institute is actively engaged in teaching, research and Education, National Resource Centre for Education under Pandit Region. The Asian Institute was taken over by the Government advisory services in the areas of educational policy, planning and Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and of India on the expiry of the agreement with UNESCO and re- administration. The core activities of the University include: Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Chair, designated as the National Staff College for Educational Planners School Standards and Evaluation Unit, Project Management Unit and Administrators. In 1979, it was again re-named as the National • Providing technical support to Central and State Governments in educational policy and planning; and the Technical Support Unit for IAIEPA (India-Africa Institute Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. In recognition of Educational Planning and Administration) and NIEPA National of the pioneering work done by the organization in the field of • Organizing professional development programmes in Fellows. educational planning and administration, the Ministry of Human educational planning and administration for educational Resource Development, Government of India empowered NIEPA to POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS professionals of the country; RESEARCH award degrees by conferring on it the status of University in August • Developing expertise among young scholars through The Institute offers Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Educational 2006 under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. Over the years, NIEPA has emerged as a leading centre of research in programmes of M. Phil. and Ph. D., as well as other capacity education. Findings of research studies undertaken by the faculty are Policy, Planning and Administration for a duration of upto two building activities; further used to enrich the transactions in both the M. Phil. and Ph.D. years to eligible candidates having Ph. D. degrees in the related • Conducting research in all aspects of school and higher Programmes as well as professional development programmes. NIEPA areas. The fellowship is open to both fresh degree holders and education; engages in real-time research database. The research explorations of persons already employed. • Extending advisory services to national and international the faculty and the research scholars cover a wide range of areas. The areas identified for research are based on national priorities and organizations; NATIONAL DIPLOMA (PGDEPA) concerns, and attempts are made to generate empirical information • Functioning as a clearing house for dissemination of knowledge directly from the field. The Institute annually conducts a national Post-Graduate Diploma and information; and in Educational Planning & Administration (PGDEPA). These are .