GIAN
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About GIAN



      Govt. of India approved a new program titled Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country’s existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India’s scientific and technological capacity to global excellence.

      In order to garner the best international experience into our systems of education, enable intersection of students and faculty with the best academic and industry experts from all over the world and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian problems, there is a need for a Scheme of International Summer and Winter Term. During the ‘Retreat’ of IITs with Minister of Human Resource Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani on June 29, 2014 at Goa, it was decided that “A system of Guest Lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts would be evolved along with a comprehensive Faculty Developed Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other institutions in the country.

      GIAN is envisaged to catalyse higher education institutions in the country and that it will initially include all IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, IISc. Bangalore, IISERs, NITs and IIITs subsequently cover good State Universities where the spinoff is vast. GIAN is an evolving scheme which will initially include participating of foreign faculty in Institutes as Distinguished / Adjunct / Visiting faculty / Professors of Practice, etc. to participate in delivering Short or Semester-long Courses. Other activities will be included in due course.

National Coordinating Institute

IIT, Kharagpur
www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in
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GIAN Objectives



  • To increase the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian academic institutes
  • To provide opportunity to our faculty to learn and share knowledge and teaching skills in cutting edge areas
  • To provide opportunity to our students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed international Faculty
  • To create Avenue for possible collaborative research with the international faculty
  • To increase participation and presence of international Students in the academic institutes
  • To provide opportunity for the students of different institute/universities to interact and learn subjects in ninche areas through collaborative learning process
  • To provide opportunity for the technical persons from Indian industry to improve understandings and update their knowledge in relevant areas
  • To motivate the best international experts in the world to work on problems related to India
  • To develop high quality course material in ninche areas both through video and print that can be used by larger body of students and teachers
  • To document and develop new pedagogic methods in emerging topics of national and international interest
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Scope of GIAN



S.No. Code Area
1 ADP A Design, Planning and Heritage
2 CBM B Chemical, Bio-Chemical &material Science
3 EES C Earth & Environment Science
4 EIC D Electronics, Electrical, Information & Communication Technology
5 HLA F Humanities & Liberal Arts
6 LAW W Law
7 LIC G Other Categories/ Interdisciplinary Categories
8 LSH H Life Science & Healthcare
9 MCS K Mathematical & Computer Science
10 MMT J Management
11 MSI L Mechanical Science & Infrastructure
12 PSC M Physical Science
13 SSC N Social Sciences
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Funding Scheme



      Honorarium to International Faculty

  • US$ 8000 for 12 to 14 hours (1 Credit)
  • US$ 12000 for 12 to 14 hours (1 Credit)

      The Fund Covers:

  • Travel
  • Honorarium
  • Video recording of their Lectures

      Local Hospitality will be arranged by the Host Institution (GRI-DU)

      The Duration can be mutually decided by the Host Institution and the visiting faculty

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Who Can Apply?



Faculty Members from

  • IITs
  • NITs
  • IISc
  • IISERs
  • IIEST
  • National Law Schools
  • IIMs
  • Central Universities & State Universities (Selected by AICTE and UGC)

      How to Apply?

Proposal Template

  1. Course Title
  2. Overview
  3. Objectives
  4. Course details
    • Module A:
    • Module B:
  5. Duration
  6. Teaching Faculty
  7. Who can attend
  8. Registration Fees
  9. Participants from abroad
    • Industry/ Research Organizations:
    • Academic Institutions:
  10. Budget

      How to Submit?

Faculty Members from

  • Prepare a Proposal for a Course in the Prescribed Format
  • The Local Coordinator will submit the proposal to GIAN Portal
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Conduct of Course



      Each approved GIAN activity / course will be displayed in the GIAN portal. It will be the responsibility of the Host Institution to arrange for the conduct of the courses. This includes

  • Call for Participation
  • Registration
  • Selection of Participants
  • Collection and Disbursement of Funds
  • Contact and Arrangements for National and International Experts
  • Arrangements for Classes, Accommodation, Provision of Certificates, Conduct of Examinations (if any)
  • Credit Transfer Issues
  • Creation of Content and Archival / maintenance of repository
  • Linking with GIAN Portal
  • Submission to National Digital Library, etc

      Each host Institution will maintain their local GIAN portal which will be connected to the main GIAN portal

      It is expected that each such course will be transmitted on-line and/or video recorded for others to view later through the local and national GIAN portal and the National Digital Library

      All permissions for the same will be taken by the Host Institution. Typically many such courses may offer not only participation certificates but also allow participants to acquire credits

      The Host Institution will allow for transfer of credits if required by institutions of participating institutions. Guidelines for credit sharing will be developed in due course by GIAN Implementation Committee for consideration by various Institutes

      The courses offered by a host institution should be made available for participation from other Institutions

      In general it is not expected that more than 50% participants will be from the Host Institution

      For courses offering credits, it should follow all standard norms of the Host Institution including continuous evaluation through assignments, quizzes, etc. and examinations like class tests, terminal examinations

      Proposals can have scope for inclusion of Teaching Assistants.

      Results should be declared within one month of the completion of the course

      Priority should be given to students taking the course for credit than those who only participate without credits

      Other details will be defined in due course by a suitable Sub-Committee designated by the GIAN Implementation Committee

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Proposal Submission, Review and Selection



  • Proposals will be submitted on-line by the Local Institute Coordinator of an approved host Institute through the National GIAN portal in the prescribed proforma
  • Each proposal will be submitted to a Sectional Committee
  • The proposing Institution will ensure that the International Faculty can communicate in English or a suitable language that is clearly the appropriate medium of instruction for the said course
  • The courses will primarily be for credit and cover
  • 10 to 14 hours for a typical 1 credit course over a period of at least one week covering 5 working days and
  • 20 to 28 hours for a 2 credit course over a period of at least 2 weeks covering 10 working days
  • The course will have regular evaluation mechanisms. For alternative credit structures, such normalized credit equivalence will be explained in the proposal
  • The proposer is expected to be aware that if the proposal is selected then the International Faculty is expected to accept to participate
  • The Chairperson of the Sectional Committee will designate all or some members of the Sectional Committee to review the proposal and give their views
  • He may, if felt needed, also arrange for selection of reviewers and obtaining the reviews. The recommendation will be finalized by the Chairperson of the Sectional Committee
  • Selected proposals will be forwarded to the GIAN Implementation Committee. The process will be made on-line
  • The GIAN Implementation Committee will develop methods for final approval of the proposals
  • In some cases, proposals may directly go to the GIAN Implementation reputed sources like National and Foreign Academies, Embassies, Government, etc. or may be initiated by the GIAN Implementation Committee itself
  • Such proposals will be submitted to the portal either by a member of the GIAN Implementation Committee or through the National or Regional Coordinator
  • Each approved programme will be publicized on-line in the GIAN portal
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GIAN Committees



      Patron:

Shri. Prakash Javadekar
Minister of Human Resource Development, GOI

      Implementation Committee

Shri V.S.Oberoi,Secratary(HE), MHRD
Shri R.Subrahmanyam,AS(TE), MHRD
Shri Praveen Kumar, JS(Admin),MHRDBOM
JS & FA, MHRDBOM
Prof.Ved Prakash, Chairman,UGCBOM
Prof.A.D.Sahasrabudhe, Chairman,AICTEBOM
Pro.P.P.Chakrabarti, Director,IIT KharagpurBOM
Prof.B.Ramamurthi, Director,IIT MadrasBOM
Prof.Swapan Bhattacharya, Director,NIT SurathkalBOM
Prof.Anurag Kumar, Director,IISc BangaloreBOM
Prof.Sushil Vachani, Director,IIM BangaloreBOM
Prof.S.K.Sopory, Vice Chancellor,JNU DelhiBOM
Dr.A.Mukhopadhyay, DSTBOM

      Implementation CommitteeBOM

Prof.A.N.Samant.IIT, Kahragpur (IIT,NIT,IIIT,IIEST.SPA)BOM
Prof.Prasenjit Sen, JNU New Delhi,Central UniversitiesBOM
Prof.Sourav Mukherji, IIM Bangalore,Management SchoolsBOM
Prof.A.G.Samuelson, IISc Bangalore,(IISc,IISER)BOM
Dr.(Mrs).Pankaj Mittal, Additional Secretary(UGC approved Universities & Law Schoold)BOM
Dr.B.L.Rama, Director,AICTE (AICTE approved Engg.Colleges)BOM
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Local Coordinator



Name Dr.P. Shanmugavadivu
Designation Professor & Head
Address Department of Computer Science and Applications
Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University
Gandhigram 624 302, Dindigul,
Tamil Nadu
Email psvadivu@yahoo.com, grucc@ruraluniv.ac.in
Phone 0451-2452371 (O) 0451-2436780(R)
Fax No. 0451-2454466
Mobile No. 094437 36780
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Working Manual for Course Coordinator



  1. You need to contact Local Coordinator of your Institute for proposal submission under GIAN
  2. Once Local Coordinator invites course coordinator to submit a proposal, the course coordinator will receive a mail including a link to upload the Proposal. The proposals to upload should be in PDF format
  3. The format of Foreign Faculty Consent Form should be downloaded and sent to foreign faculty for his/her signed consent. The scanned copy of the same should be uploaded in PDF format while submitting the proposal
  4. Course coordinator should upload the proposal and click on Final Submit
  5. If required, the proposal may be sent back to the course coordinator for modification and resubmission
  6. The status of the proposal can be viewed from Proposal Tracking link on the Home page of GIAN
  7. If the course is approved by APEX body, contact the Local Coordinator for further actions
  8. Course coordinator should select the participants who are attending the course, so that participants can fill the feedback form online before the completion of the course
  9. The following documents for each course should be completed/needed :
    • Course participation certificate
    • Course grade sheet
    • Course completion report
    • TA bill for foreign expert
    • Fund Utilization certificate for the course