HRD Ministry notifies 75 National Resource Centres (NRCs) for Online Refresher Programmes for Higher Education Faculty through SWAYAM

HRD Ministry notifies 75 National Resource Centres (NRCs) for Online Refresher Programmes for Higher Education Faculty through SWAYAM

Posted On: 04 MAY 2018 by PIB Delhi | Source: http://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1531332

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a major and unique initiative of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. In the first phase, 75 discipline-specific National Resource Centres have been identified which are tasked to prepare online training material with focus on latest developments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, pedagogical improvements and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.

A varied set of institutions such as, Centres under the Ministry's Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) located in Central Universities, IISc, IUCAA, IITs, IISERs, NITs, State Universities ; UGC's Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs), National Institutes for Technical Teachers Training (NITTTRs), IIITs, Open Universities have been notified as NRCs. These NRCs cover wide ranging disciplines of Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Humanities, Language Teaching, Commerce, Management, Education Planning and Administration, Public Policy, Leadership & Governance, Library & Information Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Assessment and Evaluation, Pedagogy and research methods , cutting edge areas of Nano-sciences, Internet of  Things, etc.

Under this initiative, all in-service teachers, irrespective of their subject and seniority will have an enabling opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments in their disciplines through the technology based online refresher course. The NRCs will develop the Refresher Module which will include the latest trends in their earmarked discipline by 15th June each year. The training materials will be uploaded and made available through SWAYAM to all the teachers w.e.f. 1st October each year and based on the response, the course can be repeated in the following January. NRC will publish the list of the faculty who have been certified by 31st December, 2018. UGC will issue order/regulations for the purpose of Career Progression and APIs.

Faculty can benefit from this initiative as it is highly flexible and can be done at one's own pace and time. The NRCs will revolutionize professional development of faculty by catering to massive numbers by leveraging ICT and online technology platform of SWAYAM.

List of discipline-wise National Resource Centres (NRCs)

 

S. No.	Name of Institution/University	Discipline
	National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)	Educational Planning and Administration
	RIE Mysore	Teacher Education
	Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar (M.P.)	Social and Rural development
	Central University of Kerala	Curriculum design & e- Content Development
	Central University of South Bihar	Education
	Central University of Jammu	Human Resource Development
	Central University of Haryana	Personal-Emotional Development and Counseling
	Banaras Hindu University	Indian Culture & Heritage Studies
	Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya	Hindi Literature &  Linguistics
	Aligarh Muslim University	Teacher Education in collaboration with RIE Mysore
	IISc, Bangalore	Physics
	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune	Climate change
	NIT Warangal	Mathematics
	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	Electrical engineering
	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER, Bhopal)	Information and Communication Technology in Science and Maths Teaching
	Tezpur University	Mass Communication and Journalism
	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu	Design and Manufacturing
	Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi	Chemistry
	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	Mechanical Engineering
	IIT Patna	IoT (Internet of Things)
	IIT Madras	Metallurgy
	IIT Bombay	Energy systems engineering
	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapeeta, Delhi	Methodology of teaching Sanskrit
	Ramanujan College, New Delhi	Human Rights, Environment and Ethics
	Savitribai Phule Pune University	Leadership and Governance
	Central University of Rajasthan	Public Policy/Administration
	Coimbatore Institute of Technology	Structural Engineering
	National Institute of Technical Teacher's Training and Research, Bhopal*	Assessment & Evaluation
	Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune	Astronomy & Astrophysics
	Banasthali Vidyapith	Management
	Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar	Tourism and Hospitality Services Management
	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	Advances in materials for health and energy
	National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Water Resources
	Mizoram University	Educational research
	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad - 500 046	Research Methodology for Social Sciences
	Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur - 492 010	Psychology
	Guru Ghasidas University GGU Campus, Bilaspur - 495 009	Life Sciences
	University of Delhi, Delhi -110007	History
	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi - 110025	Gender/ Women Studies
	Goa University, Teleigao Plateau, P.O. Bambolim, Goa - 403 202	Marine Science
	Gujarat University, Nairangpura, Ahmedabad - 300 009	English Language Teaching (ELT)
	Saurashtra University, University Road, Rajkot - 360 005	Language & Literature (Gujrati-Hindi)
	Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra - 132 119	Law
	Guru Jambheswar University of Science & Technology Hisar - 125 001	Pedagogical innovations and Research Methodology
	Ranchi University, Morabadi Campus, Ranchi - 834 008	Tribal and Regional Language
	University of Kashmir, Hazarat Bal, Srinagar - 190 006	Arts and Humanities
	Karnatak University, Pavati Nagar, Dharwad - 580 003	Sociology
	Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar - 470 003	Zoology
	Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur - 482 001	Political Science
	Dr. B.A. Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431 004	Science & Technology
	University of Mumbai, Vidya Nagari, Mumbai - 400 098	Economics
	Nagpur University, Amba Vihar, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur - 400 022	Disaster Management
	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati - 444 602	Skill Development
	Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneshwar - 751 004	Anthropology
	Pondicherry University, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605 008.	French
	University of Madras, Centenary Building, Chepauk, Chennai - 500 005	Political and international Studies
	Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 001	Urdu
	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221 005	Earth Science
	Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221 005	Agricultural & Veterinary Education
	University of Calcutta, 92, A.P. Chandra Road, Calcutta- 700 009	Mathematics & Statistics
	NIT Durgapur	Chemical Engineering
	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	Biomedical Imaging
	IIT Ropar	Manufacturing
	IIT Kanpur	Aerospace Engineering
	IIT Roorkee	Architecture
	IIITD & M Jabalpur	Design
	IIITM Gwalior	Operations management, Project management, Innovation Management
	IIIT Dharwad	Information Technology
	IIIT Pune	Electronics & Communication & Computer Science Engineering
	NITTTR Bhopal	Assessment & Evaluation
	NITTTR Chandigarh	Electrical and Electronics Engineering
	NITTTR Chennai	Civil & Environmental Engineering
	NITTTR Kolkata	Mechanical Engineering
	Mohanlal Sukhadia University	Biotechnology
	IGNOU	Library & Information Science

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