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
interaction 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 29th June, 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 Development Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other
institutions in the country."
The Proposed GIAN is envisaged to achieve the following objectives:
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To increase the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian academic
institutes.
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Provide opportunity to our faculty to learn and share knowledge and teaching skills in
cutting edge areas.
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To provide opportunity to our students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed
International faculty.
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To create avenue for possible collaborative research with the international faculty.
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To increase participation and presence of international students in the academic
Institutes.
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Opportunity for the students of different Institutes/Universities to interact and learn
subjects in niche areas through collaborative learning process.
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Provide opportunity for the technical persons from Indian Industry to improve
understandings and update their knowledge in relevant areas.
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Motivate the best international experts in the world to work on problems related to
India.
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Develop high quality course material in niche areas, both through video and print that
can be used by a larger body of students and teachers.
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To document and develop new pedagogic methods in emerging topics of national and
international interest.
Introduction
Union Cabinet has approved a programme titled Global Initiative for 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.
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 participation 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.
View the list of approved GIAN proposals:
View Approved GIAN Courses (PDF)
Visit the official GIAN portal for courses, announcements, and resources:
Go to GIAN Website
Download the registration form and guidelines:
Download GIAN Registration Form (PDF)