Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)
The Union Cabinet has 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.
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.
MHRD Scheme on International Summer/ Winter Term (ISWT) under GIAN:
Objective : To arrange Guest Lectures by international renowned experts.
Long and Short Term Goals:
● To increase the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian academic institutes.
● 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.
● Opportunity for the students of different Institutes/Universities to interact and learn subjects in niche areas through collaborative learning process.
● Provide opportunity for the technical persons from Indian Industry to improve understandings and update their knowledge in relevant areas.
● Motivate the best international experts in the world to work on problems related to India.
● 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.
● To document and develop new pedagogic methods in emerging topics of national and international interest.
Further details of this GIAN program can be accessed at https://gian.iith.ac.in/
Frequently Asked Questions
GIAN stands for Global Initiative of Academic Networks. It is an endeavor 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.
In GIAN Short Term Courses are offered. The objective of GIAN is to arrange Guest Lectures by international renowned experts.
Till date GIAN short term courses are conducted in IITD campus
The GIAN short term course duration varies from 1 week to 2 weeks depending upon the programme content and structure.
GIAN courses are mainly organized for the registered students/faculty of IITD.
The registered students/faculty of IITD need to submit the one-time payment of INR 500 on GIAN portal and then they can attend any number of GIAN programme offered by IITD. This payment is valid for lifetime.
In case the particular GIAN programme is open to the external applicants then you may attend the same by paying the registration/programme fee. Please refer to the brochure of the programme as and when it will be announced.
It varies from programme to programme, please refer the progromme brochure.
It varies from programme to programme, please refer the progromme brochure.
Yes, participation certificate will be awarded to the external participants. There is not any provision of awarding certificate to the internal student/faculty members.