ACADEMIC PLANNING & PROGRAMMES – MAIN FEATURES
- A supportive campus climate, leadership and development opportunities and facilities to meet the needs of students and staff.
- Technology to advance educational purposes, including instructional technology, student support services, and life-long learning education (virtual classroom, on- line lessons and examinations, e- teaching and learning).
- Commitment to share physical, human, information, and other resources in collaboration with institutions of higher education in India and outside.
- To focus on inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary approach to teaching, learning and researching.
- To review and revise curriculum and courses periodically by bringing in latest development and getting feedback from faculty, students and other stakeholders including industry, business, corporate sector and community.
- To adopt more sensitive and reflective teaching pedagogy - participatory, interactive and collaborative approach to learning instead of lecture method; group discussion, peer learning, seminar courses, and applied approach to learning to guide academic agenda.
- To follow semester system and choice credit system, and system of evaluation to reflect not only subject contents learning but also the contribution made and experiences gained in the class.
- All programs are offered on the semester mode choice-based credit system (CBCS). Credit System (CBCS) has several unique features:
Enhanced learning opportunities, ability to match students’ scholastic needs and aspirations, students can choose subjects of study from other Schools, improvement in educational quality and excellence, innovation and comparability of educational programmes across the country, etc. All these curricular innovations of CBCS are aimed to achieve vertical integration of knowledge and holistic development of the modern day students suitable for the competitive globe. The CBCS eminently fits into the emerging socio-economic milieu, and could effectively respond to the educational and occupational aspirations of the upcoming generations. Aided by modern communication and information technology, CBCS has a high probability to be operationalised efficiently and effectively – elevating students, institutions and higher education system in the country to newer heights. ‘Credit’ defines the quantum of contents/syllabus prescribed for a ‘course’ and determines the number of hours of instruction required per week (including tutorials, term papers, assignments, practical work, classroom teaching etc).
- Curriculum and courses to meet challenges and opportunities thrown by internationalization of higher education.
- To build strong partnership and alliances with institutions of higher education, national and international.
- To promote international collaboration through Joint Degree, Joint Research Projects and Twinning Programmes
- To be a center of attraction for foreign students by taking advantage of low cost, better facilities, democratic ethos and credibility of Indian higher education system.
Sustainable development to be integral to the University’s overall mission to nurture innovation in science & technology, computers & informatics, law & governance and support world-class research in areas such as energy and the environment that are important to us today in this region and the world.