Aims at improving the quality of higher education in the country through international collaboration
Facilitate participation of high quality international academicians for delivering short-term courses and programs in Indian institutions
Initially 500 international faculties will be engaged in conducting courses and later in subsequent years 1000 faculties would be engaged under GIAN throughout India
Under this scheme, academicians will cover 13 disciplines and 352 courses to be taught in 68 national institutions
These courses will vary in duration from one to three weeks depending on the subject and will be free for students of the host institution and available for nominal fees for others
These courses will be webcasted live for students across the country through web portal designed by IIT Kharagpur

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Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

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