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management for better gender balance, to sensitize the higher education system through policies and
procedures, which recognizes women quality and diversity and facilitate their advancement and to
develop qualitative higher education by involving the unutilized pool of women capable of becoming
administrators. The specific objectives of the scheme are to develop a perspective plan and strategy for
reducing the gender gap in the higher education system, to offer various training programmes at different
levels to women for stimulating them to aspire to become administrators, to develop relevant training
materials for various programmes in print and electronic media, to support gender positive initiatives
such as gender equity cell and developing sensitivity index, etc., to increase and support development
of linkages among women managers in higher education through networking etc.
      The scheme envisages the following three approaches during XI Plan :
      (1) To offer training programmes focused on increasing their sensitivities to issues concerning
          Women becoming Managers.
      (2) To make it a movement of women rather than only a scheme like any other.
      (3) To involve the Vice Chancellors and Principals for the Sensitization/ Awareness/Motivation
          workshops and subsequently promoted to attend training as
          Coordinator/Trainer.
    The programme encompasses presently the following training and skills development workshops
for capacity building of women:
      (1) Sensitization/Awareness/Motivation (SAM) Workshops;
      (2) Training of Trainers Workshops;
      (3) Management Skills Workshops;
      (4) Manager Skills Training of Trainers Workshops;
      (5) Research Stimulation Workshops

   During 2009-10, eight Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshops, five Refresher Workshops and 34
Sensitization/ Awareness/Motivation (SAM) workshops had been organized by various universities
and colleges with the financial assistance to the tune of Rs.7.07 lakhs for each TOT workshop, Rs.7.50
lakhs for each Refresher Workshop and Rs.4.60 lakhs for each Residential SAM workshop and Rs.2.16
lakhs for each Non-Residential SAM workshop. An amount of Rs.0.95 crore had been released to the
universities and colleges during the reporting year for the purpose of organizing the workshops.
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8. RELEVANCE AND VALUE BASED EDUCATION
8.1 Career Orientation to Education
    The objective of the scheme is to ensure that the graduates who pass out after completing these
courses, have knowledge, skills and aptitudes for gainful employment in wage sector in general and
self employment in particular so as to reduce the pressure on institutions of higher learning for Master
Degree. These courses run parallel to the conventional B.A., B.Com and B.Sc. degree. The successful
students are awarded certificate/diploma/ advance diploma under this programme.
     The courses offered are in the form of Certificate/Diploma/Advance Diploma which a student
may opt parallel to their conventional B.A./B.Com/B/Sc. Degrees. The courses offered are of inter-
disciplinary in nature. The students have the freedom to diversify into various fields, not necessarily
related with their core discipline, e.g. a science student could side by side pursue course in Event
Management and students of Arts background have the option to pursue a course in Science, Journalism
etc.
Certificate Course: The course will be of 20 credits. Each credit will have 15 hours of workload, out of
which, 8 credits should necessarily be assigned to field work/project work/training.
Diploma Course: The course will be of 40 credits (inclusive of 20 credits earned during Certificate
Course). Each credit will have 15 hours of workload, out of which, 8 credits should necessarily be
assigned to field work/project work/training.
Advanced Diploma Course: The course will be of 60 credits (inclusive of 40 credits earned during
Certificate and Diploma Courses respectively). Each credit will have 15 hours of workload, out of
which, 8 credits should necessarily be assigned to field work/project work.
    The assistance to institutions selected under this scheme is Rs.7.00 lakhs per course as one time
'Seed Money' for five years in the Humanities and Commerce streams and Rs.10.00 lakhs per course for
five years for Science stream. The amount may be utilized for the purchase of Books & Journals,
augmentation of laboratory facilities, equipment and payment of remuneration to the guest faculty.
   The Colleges/Universities are required to opt for a minimum of three courses. The UGC has not
provided any list of courses. It has been left to the Universities/ Colleges to identify their own 'Need
Based' Career Oriented/inter-disciplinary courses. Courses awarded could be replaced with prior
permission of UGC. The Universities should not charge any affiliation fee for the career oriented
courses sanctioned by the UGC.
    Apart from the teachers/ staff members, guest faculty could be drawn from training and professional
institutions and from production related establishments, for the purpose of teaching these subjects.
Individuals having expertise in the discipline may also serve as guest faculty. The Coordinator of the
career oriented course may be paid remuneration @ Rs.5,000/- per year out of Seed Money. Guest
faculty/internal faculty may be remunerated @ Rs.250/- per lecture of one hour duration.
    In pursuance of the policy of the UGC, since a student is completing 900 hours of learning, universities
may consider issue of honour degree to those students who have successfully completed concurrently
three certificates or certificate, diploma and advanced diploma in a stream along with the degree
course.
     Since there is heavy demand for certificate course, irrespective of the year of study from the students,
it is decided to allow the students either to opt for certificate/diploma/advanced diploma courses or
three certificate courses during the period of study.
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    Out of 826 proposals received during the period under report from the Colleges and Universities,
515 proposals, as recommended by the Expert committee, have been approved by the Commission for
financial assistance under the scheme. During 2009-10, an amount of Rs.47.04 crores had been released
to the Colleges and Universities for conducting Career Oriented Courses.
8.2 Area Studies Programme
    The University Grants Commission has been providing assistance to 46 identified Area Study Centres
(22 Area Studies Centres on project mode and 24 Area Studies Centres on regular basis). These Centres
are mainly studying the Social, Economic, Political and Culture Affairs of a given area. The focus is on
such countries and regions with which India has had close and direct diplomatic relation.
    During the reporting year, the Commission provided assistance to the extent of Rs.46.21 lakhs to
the 46 centres in the Universities indicated below:-
                         Area Study Centres on Regular Basis (24 Centres)

 S. No.   University                                    Area Study Centre
 1.       Andhra University, Waltair                    1.     Centre for SAARC Studies
 2.       Banars Hindu University, Varanasi             2.     Centre for Studies on Nepal
 3.       Calcutta University, Kolkata                  3.     Centre for South East Asian Studies
 4.       Delhi University, Delhi                       4.     Centre for East Asian Studies
                                                        5.     Centre for Canadian Studies
 5.       Goa University, Goa                           6.     Centre for Latin & American Studies
 6.       Hyderabad University, Hyderabad               7.     Centre for Indian Diaspora
 7.       Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi               8.     Centre for Federal Studies
 8.       Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi               9.     Centre for Third World Studies
 9.       Jawaharlal Nehru University,                  10.    Centre for Russian, Central Asian
          New Delhi                                            & East European Studies.
                                                        11.    Centre for West Asian &
                                                               African Studies (Gulf)
                                                        12.    Centre for Central Asian Studies
                                                               Programme - Centre for South,
                                                               Central, South East Asian & South
                                                               West Pacific Studies.
 10.      Kashmir University, Srinagar                  13.    Centre for Central Asian Studies
 11.      Kerala University, Thiruvanthapuram           14.    Centre for Canadian Studies
 12.      Madras Univesity, Chennai                            15. Centre for South & South East
                                                               Asian Studies
 13.      M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara           16.    Centre for Canadian Studies
 14.      Manipur University, Imphal                    17.    Centre for Manipuri Studies