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1 Appendix 1 Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University (During the period from 1 st April, 2014 to 31 st March, 2015) 1.1 Board of Management Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M.Aslam Vice-Chancellor Chairman Ex-Officio ( ) Prof. Nageshwar Rao* ( till date) Senior-most Pro-Vice Chancellor ActingVice-Chancellor 2. Prof. Nageshwar Rao Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU ( continues) Govt. of India Representative 3. Sh.Ashok Thakur Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource ( ) Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. Sh. Satyanarayan Mohanty Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource ( till date) Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. 4. Sh. Bimal Julka Secretary, Ministry of Information & ( ) Broadcasting, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Visitor s Nominees 5. Prof. Ram G. Takwale Former Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU ( ) 162/4 A, Naveli,Aundh, Pune 6. Prof. D.B. Phatak Department of Computer Science and ( ) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai 7. Dr. (Ms.) Ruth Manorama President, NationalAlliance of Women ( ) (NAWO), Jayanagar, Bangalore 8. Prof. Bakul Dholakia Director General,International Management ( ) Institute B-10, Qutab InstitutionalArea Tara Crescent, New Delhi 9. Dr.Anil Wali Managing Director, FITT, Indian Institute ( ) of Technology, New Delhi Co-opted by Board of Management 10. Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak Vice-Chancellor, Vardhaman Mahaveer ( ) Open University, Kota 67 67

2 Annual Report Prof. G. Sundar Deputy Director, Off-Campus Programme, ( ) Work Integrated Learning Programme Div., BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan Prof. K.N. Tripathi Vice Chancellor, ( ) K.R. Mangalam University, Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR 12. Er. R.K. Gupta Former Engineer-in-Chief, Doordarshan, ( ) New Delhi Vice-Chancellor s Nominee 13. Prof.Avadhesh Kr. Singh Director, School of Translation Studies and ( ) Training, IGNOU Prof.Annu J Thomas Director, School of Gender and ( ) Development Studies, IGNOU 14. Prof. S.R. Jha Professor, School of Sciences, IGNOU ( ) 15. Dr. Sanjeev Pandey Regional Director, ( ) Regional Centre, Delhi-2, IGNOU Secretary (Ex-officio) 16. Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary Registrar (I/c), ( ) Administration,IGNOU Sh. J. Ernest Samuel ( ) Sh. Sudhir Budakoti ( till date) Registrar,Administration, IGNOU Registrar,Administration, IGNOU * In compliance of F. No. 10-2/2014-DL dated from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28 th November,

3 1.2 Academic Council Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M.Aslam Vice-Chancellor - Chairman Ex-Officio ( ) Prof. Nageshwar Rao* ( till date) Pro-Vice- Chancellors (Ex-officio) ActingVice-Chancellor 2. Prof. Nageshwar Rao Pro-Vice Chancellors ( till date) Members (Ex-officio) Prof. Sushma Yadav ( till date) Prof. P. Prakash ( till date) 3. Prof. Sunaina Kumar Director, SOH, IGNOU ( till date) 4. Prof. D. Gopal Director, SOSS, IGNOU ( till date) 5. Prof. N.K. Dash Director, SOE, IGNOU ( till date) 6. Prof. Vijayshri Director, SOS, IGNOU ( till date) 7. Prof. S. Srilatha Director, SOMS, IGNOU ( till date) 8. Prof. Deeksha Kapur Director, SOCE, IGNOU ( ) Prof. Neerja Chadha ( till date) 9. Prof. T.K. Jena Director, SOHS, IGNOU ( ) Prof. Pity Koul Director, SOHS, IGNOU ( till date) 10. Shri Shashi Bhushan Sharma Director, (I/c), SOCIS, IGNOU ( ) ShriAkshay Kumar ( till date) Director, (I/c), SOCIS, IGNOU 11. Prof. Subhasis Maji Director, SOET, IGNOU ( ) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University 69 69

4 Annual Report Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar Director, SOET, IGNOU ( till date) 12. Prof. K. Elumalai Director, SOL, IGNOU ( till date) 13. Dr. S.K. Yadav Director, (I/c), SOA, IGNOU ( till date) 14. Dr. A.K. Gaba Director (I/c), SOVET, IGNOU ( till date) 15. Dr. Kiron Bansal Director (I/c), SOJNMS, IGNOU ( till date) 16. Prof. Kapil Kumar Director (I/c), SOTHSM, IGNOU ( ) Prof.Anurag Saxena Director (I/c), SOTHSM, IGNOU ( ) Prof. S. Srilatha Director (I/c), SOTHSM, IGNOU ( till date) 17. Prof. Gracious Thomas Director, SOSW, IGNOU ( till date) 18. Prof.Annu. J. Thomas Director, SOGDS, IGNOU ( ) Prof.AnnuAneja Director, SOGDS, IGNOU ( till date) 19. Dr. Nehal A. Farooqui Director (I/c), SOEDS, IGNOU ( till date) 20. Dr. Govindraju Bhardwaja Director (I/c), SOPVA, IGNOU ( till date) 21. Dr. Sushant Kumar Mishra Director (I/c), SOFL, IGNOU ( ) Prof.Anju Sehgal Gupta Director (I/c), SOFL, IGNOU ( till date) 22. Prof.A.K. Singh Director, SOTST, IGNOU ( ) Dr. R.P. Pandey ( till date) Director (I/c), SOTST, IGNOU 23. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor Director (I/c), SOITS, IGNOU ( till date) 24. Prof. Jaideep Sharma Librarian (I/c), IGNOU ( till date) 70 70

5 Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination Nominated by Board of Management of IGNOU 25. Prof. J.M. Parakh Professor, SOH -, IGNOU ( ) Prof. Satyakam ( till date) Professor, SOH, IGNOU 26. Prof. Ravindra Kumar Professor, SOSS, IGNOU ( ) Prof. Neerja Chadha ( till date) Professor, SOCE, IGNOU 27. Prof. Sujatha Varma Professor, SOS, IGNOU ( ) Prof. P.K. Biswas ( till date) Professor, STRIDE, IGNOU 28. Dr. R. Satyanarayana Reader, STRIDE, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Shubha M. Gokhale ( till date) Reader, SOS, IGNOU 29. Dr. S.K. Vyas Reader, SOET, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Bharti Dogra ( till date) Reader, SOE, IGNOU 30. Dr. Kiron Bansal Reader, SOJNMS, IGNOU ( ) Dr. B. Kiranmayi ( till date) Reader, SOSS, IGNOU 31. Dr. Biplab Jamatia Lecturer, SOHS, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Madhulika P. Sarkar ( till date) Lecturer, SOMS, IGNOU 32. Ms. Suneet Kashyap Lecturer, SOL, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Nisha Varghese ( till date) Lecturer, SOEDS, IGNOU 33. Dr. Rukhsana Zaman Lecturer, SOSS, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Vijay Kumar ( till date) Lecturer, SOA, IGNOU Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University 71 71

6 Annual Report Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 34. Prof.AnuAneja Director (I/c), IUC, IGNOU ( ) Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary Director (I/c) ( ) Research Unit, IGNOU Prof. M.S. Nathawat Director (I/c) ( till date) Research Unit, IGNOU 35. Prof. Uma Kanjilal Director, (I/c) ACIIL, IGNOU ( ) Dr. Srikant Mohapatra ( till date) Director, RSD, IGNOU 36. Prof. C.R.K. Murthy Director, STRIDE, IGNOU ( till date) 37. Dr. Gulab Jha Regional Director, ( ) Regional Centre, Noida, IGNOU Dr. P. Siwaswaroop Regional Director, ( till date) Regional Centre, Nagpur, IGNOU 38. Dr.Asad Nizam Deputy Director, EMPC, IGNOU ( ) Dr. S.K. Prasad ( till date) Co-opted by the Academic Council Deputy Director, NCDS, IGNOU 39. Prof. Rajan Gurukkel Former Vice Chancellor ( till date) Mahatma Gandhi Univeristy, Kottayam, Kerala 40. Prof. Joseph Dorairaj ActingVice-Chancellor ( till date) Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul, Madurai,Tamil Nadu 41. Prof. V. R. Panchmukhi Former Chairman ( till date) Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi 42. Prof. Nitin Madhusudan Nagarkar Director, All Indian Institute of ( till date) Medical Sciences, Raipur 43. Prof. Vinay Srivastava Department ofanthropology ( till date) Universityof Delhi, Delhi 44. Prof. S. E. Hasnain Kusuma School of Biological Sciences ( till date) Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi 72 72

7 Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 45. Prof. Man Mohan Singh Director, Centre for Science Education ( till date) North Eastern Hill University(NEHU), Shillong 46. Prof. InduAgnihotri Director, Centre for Women s ( till date) Development Studies, New Delhi 47. Prof. R. G. Harshe Former Vice-Chancellor ( till date) UniversityofAllahabad 48. Dr. S. S. Meenakshisundaram Former Secretary, Government of India ( till date) Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore 49. Dr. D. N. Reddy Chairman ( till date) Recruitment andassessment Centre, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi 50. Dr. B. K. Gairola Former DG, NIC ( till date) Mission Director (e-governance) Deptt. of Electronics and Information Technology, New Delhi 51. Dr. K. K. Chakravarty Chairman ( till date) Lalit KalaAkademi and Chancellor (Hony.) NUEPA, New Delhi 52. Dr. George Mathew Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, ( till date) New Delhi 53. Prof. K. Sudha Rao Former Vice-Chancellor, KSOU ( till date) Registrars Designated by BOM (Ex-Officio) 54. Prof. Pushplata Tripathi Registrar, SED, IGNOU ( ) Dr. S.K. Mohapatra ( till date) Registrar (I/c), SED, IGNOU 55. Dr. Pankaj Khare Registrar, SRD, IGNOU ( till date) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University Member Secretary (Ex-Officio) 56. Prof. Debal K. Singha Roy Director (I/c), ACD, IGNOU ( till date) * In compliance of F.No. 10-2/2014-DL dated from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28 th November,

8 Annual Report Planning Board Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M.Aslam* Vice-Chancellor Chairman Ex-Officio ( ) Prof. Nageshwar Rao ( till date) Vice-Chancellor s Nominees ActingVice-Chancellor 2. Prof. A.R. Khan Professor, SOSS, IGNOU ( till date) 3. Prof.A.K. Singh Professor, SOTST, IGNOU ( till date) 4. Dr. R. Satyanarayana Reader, STRIDE, IGNOU ( till date) 5. Shri K.K. Bhat Regional Director, RC-Jammu, IGNOU ( till date) Registrar (Ex-Officio) 6. Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary Registrar (I/c),Administration, IGNOU ( ) Visitor Nominees Sh. J. Ernest Samuel ( ) Sh. Sudhir Budakoti ( till date) Registrar,Administration, IGNOU Registrar,Administration, IGNOU 7. Shri Dilip Chenoy MD & CEO, National Skill Development ( till date) Corporation, New Delhi 8. Shri Sashi Kumar Chairman,Asian College of ( till date) Journalism,Chennai 9. Prof. Santosh Mehrotra Professor, Centre for Informal Sector ( till date) & Labour Studies, School of Sciences, JNU, New Delhi 10. Dr. M.V. Rao Former Special DG, ICAR & ( till date) Former Vice-Chancellor,Agriculture University, Hyderabad -Andhra Pradesh 11. Prof.Anupama Roy Professor, Centre for Political Studies, ( till date) School of Social Sciences-II, JNU, New Delhi 74 74

9 Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination BOM Nominees 12. Dr. K. Srinath Reddy President, Public HealthFoundation of India, ( till date) PHD House, New Delhi 13. Prof. J. B. G. Tilak Professor and Head ( till date) National Universityof Educational Planning andadministration (NUEPA), New Delhi 14. Er. Milind Kamble Chairman, Dalit India Chambers of ( till date) Commerce and Industry (DICCI), Pune 15. Prof. Pankaj Chandra Director, Indian Institute of Management, ( till date) Bangalore 16. Prof. V. S. Prasad Former Director, NAAC ( till date) Member Secretary (Ex-Officio) 17. Prof. T.U. Fulzele Director (I/c), P&DD, IGNOU ( till date) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University * In compliance of F.No. 10-2/2014-DL dated from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28 th November,

10 Annual Report Finance Committee Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M.Aslam Vice-Chancellor Chairman Ex-Officio ( ) Prof. Nageshwar Rao* ( till date) Pro-Vice Chancellor by Seniority ActingVice-Chancellor 2. Prof. Nageshwar Rao Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU ( ) Visitor Nominees 3. Sh. Praveen Prakash Joint Secretary(TEL), Ministry of HRD, ( ) Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Sh. S.P. Goyal Joint Secretary(TEL), Ministry of HRD, ( ) Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 4. Sh.Yogendra Tripathi Joint Secretary& FinancialAdviser, ( ) Ministry of HRD, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi BOM Nominees 5. Er. R.K. Gupta Former Engineer-in-Chief, Doordarshan, ( ) New Delhi and Member, BOM, IGNOU 6. Sh. M.P. Gupta Additional Secretary(Retd), ( ) Ministry of Finance, New Delhi Director of School nominated by the Vice Chancellor 7. Prof. T. K. Jena Director, SOHS, IGNOU ( ) Secretary (Ex-officio) Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar ( ) Director, SOET, IGNOU 8. Sh. L.M. Pandey Finance Officer, IGNOU ( ) Mrs. Vidya Sonal ( till date) Finance Officer (I/c), IGNOU * In compliance of F.No. 10-2/2014-DL dated from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28 th November,

11 1.5 Research Council Sl. No. Name of Members Position/Nomination 1. Prof. M.Aslam Vice-Chancellor Chairman Ex-Officio ( ) BOM Nominee Prof. Nageshwar Rao* ( till date) Acting Vice-Chancellor 2. Dr. (Ms.) Ruth Manorma President, NationalAlliance of Women ( Till date) (NAWO) Jayanagar, Bangalore Planning Board Nominee 3. Prof.A.K. Singh Director, SOTST, IGNOU ( till date) Academic Council Nominee 4. Prof. Sujatha Varma Professor, SOS, IGNOU ( till date) Directors of School/Head of Division nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 5. Prof. Gopinath Pradhan Director, SOSS, IGNOU ( till date) 6. Prof. Vijayshri Director, SOS, IGNOU ( till date) Member Secretary 7. Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary Director (I/c), Research Unit, IGNOU ( ) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University Prof. M.S. Nathawat ( till date) Director (I/c), Research Unit, IGNOU * In compliance of F.No. 10-2/2014-DL dated from the MHRD; Prof. Nageshwar Rao (Senior Most PVC) is the Acting Vice-Chancellor since 28 th November,

12 Annual Report Directors of the Schools of Studies Sl. Name of School Name of Directors/Head No. 1. School ofagriculture Dr. S.K. Yadav (I/c) ( till date) 2. School of Computer and Information Sciences Sh. Shashi Bhushan Sharma (I/c) ( ) Shri Akshay Kumar (I/c) ( till date) 3. School of Continuing Education Prof. Deeksha Kapur ( ) Prof. Neerja Chadha ( till date) 4. School of Education Prof. N.K. Dash ( till date) 5. School of Engineering. and Technology Prof. Subashish Maji ( ) Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar ( till date) 6. School of Extension and Development Studies Dr. Nehal A. Farooqui (I/c) ( till date) 7. School of Foreign Languages Dr. Sushant Kumar Mishra, (I/c) ( ) Prof.Anju Sehgal Gupta (I/c) ( till date) 8. School of Gender and Development Studies Prof.Annu J. Thomas ( ) Prof.AnuAneja ( till date) 9. School of Health Science Prof. T.K. Jena ( ) Prof. Pity Koul ( till date) 10. School of Humanities Prof. Sunaina Kumar ( till date) 78 78

13 Sl. Name of School Name of Directors/Head No. 11. School of Inter-disciplinary and Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor (I/c) Trans-disciplinaryStudies ( till date) 12. School of Journalism and New Media Studies Dr. Kiron Bansal (I/c) ( till date) 13. School of Law Prof. K. Elumalai ( till date) 14. School of Management Studies Prof. S. Srilatha ( till date) 15. School of Performing and VisualArts Dr. Govindraju Bhardwaza (I/c) ( till date) 16. School of Sciences Prof. Vijayshri ( till date) 17. School of Social Sciences Prof. D. Gopal ( till date) 18. School of Social Work Prof. Gracious Thomas ( till date) 19. School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Prof. Kapil Kumar (I/c) Management ( ) Prof.Anurag Saxena (I/c) ( ) Prof. S. Srilatha (I/c) ( till date) 20. School of Translation Studies and Training Prof.Avadhesh Kumar Singh ( ) Dr. Rajinder Prasad Pandey (I/c) ( till date) 21. School of Vocational Education and Training Dr. A.K. Gaba (I/c) ( till date) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University Note: Till date indicates the end of reporting period i.e. 31 st March,

14 Annual Report Directors/Heads of the Divisions/Units/Centres/Institute Sl. Name of Directors/Heads of Name of Directors/Heads No. Divisions/Units/Centre 1. International Division Dr. Silima Nanda, (I/c) ( till date) 2. Libraryand Documentation Division Prof. Jaideep Sharma (I/c) ( till date) 3. Regional Services Division Dr. Srikant Mohapatra ( till date) 4. Staff Training and Research Institute of Prof. C.R.K. Murthy Distance Education ( till date) 5. Planning and Development Division Prof. T.U. Fulzele (I/c) ( till date) 6. Electronic Media Production Centre Prof. A.R. Khan (I/c) ( ) Prof. IftikharAhmed ( till date) 7. Inter-UniversityConsortium Prof.AnuAneja (I/c) ( ) Prof. Gayatri Kansal (I/c) ( till date) 8. National Centre for Innovations in Dr. Jyotsna Dixit (I/c) Distance Education ( till date) 9. National Centre for Disability Studies Dr. S.K. Prasad (I/c) ( till date) 10. Research Unit Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary (I/c) ( ) Prof. M.S. Nathawat (I/c) ( till date) 11. Academic Coordination Division Prof. Debal K. SinghaRoy (I/c) ( till date) 12. AdministrationDivision Prof. S.V.S. Chaudhary (I/c) ( ) Sh. J. Ernest Samuel ( ) Sh. Sudhir Budakoti ( till date) 80 80

15 Sl. Name of Directors/Heads of Name of Directors/Heads No. Divisions/Units/Centre 13 Construction and Maintenance Division Shri Sudheer Reddy (I/c) till date) 14. Computer Division Dr. V. S. P. Srivastava (I/c) ( till date) 15. Finance andaccounts Division Sh. L.M. Pandey ( ) Mrs. Vidya Sonal (I/c) ( till date) 16. Material Production and Distribution Division ShriAshok Kumar ( ) Sh. Sudhir Budakoti (I/c) ( till date) 17. Student Evaluation Division Prof. Pushplata Tripathi ( ) Dr. S.K. Mohapatra (I/c) ( till date) 18. Student Registration Division Dr. Pankaj Khare ( till date) 19. VigilanceCell Prof. Madhu Parhar (I/c) ( till date) Members of the University Authorities and Officers of the University 81 81

16 Annual Report New Academic Programmes offered by the University In the Financial Year Appendix 2 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Minimum Maximum Medium School No. Code Duration Duration 1. Master ofarts in Translation Studies MATS 2 Years 5 years Hindi SOTST 2. Master of Social Work (Counselling) MSWC 2 Years 5 years English SOSW 3. Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development PGDUPDL 1 Year 4 years English SOEDS 4. Post Graduate Diploma in Information andassistive Technologies for the Instructors of Visually Impaired PGCIATIVI 1 Year 4 years English SOE 5. Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics PGDSAT 1 Year 4 years English SOS 6. Post Graduate Certificate in Geoinformation PGCGI 6 Months 2 years English SOS 7. Certificate Programme for Professional Development of PrimaryTeachers CPPDT 6 Months 2 years English SOE 82 82

17 List of MoUs/MoCs/Agreements/Contracts by IGNOU (From 1 st April, 2014 to 31 st March, 2015) Appendix 3 Sl. IGNOU in Contract / Date of Regarding Concerned No. Agreement /MoU/ MoC with Signing School/ Division 1. Assam Rifles, Headquarters, For IGNOU EDNERU Shillong Assam Rifles Education Project 2. SCERT, Govt. of Tripura, For providing SOE Agartala, Tripura professional training of untrained teachers of elementaryprimary & upper primary levels 3. HERO Motorcorp Limited Cooperation in the SOET Design & Development of programme for Competency Development of Motorcycle Technician 4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan To design organize and SOE New Delhi impact training programme for teacher of KVS 5. Addendum to the MoU Pan-African ID with Makerere University, e-network project Uganda 6. Addendum to the MoU with Pan-African ID Telecommunications Consultants e-network project India Ltd. (TCIL) List of MoUs/MoCs/Agreements/ Contracts by IGNOU 83 83

18 Annual Report Appendix 4 Academic Programmes offered By the University Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code Years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 1 Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture Extension PHDAGE 2 Years 5 Years English SOA 2 Doctor of Philosophy in Dairy Science and Technology PHDDR 2 Years 5 Years English SOA 3 Doctor of Philosophy in Computer & Information Sciences PHDCISC 2 Years 5 Years English SOCIS 4 Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Development PHDRD 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 5 Doctor of Philosophy in Child Development PHDCDEV 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 6 Doctor of Philosophy in Food & Nutrition PHDFN 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 7 Doctor of Philosophy in Education PHDEDU 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 8 Doctor of Philosophy in Extension & Development Studies PHDEDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOEDS 9 Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering PHDCENG 2 Years 5 Years English SOET 10 Doctor of Philosopy in Mechanical Engineering PHDMECE 2 Years 5 Years English SOET 11 Doctor of Philosophy in French PHDFL 2 Years 5 Years French SOFL 12 Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic PHDAL 2 Years 5 Years Arabic SOFL 13 Doctor of Philosophy in Gender & Development Studies PHDGDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 14 Doctor of Philosophy in Women s Studies PHDWS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 15 Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi PHDHIN 2 Years 5 Years Hindi SOH 16 Doctor of Philosophy in English PHDENG 2 Years 5 Years English SOH 17 Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing PHDNUR 2 Years 5 Years English SOHS 18 Doctor of Philosophy in Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies PHDITS 2 Years 5 Years English SOITS 19 Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism & Mass Communication PHDJMC 2 Years 5 Years English SOJNMS 20 Doctor of Philosophy in Law PHDLAW 2 Years 5 Years English SOL 21 Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce PHDCOM 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 22 Doctor of Philosophy in Management PHDMGMT 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 23 Doctor of Philosophy in Performing PHDPFVA 2 Years 5 Years English SOPVA and Visual Arts with specialization in PHDFA Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Music PHDTH PHDMU 24 Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry PHDBC 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 25 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry PHDCHE 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 84 84

19 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 26 Doctor of Philosophy in Geography PHDGG 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 27 Doctor of Philosophy in Geology PHDGY 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 28 Doctor of Philosophy in Life Sciences PHDLS 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 29 Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics PHDMT 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 30 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics PHDPH 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 31 Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics 2 Years 5 Years English SOS 32 Doctor of Philosophy in Economics PHDEC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 33 Doctor of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies PHDGDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 34 Doctor of Philosophy in History PHDHIS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 35 Doctor of Philosophy in Library & Information Sc. PHDLIS 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 36 Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science PHDPS 2 Years 5 Year English SOSS 37 Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology PHDPC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 38 Doctor of Philosophy in Public Admn. PHDPA 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 39 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology PHDSOC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 40 Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work PHDSW 2 Years 5 Years English SOSW 41 Doctor of Philosophy in Translation Studies PHDTT 2 Years 5 Years English/ Hindi SOTST 42 Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism and PHDTS 2 Years 5 Years English SOTHSM Hospitality Services 43 Doctor of Philosophy in Distance Education PHDDE 2 Years 5 Years English STRIDE 44 Doctor of Philosophy in Vocational Education PHDVED 2 Years 5 Years English SOVET 45 Master of Philosophy in Commerce MPHILCOM 2 Years 5 Years English SOMS 46 M.Phil in Economics MPHILEC 18 months 4 Years English SOSS 47 Master of Philosophy in Sociology MPHILSO 18 months 4 Years English SOSS 48 Master of Philosophy in Political Science MPHILPS 18 months 4 Years English SOSS 49 Master of Philosophy in Public Administration MPHILPA 18 months 5 Years English SOSS 50 Master of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies MPHILGDS 18 months 7 Years Englsih SOSS 51 Master of Philosophy in Social Work MPHILSW 18 months 18 English SOSW months 52 Master of Philosophy in Translation Studies MPHILTT 18 months 30 English months & Hindi SOTST 53 M.Phil in Distance Education MPHILDE 18 months 4 Years English STRIDE 54 Master of Philosophy in Theatre Arts MPHILTH 19 months 5 Years English SOPVA Academic Programmes offered By the University 85 85

20 Annual Report Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 55 Master of Computer Applications MCA 3 Years 6 Years English SOCIS 56 Master of Science (Dietetics and Food Services Management) MSCDFSM 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 57 Master of Arts (Rural Development) MARD 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 58 Master of Commerce MCOM 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi SOCE SOMS 59 Master of Arts (Tourism Management) MTM 2 Years 4 Years English SOTHSM 60 Master of Arts (English) MEG 2 Years 5 Years English SOH 61 Master of Arts (Hindi) MHD 2 Years 5 Years Hindi SOH 62 Master of Social Work MSW 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi SOSW 63 Master of Social Work (Counselling) MSWC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSW 64 Master of Arts (Philosophy) MAPY 2 Years 5 Years English SOITS 65 Master of Arts (Gandhi and Peace Studies) MGPS 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 66 Master of Arts (Education) MAEDU 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 67 Master of Arts (Economics) MEC 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 68 Master of Arts (History) MAH 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 69 Master of Arts (Political Science) MPS 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 70 Master of Arts (Public Administration) MPA 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi 71 Master of Arts (Sociology) MSO 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi SOSS SOSS SOSS SOSS SOSS SOSS 72 Master of Arts (Psychology) MAPC 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 73 Master of Science in Counseling and Family Therapy MSCCFT 2 Years 5 Years English SOCE 74 MA in Extension & Development Studies MAEDS 2 Years 5 Years English SOEDS 75 Master of Arts in Adult Education MAAE 2 Years 5 Years English SOE 76 Master in Gender & Development Studies MAGD 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi SOGDS 77 Master of Arts (Distance Education) MADE 2 Years 6 Years English STRIDE 78 Masters in Anthropology MAAN 2 Years 5 Years English SOSS 79 M.Sc.(Mathematics with Applications in Computer Science) MSCMACS 2 Years 4 Years English SOS 86 86

21 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 80 Master of Arts(Women s & Gender Studies) MAWGS 2 Years 5 Years English SOGDS 81 Master of Library and Information Science MLIS 1 Year 4 Years English SOSS 82 Master of Education MED 2 Years 4 Years English SOE 83 Master of Business Administration MP 2½ Years 8 Years English SOMS 84 Master of Commerce (in Finance & Taxation) MCOMFT 2 Years 5 Years English & Hindi SOMS 85 Master of Commerce in Business Policy MCOM- 2 Years 5 Years English and Corporate Governance BPCG & Hindi SOMS 86 Master of Commerce in Management MCOM- 2 Years 5 Years English Accounting & Financial Strategies MAFS & Hindi SOMS 87 Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) MPB 2½ Years 8 Years English SOMS 88 Master of Science (Hospitality Administration) MHA 2 Years 4 Years English SOTHSM 89 Master of Arts (Translation Studies) MATS 2 Years 5 Years Hindi SOTST 90 Bachelor of Arts (Tourism Studies) BTS 3 Years 6 Years English SOTHSM & Hindi 91 Bachelor of Computer Applications BCA 3 Years 6 Years English SOCIS 92 Bachelor of Arts BA 3 Years 6 Years English & Hindi 93 Bachelor of Commerce BCOM 3 Years 6 Years English & Hindi 94 Bachelor of Science BSC 3 Years 6 Years English & Hindi 95 Bachelor of Social Work BSW 3 Years 6 Years English & Hindi 96 Bachelor of Library & Information Science BLIS 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi SOSS SOMS SOS SOSW SOSS 97 BBA in Retailing BBARL 3 Years 6 Years English SOMS 98 Bachelor of Science (Hospitality and Hotel Administration BHM 3 Years 6 Years English SOTHSM 99 Bachelor of Education BED 2 Years 4 Years English & Hindi 100 B.Sc.Nursing (Post Basic) BSCN 3 Years 5 Years English SOHS 101 Bachelor of Commerce (with Major in BCOMAF 3 Years 6 Years English Accountancy and Finance) & Hindi SOMS 102 B.Com with Major in Corporate Affairs BCOMCAA 3 Years 6 Years English and Administration & Hindi SOMS 103 B.Com with Major in Financial and BCOMFCA 3 Years 6 Years English Cost Accounting & Hindi SOMS SOE Academic Programmes offered By the University 87 87

22 Annual Report Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 104 Bachelor Preparatory Programme BPP 6 months 2 Years English, Hindi, SOSS Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam & Gujarati 105 Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking PGDLAN 1 Year 4 Years English SOSS 106 Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster PGDDM 1 Year 4 Years English Management & Hindi SOSS 107 Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development PGDRD 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi SOCE 108 Post Graduate Diploma in Translation PGDT 1 Year 4 Years Hindi SOTST 109 Post Graduate Diploma in International PGDIBO 1 Year 3 Years English Business Operations & Hindi SOMS 110 Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development PGDESD 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 111 Post Graduate Diploma in Analytical Chemistry PGDAC 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 112 Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication PGJMC 1 Year 4 Years English SOJNMS 113 Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme PGDAPP 1 Year 4 Years English Production & Hindi SOJNMS 114 Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Technology PGDET 1 Year 3 Years English SOE 115 Post Graduate Diploma in School PGDSLM 1 Year 2 Years English Leadership and Management & Hindi SOE 116 Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management and Administration PGDEMA 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 117 Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education PGDHE 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 118 Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work Among Tribals PGDSWT 1 Year 4 Years English SOSW 119 Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sales Management PGDPSM 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 120 Post Graduate Diploma in Maternal & Child Health PGDMCH 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 121 Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights PGDIPR 1 Year 3 Years English SOL 122 Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice PGDCJ 1 Year 3 Years English SOL 123 Post Graduate Diploma in Extension and Development Studies PGDEDS 1 Year 3 Years English SOEDS 88 88

23 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 124 Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Education PGDAE 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 125 Post Graduate Diploma in Folklore and Culture Studies PGDFCS 1 Year 4 Years English SOITS 126 Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhi and PGDGPS 1 Year 3 Years English SOSS Peace Studies & Hindi 127 Post Graduate Diploma in Women s and Gender Studies PGDWGS 1 Year 3 Years English SOGDS 128 Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Family Theraphy PGDCFT 1 Year 4 Years English SOCE 129 Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Health Management PGDHHM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 130 Post Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine PGDGM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 131 Post Graduate Diploma in HIV Medicine PGDHIVM 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 132 Post Graduate Diploma in Plantation Management PGDPM 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 133 Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing PGDBP 1 Year 4 Years English SOH 134 Post Graduate Diploma in Pre Primary Education PGDPPED 1 Year 4 Years English SOE 135 Post Graduate Diploma in Information Security PGDIS 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 136 Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety & Quality Management PGDFSQM 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 137 Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology PGDCC 2 Years 4 Years English SOHS 138 Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching & PGDTRM 1 Year 4 Years English SOMS Research in Management RC Cochin 139 Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development PGDUPDL 1 Year 3 Years English SOEDS 140 Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics PGDAST 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 141 Diploma in Early Childhood Care DECE 1 Year 4 Years English, SOCE and Education Hindi & Tamil 142 Diploma in Nutrition & Health Education DNHE 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi SOCE 143 Diploma in Tourism Studies DTS 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi SOTHSM 144 Diploma in Aquaculture DAQ 1 Year 3 Years English SOS 145 Diploma in Creative Writing in English DCE 1 Year 4 Years English SOH 146 Diploma in Urdu DUL 1 Year 3 Years Urdu SOH 147 Diploma in HIV and Family Education DAFE 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi SOSW Academic Programmes offered By the University 89 89

24 Annual Report Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 148 Diploma in Women s Empowerment & DWED 1 Year 4 Years English Development & Hindi SOGDS 149 Diploma in BPO Finance & Accounting DBPOFA 1 Year 3 Years English SOVET 150 Diploma in Paralegal Practice DIPP 1 Year 3 Years English & Hindi 151 Diploma in Value Added Products from DVAPFV 1 Year 4 Years English Fruits and Vegetables & Hindi SOA 152 Diploma in Production of Value Added DPVCPO 1 Year 4 Years English Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds & Hindi SOA 153 Diploma in Meat Technology DMT 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi 154 Diploma in Dairy Technology DDT 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi 155 Diploma in Watershed Management DWM 1 Year 4 Years English & Hindi 156 Diploma in Fish Products Technology DFPT 1 Year 4 Years English SOA 157 Diploma in Nursing Administration DNA 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 158 Diploma in Panchayat Level Administration & Development DPLAD 1 Year 4 Years English SOCE 159 Diploma in Critical Care Nursing DCCN 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 160 Diploma in Elementary Education DELED 2 Years 4 Years English, SOE Hindi, Assamees Bengali, Khasi Garo 161 Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management ACPDM 6 months 2 Years English SOET 162 Advanced Certificate in Information Security ACISE 6 months 2 Years English SOVET 163 Post Graduate Certificate in Bangala-Hindi Translation PGCBHT 6 months 2 Years Hindi SOTST 164 P. G. Certificate in Malyalam Hindi Translation PGCMHT 6 months 2 Years Hindi SOTST 165 Post Graduate Certificate in Extension & Development Studies PGCEDS 6 months 2 Years English SOEDS 166 Post Graduate Certificate in Adult Education PGCAE 6 months 2 Years English SOE 167 Post Graduate Certificate in Cyber Law PGCCL 6 months 2 Years English SOL 168 Post Graduate Certificate in Patent Practice PGCPP 6 months 2 Years English SOL 169 Post Graduate Certificate in Gandhiand PGCGPS 6 months 2 Years English Peace Studies & Hindi SOSS SOL SOA SOA SOA 90 90

25 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 170 Post Graduate Certificate in Agriculture Policy PGCAP 6 months 2 Years English SOA 171 Post Graduate Certificate in Information and Assistive Technologies for the Instructors of Visually Impaired PGCIATIVI 6 months 2 Years English SOE 172 Post Graduate Certificate in Geoinformatics PGCGI 6 months 2 Years English SOS 173 Post Doctoral Certificate in Dialysis Medicine PDCDM 1 Year 2 Years English SOHS 174 Certificate in Indigenous Art Practices CIAP 1 Year 3 Years English / Hindi / others SOPVA 175 Certificate in Visual Arts - Painting CVAP 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 176 Certificate in Visual Arts Applied Arts CVAA 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 177 Certificate in Performing Arts Theatre Arts CPATHA 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 178 Certificate in Performing Arts Hindust ani Music CPAHM 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 179 Certificate in Performing Arts Karnatak Music CPAKM 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 180 Certificate in Performing Arts - Bharatnatyam CPABN 1 Year 3 Years English SOPVA 181 Certificate in Arabic Language CAL 6 months 2 Years English/ Arabic 182 Certificate in Disaster Management CDM 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 183 Certificate in Environmental Studies CES 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 184 Certificate in Teaching English CTE 6 months 2 Years English SOH 185 Certificate in Functional English (Basic Level) CFE 6 months 2 Years English SOH 186 Certificate in Urdu Language CUL 6 months 2 Years Bilingual Hindi/ Urdu 187 Certificate in HIV and Family Education CAFE 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi SOFL SOSS SOSS SOH SOSW 188 Certificate in Social Work and Criminal CSWCJS 6 months 2 Years English Justice System & Hindi SOSW 189 Certificate in Health Care Waste Management CHCWM 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi SOHS 190 Certificate in Newborn & Infant Nursing CNIN 6 Months 2 Years English SOHS 191 Certificate in Maternal and Child Health Nursing CMCHN 6 Months 2 Years English SOHS 192 Certificate in Home Based Health Care CHBHC 6 Months 2 Years English & Hindi 193 Certificate in Community Radio CCR 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi SOHS SOJNMS Academic Programmes offered By the University 91 91

26 Annual Report Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 194 Certificate in Tourism Studies CTS 6 months 2 Years English SOTHSM & Hindi 195 Certificate in Food & Nutrition CFN 6 months 2 Years English, SOCE Hindi Assamese, Gujarati, Kannad, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Oriya 196 Certificate in Nutrition and Child Care CNCC 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 197 Certificate in Rural Development CRD 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 198 Certificate in Organic Farming COF 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 199 Certificate in Human Rights CHR 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 200 Certificate in Consumer Protection CCP 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 201 Certificate in Co-operation, Co-operative Law and Business Laws CCLBL 6 months 2 Years English SOL 202 Certificate in Anti Human Trafficking CAHT 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 203 Certificate in International Humanitarian Law CIHL 6 months 2 Years English SOL SOCE SOCE 204 Certificate in Information Technology CIT 6 months 2 Years English SOCIS 205 Certificate in Guidance CIG 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 206 Certificate in Business Skills CBS 6 months 2 Years English SOMS 207 Certificate in Sericulture CIS 6 months 2 Years English SOA 208 Certificate Programme in Laboratory CPLT 6 months 2 Years English Techniques & Hindi SOS 209 Certificate in Teaching of Primary CTPM 6 months 2 Years English School Mathematics & Hindi SOS 210 Certificate in Communication and IT Skills CCITSK 6 months 2 Years English SOVET 211 Certificate Programme in Value Education CPVE 6 months 2 Years English SOEDS SOA SOL SOL SOL SOE 92 92

27 Sl. Name of the Programme Programme Duration in the Medium Name of No. Code years of the Instruc- School Min. Max. tion 212 Certificate in Water Harvesting and CWHM 6 months 2 Years English Management & Hindi SOA 213 Certificate in Poultry Farming CPF 6 months 2 Years English/ SOA Hindi/ Mizo 214 Certificate in Beekeeping CIB 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi 215 Certificate in NGO Management CNM 6 months 2 Years English SOMS 216 Certificate in Energy Technology and Management CETM 6 months 2 Years English SOET 217 Certificate in Elementary Teacher Education CETE 6 months 2 Years English SOE 218 Certificate of Competency in Power Distribution CCPD 6 months 2 Years English & Hindi SOA SOET 219 Awareness Programme on Dairy Farming for Rural Farmers APDF 2 months - Hindi SOA 220 Awareness Programme on Value Added APVPFV 1-1/2 - Hindi & Products from Fruits & Vegetables months English SOA 221 Computer Literacy Programme CLP 1 month - English EDNERU 222 Certificate Programme on Integrated Pest CIPMT 3 months - Bengali SOA Management Technology in Potato Cultivation & English Academic Programmes offered By the University 223 Short Term Training Programme for Farmers _ 2 weeks - Bengali SOA of Betel-Vine & English 224 Appreciation Course on Environment ACE 3 months 1 Year English & Hindi 225 Certificate in Motorcycle Service and Repair CMSR 2 months - English, SOET Hindi Bengali, Tamil & Malaya lam 226 Post Graduate Diploma in Bioethics PGDBE 1 Year 3 Years English SOHS 227 Certificate Programme for Professional CPPDPT 6 months 18 English SOE Development of Primary Teachers months 228 Certificate in French Language CFL 6 months 2 Years English, Hindi & French SOS SOFL 93 93

28 Annual Report Name of the Nodal School/ Unit School of Agriculture Details of Externally Funded Projects Title of the Research Projects l Human Resource Development in Sericulture andancillarydisciplines l Search for proficient antimalarials agents : Design Synthesis and Structural characterization of small molecule inhibitor of malarial aspartic protease Plasmepsin I and Plasmepsin II FundingAgency Appendix 5 Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles Department of Science and Technology; Ministryof Science and Technology School of Social Sciences School of Sciences l Development ofawareness package for self help group l Functionalized Nano antimalarials : Design synthesis and structural aspects of novel aspartic protease Plasmepsin I & Plasmepsin II l IGNOU-APEDA Development of Agricultural Exports Related Educational Programmes l Training Module on Food Safety and Hygiene for Housewives l CapacityBuildingDiplomaTraining Programme Under Common Guidelines 2008 For Watershed Development Projects l Assessment of Human Well-being in India:Amulti-dimension approach l The Post Liberalization Rural Transformation :Astudy of Rural Society of Bihar l Geochemistry, petro genesis and Isotopic studies of Mafic Dykes from Sonbhadra district,sonvalley:implicationtoevolution of Sub-continental Lithosphere in Central India Ministryof Rural Development Department of Science and Technology; Ministryof Science and Technology Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Food Safety and Standards Authorityof India Department of Land Resources, Ministryof Rural Development Indian Council of Social Science Research Indian Council of Social Science Research Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 94 94

29 Name of the Nodal School/ Unit School of Sciences Title of the Research Projects l Desertification status mapping of India l Geological, Petrological, Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of Deonar Porcellanite (Semri Group) of Vindhyan Basin in parts of Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli districts, Madhya Pradesh to assess their potential for hostinguranium mineralization l Role ofadiponectin and Uncoupling protein in diabetic heart in rats: Molecular and Stemic Mechanisms FundingAgency SpaceApplications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation Department ofatomic Energy, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences Department of Science and Technology; Ministry of Science and Technology Details of Externally Funded Projects l Diversity, Evolution and Palaeo biogeography of the Cretaceous vertebrates from the Deccan Volcanic Province, Jaisalmer and Barmer Basins, Western India Department of Science and Technology; Ministryof Science and Technology l Educational Status of Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand-Bihar: Attainments and Challenges Indian Council of Social Science Research l Free Radical Mediated Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Chronic Heart Failure: Molecular and Systemic Mechanisms Indian Council of Medical Research l Integrated Geospatial Information Technologies for Water Resources Management: A Case Study of Thatipudi Watershed, Eastern Ghat Terrain,Andhra Pradesh Department of Science and Technology; Ministryof Science and Technology School of Education l State Open Universities in India: An Evaluation Indian Council of Social Science Research School of Extension and Development Studies l Integrated Contract Broiler Farming: An Evaluation Case Study in India United States Agency for International Development 95 95

30 Annual Report Appendix 6 Conferences/Workshops/Panel Discussions/Lectures/Seminars Organised by IGNOU Name of School/Unit UniversityLevel Theme, Venue and Date 4 th Conference of Vice-Chancellor(s) of Open Universities on 26 th June, th G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof.Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning on the topic Open Universities in the time of MOOCS ; on 2 nd July, 2014 Hon ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukharjee addressed the Central Universities on 5 th August, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas to mark 139 th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel on 31 st October, th Foundation Dayof the University was celebrated with lecture delivered by Prof.Yogendra Singh, Prof. Emertius, JNU on the topic Challenges of Social Change in Contemporary India ; on 19 th November, National Education Daycelebrated to mark 126 th BirthAnniversary of MaulanaAbul KalamAzad on 11 th November, Electronic Media Four daytraining programme on Operating High Definition (HD) Production Centre Camera; on th August, School of Gender and Development Studies School of Journalism & New Media Studies Lecture by Dr. Frank Rollier on the topic Lacan and Feminine Sexuality : A Clinical Approach International Women s Day celebrated with discussion on the topic Women and Changing Masculinity in India ; on 9th March, 2015 Following Lectures and Discussions were organized bythe School: a) Vallabh Bhai Patel: an Icon of Unity and Security ; on 31 st October, 2014 b) Relevance of Jawaharlal Nehru in the Present Times ; on 14 th November, 2014 c) Issues related with Albinism ; on 14 th November, 2014 d) Contribution of Swami Vivekanand ; on 13 th January, 2015 e) Life and Teachings of Lal Bahadur Shastri ; on 13 th January, 2015 World Radio Day celebrated on 13 th February,

31 Name of School/Unit Theme, Venue and Date School of Social Sciences World Mental Health Day celebrated on 10 th October, 2014 Lecture by Dr. Pulkit Sharma on the topic Mindfulness: Power of our Mind ; on 29 th September, 2014 Lecture by Dr.Avdesh Sharma on the topic Mental Health in the Elderly Issues and Concerns ; on 1 st October, Seminar on the topic Issue related to Mental Health ; on 10 th October, Workshop on the topic Understanding and Managing Stress ; on 9 October, Lecture by Prof Subhadra Channa on the topic Sufism as an alternative mode of Ritual Expression for the Marginalized Hindus ; on 30 th October, 2014 Lecture byprofvinaykumar Srivastava on the topic Anthropology of Qawwali Tradition ; on 26 th March 2015 School of Sciences National Science Day celebrated on 27 th February, 2015 Panel Discussion on the topic Women in/and Mathematics ; on 10 th March, Following MonthlySeminars were organised bythe School : a) Dr. Neeti, Deptt. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Boston University on the topic Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Environmental Processes: A Journey with Earth Observation Time Series ; on 3 rd June, b) Dr.Abdul Kareem,Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, IGNOU on the topic Homology Modelling and Molecular Docking: As Tools for Drug Discovery ; on 25 th August, c) Dr. S.K. Prasad, Director (I/c), NCDS,Dr. S.K. Mishra, Dr. Hemlata and Ms. Anuradha in the Sign Language Panel discussion on the topic Sensitization on Disability Issues ; on 25 th September, d) Dr. Kamalika Banerjee,Associate Professor in Chemistry, IGNOU on the topic The Sweet Side of Chemistry-Candy ; on 27 th October, e) Dr. Benidhar Deshmukh,Associate Professor in Geology, IGNOU on the topic Applications of Geoinformatics ; on 28 th November, f) Dr. L.S. Rathore, Director General, India Meteorological Department on the topic Extreme Weather Events ; on 16 th January, g) Prof. A.K. Bhatnagar, UGC Emeritus Professor, IGNOU on the topic Are we humans disturbing the private life of plants? The case of plant-pollinator relationships going awry! ; on 27 th March, Conferences/Workshops/Panel Discussions/ Lectures/Seminars Organized by IGNOU 97 97