MINUTES

of the

THIRTY-SECOND MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

November 13, 2004 INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE THRITY – SECOND MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2004 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The list of members present and those who could not attend the meeting is given in Appendix-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 32nd Meeting to the Academic Council. The Chairman also placed on record Council’s appreciation for the academic contributions made by the following retiring members: (1) Prof. Kapil Kumar (2) Prof. P.N.Pandit (3) Prof. S.P.Narang (4) Prof. A.S.Narang (5) Prof. A.S.Kolaskar (6) Prof. A.N.Maheshwari (7) Prof. P.Rama Rao (8) Prof. Ashok Misra (9) Prof. (Mrs.) Rupa B.Shah (10) Prof. S.K.Joshi (11) Sh. Uday Kumar Verma (12) Prof. S.V.S. Choudhary (13) Prof. S.B.Ghosh (14) Prof. D.P.Singh (15) Prof. Kuldeep Mathur (16) Prof. Tej Pratap He specially welcomed the following new members of the Academic Council and emphasized that he looks forward to their co-operation and valuable contribution to the deliberations in the meetings of the Academic Council: (1) Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH (2) Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE (3) Prof. Pradeep Sahni, Director, SOSS and Registrar, SRE (4) Prof. Uma Kanjijal, Librarian (I/C) (5) Sh. V.K.Arora, Director, EMPC (6) Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD, Member-Secretary

Before taking the Agenda items, the Chairman greeted all for Deepawali and Id. He then observed that dynamism of ODL system is inherent in its flexibility and adaptability to change. In this context continuous revision/up-gradation of course materials was a pre-requisite. To promote good practices, the Academic Council and the Board of Management had directed that (i) programmes approved by Academic Council must be put on offer within 2-3 years failing which the process of approval of curriculum should be re-initiated and (ii) the print material developed prior to 1998 be revised. The former was procedural but required cooperation and acceptability, the latter involved colossal effort. But he was happy to note compliance of (i) above, considerable progress has also been made in revision of courses. He informed members that seven programmes have already been fully revised and another ten are under revision. In addition, forty-nine courses have been revised and sixty-nine courses are under revision. Moreover, thirty-nine new courses have been added. In the past three years, twenty nine new programmes mostly at Masters’ level, have been added and 8-10 programmes shall be launched by July, 2005. The Chairman congratulated the faculty, Directors of Schools and the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S.C.Garg for taking the revision of programmes/courses developed prior to 1998 with missionary zeal. He desired that creation of software for EduSat, a national resource for taking education to the remotest and most isolated should also be taken up in the same spirit. He also informed members that IGNOU is in its twentieth year. To celebrate the success, it has been proposed to honour leading academics and officers of past and present apart from organizing a few National and International workshops/conferences.

While assuring complete support on behalf of the University community, Prof. S.C.Garg congratulated the Chairman for bringing laurels to the University in different forms and formats from time to time which essentially reflect the support he enjoys in the University. Prof. Garg highlighted his role and responsibility as National Chair, for coordinating utilization of EduSat and bringing with it a regional hub and creation of 100 video conferencing centres of which fifty shall be made available for free by ISRO. The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor to present the items of the agenda formally

ITEM NO.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 31ST MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 20.2.2004 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN.

AC 32.1.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S.C.Garg read out the comments on the Minutes of the 31st Meeting of the Academic Council held on 20.2.2004 received from two of its members.

AC 32.1.2 It was agreed by the Council that the word “undergraduate” may be added in the resolution No. 31.10.2 in second line of the resolution between the words “The” and “Certificate”. Revised resolution shall be read as follows: “The Council decided that the BPP qualified students may be allowed admissions to all the Undergraduate Certificate Programmes of the University”.

AC 32.1.3 The Council considered the comments on Item no. 3, 4, 8, and 12 respectively received from one of the members. Regarding Item no. 3, it was informed by the PVC that the University has constituted a Committee to look into the matter relating to Project Courses across disciplines and Schools of Studies and it was assured that due care will be taken by the University in the case of Project Course in M.A. Economics Programme. In respect of entrance test on 15th January, 2004 and launching of the Programme on 15th February, 2004, it was clarified that the Programme was developed in Project mode in collaboration with the CIDC to cater to the customized needs of Indian Army and to meet the target dates, action was taken with due approval of the Vice-Chancellor. Regarding Item no. 8, it was clarified that the faculty of School of Continuing Education revised the DPR Phase-3 Form according to the suggestions made by the Academic Council. The revised Phase-3 Form has been approved by the ACSC at its 11th Meeting and the same is now placed before the Academic Council at Item no. 4. Regarding Item no. 12, the omission mentioned in the comments was regretted and it was assured that due care will be taken in future while recording the Minutes.

AC 32.1.4 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of the 31st Meeting of the Academic Council held on 20.2.2004 with above observations and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO.2 TO CO-OPT MEMBERS TO THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL UNDER STATUTES 9 (1) (Viii).

AC 32.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC informed that there had been a practice of

Members of the Academic Council forwarding names for consideration of the Chairman and the Chairman then nominating the Members. The Pro Vice-Chancellor requested the Members of the Academic Council to suggest the names of the persons to be co-opted under Statutes 9 (1) (viii) by the Academic Council for their special knowledge including the representatives of employers organizations, industries, trade and commerce, academic and professional organization, communication field etc. within a period of one week to the Chairman.

AC 32.2.2 The members agreed to the suggestion and assured that the names will be sent to the Chairman within the stipulated time. The Chairman was authorized to nominate members.

ITEM NO.3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 10TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’s STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 20.5.2004.

AC 32.3.1 The Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. S.C.Garg explained the details of the items considered and the recommendations made by the Standing Committee of the Academic Council at its 10th Meeting held on 20.5.2004. He highlighted the decisions of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee as given below: (1) Phase Zero Form for revised MCA Programme and the

revision of three courses namely ET-101B, ET-105A and ET-508A of BTCM and BTWRE Programmes.

(2) Phase-3 Forms for Certificate Programmes on: (i) Food Safety (On-line), (ii) Shoe Upper-Cutting, (iii) Shoe Upper-Stitching, (iv) Shoe Lasting and Finishing for IGNOU- FDDI Project, (v) Health Care Waste Management, (vi) Diploma in Nautical Science; and (vii) PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights (3) Revision of Eligibility Criteria for revised MCA Programme (4) Removal of Entrance Test for BIT/ADIT Programmes and to change from trimester to semester system. (5) Making Examination/ Evaluation system

friendlier to visually impaired learners. (6) Withdrawal of Assignment Component from Certificate Programmes of six months’ duration (7) Revision of fee structure and maximum duration of Master’s Degree Programmes.

AC 32.3.2 Prof. Aslam pointed out that he had sent his observations on Item No.

23 before circulation of the Minutes, but the same did not find a place in the Minutes of the 10th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee.

AC 32.3.3 The Chairman clarified that the Minutes were the record of decisions of the Meeting. The observations sent after the meeting could not be incorporated in the Minutes. However, the observations of the Member were placed before the Committee at the time of confirmation of the Minutes at the 11th Meeting of the ACSC.

AC 32.3.4 The Pro Vice-Chancellor assured the Members that while permitting flexibility, no statutory authority of the University will be by-passed.

AC 32.3.5 The Academic Council approved the Minutes of the 10th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee held on 20.5.2004.

ITEM NO.4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 11TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’s STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 19.10.2004.

AC 32.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained in detail the highlights of the 11th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee held on 19.10.2004. The main items considered by the Standing Committee were:

(1) Phase Zero Forms for (i) Non-credit course on Gandhi and the Contemporary World for BDP students (ii) Elective Course on Elements of Biotechnology for the B.Sc. Programme, (iii) Elective Course on European Union in World Affairs (MPSE-14) for M.A. Pol. Sc. Programme, (iv) An Application-Oriented Course on Environmental Chemistry for the B.Sc. Programme; and (v) EHD-1 course.

(2) Proposal relating to offer of a non-credit course on Environment for

BDP students. (3) Phase-3 Forms for (i) Certificate in Craft and Design (Pottery), (ii)

B.Sc. (Hons) Programme in Ophthalmic Techniques, (iii) Diploma in Architecture (For Army Personnel), (iv) Advanced Diploma in

Computer Integrated Manufacturing, (v) M.A. Rural Development, (vi) M.Sc. (Mathematics with Applications); and (vii) Diploma in Civil Engineering (General candidates).

(4) Recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Credit Transfer in

respect of Modular/Upgraded Programmes. (5) Payment Norms for Re-admission and Modification in conduct of

TEE (P) for PG Diploma in Geriatric Medicine Programme.

(6) Proposal relating to Admission, Delivery, Evaluation, Project and Duration of MCA (Revised) and BCA (Revised) Programmes.

(7) Declaration of Results in Certificate Programmes where Assignment

Component has been withdrawn.

(8) Nomenclature/Specification of Degrees to be as per UGC guidelines.

(9) Proposal relating to Revalidation of Registration.

(10) For Entry to B.Sc. Hospitality and Hotel Administration, NCHMCT Diploma Holders will be required to do 48 credits.

AC 32.4.2 One of the Members pointed out that ACSC had approved offer of only first two blocks of the proposed Appreciation Course on Environment as a non-credit course to all the BDP students.

AC 32.4.3 The Academic Council decided that course coordinators be advised to present the material in two blocks, while ensuring continuity.

AC 32.4.4. In respect of B.Sc. (Hons) Ophthalmic Science Programme, members desired that concrete information about audio/video programmes be provided.

AC 32.4.5 It was clarified that the programme is proposed to be launched at selected Federation of Ophthalmic Research and Education Centres (FOREC) all over the country and SIMs will be developed simultaneously for use of students of subsequent batches.

AC 32.4.6 During the discussion, the Vice-Chancellor highlighted that preserving the dynamism of distance education is extremely important for meeting the national goal of increasing excess to higher education to every eligible individual and enable him/her to contribute to national development. The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that various Phase Forms were being revisited and revised under the

guidance of APC. The Vice-Chancellor requested the Director, SOHS to make a power point presentation on the programmes of his school in the next meeting of Academic Council.

AC 32.4.7 The Academic Council approved the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee held on 19.10.2004.

ITEM NO.5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE ON RESEARCH DEGREE PROGRAMMES.

AC 32.5.1 The proposal was considered by the Council. Prof. B.S. Saraswat, Director, Academic Coordination and Member-Secretary explained the rationale of amendments in various clauses of the Ordinance to the Members. He informed that the amendments have been proposed to accommodate programmes such as Integrated Doctoral Programme in Physics and Mathematics offered in collaboration with HRI, Allahabad, after due approval of the Academic Council.

AC 32.5.2 The Academic Council approved the proposed amendments to the Ordinance on Research Degree Programmes as given in Appendix-2.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR CONFERMENT OF D.LIT. AND D.SC. HONORIS CAUSA DEGREES

AC 32.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC explained that as per the provisions of Section 5 (iv) of the Act of the University, the University may confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down by the Statutes. The Statute 22 on Conferment of Honorary Degrees envisages that “All proposals for the conferment of honorary degrees shall be initiated by the Vice-Chancellor who, after consultation with the Academic Council and the Board of Management, shall submit the same to the Visitor for confirmation”.

AC 32.6.2 The Vice-Chancellor invited the proposals for conferment of D.Lit. and D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) from the Directors of Schools and the Members of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its meeting held on 19.10.2004. A Committee appointed by the Vice-Chancellor considered the names received from the Members. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the Vice-Chancellor has proposed the names of His Excellency UN Goodwill Ambassador Shri Madanjeet Singh and Dr. Kamil Idris, Chairman, WIPO for conferment of D.Lit (Honoris Causa) and Sh. Madhavan Nair, Chairperson, ISRO for D.Sc. (Honoris Causa).

AC 32.6.3 One of the Members suggested that in future Members of the Academic

Council may also like to suggest some names.

AC 32.6.4 The Academic Council approved the proposal made by the Vice-Chancellor in resolution no. 32.6.2 and further authorized him to take up the matter with the Board of Management and the Visitor of the University for approval.

ITEM NO.7 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE AMENDMENT TO STATUE 9 (A) DECLARING RESEARCH COUNCIL AS AN AUTHORITY OF THE UNIVERSITY UNDER SECTION 16 OF THE IGNOU ACT.

AC 32.7.1 Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Member-Secretary explained in detail the rationale for declaring Research Council as an Authority of the University under Section 16 of the IGNOU Act.

AC 32.7.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal for declaring the Research Council as an Authority of the University under Section 16 of the IGNOU Act by adding a new Sub-Clause (aa) after proviso to Sub-Clause (a) of Statute 9(A). A statement showing the existing provision, proposed amendment and provision after amendment of Statute 9(A) is placed at Appendix-3.

ITEM NO.8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF APPLICATION ORIETNED COUSE IN TRANSLATION (ATR-1).

AC 32.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC apprised the Members about the Phase Zero Form for revision of existing Application Oriented Course in Translation (ATR-1) for BDP students of the University received from the School of Humanities.

AC 32.8.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for revision of Application Oriented Course in Translation (ATR-1), with the suggestion that time schedule proposed by the faculty may be monitored by the Director of the School.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF ENGLISH ELECTIVE COURSE EEG-08 – READING THE NOVEL.

AC 32.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC informed the Members that the School of Humanities had submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of existing English Elective Course- EEG-08 for BDP students of the University.

AC 32.9.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for revision of English Elective Course EEG-08: Reading the Novel.

ITEM NO. 10 TO CONSIDER AND APPORVE INCREASE IN FEES.

AC 32.10.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Members that the Finance

Committee at its last meeting held on 11th November, 2004 observed that the fees collected by the University is less than the expenditure incurred by it and annual fee raise of 10% was approved for all the programmes from the next academic session. However, Finance Committee has desired that a detailed analysis on costing be undertaken.

AC 32.10.2 The Members of the Council suggested that the University should study effectiveness of Student Support Services and strengthen them further. Members desired that a Committee may be constituted for reviewing the fee structure of the University and suggest measures to make the programmes of the University more cost effective and self sustainable. Some of the low enrollment programmes/learner centres (SC/PSCs/WCs) could be phased out.

AC 32.10.3 The Academic Council approved the proposal to increase fees upto 10% for all programmes from the next academic session and authorized the Chairman to constitute a Committee for reviewing the fee structure and invite proposals for effectiveness studies on Student Support Services.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(H.P.Dikshit) Chairman

Appendix-1 (To Item No.1)

List of Members who attended /could not attend the 32nd Meeting of the Academic Council held on November 13, 2004. Members who attended the Meeting:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman

2. Prof. S.C.Garg

3. Prof. J.M.Parakh

4. Prof. Pardeep Sahni

5. Prof. M.C.Sharma

6. Prof. S.S.Hasan

7. Prof. G.Thomas

8. Prof. Parvin Sinclair

9. Prof. A.K.Agarwal

10. Dr. Subhasis Maji

11. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik

12. Prof. M.Aslam

13. Sh. Akshay Kumar

14. Dr. Anju S.Gupta

15. Mrs. Poonam Bhushan

16. Sh. Saugato Sen

17. Prof. Uma Kanjilal

18. Sh. V.K.Arora

19. Dr. Sanjeev Pandey

20. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Members who could not attend:

1. Prof. B.B.Khanna

2. Dr. D.K.Choudhry

3. Dr. Neelam Chaudhary

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was

present to assist the Member-Secretary.

MINUTES of the

THIRTY-THIRD MEETING of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL held on

July 5, 2005

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE THRITY – THIRD MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON JULY 5TH, 2005 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The list of members present and those who could not attend the meeting is given in Appendix-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the Members to the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Council. The Chairman also placed on record Council’s appreciation for the academic contributions made by the following retiring members:

1. Dr. Ruchika Kuba

2. Sh. V.K.Arora

He specially welcomed the following new members of the Academic Council and emphasized that he looks forward for their co-operation and valuable contribution to the deliberations in the meetings of the Academic Council:

1. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana

2. Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon

3. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur

4. Prof. Shardindu

5. Prof. J.S.Yadav

6. Prof. P.K.Jain

7. Prof. J.Ramachandran

8. Sh. D.Moitra

9. Prof. S.Asghar Wajahat

10. Sh. G.S.Sahni

11. Dr. Ved Goel

12. Dr. C.K.Ghosh

13. Mrs. Rita Sarkar

The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor to present the agenda:

ITEM NO.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 32nd MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 13.11.2004 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN.

AC 33.1.1 Before the agenda was taken up for discussion, the Member-Secretary, Prof. B.S.Saraswat informed that the comments received from one of the members on Resolution no. 31.6.2 of the Minutes of the 31st Meeting of the Academic Council held on 20.2.2004 were placed before the Academic Council at its 32nd Meeting but the same were not reflected in the Minutes of the 32nd Meeting. The Member-Secretary regretted the omission. He read out the comments and proposed that the same may be taken on record: “The Chairperson suggested that the Standing Committee of the Academic Council be given authority to approve the award of all degrees/diplomas at the Convocation henceforth, so that an Academic Council’s meeting need not be called for this purpose. The Council approved this recommendation”.

AC 33.1.2 The Academic Council adopted the proposal. The Resolution 31.6.2 after modification will read as follows: “31.6.2: The Academic Council resolved that the Standing Committee of the Academic Council be given authority to approve the award of all degrees/diplomas at the Convocation, henceforth, so that an Academic Council’s Meeting need not be called for this purpose. The Academic Council further approved the proposals for (i) the award of the degrees and diplomas etc. to the 74,603 students at the 15th Convocation of the University and (ii) award of Gold Medals to the eligible students under different programmes, and noted the decision of award of the Degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) to (i) His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain and (ii) Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw”.

AC 33.1.3 The Academic Council considered the comments of Prof. M.Aslam on Item No. 1,3,4,5,6, and 10 of the Minutes of the 32nd Meeting which were circulated to all the members. Member-Secretary informed that in respect of Item No 3 of AC 32.1.3, the Committee constituted by the University had held four meetings and its final recommendations shall be placed before the Academic Council for decision. The Academic Council noted that Prof. M.Aslam did not express his dissent during the proceedings of the 32nd Meeting. However, in view of his insistence, the Academic Council decided as follows: “Dr. Aslam disagreed with the decisions on Item No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 of the 32nd Meeting”.

AC 33.1.4 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of the 32nd Meeting of the Academic Council held on 13.11.2004 with the above observations and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 2 TO REPORT THE 16TH ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HELD ON 5TH MARCH, 2005.

AC 33.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 16th Annual Convocation of the University was held on 5.3.2005. His Excellency, the President of India, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation Address. Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva and Shri G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Space Commission, Secretary, Government of India, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) were conferred the degrees of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), and Doctor of Science (honoris causa), respectively. A total of 71, 299 students of IGNOU including a Ph.D. and 43 gold medalists were awarded degrees, diplomas and certificates at this Convocation. For the first time, a student of IGNOU was awarded a Ph.D. degree. Best Researcher and Best Services Awards were also presented. The Convocation was held simultaneously at the Headquarters and 22 Regional Centres of IGNOU through teleconferencing mode. A large number of students and distinguished guests from different institutions attended the Convocation at the Headquarters and at

various Regional Centers.

AC 33.2.2 The Academic Council appreciated the conduct of the 16th Annual Convocation of the University on 5th March, 2005.

ITEM NO. 3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 12TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 21.2.2005.

AC 33.3.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 12th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 21.2.2005. The major issues considered by the Standing Committee were the revision of existing courses developed prior to 1998 which includes FEG-01: Foundation Course in English-1, FEG-02: Foundation Course in English-2, Application-oriented Course in Radio Lekhan [AWR (H)-1], Application-oriented Course in Feature Writing [AFW (H)-1], for Bachelor’s Degree Programme students, Phase Zero Forms for New Electives MEG-10: English Studies in India and MEG-12: A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature for M.A. (English). The Committee also considered and approved the Minutes of the Equivalence Committee held on 8.12.2004, Amendment in General Reservation Policy for admission to programmes requiring working experience, inter-change of courses of 5th & 6th semester for Diploma in Civil Engineering and Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, withdrawal of Diploma Course in Creative Writing in Hindi, Guidelines for BCA/MCA Project Courses, Change of Nomenclature of PGDAPP to PGDRPPM, Linear Movement for MCA students, Award of Ph.D. Degree, Relaxation of validity period of registration upon withdrawal of assignments in Certificate Programmes, Eligibility for admission to Management Programme, Change of Cycles for CTPM programme and award of MBA degree to students of Direct Entry Scheme, Format of Ph.D. Degree and proposal for permitting students to appear in TEE after six months instead of after the minimum duration.

AC 33.3.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes (Appendix-2) (without appendices) of the 12th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 21.2.2005.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE

13TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 4.3.2005.

AC 33.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the 13th (Emergent) Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 4.3.2005. The (Emergent) Meeting was called on receipt of a note by the Vice-Chancellor that the provisions of Ordinance on Conduct of Examinations and Evaluation of Students’ Performance is being violated in declaration of results of PGDDE and MADE. He requested Registrar, SRE to present the details of the matter.

AC 33.4.2 Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE informed that the Diploma in Distance Education (DDE), Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (PGDDE) and Master of Arts in Distance Education (MADE) were launched in the years 1987 and 1993, respectively. In order to complete the Programme successfully, a student was required to secure a minimum of ‘D’ grade in Assignments, ‘D’ grade in term-end examinations (TEE) and an overall ‘C’ grade. This methodology continued till 1994. However, in its 11th Meeting held on 11.7.1994 the Academic Council decided that a student must secure a minimum of ‘D’ grade in Assignments and ‘C’ grade in TEE to successfully complete a course. Also, in order to complete the Programme, a student must pass each course in the programme. However, there was either no stipulation for overall grade, or missed inadvertently while recording the minutes. The revised methodology however could not be implemented in the SR&ED. And the students who secured ‘D’ grade in the TEE but an overall ‘C’ grade have been declared successful in PGDDE as well as in MADE. So far Diplomas//Degrees have been awarded to 229 students of PGDDE and 29 students of MADE, who were given admission from 1995 onwards and secured ‘D’ grade in the TEE.

AC 33.4.3

Prof. Garg informed that the Academic Council's Standing Committee deliberated on the matter and expressed deep concern. It recommended that responsibility be fixed on the official(s) who failed to incorporate the decision of the Academic Council taken on 11.7.1994. However, in view of the legal complications in cancellation of diplomas/degrees already awarded, the Academic Council’s Standing Committee decided that in accordance with the principle of Natural Justice, the award of diplomas/degrees awarded as per un-revised methodology be noted and reported to the Academic Council. It advised the Registrar, SR&ED to incorporate the revised

methodology of PGDDE and MADE immediately and implement the same for the students who have been admitted from January, 2004 onwards with the addition that an overall ‘C’ grade would be required for successful completion of each course. It also decided that the methodology of evaluation being applied by SR&ED for all the programmes be circulated to the respective Schools for confirmation and authentication. The Standing Committee of Academic Council recommended that Ordinance incorporating ‘D’ grade in assignment, ‘C’ grade in TEE and ‘C’ grade in overall be placed before the Academic Council for its consideration and decision.

AC 33.4.4 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 13th Meeting (Emergent) (placed at Appendix-3) of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 4.3.2005.

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 14TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 29.4.2005.

AC 33.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 14th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 29.4.2005. The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the course curriculum of elective courses of M.A. (Sociology), PG Diploma in Community Cardiology and Diploma in Value Added Products from Horticulture (Fruits & Vegetables), minor changes in course structure of MHI-01 and MHI-05. The Committee also recommended withdrawal of BIT and ADIT Programmes in view of the expiry of MoU with Ed-excel, U.K, PG Certificate Rural Surgery and the PPC course from BCA and MCA programmes. The evaluation scheme for Engineering Programmes, providing options for alternative courses and credit transfer to students to complete the programme was also approved. The Academic Council's Standing Committee also approved the cancellation/ modification of degrees awarded to MCA students inadvertently in 16th Convocation.

AC 33.5.2 One of the Members desired to know the background of PG Diploma in Community Cardiology being developed by the University. The Chairman asked Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS to explain the same. Prof. Agarwal informed the Members that this programme is being developed in

collaboration with Narayan Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore and eminent cardiologists like Dr. Devi.Shetty, Dr. Naresh Trehan, Dr. Khaliullah, Dr. Kasliwal, Dr. G. Vijayraghavan, Dr. Gandhi, and Dr. Narasimham are involved in developing course materials. The programme is aimed at General Physicians posted in rural and remote areas to take care of cardiac problems in the populace.

AC 33.5.3 One of the members also suggested that a course on Rural Sociology may be included in the curriculum of M.A. Sociology. The Chairman also explained that the Diploma in Value Added Products from Horticulture (Fruits and Vegetables) is being developed in project mode for meeting the customised requirements of Ministry of Food Processing.

AC 33.5.4 The Academic Council approved the Minutes of the 14th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 29.4.2005 (placed at Appendix-4) (without Appendices) with the direction that School of Social Sciences should consider the suggestion of adding a course on Rural Sociology in the curriculum of M.A. Sociology and process it through approved guidelines.

TABLED ITEMS ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE

15TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 29.06.2005.

AC 33.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the 15th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 29.6.2005. The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved Phase Zero Form for new elective courses for MPSE-012: State and Society in Australia and MPSE-013: Australia’s Foreign Policy. The Standing Committee also considered and approved Phase Zero Forms for minor reorganization of MSO-002: Research Methodologies and Methods, and revision of EHD-05: Aadunik Bhartiya Sahitya: Navjagran Aur Rashtriya Andolan, MHD-2: Adhunik Hindi Kavya and EEG-7: Understanding Drama. The Committee considered the eligibility conditions for admission to Master of Science in Dietetics and Food Service Management (M.Sc.DFSM) and Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Copyediting and Proofreading and recommended

that Certificate in Food and Nutrition (CFN) and Certificate in Nutrition and Child Care (CNCC) be pursued concurrently in M.ScDFSM by those who do not have the required background and that English need not be a compulsory course at graduate level for admission in PG Certificate in Copyediting and Proofreading. Credit Transfer Policy for CEMBA/CEMPA programmes and change in Nomenclature of Degrees in Civil Engineering were considered and approved. However, inclusion of Diploma awarded by College of Military Engineering (CME), Pune as an entry qualification for admission to the B.Tech programmes, was referred back to the Equivalence Committee. The recommendations on use of limited number of PG courses developed for other programmes as electives for PG Degree/Diploma programmes in allied disciplines in School of Social Sciences were considered. The Evaluation Methodology for B.Sc. (Nautical Science), and M.A. English 2001 batch students, and permission to allow MEG-01 as compulsory course instead of as an additional course for the students of 2001 and 2002 batches of the programme were also approved.

AC 33.6.2 The Academic Council approved the Minutes of the 15th Meeting (placed at Appendix-5) (without appendices) of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 29.6.2005.

ITEM NO. 7 TO REPORT THE APPROVAL OF THE VISITOR ON AMENDMENT OF STATUTE 10A-ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO NEW SCHOOLS OF STUDIES VIZ. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND SCHOOL OF LAW.

AC 33.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Academic Council that the Board of Management at its 74th Meeting held on 28.2.2003 approved the establishment of two new Schools of Studies namely School of Agriculture and School of Law and also amendments/additions in clause (1) of Statute 10-A: Schools of Studies. The Ministry of HRD vide their letter no. 5-23/2003-Desk (U) (A) dated 4th February, 2005 have conveyed the Visitor’s approval for the same. Accordingly, both the Schools have been established.

AC 33.7.2 The Academic Council noted the same for record.

ITEM No. 8 TO CONSIDER AND APPORVE THE CONDITION FOR RE-REGISTRATION TO THE 3rd YEAR OF BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA).

AC 33.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the students

without Mathematics as a distinct subject at 10 + 2 level were required to register for both MTE-03 and CIC in the first semester of BCA and successfully complete the same before registering in 3rd semester of the BCA programme. Consequent upon implementation of annual registration instead of semester wise registration and for operational reasons, it is proposed that the condition of completion of MTE-03 and CIC before registering in 3rd semester be changed to 3rd year of BCA instead. The revised condition will be: “The students would have to successfully complete MTE-03 and CIC before registering in 3rd year of BCA”.

AC 33.8.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal.

The Chairman’s concluding Observations: In the last meeting, we had briefly mentioned about new possibilities and capabilities for effective and interactive Edusat supported networks which will greatly benefit our system. The Chairman was pleased to report that the progress in this project was very satisfactory and more than 80 locations had already become functional with two way video and two way audio interactive connectivity. The Chairman also drew the attention of the Members to DEP-SSA Project for teacher training which the University had successfully implemented with financial support from the MHRD. The Chairman was pleased to mention that recently MHRD-ISRO have jointly agreed to support the major initiatives of IGNOU in reaching out to 850 schools through Edusat supported network for education. The District of Sidhi in MP, Sonbhadra in UP, Koria in Chhattisgarh and one adjoining district in Bihar had been identified for teacher training and training of students. The Chairman expected that such a network could also be extensively used for several other programmes of IGNOU. The Academic Council appreciated these proactive initiatives taken by the University.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(H.P.Dikshit) Chairman

Appendix-1

List of Members who attended /could not attend the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Council held on July 5, 2005 Members who attended the Meeting:

21. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 22. Prof. S.C.Garg 23. Prof. J.S.Yadav 24. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana 25. Dr. Shardindu 26. Prof. Asghar Wajahat 27. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur 28. Prof. A.K.Agarwal 29. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik 30. Prof. S.S.Hasan 31. Prof. Parvin Sinclair 32. Prof. J.M.Parakh 33. Prof. M.C.Sharma 34. Prof. B.B.Khanna 35. Prof. M.Aslam 36. Prof. Uma Kanjilal 37. Dr. Subhasis Maji 38. Sh. Akshay Kumar 39. Dr. Anju S.Gupta 40. Mrs. Poonam Bhushan 41. Sh. Saugato Sen 42. Mrs. Rita Sarkar 43. Dr. C.K.Ghosh 44. Dr. Ved Goel 45. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra 46. Dr. Sanjeev Pande 47. Dr. Neelam Chaudhary 48. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Members who could not attend:

4. Prof. Pardeep Sahni 5. Prof. Gracious Thomas 6. Prof. J.Ramachandran 7. Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon 8. Prof. P.K.Jain 9. Sh. G.S.Sahni 10. Sh. D.Moitra

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

Appendix-2 (To Resolution No.33.3.2)

I.G.N.O.U

MINUTES OF THE 12TH MEEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 2005, AT 3.30 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS - Member 4. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS - Member 5. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOCE - Member 6. Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 7. Prof Uma Kanjilal, Professor, SOSS - Member 8. Dr. Anju S. Gupta, Reader, SOH - Member 9. Sh. Saugato Sen,Lecturer (Sel.Scale),SOSS - Member 10. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE attended the meeting as a Special Invitee. Prof. B.B.Khanna, Mr. V.K.Arora, Director, EMPC and Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD could not attend the meeting.

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

At the outset, the Vice-chancellor welcomed the members of the Committee and requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to present the agenda items.

The following agenda items were taken up: ITEM NO. 12.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 11TH MEETING

OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON OCTOBER 19, 2004.

ACSC 12.1.1 The Standing Committee was informed that the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee (ACSC) held on 19.10.2004 were circulated to the members on 5.12.2004. No comments were received. The Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the ACSC was also placed before the ACSC for information of the members.

ACSC 12.1.2 As decided by the ACSC in its last meeting, Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Member-Secretary submitted the details of the Certificate Programmes with an annual enrolment of less than 100 students for the last three years.

ACSC 12.1.3 The Standing Committee resolved that the programmes sponsored by external agencies and for which funds have been received by the University may be continued for the period of validity of MOU. The Chairman advised the Convenor of the Task Force on Student Support Services to review the programmes where the admission of students is less than 100 at one of the forthcoming meetings of the Task Force and make suitable recommendations for consideration by the ACSC at its next meeting.

ACSC 12.1.3 The Standing Committee of the Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of the 11th Meeting and noted the Action Taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 12.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR AN ELECTIVE COURSE, MEG 10: ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA, FOR THE M.A. ENGLISH PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.2.1 While taking up the item for discussion, Prof Garg requested Dr. Anju S.Gupta to explain the highlights of the elective course MEG 10: English Studies in India for the 2nd year students of M.A. (English) programme.

ACSC 12.2.2 After a detailed discussion, the ACSC approved the Phase Zero

Form for the 8-credit elective course ‘MEG 10: English Studies in India’ for M.A. English programme (Appendix-1).

ITEM NO. 12.3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR AN ELECTIVE COURSE, MEG-12: A SURVEY COURSE IN 20TH CENTURY CANADIAN LITERATURE, FOR THE M.A. ENGLISH PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.3.1 The item was taken up for discussion. Dr. Anju S.Gupta explained the details of the elective course MEG 12: A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature for M.A. (English) Programme. She highlighted that in the changing global order, it would be prudent to provide learners with different options to choose from.

ACSC 12.3.2 The ACSC approved the Phase Zero Form for the elective course ‘MEG 12: A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature’ for M.A. (English) Programme (Appendix-2).

ITEM NO. 12.4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR A NEW COURSE ON “SCIENCE EDUCATION” FOR B.ED. PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.4.1 The Pro-Vice Chancellor requested Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE and Coordinator, B.Ed to explain the objectives of introducing a new optional course on Science Education in the B.Ed. programme. Prof. Sharma informed that it has been proposed because Science Education is essential for development of critical thinking, particularly in formative years of children. And if teachers are trained in scientific enquiry, the classroom transactions shall be highly enriched. Moreover, the University has been receiving requests from the science teachers to include a course in Science Education.

ACSC 12.4.2 During the discussion Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that while signing an agreement with BRAOU for sharing of study materials of the B.Ed. programme, IGNOU had received a request for permitting BRAOU to develop two separate courses on teaching of Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences. He suggested that School of Education may like to consider developing these courses in collaboration with BRAOU.

ACSC 12.4.3 The Committee considered all aspects of the proposal and

resolved that the present proposal needs to be modified to include subject specific courses of the kind developed in the NVS project.

ITEM NO. 12.5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR A NEW COURSE ON HEALTH AND PHYSCIAL EDUCATION FOR B.ED. PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.5.1 Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE explained the intent to introduce an optional course on Health and Physical Education for B.Ed. programme. He highlighted that Health and Physical Education is given a lot of importance in the teacher education programme.

ACSC 12.5.2 The Chairman advised that a programme on Sports Medicine as desired by the Parliamentary Committee on Education be developed. The University can collaborate with Sports Authority of India and other Sports Organizations.

ACSC 12.5.3 It was resolved that progrmme on Sports Medicine be developed by the School of Health Sciences. The Director, SOHS agreed to put up a proposal for consideration of the University, after consultations with the Sports Authority of India / Sports Organizations in the country. The School of Education’s proposal was not accepted.

ITEM NO. 12.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE EQUIVALENCE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 08.12.2004.

ACSC 12.6.1 The first meeting of the re-constituted Equivalence Committee of the University was held on 8.12.2004. A copy of the Minutes of the meeting is placed at Appendix-3. The Committee considered the cases relating to Equivalence received from the different universities and individuals. Prof. Garg informed the members about the major recommendations of the Committee:

1. Granting equivalence to CIC Programmes of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University and Vardhman Mahaveer Kota Open University with IGNOU’s CIC for the purpose of admission to IGNOU’s BCA/MCA programme.

2. To equate the ‘Associate Membership Examination’ awarded by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (India) Mumbai as equivalent to Graduation for admission to PG

Programmes. 3. To recognize four year Bachelor Degree in Economics

awarded by Faculty of Law and Economics of Cambodia for admission to PG Programmes of the University.

4. To accept the four year Artificer Apprenticeship Training (Electrical) awarded by INS, Valsura and four year Artficer Apprenticeship Course in Ship Construction and Naval Architecture awarded by Wright School, Vishakhapatnam for the purpose of direct admission to B.A./B.Com. programme.

5. To recognize the Associate Membership Examination (Section A and B) of the Aeronautical Society of India, New Delhi as equivalent to Graduation for the purpose of admission to Management Programme.

6. To Recognize only those Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates awarded by U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad and Guru Ghasi Das University, Bilaspur under distance education mode which have the approval of the Distance Education Council

ACSC 12.6.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and accepted the recommendations of the Equivalence Committee and approved its Minutes. The proposal of the Committee to meet least twice a year was appreciated.

ITEM NO. 12.7 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF THE FEG-01 COURSE (FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH-1) FOR BDP STUDENTS.

ACSC 12.7.1 Dr. Anju S.Gupta explained that the FEG-1 (Foundation Course in English--1) course for the BDP students is being revised as per the policy of the University for upgrading the content based on feedback of various stakeholders. During the discussion, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor suggested that learner’s feedback must also be obtained and incorporated while revising the material.

ACSC 12.7.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee after a detailed discussion approved the Phase Zero Form for FEG-1 (Foundation Course in English-1) course for the BDP students (Appendix-4).

ITEM NO. 12.8 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING THE REVISION OF

FEES FOR POST BASIC B.SC.(N) PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.8.1 Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS explained the reasons for initiating action to revise the fees for Post Basic B.Sc.(N) Programme of the University. Referring to the Indian Nursing Council’s letter dated 18.5.2004, he pointed out that the number of credits has increased to 108 with corresponding increase in practical hours. An extensive exercise has been done by the faculty under the guidance of the Pro-Vice Chancellor. The details were presented to the Vice-Chancellor, who approved the revised annual fee of Rs. 10000/- from January, 2005 session.

ACSC 12.8.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in revising the annual fees for the Post Basic B.Sc. (N) Programme to Rs. 10,000/- from January, 2005 session.

ITEM NO. 12.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT IN THE GENERAL RESERVATION POLICY OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAMMES REQUIRING WORKING EXPERIENCE.

ACSC 12.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the University has adopted General Reservation Policy for admission to the programmes requiring working experience and through Entrance Exam. The reservation has been as follows: i) Scheduled Caste 15%, ii) Scheduled Tribes 7½%, iii) Physically Handicapped 3% iv) Kashmiri Migrants 1 seat and v) War Widows/ Wards of Ex-Servicemen 5%. The candidates of Reserved Categories, other than SC/ST even if they figure in the General Merit List, are given admission under the Reserved Category.

ACSC 12.9.2 Prof. Garg also pointed out that a question has arisen whether

working children can be treated as wards under category (v) above. Strictly speaking, “Ward” means the dependant son or dependant unmarried daughter. In the B.Ed. programme, the eligibility is a full time teacher with a graduate degree and 2 years of experience as a teacher in a recognized school. By virtue of their being in service, sons/unmarried daughters do not qualify to be included in the purview of the reservation policy. Therefore,

the ‘Wards of Ex-servicemen’ should not be eligible for the benefit of reservation in admission to the B.Ed. programme.

ACSC 12.9.3 The Academic Council’ Standing Committee discussed the proposal in detail and decided that (i) candidates from reserved categories who figure in general merit list should be treated as belonging to general category, same as for SC/ST. However, the ‘Wards of Ex-servicemen’ be dropped from the purview of reservation for admission to the B.Ed. programme.

ACSC 12.9.4 The Chairman advised Registrar (SR&ED) and Director (SOE) to incorporate the changes in the prospectus for the next session.

ITEM NO. 12.10 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING THE CERTIFICATE IN ELEMENTARY TEACHER EDUCATION (CETE) PROGRAMME TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE STATE OF TRIPURA FROM JANUARY, 2005.

ACSC 12.10.1 Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE informed the members that the School has developed a Certificate Programme in Elementary Teacher Education (CETE) on the request of the State Government of Tripura for the training of the Graduate teachers in Upper Primary Schools (Classes VI – VIII).

ACSC 12.10.2 The programme has three compulsory courses and four electives, of which candidates can take any two. The duration of the programme is six months and the programme fee would be Rs. 4000/-. Since, the programme had to be launched from January, 2005, the Vice-Chancellor approved it as a special case.

ACSC 12.10.3 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor and approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-5) for the programme.

ITEM NO. 12.11 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING THE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (PGDSLM) FOR HEAD TEACHERS TO BE LAUNCHED IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES FROM JANUARY, 2005

ACSC 12.11.1 Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE informed the members that the

School of Education has developed a PG Diploma in School Leadership and Management Programme for Head Teachers in Project Mode with the funding from Commonwealth Secretariat. The Programme has been designed to develop essential skills, competency and capacity to devise strategy for management and leadership among Head Teachers in order to carry-out their assigned functions effectively. This 30 credit programme is likely to be launched in African Countries. The Vice-Chancellor kindly accorded approval for developing the programme as per the Phase-3 Form placed at Appendix-6.

ACSC 12.11.2 The Academic Council’ Standing Committee ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the PG Diploma in School Leadership and Management for Head Teachers.

ITEM NO. 12.12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE INTERCHANGE OF ONE THEORY COURSE OF 5TH SEMESTER BY A LAB COURSE OF 6TH SEMESTER FOR DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (DCLE) AND DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (DEME).

ACSC 12.12.1 Dr. Manoj Kulsheshtra explained that the course BCLE-035: Construction Drawing of 5th Semester has been exchanged with BTEL-042: Lab-VII (Computer Applications) Course of the 6th Semester in Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCLE) and BET-035: Construction Plants/Earth Moving Plants/Mechanical Transport Course of 5th semester by BETL-042: Lab-VII (Computer Applications) of the 6th Semester of Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (DEME) to adjust workload of learners.

ACSC 12.12.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the revised programme structure of Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCLE) and Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (DEME) as per Appendix-7.

ITEM NO. 12.13 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE EVALUATION SCHEME FOR THE DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (DCLE) AND THE DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (DEME).

ACSC 12.13.1 Dr. Manoj Kulsheshtra explained the evaluation scheme for the

Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCLE) and Diploma in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (DEME) in detail.

ACSC 12.13.2 The Committee discussed the issues and desired that there is a need to bring a uniform evaluation scheme for all the programmes of SOET. A Sub-Committee of the ACSC, under the Chairmanship of the PVC, comprising the following members was constituted to look into the details and submit its recommendations at the earliest:

1. Pro Vice Chancellor - Chairman 2. Registrar, SRED - Member 3. Director, ACD - Member 4. Dr. Manoj Kulsheshtra - Convener

ITEM NO. 12.14 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE WRITING IN HINDI (DCH).

ACSC 12.14.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that School of Humanities has proposed that Diploma in Creative Writing in Hindi (DCH) be withdrawn because less than 10% students continued and completed the programme. It therefore is not cost-effective. The request has been processed through the School Board of School of Humanities.

ACSC 12.14.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the withdrawal of Diploma in Creative Writing in Hindi (DCH) from January, 2006.

ITEM NO. 12.15 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF THE FEG-02 COURSE (FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH-2)

ACSC 12.15.1 Dr. Anju S.Gupta, informed the members that FEG-02 was prepared in 1988 for the BDP programme. In view of the developments taking place in the last 16 years and the University policy to update courses, it is proposed to revise the course.

ACSC 12.15.2 In the revised course, the blocks have been rearranged and passages have been included from great prose writers like Lamb, Stevenson,

etc. The School Board of School of Humanities at its 29th Meeting approved the proposal for revision of the course.

ACSC 12.15.3 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase-Zero Form (Appendix-8) for revision of the existing FEG-02 Course (Foundation Course in English-02).

ITEM NO. 12.16 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE GUIDELINES FOR BCA & MCA PROJECT COURSES PERTAINING TO THE MAXIMUM DURATION FOR CONDUCT OF VIVA- VOCE.

ACSC 12.16.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE explained the rationale of the proposal and reasons for fixing the maximum duration for conduct of viva-voce for BCA and MCA project courses.

ACSC 12.16.2 The matter was discussed in detail. It was felt that since the work of evaluation of Project Reports has been decentralized to the Regional Centres, it would be difficult for the University to store project reports at the Regional Centres due to paucity of space and workforce. Moreover, the students should be encouraged to complete the course within stipulated time.

ACSC 12.16.3 After a detailed discussion on the matter, the Academic Council’s Standing Committee resolved to maintain the status quo ante for the conduct of viva-voce in respect of the MCA/BCA project courses.

ITEM NO. 12.17 PREPARATION OF STATE-WISE MERIT LIST IN B.ED. PROGRAMME FOR THE STATES HAVING MORE THAN ONE REGIONAL CENTRE.

ACSC 12.17.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor requested Registrar, SRE to apprise the members on the proposal. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SR&ED explained that where the University has more than one Regional Centre in a state, the cut-off points differ substantially and the candidates of one Regional Centre possessing higher score than the last admitted candidate in the other Regional Centre are deprived of the admission to the programme. In order to give due recognition to merit and bring in greater uniformity, it would be prudent to draw state-wise merit list in such cases.

ACSC 12.17.2

The item was taken up for discussion. It was pointed out that where ever a state has more than one Regional Centre they cater to areas of the other states also. Therefore, the proposal of state-wise merit list can be made applicable only in cases where the Regional Centres

cater to the same state.

ACSC 12.17.3 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee resolved that the University may continue with the existing practice.

ITEM NO. 12.18 HOLDING OF THE 16TH CONVOCATION.

ACSC 12.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 16th Convocation will be held on March 5, 2005 at Headquarters as well as at 22 Regional Centres simultaneously through the Teleconferencing mode for awarding Gold Medals, Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates to the candidates who have successfully completed all requirements and qualified for the award during the examinations held in December, 2003 and June, 2004. He also informed the members that in its 31st meeting, Academic Council has authorized the Standing Committee to approve the award of all Degrees/Diplomas at the Convocation, henceforth, so that an Academic Council meeting need not be called for this purpose only. Prof. Garg further said that a total of 71299 candidates given in the Appendix have become eligible for the award of degrees/diplomas/certificates. Moreover, Dr. Kamil Idris, Director, WIPO shall be conferred with D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) and Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO shall be conferred with D.Sc. (Honoris Causa).

ACSC 12.18.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee noted the details of the students as mentioned in Appendix-9 who had qualified for the award of Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates and University Medals at the 16th Convocation of the University and approved the same with Doctorate Degrees (Honoris Causa) to Dr. Idris and Dr. Nair.

ITEM NO. 12.19 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF THE APPLICATION ORIENTED COURSE IN RADIO LEKHAN [AWR (H)-1] FOR BDP STUDENTS.

ACSC 12.19.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that Application Oriented Course in Radio Lekhan [AWR(H)-1]for BDP students was developed in 1990. Since then significant developments have taken place in the use of Radio for delivery of Education because of its enhanced reach. Therefore, the School convened Course Expert Committee which had recommended

changes in view of contemporary requirements. The School Board of School of Humanities has already approved the proposal.

ACSC 12.19.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee appreciated the initiative and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-10) for the Revision of the Application Oriented Course in Radio Lekhan [AWR (H)-1] for BDP students.

ITEM NO. 12.20 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF THE APPLICATION ORIENTED COURSE IN FEATURE WRITING IN HINDI [AFW (H)-1] FOR BDP STUDENTS.

ACSC 12.20.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that like AWR (H)-1, Feature Writing in Hindi [AFW(H)-1] for BDP students was also developed in 1990 as an Application Oriented Course. In view of the changes in the use of media for education and the general policy of the University to relook into courses produced prior to 1998, the School convened Course Expert Committee to suggest changes. The Committee has recommended inclusion of news media, news editing and editorials, arts and film reviews, community related features and urban life in the course.

ACSC 12.20.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-11) for the Revision of the Application Oriented Course in Feature Writing in Hindi [AFW(H)-1] for BDP students.

ITEM NO. 12.21 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE OF PGDAPP TO PGDRPPM.

ACSC 12.21.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that School of Continuing Education has proposed that the title of the Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme Production (PGDAPP) be changed to Post Graduate Diploma in Radio Programme Production and Management (PGDRPPM). He explained that on the advice of Academic Council, the scope of the programme was widened, by including community radio and management and marketing aspects of radio. Subsequently,

Programme Experts have suggested that the title of the programme may be changed from Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme Production (PGDAPP) to Post Graduate Diploma in Radio Programme Production and Management.

ACSC 12.21.3 The Academic Council’ Standing Committee considered the proposal and decided that a Sub-Committee comprising PVC, Director (SOCE), Director (SOH) and Programme Coordinators may consider the issue in detail and submit its recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for decision.

ITEM NO. 12.22 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE LINEAR MOVEMENT - FOR MCA STUDENTS ACROSS THE SEMESTERS BY CHANGING SEMESTER WISE REGISTRATION TO YEAR WISE REGISTRATION.

ACSC 12.22.1 Prof. Sinclair, Director, SOCIS explained that the linear movement for MCA students envisages academic continuity and students can move from 1st semester to 2nd semester, 2nd semester to 3rd semester and so on. Moreover, fees payment will also change from semester-wise registration to year-wise registration. This would help learners to minimize transactions and focus on their studies. However, the material would be dispatched semester-wise. The issue had also been discussed in the Task Force (SSS) and the School Board, SOCIS.

ACSC 12.22.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the proposal of annual registration. However a student could register for 2nd year (3rd & 4th Semester) even if not all courses of 1st or 2nd semester have been completed.

ITEM NO. 12.23 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN EXTENDING THE PROVISION OF RE-ADMISSION TO B.ED. PROGRAMME STUDENTS.

ACSC 12.23.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that there was no provision for re-admission in B.Ed. programme after completion of maximum duration of the programme. Since, the facility of re-registration is available to the students in all other programmes of the University; requests have been received to extend this facility to B.Ed. programme as well. For uniformity, Vice-Chancellor allowed re-registration to a student.

ACSC 12.23.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor. It further directed that the guidelines for re-registration for B.Ed. programme be developed by the School of Education and SRED.

ITEM NO. 12.24 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY TO MS. BIMLA KAPOOR (ENRL. NO.PHD-024957610).

ACSC 12.24.1 The Academic Council’ Standing Committee considered the recommendations of the Board of Examiners and approved the award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Ms. Bimla Kapoor (Enrol. No. PHD-024957610).

ITEM NO. 12.25 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE DECLARATION OF COMPLETION OF PROGRAMME AND RELAXATION OF VALIDITY PERIOD OF REGISTRATION CONSEQUENT UPON WITHDRAWAL OF REQUIREMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS IN CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES.

ACSC 12.25.1

Prof. Pradeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE explained to the members that w.e.f. July 2003, requirement of submission of assignments in certificate programmes has been withdrawn. The Academic Council at its 32nd Meeting held on 13th November 2004 further decided that the students who were admitted to certificate programmes prior to July 2003 and could not complete the programme due to non-submission of assignments should also be declared successful if, they have secured at least ‘D’ grade in the Term End Examination.

ACSC 12.25.2

While implementing the decision of the Academic Council, it has been discovered that the validity of registration of many students admitted prior to July 2003 had expired, and therefore their result could not be declared. It is proposed that such students may be given one time relaxation to extend the validity of their registration and their results may be declared.

ACSC 12.25.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the proposal.

ITEM NO. 12.26 TO CONSIDER THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR

ADMISSION TO THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.26.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE informed the members that Regional Director (Delhi-I) has sought clarification whether a non-matriculate candidate having six years of experience is eligible for admission to the Diploma in Management Programme, although the qualification stipulated for such candidates is non-graduates. He also read out the response of Director (SOMS) to whom the case was sent for clarification and guidance.

ACSC 12.26.2 The item was taken up for discussion. The Chairman advised that no person without a first Degree should be admitted to a PG Diploma/ Degree Programme, as per the policy laid down by the Distance Education Council.

ACSC 12.26.3 It was clarified that, as such, DIM is not a PG Diploma. Moreover, DIM holders are not eligible to register for PG Diploma Programme, specialization Diplomas and the MBA Programme, unless they obtain a graduate degree.

ACSC 12.26.4 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee resolved that the status quo in the eligibility criteria for the Management Programme be maintained. Registrar (SR & E D) should take up the matter with the Director (School of Management Studies) to lay down a minimum qualification, say 10 + 2, for non-graduates with six years of experience. The recommendations may be submitted to Vice-Chancellor for his consideration and decision.

ITEM NO. 12.27 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE OF ADMISSION CYCLE FOR THE CTPM PROGRAMME FROM JANUARY TO JULY FROM THE YEAR 2006 ONWARDS.

ACSC 12.27.1 Prof. Sinclair, Programme Coordinator, explained that counseling for AMT-01 course, which is also on offer in BDP as an Application Oriented Course, has to be done along with CTPM

due to scarcity of appropriate counselors. The counseling for BDP students with effect from 2006 will be held from July to November. Therefore, to allow the counseling sessions to coincide for both intakes, it was necessary to change the admission cycle of the programme from January to July.

ACSC 12.27.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee approved the proposal for cost-effectiveness and requirements of counseling.

ITEM NO. 12.28 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AWARD OF MBA DEGREE FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED TO PGSDM UNDER ‘DIRECT ENTRY SCHEME”.

ACSC 12.28.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SRE explained that according to the rules applicable between 1991 and 1996, students having Master’s Degree were admitted to Post Graduate Specialization Diplomas in four functional areas under the direct entry scheme.

ACSC 12.28.2 Such students could, after completing specialization PG Diploma, enroll. for MBA after clearing entrance test like other applicants. They were eligible for credit transfer and w.e.f. 1997, entrance test was made mandatory. A few students, who registered for PGSDM Direct Entry, continued to register for the remaining courses of the MBA, without qualifying the entrance test, under the same enrolment number and completed all courses required for the award of MBA way back in 2001. This came to notice in 2002 and the award of the degree was withheld for three students as they did not fulfil the mandatory requirement of qualifying the entrance test. The matter was examined by the School of Management Studies and the students were advised to appear in the entrance test (Openmat) for MBA programme and clear it.

ACSC 12.28.3 One of these students (Sh. M.S.Sudheer) appeared in the entrance test (OPENMAT) and was admitted in January, 2004 batch of MBA. On expiry of the Ist semester, he applied for credit transfer, which has been granted by the University and he has become eligible for MBA degree. Prof. Sahni proposed that Shri Sudeer be awarded MBA degree.

ACSC 12.28.4 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered the proposal and approved the award of MBA degree to the students admitted to PGSDM under “Direct Entry Scheme” subject to the condition they qualify mandatory eligibility condition of clearing the OPENMAT.

ITEM NO. 12.29 TO REPORT THE MINUTES OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL HELD ON 13TH JANUARY, 2005 FOR INFORMATION AND APPROVAL.

ACSC 12.29.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Members that the 6th Meeting of the Research Council was held on 13th January, 2005. The main recommendations of the Research Council were:

(i) Ph.D. programmes in English and Hindi. (ii) Recommendations of its Sub-Committee on Ph.D.

programme in Physics and Mathematics.

(iii) Recommendations of its Sub-Committee on Ph.D. programme in History, Economics, Tourism Studies and Library Science.

(iv) Remuneration for Evaluation of Ph.D. thesis.

(v) Continuation of Ph.D. programme for M.Phil. degree

holders.

ACSC 12.29.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee noted the Minutes (Appendix-12) of the 6th Meeting of the Research Council.

ITEM NO. 12.30 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FORMAT OF DEGREE TO BE AWARDED TO THE STUDENTS OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D.) PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.30.1 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered three alternatives and approved the format of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree as placed at Appendix-13.

ITEM NO. 12.31 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR PERMITTING STUDENTS OF PG DIPLOMA/DIPLOMAS

TO APPEAR IN TEE IN JUNE AFTER A STUDY OF SIX MONTHS, INSTEAD OF AFTER THE MINIMUM DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME.

ACSC 12.31.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice Chancellor, informed the members that School of Sciences has pointed out that students of PG Diplomas/Diplomas are allowed to appear in TEE after a study of one year. This is likely to extend the minimum duration of completion of PG Diploma. The School has proposed that they should be allowed to appear in TEE after a study of six months instead of waiting till December.

ACSC 12.31.2 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the proposal of permitting the students to appear in TEE in the June after a study of six months. It directed that the Schools of Studies should clearly give the details of the courses for which a student would be permitted to appear after six months of study. Moreover, it should be ensured that no student should be able to complete the programme before expiry of the minimum duration of the programme. These instructions are to be clearly reflected in the prospectus/programme guides.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswant) Member-Secretary

Appendix-3

(To Resolution No. 33.4.4)

I.G.N.O.U

MINUTES OF THE 13th MEETING (EMERGENT) OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 4TH MARCH 2005 AT 3.00 PM IN THE BOARD ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARDHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068 The following were present:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS - Member 4. Prof. B.B.Khanna, Director, SOMS - Member 5. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS - Member 6. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOCE - Member 7. Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 8. Prof Uma Kanjilal, Professor, SOSS - Member 9. Mr. V.K.Arora, Director, EMPC - Member 10. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RS - Member 11. Dr. Anju S. Gupta, Reader, SOH - Member 12. Sh. Saugato Sen,Lecturer (Selection Grade),SOSS - Member 13. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Registrar, SR&ED attended the meeting as a Special Invitee Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Vice-Chancellor welcomed the members of the Committee and requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro-Vice-Chancellor to present the item.

ITEM NO. 13.1 TO CONSIDER THE AWARD OF DIPLOMAS/DEGREES

OF PGDDE/MADE STUDENTS RESPECTIVELY IN THE OLD SCHEME OF METHODOLOGY.

ACSC 13.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro-Vice Chancellor informed the members the reason for calling the emergent meeting of the Standing Committee and requested the Registrar, SR&ED to place the Agenda before the members.

ACSC 13.1.2 The Registrar, SR&ED Division reported that the DDE (PGDDE) was launched in 1987 and MADE in 1993. In order to complete the Programme successfully, a student needed to secure a minimum of ‘D’ grade in Assignments, ‘D’ grade in term-end examinations (TEE) and an overall ‘C’ grade. This methodology continued till 1994. However, in its 11th Meeting held on 11.7.1994 the Academic Council decided that a student must secure a minimum of ‘D’ grade in Assignments and ‘C’ grade in TEE to successfully complete a course. Also, in order to complete the Programme successfully, the student must pass each course in the programme. The revised methodology however could not be implemented in the SR&ED. And the students who secured ‘D’ grade in the TEE but an overall ‘C’ grade have been declared successful in PGDDE as well as MADE. So far 229 students of PGDDE and 29 students of MADE, who were given admission from 1995 onwards secured ‘D’ grade in the TEE and Diplomas//Degrees have been awarded to them. The Standing Committee of the Academic Council deliberated on the matter in detail and expressed deep concern. It decided that accountability be fixed on the official(s) who failed to incorporate the decision of Academic Council taken on 11.7.1994. However, it was of the view that cancellation of Diplomas/Degrees awarded already may lead to many legal complications. Therefore, it decided that in accordance with the Principle of Natural Justice, the award of the Diplomas/Degrees awarded as per the unrevised

methodology be noted and reported to the Academic Council. Further, the members advised the Registrar (SR&ED) to incorporate the revised methodology of PGDDE and MADE immediately and implement the same for the students who have been admitted from January 2004 onwards with the addition that an overall ‘C’ grade would be required for successful completion of a course. The component on overall grade seems to have been inadvertently left out of the recording of the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the Academic Council. It was also decided that the methodology of evaluation being applied by SR&ED for all the programmes be circulated to the respective Schools for confirmation and authentication. The Standing Committee of Academic Council recommended that Ordinance incorporating ‘D’ grade in assignment, ‘C’ grade in TEE and ‘C’ grade in overall be placed before the Academic Council for its consideration and decision.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat)

Member-Secretary

Appendix-4 (To Resolution No. 33.5.4)

I.G.N.O.U MINUTES OF THE 14TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 29TH APRIL, 2005 AT 11.30 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. B.B.Khanna, Director, SOMS - Member 4. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS - Member 5. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOCE - Member 6. Prof Uma Kanjilal, Professor, SOSS - Member 7. Mr. V.K.Arora, Director, EMPC - Member 8. Dr. Anju S. Gupta, Reader, SOH - Member 9. Sh. Saugato Sen,Lecturer (Selection Grade),SOSS - Member 10. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE, Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS and Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RS could not attend the meeting. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SR&ED attended the meeting as a Special Invitee. Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the meeting and requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor to present the agenda items.

The following agenda items were taken up: ITEM NO. 14.1

TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 12TH AND 13TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE AND NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

ACSC 14.1.1 The Standing Committee was informed that the Minutes of the 12th and 13th Meetings of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee (ACSC) held on 21.2.2005 and 4.3.2005, respectively were circulated to the members. Comments received from one of the members were readout. The Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 12th and 13th Meeting of the ACSC was also placed before the ACSC for information of the members.

ACSC 14.1.2 The Standing Committee did not agree to the observations of the member. It further desired that the Registrar, SR&E may ensure that the evaluation methodology being applied by SR&E should be in consonance with the decisions taken by the Academic Council from time to time. Necessary action may be initiated for compiling the decisions of the Academic Council for implementation in consultation with the Schools of Studies.

ACSC 14.1.3 The Standing Committee of the Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of the 12th and 13th Meetings subject to the above directions and noted the Action Taken thereon.

ITEM NO.14.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR ALLOWING CREDIT TRANSFER TO THE CANDIDATES WHO COULD NOT COMPLETE THE PROGRAMME IN MAXIMUM DURATION PLUS TWO YEARS RE-ADMISSION PERIOD IN CASES OF PROGRAMMES OF SIX MONTHS AND ONE YEAR DURATION.

ACSC 14.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained the item in detail. The issue relating to the period of completing the programmes after re-admission was also discussed. It was noticed that the period allowed after re-admission is two years irrespective of the maximum duration of the programme and is in continuation of the earlier registration. A pro-rata fee is charged from such students for left over courses.

ACSC 14.2.2 The Committee recommended that students enrolled in Certificates, Diploma and Degree Programmes be allowed a period of six months, one year and two years beyond the maximum period to appear on pro-rata basis for completing left over courses. If they fail to do so in extended period, they will be required to seek re-admission. However, to facilitate such learners to earn certificate/diploma/degree, the Standing Committee considered the proposal to allow Credit Transfer for the courses that have been completed with the following conditions: a) The student has to take admission afresh in the

programme like other students by fulfilling the admission criteria and paying requisite fee for the programme.

b) He/She has to apply to the University for transfer of the credits earned by him/her under the old enrolment with applicable fee.

c) Full credit transfer may be allowed if the syllabus and methodology now in vogue are similar to that governing the student under the old enrolment.

d) The Certifications shall be awarded corresponding to the semester in which he/she completes all the

courses.

ITEM NO. 14.3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THE STUDY OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT OF DISPLACEMENT, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION (PGDMRR).

ACSC 14.3.1

The Programme Co-ordinator, Dr. Madhu Bala highlighted the salient features of the programme including the integrated mode.

ACSC 14.3.2 The Standing Committee desired that the Progrmme Coordinator should re-look the number of Study Centres where this programme will be offered in view of the experience with the certificates programme.

ACSC 14.3.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee constituted a sub-committee to look into the above aspects of the programme with the directions to submit its recommendations to the Standing Committee for its considerations in its next meeting:

1. Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC - Chairman 2. Prof. Pardeep Sahni - Member

Director, SOSS 3. Dr. C.K.Ghosh - Member

Director, RSD 4. Dr. Madhu Bala - Member

Reader, SOSS 5. Prof. B.S.Saraswat - Convenor

Director, ACD

ITEM NO. 14.4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR ELECTIVE COURSES IN M.A. SOCIOLOGY.

ACSC 14.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the Academic Council approved the M.A. Programme in Sociology at its meeting held on November 21, 2003. The faculty is now seeking approval for four elective courses to be offered in the 2nd year of the programme.

ACSC 14.4.2 Programme Coordinator, Dr. Debal K. Singha Roy informed the Committee that while considering the elective courses “MSOE-001: Sociology of Education, MSOE-002: Diaspora and Transnational Community, MSOE-003: Sociology of Religion and MSOE-004: Urban Sociology”, the School Board of School of Social Sciences directed the faculty to seek the guidance of Prof. Tulsi Patel, to finalize the contents. The modified courses were approved by the School Board at its 35th Meeting held on 22.3.2005.

ACSC 14.4.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-1) for the modified elective courses of M.A.Programme in Sociology.

ITEM NO. 14.5 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN WITHDRAWING THE BIT/ADIT PROGRAMMES OF THE UNIVERSITY.

ACSC 14.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that BIT Programme was launched by the University in 1999 under the Virtual Campus Initiative Project in collaboration with Edexcel, U.K. The MoU with Edexcel expired in 2004. Moreover, the enrollment in the BIT as well as ADIT programmes has greatly reduced over the years. The School Board of SOCIS at its meeting held on February 16, 2005 recommended the withdrawal of BIT/ADIT programme from July, 2005 session. The recommendations of the School Board of SOCIS have been approved by the Vice-Chancellor.

ACSC 14.5.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee ratified the action taken by the Vice Chancellor in withdrawing the BIT/ADIT programme from July, 2005 session.

ITEM NO. 14.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF PPC (PREPARATORY PROGRAMME IN COMPUTING) FROM BCA AND MCA PROGRAMMES, BOTH OLD AND NEW SYLLABUS.

ACSC 14.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Committee that the students of computer programmes who had not studied mathematics as a distinct subject at +2 level were required to opt and successfully complete the PPC (Preparatory Programme in Computing) in the 1st year of BCA/MCA programme till July, 2004 cycle. Thereafter, consequent upon the introduction of CS-60 (8 Credits) in MCA (Revised) syllabus from January, 2005, and its replacement by MTE-03 (4 Credits) in BCA from July, 2005, PPC has been withdrawn. This was approved by the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 11th Meeting held on 19.10.2004.

ACSC 14.6.2 Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS informed that subsequent to the abovementioned decision of the ACSC, the School Board of SOCIS has suggested that if any student fails to successfully complete the PPC by June, 2006, he/she should be advised to re-register for MTE-03 or CS-60, as the case may be, by paying pre-requisite fee i.e. Rs. 600/- and Rs. 700/-, respectively.

ACSC 14.6.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the proposal of the School for not conducting of the PPC examination after June 2006 TEE and approved the recommendations of the School Board of SOCIS. It however, directed that all the students concerned be informed by the School.

ITEM NO. 14.7 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE

WITHDRAWAL OF PG CERTIFICATE IN RURAL SURGERY (PGCRS).

ACSC 14.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the number of students admitted in PG Certificate in Rural Surgery during the last admission session was very low and the School Board of SOHS has recommended withdrawal of PG Certificate in Rural Surgery in its present form.

ACSC 14.7.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee accepted the recommendation of the School Board and approved withdrawal of the PG Certificate in Rural Surgery (PGCRS) from the Students’ Handbook and Prospectus,2006.

ITEM NO. 14.8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY CARDIOLOGY.

ACSC 14.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the PG Diploma in Community Cardiology submitted by the School of Health Sciences addresses the felt need of rural population and is being developed in collaboration with Narayan Hiradalaya, Bangalore.

ACSC 14.8.2 While approving the proposal, the Academic Council's Standing Committee advised that in view of the nature of the programme, its requirement of face to face contact hours for counseling and hands-on skill development under supervision and guidance of trained and qualified cardiologists the School should develop sound implementation policy.

ITEM NO. 14.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT.

ACSC 14.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the

Committee that SOHS has revised the Certificate Programme in Health & Environment, because of low enrollement. The Academic Council's Standing Committee advised that a Committee chaired by the PVC may look into the matter in totality and submit its recommendations.

ITEM NO. 14.10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BCA PROJECT EVALUATORS.

ACSC 14.10.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor apprised the members of the eligibility criteria recommended by the School of Computer and Information Science for the examiners of project components (CS-11 and CS-76) of BCA programme.

ACSC 14.10.2 The Committee appreciated the concern of the School for quality. However, it observed that the University may not get requisite number of experts with given qualifications and it may become difficult to declare the results in time.

ACSC 14.10.3 After detailed discussions, it was decided that full time faculty of AICTE recognized institutions with a minimum of two years experience be considered for project evaluation.

ITEM NO. 14.11 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE VALIDITY OF THE PERIOD OF RE-REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE UNREVISED MCA PROGRAMME.

ACSC 14.11.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the MCA (96 Credits) programme was launched in 1994 with a minimum duration of 3 years and maximum duration of 7 years. In January 2005 the MCA programme has been completely revised and is much different from the earlier version, in its content and structure. He further informed that the issue of validity of the registration of students in the old MCA programme was discussed in the Task Force on Student Support Services. Based on its decision and further

discussion with the Task Force, the scheme for re-admission has been prepared.

ACSC 14.11.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the scheme placed at Appendix-2 for re-admission to MCA for the students who had registered for MCA (old syllabus)

ITEM NO. 14.12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE OPTION FOR ALTERNATIVE COURSE FOR MTE-1,4 & 5 BY THE STUDENTS OF JANUARY 1996, JANUARY 1997 AND JANUARY 1998 BATCHES OF BCA OLD SYLLABUS.

ACSC 14.12.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that MTE-01 (4 credits), MTE-04 and 05 (2 credits each) are the compulsory courses for the BCA old syllabus students admitted in January 1996, 1997 and 1998 cycles. With the introduction of new syllabus for BCA from July 1998 cycle, admission to BCA old syllabus has been dispensed with. A large number of students have failed to successfully complete the mathematics courses MTE-01, 04 and 05 even after repeated attempts. The Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 7th meeting held on 15.2.2003 considered and approved the proposal of the School of Computer and Information Sciences for offering alternative courses in lieu of MTE-01, 04 and 05. Accordingly, CS-601 (4 credits) in lieu of MTE-01 and CS-60 (8 credits) in lieu of MTE-01, 04 and 05 was offered as a one time opportunity. In response 829 students (BCA old syllabus) opted for new courses i.e. CS-601 and / or CS-60 after payment of requisite fees. Majority of these students have successfully completed the alternative courses and their BCA degree. However, 440

students, who could not exercise the option for opting CS-60 or CS-601 at that time, are still not in a position to clear their BCA degree because of non clearance of MTE-01, 04 and 05 though all computer courses have been cleared. These students completed the maximum duration of 6 years in December, 2001 and December 2002 and the extended period of another two years in December 2003 and December 2004, respectively. Since, there is no provision as of now for further extension beyond two years.

ACSC 14.12.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee discussed the matter and decided that the students of BCA of 1996 and 1997 batches may be given opportunity to opt CS 601 and/or CS 60 after payment of requisite fee as a very special case since they have already earned 88 to 94 credits.

ACSC 14.12.3 The Committee further directed that it may not be treated as precedence and SOCIS should insert a sentence safeguarding the interest of the University in Programme Guide/Student’s Handbook and Prospectus such as “rules applicable from time to time shall apply”.

ITEM NO. 14.13 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR DIPLOMA IN VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM HORTICULTURE (FRUITS & VEGETABLES).

ACSC 14.13.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained the highlights of the Diploma in Value Added Products from Horticulture (Fruits & Vegetables) in Project mode.

ACSC 14.13.2 The Chairman informed the members that Prof. Panjab Singh one of the proposers of the programme has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. The members joined the Chairman in congratulating him for the achievement.

ACSC 14.13.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered

and approved the Phase-3 (Appendix-3) Form for Diploma in Value Added Products from Horticulture (Fruits & Vegetables) with the suggestion that the nomenclature approved by the School Board of School of Agriculture be retained as such.

ITEM NO. 14.14 TO REPORT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN ADDING ‘CATEGORY-3’IN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO BCA PROGRAMME PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES OF 10+2 VOCATIONAL STREAM IN COMPUTER TECHNIQUES.

ACSC 14.14.1 The Academic Council's Standing Committee noted the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in adding Category-3 in the eligibility criteria for admission to BCA programme pertaining to candidates of 10 + 2 vocational stream. The ACSC also decided that the qualifications approved by the Equivalence Committee which are not Traditional Qualifications may be included in this Category.

ITEM NO. 14.15 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED BY THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE TO FRAME UNIFORM EVALUATION SCHEME FOR ALL PROGRAMMES OF SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

ACSC 14.15.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained to the members that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 12th meeting held on 21.2.2005 while considering the evaluation scheme for Diploma in Civil Engineering and Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering desired that a uniform evaluation scheme be developed for all the programmes of School of Engineering & Technology and constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of PVC and consisting of Director, ACD, Registrar, SRE, and Dr. Manoj Kulsheshtra, Reader, SOET.

ACSC 14.15.2 The Sub-Committee deliberated the issues involved at its meeting held on April 13, 2005. The Minutes of the Meeting which include its recommendations are placed at Appendix-4.

ACSC 14.15.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Minutes of the Sub-Committee and desired that the SRED should implement all the decisions relating to evaluation methodology strictly as per the approval of the Academic Council from time to time.

ITEM NO. 14.16 TO REPORT THE MATTER REGARDING FRAMING OF COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINES IN RESPECT OF THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR GRANT OF ACADEMIC LEAVE TO TEACHERS AND ACADEMICS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

ACSC 14.16.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the Vice-Chancellor had appointed a Committee consisting of Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Director, SOHS, Prof. A.R.Khan, SOSS, Prof. Swaraj Basu, SOSS Member BOM with Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD as Convener to frame comprehensive guidelines in respect of procedure to tbe followed for grant of academic leave to teachers and academics of the University. The main recommendations of the Committee are placed at Appendix-5.

ACSC 14.16.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the recommendations of the Committee.

ITEM NO. 14.17 TO RATIFY AND APPROVE THE MINOR CHANGES IN COURSE OUTLINES OF MHI-01 AND MHI-05 FOR MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HISTORY.

ACSC 14.17.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that in the process of development of course materials, minor changes were made by the course writers and content editors. The changes suggested were incorporated with the approval of the School Board at its 35th Meeting held on 22.3.2005.

ACSC 14.17.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee noted and ratified the changes in the course outlines of MHI-01 and

MHI-05 for Master’s Degree Programme in History.

ITEM NO. 14.18 TO CONSIDER THE MATTER RELATING TO BCA-MCA INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR ADMISSION CYCLE – JULY 2003 BATCH OF STUDENTS.

ACSC 14.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the Academic Council at its 29th meeting held on June 23, 2003 while considering the Minutes of the 8th meeting of the ACSC held on 9th April, 2003, approved the change of admission cycle for BCA programme from January to July w.e.f. July 2003, However, the admission to MCA programme of the University continued to be from January cycle. The students who were admitted in July 2003 batch and wish to be admitted would become eligible for admission to MCA 3rd semester from July 2006 but MCA 3rd semester would not be on offer at that time Since, the admission cycles for both BCA and MCA programmes are not the same.

ACSC 14.18.2 The matter was considered by the School of Computer and Information Science and it has proposed that the admission cycle for MCA may be shifted to July 2006 and not to have January 2006 session so that the BCA students of July 2003 batch would have no problems for admission to the MCA 3rd semester from July 2006. To begin the session in time, it is essential that all admission related matters be finalized by May 2006 and materials should reach the students latest by June 2006. If it is not possible, the option of increasing the minimum period for MCA/BCA programme from 5 to 5½ years may be considered.

ACSC 14.18.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the matter in detail and decided that the matter should be discussed in the meeting of the Task Force on SSS and an administrative decision may be taken. While discussing the

matter in the Task Force, the view point of the School of Computer and Information Sciences be kept in mind.

ITEM NO. 14.19 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINIMUM PASS MARKS FOR THE MEG STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 2001 FOR EACH COMPONENT I.E., ASSIGNMENT AND TERM END EXAMINATION (TEE).

ACSC 14.19.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that while approving the M.A. in English programme, Academic Council considered that a student should secure a minimum of 40% marks in both TEE as well as in Assignments to clear each course of the programme. However, due to inadvertent omission, the Student’s Handbook and Prospectus 2001 supplied to the students mentioned that students were required to secure 35% marks in each of the components i.e. TEE and Continuous Evaluation, which was a printing error which went un-noticed at that time.

ACSC 14.19.2 The students of 2001 batch who secured less than 40% marks in either component were not declared successful and were advised to re-submit the assignments or to re-appear in TEE. These students, quoting the percentage contained in prospectus 2001 are demanding that M.A. English Degree be awarded to them on the basis of 35%.

ACSC 14.19.3 The item was discussed in detail. The members desired that University should ensure that all the decisions taken by the Academic Council on evaluation methodology of the programmes be followed strictly by the SRE Division and School of Studies should exercise due care in such matter.

The Academic Council's Standing Committee decided that the students of 2001 batch who have not yet completed the programme be informed about the stipulated condition of 40% marks in each of the component as the minimum qualifying marks and advised to take examination again.

Director, School of Humanities should fix responsibility for the error which has caused inconvenience to learner and problems for the University.

ITEM NO. 14.20 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CANCELLATION OF DEGREES AWARDED TO MCA STUDENTS INADVERTENTLY IN 16TH CONVOCATION.

ACSC 14.20.1 Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE informed the members that in June 2004 the Division detected tampering of the computer records for the awards of December 2003 TEE in respect of some of the BCA/MCA students.. A complaint was lodged with the police promptly. However, the software used by the Division automatically transfers the enrollment number of a candidate once he/she clears all courses in the given programme, to the list of successful candidates for Convocation. When tempering of the records was discovered, the enrollment numbers of suspected students in BCA programme were deleted from the convocation list but inadvertently this skipped attention and was not done in the case of 39 MCA students and 5 BCA/MCA Integrated Programme students. A list of students is placed at Appendix –6.

ACSC 14.20.2 The Vice-Chancellor expressed serious concern and advised that there should be no such lapse as it is intimately connected to the credibility of the evaluation process.

ACSC 14.20.3 The Registrar, SRE proposed that the degrees awarded to 31 students of MCA and 5 students of BCA/MCA Integrated Mode be cancelled and the degrees of 8 students be modified by changing the TEE as June 2004 instead of December 2003. The students concerned will be advised to return the degrees awarded to them in the 16th Convocation of the University for necessary action.

ACSC 14.20.4 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the proposal and approved that the degrees wrongly awarded at the 16th Convocation to the students mentioned in Appendix-6 may be treated as withdrawn till the students complete all the requirements for the award of degree.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat) Member-Secretary

Appendix-5 (To Resolution No. 33.6.2)

I.G.N.O.U

MINUTES OF THE 15TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 29TH JUNE, 2005 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE BOARD ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. A.K. Agarwal, Director, SOHS - Member 4. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Director, EMPC - Member 5. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD - Member 6. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS - Member 7. Prof M.C. Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 8. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOCE - Member 9. Prof. Uma.Kanjilal, SOSS - Member 10. Sh. Saugato Sen,Lecturer (Selection Grade),SOSS - Member 11. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. B.B.Khanna, Director, SOMS and Dr. Anju S.Gupta could not attend the meeting. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SR&ED attended the meeting as a Special Invitee. Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the meeting and congratulated the Registrar, SRE for successful completion of the Term end Examination June, 2005. He also placed on record the contributions made by Sh. V.K.Arora, Former Director, EMPC in the deliberations of the Academic Council's Standing Committee and welcomed the new Director, EMPC, Prof. Madhulika Kaushik as the Member of the Academic Council's Standing Committee.

The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to present the agenda items.

The following agenda items were taken up: ITEM NO.1

TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 14TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE (ACSC) AND NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

ACSC 15.1.1 Prof. S.C. Garg, PVC informed the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC) that the Minutes of its 14th Meeting held on 29.4.2005 were circulated to the Members. Comments have been received from the Registrar, SR&ED suggesting that the word re-registration be substituted by re-admission in Resolution No. 14.11.2 (Page No.8) and year 1998 be added to Resolution No. 14.12.2. (Page No.9).were read out.

ACSC 15.1.2 The Standing Committee accepted the first amendment as such and the second amendment was adopted with modification in that January, 1998 be added. The revised Resolutions will read as follows: “14.11.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the scheme placed at Appendix-2 for re-admission to MCA for the students who had registered for MCA (old syllabus)”. “14.12.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee discussed the matter and decided that the students of BCA of 1996, 1997 and January, 1998 batches may be given opportunity to opt CS 601 and/or CS 60 after payment of the requisite fee as a very special case since they have already earned 88 to 94 credits”.

ACSC 15.1.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee confirmed the Minutes of the 14th Meeting of the ACSC with the amendments above. The committee also noted the action taken on various items.

ITEM NO.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM OF MSO-002: RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS.

ACSC 15.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the School Board of School of Social Sciences had approved the course MSO-002: Research Methodologies and Methods in its meeting held on

20.12.2001 and the same was also approved by the Academic Council at its meeting held on 21.11.2003. However, during the development of the course, the course writers and editors felt a need for re-organization of the units. Thus, the number of blocks in the course has been reduced from 9 to 8. The proposal has been examined and approved by the School Board of School of Social Sciences in its meeting held on 22.3.2005.

ACSC 15.2.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Form of MSO-002: Research Methodologies and Methods Course (Appendix-1).

ITEM NO.3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINIMUM PASS MARKS FOR THE MEG STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 2001 FOR BOTH ASSIGNMENTS AND TERM END EXAMINATIONS (TEE).

ACSC 15.3.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, explained that while launching the M.A. English programme, the University had approved a scheme requiring students to secure a minimum of 40% marks in both Term end Examinations as well as in continuous assessment for successful completion of each course in the programme. However, due to an inadvertent omission the Student’s Handbook and Prospectus 2001 supplied to the students carried the information that students were required to secure 35% marks in each component. It was, however, noticed before the 2002 admissions, and corrected at that time. The students of 2001 batch who have secured less than 40% marks but more than 35% marks in either component have not been declared successful.

ACSC 15.3.2 Prof. Garg mentioned that some such students may resort to legal action by quoting the relevant provisions of the Students’ Handbook and Prospectus 2001. The School of Humanities has recommended that to avoid legal complications, a one time exception may be made.

ACSC 15.3.3 The ACSC considered the matter in detail and approved the proposal of SOH to declare pass all those MEG students of 2001 batch who got a minimum of 35% marks in assignments and the term-end examination as an exceptional, one time measure. The ACSC also recommended that the Academic Programme Committee should review various Phase Forms, and should have the detailed evaluation methodology with the minimum marks required for clearing a course

and for awarding divisions or grades included in the Phase-3 Form also. The Committee also directed that the responsibility may be fixed on the Programme Coordinator(s) for such a major slip.

ITEM NO.4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE POLICY GUIDELINES FOR CREDIT TRANSFER IN CEMBA/CEMPA PROGRAMMES.

ACSC 15.4.1 Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Coordinator, CEMBA explained that IGNOU in association with Commonwealth of Learning and Open Universities of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka developed and launched the Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Administration and Public Administration (CEMBA/CEMPA) programmes in the year 2002. The admission to these programmes is based on the merit in the ‘entrance test’ (CEMAT).

ACSC 15.4.2 Prof. Kaushik also explained that these programmes have a common curriculum and the same entry, delivery and evaluation systems have been envisaged. She argued that the Credit Transfer of courses completed by the students of the programmes above would facilitate learners to pursue studies anywhere in collaborating countries, and provisions for this have been made by the Academic Board of CEMBA/CEMPA. The Chairman also informed the members that in its last meeting, the Board of Governors of SAARC Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODIL) has recommended Credit Transfer and recognition of first degrees to facilitate migration of students among member countries.

ACSC 15.4.3 During the discussion, the Chairman cautioned that while accepting the proposal for Credit Transfer of the students of CEMBA/CEMPA, the University should ensure that the students have fulfilled all the requirements of Ministry of External Affairs relating to migration.

ACSC 15.4.4 The ACSC approved in principle the Credit Transfer Policy for CEMBA/CEMPA students..

ITEM NO.5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE EQUIVALENCE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 03.06.2005.

ACSC 15.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that in its second meeting held on 3.6.2005, the re-constituted Equivalence Committee resolved to recommend to the Academic Council as follows:

(1) treat one year Bachelor of Technology Bridge Course in Computer and Electrical Engineering offered by MDU, Rohtak as a professional qualification for admission to Management Programme of IGNOU.

(2) not to accept five years Diploma in Architecture awarded

by Sushant School of Art and Architecture (SSSA), Gurgaon.

(3) consider the highest qualifications of a candidate for admission to academic programmes of IGNOU.

(4) equate BPP of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University with IGNOU’s BPP for the purpose of admission to various academic programmes where prescribed eligibility criteria is BPP from IGNOU subject to the condition that VMOU has adopted IGNOU’s Evaluation Methodology for BPP.

(5) ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in recognizing one sitting B.A. Degree from Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam for admission to IGNOU’s Post Graduate Programems subject to the condition that candidates were enrolled for the programme before 1995-96 and completed their first degree by 1998-99.

(6) ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for treating educational qualifications awarded by private universities established under provisions of Chattisgarh Niji Kshetra Vishwavidyalya (Sthapana Aur Viniyamna) Adhiniyam, 2002 as non est and de-recognizing them for admission to higher studies with IGNOU.

(7) ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving IGNOU’s BIT Programme as a professional qualification for the purpose of eligibility for admission to Management Programme of IGNOU.

(8) refer the Associate Membership Examination of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Calcutta i.e “Degree of Metallurgy” for admission to Management Programme to the School Board of School of Management Studies.

ACSC 15.5.2 The ACSC considered and approved the items at Sl. No. 1, 2,4 to 8 as recommended by the Equivalence Committee. However, Item No. 3 was referred back to the Equivalence Committee for re-consideration as it might give impression that BPP is equivalent to 10 + 2.

ACSC 15.5.3 The ACSC considered and approved the Minutes of the Equivalence Committee (Appendix-2) with the above specific recommendations.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PERMISSION FOR SIMULTANEOUS ADMISSION TO THE MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN DIETETICS AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT (M.SC.DFSM) AND THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN FOOD AND NUTRITION (CFN)/CERTIFICATE IN NUTRITION AND CHILD CARE (CNCC)

ACSC 15.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the University is launching M.Sc. (Dietetics and Food Service Management) from July, 2005 and the minimum qualifications prescribed for a holder of graduation or an equivalent degree in any discipline of Science, Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Catering entail that they must have the Certificate in Food and Nutrition (CFN) or Certificate in Nutrition and Child Care (CNCC) or Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education (DNHE). However, the School of Continuing Education has proposed that CFN or CNCC offered by IGNOU should be made co-requisite rather than pre-requisite for such candidates.

ACSC 15.6.2 The ACSC considered and approved the proposal for permitting simultaneous admission to CFN or CNCC and the Master’s Programme in Dietetics and Food Service Management subject to payment of fee for both the programmes.

ITEM NO.7 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RELAXATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN COPY EDITING AND PROOFREADING.

ACSC 15.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, informed the members that the educational qualification for admission to the PG Certificate Programme in Copy Editing and Proofreading is graduation with English as one of the subjects and familiarity with Computers. The

University is receiving requests from individuals that English should not be made a compulsory subject in graduation for eligibility to admission. The School has pointed out that even for M.A. English programme, the University does not envisage English as a compulsory subject in graduation. Also, there are leading newspaper/publication houses which do not require English as a compulsory subject in graduation for their tasks. The School Board of School of Humanities at its 30th Meeting held on 28.5.2005 decided that the condition of English being a mandatory subject at graduate level for admission to the programme be relaxed.

ACSC 15.7.2 The ACSC considered and approved the proposal.

ITEM NO.8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF THE EHD-05: AADUNIK BHARTIYA SAHITYA: NAVJAGRAN AUR RASHTRIYA ANDOLAN COURSE.

ACSC 15.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Members that the School of Humanities has submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of the EHD-05: Aadunik Bhartiya Sahitya: Navjagran Aur Rashtriya Andolan course for the BDP students. The course is being revised to enhance analytical assessment capabilities of learners through a study of literature on great Indian writers, understand modernity, awakening and different facets of independence struggle.

ACSC 15.8.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for revision of the EHD-05 placed at Appendix-3 with the specific directions that the revised programme be made available to students by July 2006.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO OFFER POST-GRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER DISCIPLINES AS ELECTIVE COURSES IN M.A. (ECONOMICS).

ITEM NO. 10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO OFFER POST-GRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER DISCIPLINES AS ELECTIVE COURSES IN M.A. (SOCIOLOGY) PROGRAMME.

ITEM NO.11 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DISCIPLINE TO OFFER THE COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER DISCIPLINES IN PG DIPLOMA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME AS ELECTIVE.

ITEM NO.12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE POST-GRADUATE COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER DISCIPLINES TO BE ON OFFER IN M.A. (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) PROGRAMME AS ELECTIVE COURSES.

Agenda Items No. .9 to .12 were considered simultaneously.

ACSC 15.9-12.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S.C.Garg, informed that the School of Social Sciences has submitted proposals to offer post graduate courses (PG) developed by other disciplines as elective courses in M.A. Economics, Sociology, Public Administration and PG Diploma in Disaster Management. The School Board of SOSS while approving the proposals had recommended that a minimum of 75% of total credits must be earned in the main discipline. And such offerings may help enhance the horizon of our learning and is in keeping with emerging trends in developed countries.

ACSC 15.9-12.2 For efficient logistic support, it was considered necessary that the number of courses to be adopted from other related disciplines may be restricted to not more than 2 and worth not more than 8 credits. However, relevant components from the related discipline could be imbedded in mainstream courses of the adopting discipline.

ACSC 15.9-12.3 The ACSC decided that the Task Force should examine the operational details and a Committee appointed by the Vice-Chancellor under the Chairmanship of the Pro Vice-Chancellor may examine the academic issues.

ITEM NO.13 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE CHANGES IN TITLE OF FIVE UNITS OF MPA-011 (A CORE COURSE IN M.A. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) AND DELETION OF TWO UNITS FROM THE COURSE STRUCTURE APPROVED EARLIER.

ACSC 15.13.1 Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. S.C.Garg mentioned that the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its 36th Meeting held on May 27, 2005, on the recommendation of the course writers has approved the change in the titles of following five units of MPA-011: A Core Course in M.A. Public Administration to avoid overlapping and relate these contextually: Original Unit No.

Original Title Revised Unit No.

Revised Title

3 Issues and Challenges

3 Changing Role of the State: Issues and Challenges

12 Approaches to State and Administration

11 Changing Nature of the Indian State

14 Relationship between Bureaucracy and Administration

13 Contemporary Contexts of Indian Bureaucracy

17 Challenges before Bureaucratic Paradigm

15 Challenges to Traditional Bureaucratic Paradigm

20 Role of Non-Bureaucratic Actors

18 Role of Governmental Institutions.

The School Board also approved the proposal for deletion of the following two units from the course structure approved earlier.

Unit 4: Changing Role of the State Unit 15: Role of Alternative Forms of Agencies in

Administration

ACSC 15.13.2 The ACSC considered and approved the changes in the titles of the five units and deletion of two units from the course structure of MPA-011. The revised course structure is placed at Appendix-4.

ITEM NO.14 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE POLICY DOCUMENT ON THE PROJECTS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND SKILL ORIENTED COURSES OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.

ITEM NO.15 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT WORK OF 4 CREDITS FOR MLIS PROGRAMME.

ACSC 15.14-15.1 Prof. Kanjilal informed that the ACSC at its 10th Meeting held on May 20th, 2004, while considering the introduction of Project Work of 4 credits for MLIS Programme had suggested that a school-wise policy on project report/dissertation for professional and skill oriented courses be framed. The School of Social Sciences has proposed that for Certificate Courses projects should be optional and not more than 4 credits for Diploma and Degree Programmes, the project could be worth 4-8 and 8-12 credits, respectively.

ACSC 15.14-15.2 During the discussion, it was also pointed out that the ACSC in that meeting had constituted a sub-committee to look into the matter and frame uniform guidelines for the project work across the schools and disciplines.

ACSC 15.14-15.3 The ACSC considered the proposal and approved the project course for the MLIS programme worth 4 credits. It further resolved to refer the policy note to the above sub-committee for its consideration, with the suggestion that as far as possible no project should be offered in Certificate Programmes, a Diploma may have project work not more than 4 credits. For two year Degree Programme worth 64-72 credits, project worth may by up to 8 credits and for three years degree programmes, the project worth 12-16 credits could be offered.

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for Two Optional Courses namely MPSE-012 and MPSE-013 in 2nd year of M.A. (Political Science) from July, 2006.

ACSC 15.16.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor presented the item relating to Phase Zero Form for two optional courses namely MPSE-012 and

MPSE-013 in 2nd year of M.A. (Political Science) from July, 2006. He also mentioned that these courses are being prepared in project mode in collaboration with the Australia India Council. The Phase Zero Form and the contents of the courses MPSE-012: State and Society in Australia and MPSE-013: Australia’s Foreign Policy have been approved by the School Board of SOSS at its 36th Meeting held on May 27, 2005.

ACSC 15.16.2 The ACSC considered the proposal and approved the Phase Zero Form (placed at Appendix-5) for the introduction of two new courses mentioned above in 2nd year of M.A. Political Science. However, it directed that the programme coordinators be advised to submit detailed syllabi of the courses in future.

ITEM NO.17 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE OF DEGREES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES OF SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

ACSC 15.17.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S.C.Garg explained that in the Notification no. IG/SRE-Ex.III/UGC/2205 dated 15.12.2004, in the case of degrees of Bachelor of Technology (Construction Management) and Bachelor of Technology (Water Resources Engineering), the word `Civil’ has been inadvertently missed out in the nomenclature of degrees mentioned in the above notification.

ACSC 15.17.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the proposal for adding the word Civil before the specialization.

ITEM NO.18 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE INCLUSION OF DIPLOMA AWARDED BY COLLEGE OF MILITARY ENGINEERING (CME), PUNE IN THE ENTRY QUALIFICATION FOR THE ADMISSION TO B.TECH PROGRAMMES.

ACSC 15.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the School of Engineering Technology has submitted the proposal for inclusion of two year Diploma awarded by the College of Military Engineering (CME), Pune in the entry qualification for the admission to B.Tech. Programmes of IGNOU. The qualification for B.Tech Programme of the University is 3 years polytechnic diploma.

ACSC 15.18.2 The ACSC considered the proposal and referred it to the Equivalence

Committee for examination of the course content and other aspects of the Diploma awarded by CME, Pune.

ITEM NO.19 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE AWARD OF MBA DEGREE TO 8 STUDENTS ADMITTED TO PGSDM UNDER ‘DIRECT ENTRY SCHEME’.

ACSC 15.19.1 Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE explained that between the year 1991 to 1996 there was a provision for admission to PGSDM under the ‘Direct Entry Scheme’ without entrance test. The students who were admitted under the Direct Entry Scheme were also eligible to take admission in Master of Business Administration programme subject to the condition that they clear the “Entrance Test”. However, a number of the students (116 as of now) admitted to PGSDM “Direct Entry Scheme” continued to re-register for the remaining courses of MBA stream under the same enrolment number. Out of these, 14 even completed 21 or more courses way back in 2001 and the University has declared their results. But, only 8 students have completed the 21 courses in proper combination which otherwise makes them eligible for the award of MBA degree. The University in consultation with the School advised the students who have cleared 21 papers to clear the mandatory entrance test for award of degree. One of the students had cleared the Entrance Test and has been awarded Degree in the 16th Convocation.

ACSC 15.19.2 One of the students Shri Ajit Pratap Singh, instead of complying with the advice of the University approached the Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, Chittorgarh and State Consumer Forum, Jaipur. The Consumer Forums passed orders for award to MBA degree along with a fine of Rs. 10000/-.

ACSC 15.19.3 The ACSC considered the proposal in the light of the above mentioned facts and approved (i) the award of MBA degree to the 8 PGSDM “Direct Entry Students” who have completed the 21 courses in proper combination which makes them eligible for award of MBA degree as a one time measure, (ii) the data of remaining PGSDM students in the SRE should be blocked so that they are not permitted to write the term end examination of the courses other than the ones registered for PGSDM “Direct Entry”, (iii) the students should be advised to qualify the OPENMAT and choose the correct

combination of courses for award of the MBA degree, and (iv) the SRE Division should exercise greater caution in all such cases before issuing Hall tickets/decaling results.

ITEM NO.20

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE TO ALLOW FIRST AND SECOND BATCHES STUDENTS OF M.A. ENGLISH TO TAKE MEG-01 AS COMPULSORY SUBJECT NOT AS ADDITIONAL SUBJECT.

ACSC 15.20.1 Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH explained that at the time of launching of M.A. English programme in 2001, MEG-01 was envisaged as a compulsory course for the Ist year students but it could not be developed. The students of 2001 & 2002 batches were therefore offered MEG-01 as an additional course. But w.e.f. 2003, it has been a compulsory course for M.A. English students. A number of students enrolled prior to 2003 and who have not completed the programme have requested that they should also be allowed to complete MEG-01 as a compulsory course and not as an additional course. The proposal was considered and approved by the School Board of SOH at its meeting held on May 27, 2005.

ACSC 15.20.2 The ACSC considered and approved the proposal to allow first and second batch students of M.A. English to take MEG-01 as a compulsory course and not as an additional course.

ITEM NO.21 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE REVISION OF THE SYLLABUS OF M.A. (HINDI), COMPULSORY COURSE – ‘ADHUNIK HINDI KAVYA’ (MHD-2).

ACSC 15.21.1 Prof. Parakh, Director, SOH explained that the MHD-02 (8 credits) is a compulsory course and entails study of 14 poets and their 90 poems. The feedback from the learners and academic counselors in the last three years shows that the workload is heavy; equivalent to 12 credits. The Expert Committee convened to overview the contents in the light of feedback appreciated the initiative of the faculty and suggested to include only major poets and their poems in Anthology for certification purposes. The Anthology was prepared but the

students were not informed about the number of poets and their poems needed for compulsory readings and the poems to be included for reference only.

ACSC 15.21.2 To rectify the same, it is proposed that the poets and poems listed in Appendix-6 may be included in the course for certification. The proposal was approved by the School Board of SOH at its meeting held on May 27,2005.

ACSC 15.21.3 The ACSC considered and approved the proposal for revision of syllabus of MHD-2 ‘Adhunik Hindi Kavya’.

ITEM NO. .22 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF EEG-7: UNDERSTANDING DRAMA.

ACSC 15.22.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that in view of the University policy to revise the existing courses developed prior to 1998, the School of Humanities has submitted Phase Zero Form for revision of EEG-7: Understanding Drama course for the Bachelor’s Degree Programme. The proposal was approved by the School Board of SOH at its 30th Meeting held on May 27, 2005. With this revision of syllabus, the study of drama will become more broad based by bringing African Drama and Hindi Drama in English translation.

ACSC 15.22.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-7) for revision of the course EEG-7: Understanding Drama.

ITEM NO.23 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO ALLOW CHANGE OF REGION TO THE SPOUSES OF GOVERNMENT AND PSU OFFICIALS AND TEACHERS WORKING IN CENTRAL/STATE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN CASE OF B.ED. PROGRAMME.

ACSC 15.23.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the University has been receiving the requests for the change of region from students of B.Ed. programme for familial or professional reasons. Recently,

the University decided to fill vacant seats in a region by allowing learners from adjoining states to enroll. The facility of change of region has been exercised for teachers-learners belonging to Defence Personnel and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, irrespective of the upper limit of 100 seats. The Task Force at its 193rd meeting held on 6.6.2005 recommended that facility could be extended to the spouses of Govt. servants and Public Sector Undertaking officials, including NVS teachers, subject to the condition that not more than 100 teacher learners are enrolled in a year in a centre.

ACSC 15.23.2 During the discussion, the Vice-Chancellor advised the Registrar, SRE to collect relevant data from the study centres and Task Force should analyze details to enable decision making consistent with NCTE guidelines.

ACSC 15.23.3 The ACSC directed that till such analysis is presented to it, the existing provision should continue.

ITEM NO.24 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR B.Sc. (NAUTICAL SCIENCE).

ACSC 15.24.1 Dr. Ashish Agarwal, Programme Coordinator explained the Evaluation Methodology developed by the School in consultation with Director General, Shipping for the B.Sc. (Nautical Science) Programme. Dr. Ashish Agarwal highlighted that the minimum pass percentage will be 40% for continuous assessment as well as for term end examination for academic and qualifying courses, 50% for workshop lab and professional courses, and 70% for professional courses with chart work as given in Appendix-8.

ACSC 15.24.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Evaluation Methodology for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) programme with the clarification that the pass percentage pertains to each component of evaluation.

ITEM NO.25 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING ADMISSION TO HIGHER MODULE OF DPE PROGRAMME IN ANTICIPATION OF RESULT.

ACSC 15.25.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. S.C.Garg explained that the Task

Force at its 195th meeting held on 20.6.2005 recommended that students enrolled in DPE programme be governed by the practice followed for other programmes of IGNOU and suggested that these students may be permitted to enroll in higher modules of DPE as per University policy for other programmes. The Minutes of the Task Force were approved by the Vice-Chancellor.

ACSC 15.25.2 The ACSC considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving admission to Higher Modules of DPE as per the University policy for other programmes. .

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat) Member-Secretary

MINUTES of the

THIRTY FOURTH MEETING of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL held on

January 17, 2006

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE THRITY FOURTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON JANUARY 17, 2006 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The list of Members present and those who could not attend the Meeting is given in Appendix-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 34th Meeting of the Academic Council. He specially welcomed the following new members of the Academic Council and emphasized that he looked forward to their co-operation and valuable contribution to the deliberations in the meetings of the Academic Council: 1. Prof. N.V.Narasimham 2. Prof. Anu Aneja 3. Prof. S.B.Arora 4. Prof. Gayatri Kansal 5. Prof. J.C.Katyal 6. Prof. A.S. Narang 7. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj 8. Prof. Vijayshree 9. Prof. S.K.Panda 10. Sh. V.K.Arora 11. Sh. S.B.Sharma 12. Dr. T.K.Jena 13. Dr. Anu J.Thomas 14. Dr. H.K.Shee 15. Dr. Eisha Kannadi 16. Sh. N.Venkateswarlu 17. Dr. M.K.Salooja 18. Sh. T.R.Srinivasan The Chairman also placed on record Council’s appreciation for the academic contributions made by the following retiring members: 1. Prof. S.S.Hassan 2. Prof. B.B.Khanna 3. Prof. Gracious Thomas 4. Prof. A.K.Agarwal 5. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik

6. Prof. M.Aslam 7. Dr. Subhasis Maji 8. Sh. Akshay Kumar 9. Dr. Anju Sehgal Gupta 10. Ms. Poonam Bhusan 11. Sh. Saugato Sen 12. Mrs. Rita Sarkar 13. Dr. Ved Goel 14. Dr. Sanjeev Pandey 15. Dr. Neelam Choudhary

In his introductory remarks, the Chairman apprised the members that with the appointment of faculty, and the academic staff, the Schools of Agriculture and Law, the National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education, and the Inter-University Consortium for Technology Enabled Flexible Education and Development approved in the 10th Plan proposal have been activated. He further added that the Board of Management at its 83rd Meeting had approved the proposal to operate the provision for appointment of Emeritus Professors/Visiting Professors/Fellows of IGNOU. He further informed the Council that the exercise of revision of courses has been internalized and placed on record his appreciation for the faculty, the Directors of Schools and the Pro Vice-Chancellor. The Chairman also informed the members that a major initiative for developing national digital repository of existing courses has been undertaken and some of the new and revised courses/programmes have been put. Efforts are now being made to blend these with video-streaming to enrich their quality.

The members appreciated the various new initiatives. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur advised that the NCIDE should go beyond distance education and document existing best practices /innovations so as to avoid reinventing the wheel and develop a programme in Innovations in collaboration with Schools/Centres within and outside the University. Prof. Madhav Menon opined that since integrated approach to knowledge constitutes innovation, there is a need of integrating law education with other areas of knowledge i.e. engineering /technology/management, environment, international law. Prof. J.C. Katyal underlined the importance of Public-Private Partnership (P-3) to promote innovation. He also suggested that credibility and acceptability of the ODL System in agriculture education shall be determined by its role in facilitating transfer of technology to the farmers from the lab. He suggested that joint programmes in collaboration with premier agricultural institutions be launched. Prof. P.K. Jain opined that appointment of Emeritus Professors/Visiting Professors will improve the profile of the faculty of the University. Prof. Vijayshri welcomed the provision of inviting Visiting Professors/Scientists in the University and suggested that all Centres be equipped with necessary wherewithals for supporting graphics, animations and other such innovations. The Chairman thanked the members for their useful suggestions and assured that proposals including research which seek to enrich teaching-learning experiences shall be supported by the University.

The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor to present the agenda items.

ITEM NO.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 33rd MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 5th JULY, 2005 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN.

AC 34.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Minutes of the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Council were circulated to the members and the comments have been received from one of the members for Resolution No. AC. 33.1.3 and AC.33.5.1.

AC 34.1.2 The comments were read out wherein the member had opined that the minutes did not reflect the decision arrived and what he was doing during the 33rd Meeting was defending his comments, which he was not allowed to do and hence dissent. Regarding Resolution No. AC 33.5.1, the question was raised about the composition of the School Board for the School of Agriculture as to whether Deputy Director and Assistant Director could be the members of the School Board and on cancellation of degrees awarded to MCA students inadvertently in the 16th Convocation, as to whether the responsibility was fixed as it was a matter of serious concern.

AC 34.1.3 The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that as per the practice, only the decisions taken by rather than the deliberations in the Council had been recorded, and proposed that the same practice may be continued.

AC 34.1.4 The Academic Council agreed to the proposal and confirmed the Minutes of the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Council. It also noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 16TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 19.9.2005.

AC 34.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 16th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 19.9.2005. The Minutes of the meeting are placed at Appendix-2. The Academic Council’s Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Forms for revision of the courses CS-69 for BCA, AFE 1 to AFE 6 for CAFÉ/DAFE Programmes, EEG-04: English for Practical

Purposes for BDP, a new course BWEE-012: Women and Society: Global Concerns and Local Issues for Diploma Programme in Women’s Empowerment; Phase-3 Forms for Diploma Programmes in Dairy Technology & Meat Technology; Eligibility Criteria for PGDHHM; MoU with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration (LBSNAA); Change in Nomenclature of Renewable Energy Certificate and Diploma Programmes of School of Sciences. Recommendations of the Sub-Committee on PG Diploma in the study of Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (PGDMRR) (Appendix-3); Relaxation in age to international students for admission in Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme and Revision of Re-admission fees on Pro-rata basis.

AC 34.2.2 The Council was informed that avoid mandatory admission test for MBA and B.Ed. programmes, some students seek admission through PIs and after a semester or so, request the University to transfer their registration to India. In order to check this practice, the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 16th Meeting has recommended that: 1. If any student after taking admission in a foreign country

requests for a transfer in India, he/she should be asked to pay the same fee as being charged from foreign students.

2. If a student requests for transfer to India before completing 4

semesters in MBA/one year in B.Ed., he/she may be asked to appear for an entrance test alongwith other Indian students and admission will be granted only if he/she qualifies on the basis of merit. After admission, the student can apply for transfer of credits on the payment of fee as per rules. Such students in MBA stream will be charged fee as from Indian students. The B.Ed. students however will have to also satisfy the eligibility condition of attachment to a School for practical work.

AC 34.2.3 The ACSC also considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee constituted to develop a policy document on projects for various professional and skill oriented courses in the University. The Sub-Committee had made the following recommendations which were approved the Academic Council's Standing Committee:

1. As far as possible, the project course should adhere to the following credit range:

Type of Programme Maximum Credits for Projects Certificate Programme No project, unless absolutely

necessary. Degree/Diploma Programme (1 year)

04

Degree Programme (2 years) 08 Degree Programme (3 years) 12-16

2. The Schools of Studies should seriously examine the

desirability of the project work while designing the curriculum and developing study materials.

3. For every project course, the synopsis should be approved

by duly recognized evaluators, who can be senior counselors, Academic peers in institutions recognized by UGC/AICTE/DEC or internal faculty of the University.

4. Detailed guidelines in respect of preparation of synopsis

and project reports, qualifications of supervisors and evaluation methodology along with format should be developed and communicated to all concerned. This information should be provided in Phase Form-3 and appropriate column be included in there.

5. Every project course should provide a detailed manual for

preparation of project report. This manual should contain detailed instructions about academic and operational aspects of the projects as also approved proformas for use of students, supervisors and others involved.

6. Payment norms for different activities such as synopsis approval, supervision, evaluation and viva-voce should be worked out and submitted to Director (AC) for seeking approval of Finance Committee.

7. All aspects related to the implementation of the project component must be presented with the Phase-3 form.

8. Schedule of activities relating to project work should be included in the Manual and presented with the Phase-4 form as well.

9. A student should be asked to rework on the Project and submit a new project synopsis for approval and thereafter Project Report if he/she failed in either report evaluation or viva-voce.

10. Modalities of re-submission: (i) The candidates required to re-submit the synopsis/project report

be informed by the Nodal Officer concerned. (ii) The schedule for re-submission should be prepared by every

School. (iii) The Nodal Agency responsible for processing/evaluation of the

project should maintain the data base on the topic of project for each student.

(iv) Since re-submission shall cost the University, every student

should be asked to pay a fee on pro-rata basis depending upon the number of credits of the project work. Every School should work it out and give to Registrar (SRED).

The Committee also considered and recommended the modified policy on project courses for project report/dissertation for Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (Appendix-4).

AC 34.2.4 The Academic Council was apprised that in the Minutes of the 16th Meeting of ACSC an error had crept in inadvertently in recording the names of the Certificates and Diploma Programmes in Renewable Energy. The correct names of the two programmes are:

1. Certificate in Renewable Energy Technology 2. Diploma in Renewable Energy Technologies

AC 34.2.5 During the discussion, the Director, SOSS informed the Council about the MoU signed with LBSNAA and the offer of M.A. (Public Policy) to IAS Probationers. He also mentioned that this programme could be put on offer for other IAS officers also. The Academic Council appreciated the signing of MoU with LBSNAA and other institutions of higher education and expected that the University will sign more MoUs for academic collaboration.

AC 34.2.6 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 16th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee with modifications as given in Resolution No. AC 34.2.4.

ITEM NO. 3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 16.12.2005

AC 34.3.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 17th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 16.12.2005. The Minutes of the meeting are placed at Appendix-5. The Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Forms for revision of courses EEG-05: Understanding Prose, AWR (E): Writing for Radio , EHD-03: Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas Avm Sahitya Parichaya for BDP; revision of Preparatory course in Social Sciences (PSS-01); Phase-3 Forms for Advance Certificate in Newborn and Infant Care (ACNIC) and Certificate in Reproductive and Child Health (CRCH); M.A. (Public Policy) for IAS Probationers; Certificate Programme in Functional English: Basic Level; winding up of MCA Old Syllabus; automatic Credit Transfer in MBA (B&F) for CAIIB holders; change of MBA degree format; Evaluation Methodology for Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables (Appendix-6); new programme structure for B.Sc. (Major) in Chemistry (Appendix-7); Evaluation Methodology for CS-69 – TCP/IP Programming (Appendix-8); ratification of action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving launch of Diploma in Aquaculture and Appreciation Course on Environment.

AC 34.3.2 The ACSC considered the recommendations of the Sub-Committee (Appendix-9) for offering the PG level courses developed by the other disciplines in School of Social Sciences as electives and recommended that the following courses can be considered for adoption in different programmes subject to a maximum of 16 credits: Programme Course Code & Name Number of

Credit M.A. (Economics)

MPA-015: Public Policy and Analysis MPA-017: Electronic Governance

8 4

M.A. (Sociology) MPS-003: India: Democracy and Development MPA-016: Decentralization and Local Governance

8 8

M.A.(Public Admn.)

MPS-003: India: Democracy and Development MSO-002: Research Methods & Methodology

8 8

PGDDM MED-004: Towards Participatory Management

4

AC 34.3.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 17th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 7TH MEETING OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL HELD ON 30.12.2005.

AC 34.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 7th Meeting of the Research Council was held on 30.12.2005. The Research Council considered and approved the progress reports of Research Scholars in School of Social Sciences, Constitution of a Sub-Committee and its Standing Committee, Regulations for the meetings of the Research Council and admission of Ms. Arundhati Mishra to Ph.D. in Physics.

AC 34.4.2 The Research Council constituted a sub-committee consisting of Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD, Chairman, Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS, Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH, Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE and Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Professor, SOMS (convenor) to develop a proforma for students to submit their six monthly progress report as per requirements of the Ph.D. programme, examine the progress reports submitted by the students, and propose amendment in the Ordinance on Research Degree Programme in regard to action against the students who fail to submit their progress reports to their supervisors and who in turn fail to submit the same within a fortnight along with their comments to the Director of the School concerned. The Research Council also considered and approved the Regulations for its meetings and decided to constitute a Standing Committee to expedite the process. The Council also resolved that the Standing Committee may meet at least once in every three months and empowered the Standing Committee to take decisions on its behalf. The decisions shall be implemented from the date of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Research Council and put up for ratification by the Research Council.

AC 34.4.3 One of the members pointed out that Resolution No. RC.7.2.6 seems to have crept in inadvertently. The suggestion was accepted with the direction to delete it.

AC 34.4.4 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 7th Meeting (Appendix-10) of the Research Council with above specific direction.

ITEM NO. 5 TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN THE MATTER RELATING TO CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREES AT THE 17TH CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO BE HELD ON 18.2.2006.

AC 34.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 17th Convocation of the University is to be held on 18th February, 2006. In terms of the provisions of Section 5 (iv) of the IGNOU Act, the University may confer Honorary Degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down by the Statute 22 on conferment of Honorary Degrees. Accordingly the members of the Academic Council were requested to make nominations for consideration of the High Power Committee appointed by the Vice-Chancellor. The Committee considered the names and recommended the name of Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Republic of Mauritius for the award of D.Litt. and Sh. Narayan Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor Officer, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore for the award of D.Sc. degree (Honoris Causa) subject to their consent. The Board has also approved the proposal at its 84th Meeting held on 22-10-2005.

AC 34.5.2 The Academic Council was informed that the Vice-Chancellor had received the consent of both the nominees and their names have been forwarded to the Visitor for his consideration and approval.

AC 34.5.3 The Academic Council noted the Action Taken by the Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor invited all the members to attend the convocation, as they will be part of the academic procession at the convocation, and that the formal invitation from Registrar, (Admn) will follow.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 3RD MEETING OF THE EQUIVALENCE COMMITTEE HELD ON 26.12.2005.

AC 34.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 3rd Meeting of the Equivalence Committee was held on 26th December, 2005. The Equivalence Committee considered the cases relating to equivalence received from different quarters and recommended that the following

may be recognized for admission to various programmes of the University:

• Bachelor Degree holders under ‘non-formal stream’ who wish to seek admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes where the minimum eligibility criteria is 10+2 or its equivalent, may be admitted, provided that no additional requirement is prescribed at 10+2 level.

• The ‘one time’ Bachelor Degree Programmes of all the Indian

Universities which fulfill UGC’s stipulation, i.e. ‘those registered up to the year 1995-96 and have completed their Bachelor degree up to the year 1998-99’.

• M.A. Hindi (2 yrs.), B.Ed. (1 yr.), Shiksha Snatak (1 yr.),

M.Phil (1 yr.), Ph.D (2 yrs.), awarded by ‘Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai’ in view of the status of the institution as ‘Institute of National Importance’.

• ‘Visharada’ & ‘Shastri’(three year duration) of Kurukshetra

University and ‘Shastri’ (three year duration) of Maharshi Dayanand University.

• Four year ‘Bachelor of Arts’ Degree of Yangon University,

Myanmar for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s Master’s Degree Programme, provided that candidates have passed the Matriculation/High School Education Examination of the Myanmar Examination Board in five subjects (except Myanmar language), of which ‘English’ should be one.

• The ‘Army Senior School Certificate Examination (Class

XII)’ as equivalent to 10+2.

• The ‘Grade-12 Examination of Higher Secondary Education, Nepal’ as equivalent to 10+2.

• The ‘High School Diploma (Grade-12)’ of the International

School of Geneva as equivalent to 10+2.

• The ‘Secondary General Education’ of the Ministry of Russian Federation as equivalent to 10+2.

AC 34.6.2 The Academic Council considered the recommendations and approved the Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Equivalence Committee (Appendix-11).

ITEM NO.7 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING THE CONSTITUTION OF ITS STANDING COMMITTEE.

AC 34.7.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council at its 26th meeting held on 03-09-2001 approved the proposal for formation of its Standing Committee. The council had authorized the Vice-Chancellor to constitute the Standing Committee consisting of 9 to 11 members. Based on the experience, the Vice-Chancellor approved the following constitution :

S.No Name Constituency Period

1. Vice-Chancellor Chairman Ex-officio 2. Pro Vice-

Chancellor Incharge of Schools

Member Ex-officio

3. Five Directors of Schools (By Rotation)

Members Two years from the date of nomination

4. Three Teachers from among the Professors, Readers and Lecturers, preferably one from each category

Members Two years from the date of nomination

5. Two Heads of Divisions

Members Two years from the date of nomination

6. Director, Academic Coordination

Member-Secretary

Ex-officio

AC 34.7.2 The Academic Council considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the above constitution of its Standing Committee with the modification that the membership of the Pro Vice-Chancellor should be by nomination, term of office of the members be for one year and new constitution be made operative on the expiry of the membership of the present Standing Committee i.e., with effect from 02-10-2006.

ITEM NO. 8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE LIST OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE AWARD OF GOLD MEDALS, DEGREES, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES IN THE 17TH CONVOCATION.

AC 34.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 17th Annual Convocation of the University is scheduled to be held on Saturday, the 18th February, 2006, at the Headquarters and 24 Regional Centres simultaneously, through the tele-conferencing mode. Gold medals, degrees, diplomas and certificates will be awarded to those candidates who have qualified on completion of all requirements for the award based on continuous assessment and/or Term End Examinations, held in December, 2004 and June, 2005.

AC 34.8.2 One of the members pointed out that the list of Gold Medalists seems to have been left out inadvertently.

AC 34.8.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the list of students placed before it (Appendix-12) and authorized the Vice-Chancellor to approve the list of gold medalists and additions, if any, in the list of students eligible for award of degrees, diplomas and certificates at the forthcoming convocation. The final list may be placed before the Academic Council at its next meeting for ratification.

The Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(H.P.Dikshit) Chairman

Appendix-1

List of Members who attended/could not attend the 34th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 17th January, 2006

Members who attended the Meeting:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, VC - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC 3. Prof. J.S. Yadav 4. Dr. Shardindu 5. Prof. N.R.Madhav Menon 6. Prof. P.K.Jain 7. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur 8. Prof. J.M.Parakh 9. Prof. M.C.Sharma 10. Prof. Parvin Sinclair 11. Prof. N.V.Narasimham 12. Prof. Pardeep Sahni 13. Prof. Anu Aneja 14. Prof. S.B.Arora 15. Prof. J.C.Katyal 16. Prof. Uma Kanjilal 17. Prof. S.K.Panda 18. Sh. V.K.Arora 19. Prof. Gayatri Kansal 20. Prof. A.S.Narang 21. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj 22. Prof. Vijayshree 23. Dr. T.K.Jena 24. Dr. Anu J.Thomas 25. Dr. C.K.Ghosh 26. Sh. T.R.Srinivasan 27. Dr. H.K.Shee 28. Dr. Eisha Kannadi 29. Dr. N.Venketeswarlu 30. Dr. M.K.Salooja 31. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra 32. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Members who could not attend: 1. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana 2. Prof. Asghar Wajahat 3. Sh. D.Moitra 4. Sh. G.S.Sahni 5. Prof. J. Ramachandran 6. Sh. S.B.Sharma

Appendix-2 (To Resolution No. AC 34.2.1)

I.G.N.O.U MINUTES OF THE 16TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2005 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE BOARD ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

11. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 12. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 13. Prof. N.V.Narsimham, Director, SOMS - Member 14. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS - Member 15. Prof M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 16. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOCE - Member 17. Prof. S.B.Arora, Director, SOHS - Member 18. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Director, EMPC - Member 19. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD - Member 20. Prof. Uma.Kanjilal, SOSS - Member 21. Dr. Anju S.Gupta, SOH - Member 22. Sh. Saugato Sen,Lecturer (Selection Grade),SOSS - Member 23. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SR&ED attended the meeting as a Special Invitee. Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the meeting. He placed on record the appreciation for the contributions made by Prof. A.K.Agarwal and Prof. B.B.Khanna former Directors of School of Health Sciences and Management Studies, respectively in the deliberations of the meetings of the Standing Committee. He also welcomed the new members Prof. N.V.Narsimham, Director, School of Management Studies and Prof. S.B.Arora, Director, School of Health Sciences. The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to present the agenda items.

The following agenda items were taken up:

ITEM NO.1

TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 15TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE (ACSC) AND NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

ACSC 16.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 29.6.2005 were circulated to the Members and no comments have been received. He proposed that the Minutes may be confirmed as circulated.

ACSC 16.1.2 While considering the action taken report on Item No.3 of the Minutes, it was clarified that the decision to treat MEG students who get 35% marks in assignments and the term-end-examination as successful will be applicable to all the students enrolled in the year 2001 batch. Regarding Item No. 5, the School of Management Studies was requested to process recognition of Associate Membership of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM, Calcutta), i.e. Degree of Metallurgy for the purpose of admission to IGNOU’s Management Programme through the School Board at the earliest and report the decision to the Equivalence Committee for further action. Regarding decision in Item No. 5 (7) on treating BIT programme of IGNOU as professional degree for admission to MBA programme, it was decided that the file should be resubmitted to the Vice-Chancellor for his consideration.

ACSC 16.1.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee confirmed the Minutes of its 15th Meeting held on 29.6.2005 and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO.2

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF CS-69 COURSE OF THE BCA PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the course CS-69: TCP/IP Programming of the BCA Programme needs revision because of the advances made in the networking technology and TCP/IP Programming. The revised course with latest information might open up another domain of opportunity for BCA students to get a variety of networking jobs.

ACSC 16.2.2 Sh. Naveen Kumar, Course Coordinator was requested to explain to the members the credit weightage of practical component of the course and the evaluation methodology in terms of continuous and term-end assessment of the course.

ACSC 16.2.3 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for revision of the CS-69 course with the directions that the evaluation methodology of the course be put up for approval in the next meeting of the Standing Committee.

ITEM NO.3

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF COURSES AFE 01 TO AFE 06 IN CAFE/DAFE PROGRAMMES.

ACSC 16.3.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that School of Continuing Education has submitted the Phase Zero Form for the revision of courses AFE-01 to AFE-06 in CAFE/DAFE programmes which are being delivered in Project Mode. The revision and updating of the courses has become necessary because of new developments in these areas.

ACSC 16.3.2 During the discussion, some members suggested that the fees should be charged in one installment i.e. Rs. 900/- for CAFE and Rs. 1800/- DAFE. In case a student who has done Certificate Programme applies for admission to Diploma Programme, he/she may be permitted credit transfer for courses completed in the certificate programme, and charged a fee of Rs. 900/- only plus fees for credit transfer as per rules.

ACSC 16.3.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-1) for the revision of courses AFE-01 to AFE-06 in CAFE/DAFE programmes in principle with the direction that the issue related to fee may be discussed in the Task Force on Student Support Services and placed before the Vice-Chancellor for approval

ITEM NO.4

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR A NEW COURSE ON WOMEN AND SOCIETY: GLOBAL CONCERNS AND LOCAL ISSUES OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

ACSC 16.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Social Sciences has submitted the Phase Zero Form for a new course on Women and Society: Global Concerns and Local Issues of the

Diploma Programme in Women’s Empowerment and Development. The course envisages to impart knowledge of and build understanding about women’s status in society, both historically and contemporarily.

ACSC 16.4.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Form placed at (Appendix-2) for a new course on Women and Society: Global Concerns and Local Issues in the Diploma Programme in Women’s Empowerment and Development.

ITEM NO.5

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE IN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF THE PGDHHM PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.5.1 The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School Board of School of Health Sciences has proposed (i) removal of MBA category and (ii) reduction in work experience from five years to 2-3 years for the admission in PGDHHM programme.

ACSC 16.5.2 Prof. S.B. Arora, Director, SOHS informed that the School Board examined the break up of enrollment category wise and observed that about 80% students were Medical/Dental graduates, 15% were graduates in Indian System of Medicine/Homeopathy and 5% were graduates in Nursing and Pharmacy. The response from MBA degree holders was seen to be less than 1% and hence, the School Board recommended the proposal for removal of this category.

ACSC 16.5.3

The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the proposal in detail and observed that the University should not limit rather than enhance access and recommended that all the categories may be retained with work experience as follows:

• Medical/Dental graduates from a Medical/Dental institute of India or other countries recognized by Medical Council of India (MCI) or Dental Council.

• Graduates in Indian System of Medicine,

Homeopathy, Nursing and Pharmacy recognized by the respective Councils with three years of hospital experience.

• Candidates holding MBA degree or PG Diploma in Financial, Material or Personnel Management with five years hospital experience.

ITEM NO.6

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BETWEEN IGNOU AND THE LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION.

ACSC 16.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that on the initiative of the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, the University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) on 29.8.2005. The areas that have been identified for collaboration include:

• Public Administration and Governance, General Management, Economics, Trade & Public Policy, Emerging Issues in Public Management, E-governance, Change Management, National Security, Negotiations and Conflict Resolution, Improving Service Delivery, Enhancing Administrative Accountability, Human Development, Ethics and Values, Other Governance Issues and Disaster Management.

• Faculty Exchange, Preparation of Reading Material,

Preparing, Developing and Imparting Academic Input, Developing Tools and Techniques of Training, Developing Professional Skills, Conducting Joint Research or Field Studies and Sharing of Data, Publication and Circulation of Reading Materials and Sharing of Library Resources.

ACSC 16.6.2 While approving the Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix-3)

signed between IGNOU and the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the Academic Council's Standing Committee appreciated the pro-active initiative of the Vice-Chancellor as it is likely to help IGNOU to not only further strengthen its profile but also create advocates in every district of the country and help expand access and reach.

ITEM NO.7

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN DAIRY TECHNOLOGY.

ACSC 16.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Agriculture has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Diploma Programme in Dairy Technology.

ACSC 16.7.2 Dr. M.K. Salooja, Programme Coordinator explained that the objectives of the programme are to develop technician level trained human resource for dairy sector, to upgrade technical know-how of

dairy workers, generating employment and entrepreneurship through dairy technology, by adopting Good Manufacturing Practices, and match requirement of international quality products.

ACSC 16.7.3 The Chairman advised that possibilities of establishing study centres in the Dairies/Units in Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and the North East be explored.

ACSC 16.7.4 The Academic Council's Standing Committee directed that a Committee should look into details of practical components of the programme for smooth delivery of the programme.

ITEM NO.8

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN MEAT TECHNOLOGY.

ACSC 16.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Agriculture has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Diploma Programme in Meat Technology. He requested Dr.M.K.Salooja, Programme Coordinator to explain the highlights of the programme.

ACSC 16.8.2 Dr. Salooja explained that the objectives of the programme are to provide knowledge & skills for quality production of meat and meat products, to develop human resource for meat industry and associated activities, to train personnel for self-employment, to impart knowledge and technical proficiency in (i) good slaughter practices (ii) handling of meat in a scientific manner (iii) production of quality meat & meat products (iv) testing and quality control of meat & meat products (v) managing small and medium enterprises. Dr. Salooja also pointed out that the programme comprises 50% theory and 50% practical component.

ACSC 16.8.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the proposal in detail and directed that a committee should look into details for smooth delivery of the programme.

ITEM NO.9

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE OF TWO PROGRAMMES.

ACSC 16.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School Board of School of Sciences recommended that nomenclature of the following programmes be changed for operational convenience:

Certificate Programme for Micro Energy Generation and Distribution System: Installation, Operation, Maintenance to Certificate Programme for Training in Renewable Energy. Diploma Programme in Micro Energy Generation and Distribution System: Installation, Operation, Maintenance to Diploma Programme in Renewable Energy Technologies.

ACSC 16.9.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the proposal in detail and modified the Nomenclature of the above mentioned programmes as given below:

1. Certificate in Renewal Energies. 2. Diploma in Renewal Energies.

ITEM NO. 10

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S SUB-COMMITTEE HELD ON 5TH APRIL, 2005 AND 29.7.2005.

ACSC 16.10.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 15th Meeting held on 29.6.2005, while considering the matter related to policy document for professional and skill oriented courses of the School of Social Sciences and introduction of project work for MLIS programme, approved the proposal for project course of 4 credits for the MLIS programme and referred the policy note to its Sub-Committee constituted in the 10th Meeting. The sub-committee met on 5.4.2005 and 29.7.2005, held detailed deliberations on the issues involved. He then presented the major recommendations.

ACSC 16.10.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and

approved the recommendations of the Sub-Committee (Appendix-4).

ITEM NO.11

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED CREDIT TRANSFER FROM THE OLD MCA TO THE REVISED MCA PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.11.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Computer and Information Science has worked out a Credit Transfer Scheme for the benefit of the students transferring from the old MCA syllabus to the new one.

ACSC 16.11.2 The item was taken for discussion by the Academic Council's Standing Committee. The Members pointed out a few inconsistencies in the proposal and it was considered necessary for

smooth implementation of the scheme that a small committee appointed by the Chairman should examine the proposal in detail and submit its recommendations to the ACSC at its next meeting.

ITEM NO.12

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BCA PROJECT EVALUATORS.

ACSC 16.12.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 14th Meeting held on 29.4.2005 approved the eligibility criteria for appointment of evaluators examiners of the project components (CS-11 and CS-76) of the BCA programme on the recommendations of the School Board of SOCIS. The School has now submitted that regular faculty of IT/Computer Science/Computer Engineering departments of AICTE recognized institutions with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience of CS/IT related courses be considered.

ACSC 16.12.2

The Chairman advised that each Statutory Authority has its specified domain of authority and should be observed as such. For in academic matters, Academic Council has the supreme authority and an item approved by it or its Standing Committee be implemented as such.

ACSC 16.12.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee decided that the item be treated as withdrawn.

ITEM NO.13

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROJECT COMPONENT (CS-76/CS-11) OF BACHELOR IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA) PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.13.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School Board of School of Computer and Information Science at its 22nd Meeting recommended that all the students of BCA programme should obtain the approval of their project proposals from the academic counselors (who are counseling for computer course of BCA/MCA of IGNOU) in their study centres and PSC.

ACSC 16.13.2

The Member Secretary pointed out that the compulsory approval of project proposals was dispensed with by the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 7th meeting held on 15.2.2003 (Resolution No. 7.12.4) on the recommendations of the SOCIS to facilitate better management.

ACSC 16.13.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the matter and advised that the matter be treated as withdrawn.

ITEM NO.14

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THE STUDY OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT OF DISPLACEMENT, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION (PGDMRR).

ACSC 16.14.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the ACSC at its 14th Meeting held on 29.4.2005, while considering the Phase-3 Form of Post Graduate Diploma in the Study of Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (PGDMRR) constituted a Sub-Committee under his Chairmanship to examine the desirability of developing the programme in view of the experiences with the Certificate programme.

ACSC 16.14.2 The Sub-Committee, at its Meeting held on 5.9.2005, considered the issues involved and recommended that:

1. The PG Certificate course should be offered in one cycle only

(January cycle) till the PG Diploma programme is finally launched by the University. Once PGDMRR is put on offer, the Certificate Programme should be withdrawn.

2. The Director, School of Social Sciences must ensure that the

revised/new courses, be made available in printed form by October, 2006.

3. The project course should be withdrawn from the certificate

programme. 4 The courses should have equal credit weightage. 5. The counseling should be done at the Study Centres/Regional

Centres equipped with Edusat/DRS terminals and the counseling should be mainly done by the internal faculty of the University.

6. The costs of development should be met completely out of Project

funds and fee be worked out for delivery for viability.

ACSC 16.14.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee after considering the recommendations of the Sub-Committee approved the Phase-3 Form for the PG Diploma in the Study of Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation in the project mode with the condition that the programme offer shall be reviewed after one year.

ITEM NO.15

TO CONSIDER THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE STUDENTS WHO SEEK ADMISSION IN GULF COUNTRIES TO AVOID ADMISSION TEST CONDUCTED IN INDIA.

ACSC 16.15.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that to avoid mandatory admission test for MBA and B.Ed., some students seek admission through PIs and after a semester or so request the University to transfer their registration to India. In order to check this practice, the International Division has suggested that: 1. If any student after taking admission in a foreign country

requests for a transfer in India, he/she should be asked to pay the same fee as being charged from foreign students.

2. If a student requests for transfer to India before completing 4 semesters in MBA/one year in B.Ed., he/she may be asked to appear for an entrance test alongwith other Indian students and admission will be granted only if he/she qualifies on the basis of merit. After admission, the student can apply for transfer of credits on the payment of fee as per rules. Such students in MBA stream will be charged fee as from Indian students. The B.Ed. students however will have to also satisfy the eligibility condition of attachment to a School for practical work.

ACSC 16.15.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and

approved the proposal.

ITEM NO.16

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR REVISION OF EEG-04: ENGLISH FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES FOR BDP PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.16.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Humanities, as a part of the exercise initiated for revision of existing courses, has submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of EEG-04: English For Practical Purposes offered in the Bachelor Degree Programme. The School Board has recommended that there should be a clear integration of skills and sub-skills with the various professions.

ACSC 16.16.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for revision of the EEG-04: English for Practical Purposes course (Appendix-5).

TABLED ITEM

ITEM NO.17

TO REPORT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR REGARDING RELAXATION OF AGE FOR THE ADMISSION TO BPP PROGRAMME.

ACSC 16.17.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that The International Division received requests from a Partner Institute (PI) in Saudi Arabia for relaxation of age for admission to BPP programme. The date of births are given against the name of each student:

1. Mr. Sarfaz Ahmed 20/8/1987 2. Ms.Aysha Naushad 4/7/1987 3. Mr.Rehmatullah 17/9/1987

The admission criteria for BPP stipulates that an individual should have completed 18 years as on 30th June, 2005 for the admission for July semester.

ACSC 16.17.2 The Vice-Chancellor considering that in conventional universities, the age is taken as on First October for the July cycle in a year, has granted relaxation in age. Prof. Garg, informed that the Vice-Chancellor has therefore, decided that the date for calculating the age should be 1st October for July session and 1st April for January session.

ACSC 16.17.3 The Academic Council's Standing Committee noted the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in relaxing the age of three students mentioned above and approved the new cut off dates for calculating the age of students for admission to the programmes of the University.

ITEM NO.18

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE REVISION OF RE-ADMISSION FEE ON PRO-RATA BASIS.

ACSC 16.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the University has already revised the programme fee for different programmes with effect from July,2005/January,2006 session. It has, therefore,

become necessary that Pro-rata Re-Admission fee for different Programmes may also be revised, in the light of the revision of the programme fee for fresh admission. The Pro-rata Re-admission fee will be applicable to those students who are not able to complete all courses within the prescribed maximum duration.

ACSC 16.18.2 The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered and approved the Pro-rata fee calculated for different programmes placed at Appendix-6 with the suggestion that the practical fees wherever applicable be separately charged and recorded accordingly.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat) Member-Secretary

Appendix-3 (To Resolution No. AC 34.2.1)

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN THE STUDY OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT OF DISPLACEMENT, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION (PGDMRR) HELD ON 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2005 IN THE PVC’S CHAMBER, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-68.

The following were present: 1. Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC - Chairman 2. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS - Member 3. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD - Member 4. Dr. Madhu Bala, Reader, SOSS - Member 5. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Convenor

At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the Members to the meeting and explained that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 14th meeting held on 29.4.2005, while considering the Phase-3 Form of Post Graduate Diploma in the Study of Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (PGDMRR), constituted a sub-committee to re-look into the aspect of number of the study centres where this programme will be offered in view of the experience with the certificate programme.

The Committee with a view to assess the viability of offering the Diploma programme, considered the enrolment of students in the certificate programme on offer for last five years. The members observed that enrolment in the certificate programme during all these years on an average had been around 80. As the development of the programme had been funded by the World Bank, the University continued with the programme. It was further observed that in general, the enrolment in certificate level programmes is low, with its upgradation to Diploma level, the enrolment might improve. Moreover, both the certificate and diploma are part of the programme funded by the World Bank, it is desirable to develop and offer the diploma programme also. In view of these facts the Sub Committee recommended the following:

1. The PG Certificate course should be offered in one cycle only (January cycle) till the PG diploma programme is finally launched by the University from January, 2007 session after which the certificate Programme will be withdrawn.

2. The Director, School of Social Sciences must ensure that the revised/new courses, be

ready before the launching of PG Diploma Programme i.e. January 2007.

3. The project course should be withdrawn from the certificate programme.

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4 The courses should have equal number of credits.

5. The Counseling should be made available at the Study Centres/Regional Centres where the terminals of Edusat/DRS are available and the counseling should be mainly done by the internal faculty of the University.

6. The costs of development should be met completely out of Project funds and fee

be worked out for delivery for viability. Subject to (6) above, the Phase 3 form for PG Diploma in the Study of Participatory

Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (PGDMRR) may be approved.

. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat) Convenor

Appendix-4

(To Resolution No. AC 34.2.3)

MASTERS DEGREE IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

Modalities for Project Reports/Dissertations (4 Credits) A project report/dissertation of four credits (100 marks) is to be launched in the MLIS programme as per guidelines of School of Social Sciences. The following modalities are proposed for implementation of the same: 1. Credits The Project reports will be of 4 credits (100 marks). A student has to secure a minimum of 50 marks to pass. 2. Thrust Areas The areas in which the students have to work for the project report/dissertation will be according to the syllabus of the course. The details of the areas are to be decided by the faculty as mentioned in the project guide to be distributed amongst the students. 3. The Guides/Supervisors The project work/dissertation is to be carried out under the supervision of a guide who fulfills the requisite qualifications as mentioned below: a) A person having Ph.D. in Library and Information Science.

Or b) A person having Master’s Degree in Library & Information Science with two

years experience in a library or information centre in the scale of a lecturer. Or

c) A person having B.E./B.Tech.(Computer Science)/M.C.A. or equivalent with minimum of two years experience in a reputed library.

The bio data of the external guides/supervisors may be submitted in the prescribed

format. The names of the external guides/supervisors will be approved by the Faculty.

4. Proposal submission

The student is required to submit the proposal along with guides/supervisors

(external) bio-data before 31st December for every year to the Director, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068 for approval. The proposal should be duly signed by the guides/supervisors. For the first year of the Programme launch, the date for submission of project proposal will be 28th February, 2006.

5. Project Submission

One copy of the project report is to be submitted to the Registrar, Student Registration and Evaluation Division. A copy of the approved project proposal signed by the Faculty should be enclosed along with the Project Report.

The project report may be submitted in two slots i.e. by 30th September each year for December Term End Examinations, and by 31st March each year for June Term End Examinations. For the first year of the Programme launch the last date of submission will be 30th June, 2006.

6. Evaluation

The projects/dissertations will be evaluated by the Faculty or External Experts, as per requirement. The names of the external experts will be recommended by the School Board as per the rules. There will be no viva for evaluation of projects.

1. Resubmission of Project A student will be required to rework on Project and submit a new Project Synopsis

for approval and thereafter Project Report if he/she failed in report evaluation. 2. Payments

The remuneration per project to be paid to the Guides/Evaluators will be as follows:

Project Guidance - Rs. 100/- Project Evaluation - Rs. 100/-

Appendix-5 (To Resolution No. AC 34.3.1)

I.G.N.O.U

MINUTES OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 16TH DECEMBER, 2005 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOS - Member 4. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS - Member 5. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH - Member 6. Prof. N.V.Narsimham, Director, SOMS - Member 7. Prof M.C. Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 8. Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE - Member 9. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE - Member 10. Dr. T.K.Jena, Reader, SOHS - Member 11. Dr. S.K.Vyas, Reader, SOET - Member 12. Dr. Anu J.Thomas, Reader, SOCE - Member 13. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. J.C.Katyal, School of Agriculture, attended the meeting as a Special Invitee.

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 17th meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC). The Chairman also placed on record ACSC’s appreciation for the contributions made by the following retiring members of the Academic Council's Standing Committee:

1. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Director, EMPC. 2. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, Regional Services Division 3. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, School of Continuing Education 4. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Professor, School of Social Sciences. 5. Prof. S.B.Arora, Director, School of Health Science. 6. Dr. Anju S.Gupta, Reader, School of Humanities. 7. Sh. Saugato Sen, Lecturer (S.G), School of Social Sciences.

He specially welcomed the following new members (including Prof. Parvin Sinclair and Prof. M.C.Sharma who have been re-nominated) of the Academic Council's Standing Committee and emphasized that he looked forward to their co-operation and valuable contributions to the deliberation in the meetings of the Standing Committee.

1. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, School of Social Sciences 2. Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE. 3. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, School of Humanities 4. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE. 5. Dr. Annu J.Thomas, Reader, School of Continuing Education. 6. Dr. T.K.Jena, Reader, School of Health Sciences. 7. Dr. S.K.Vyas, Reader, School of Engg. & Technology.

He also desired that every School should prepare the Vision and Mission Statement and revisit it periodically. The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to present the agenda.

ITEM NO. 1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 16TH MEETING OF

THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

ACSC 17.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the Minutes of the 16th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 19.9.2005 were circulated to the members for their comments. Comments have been received from one of the members regarding recording of Resolution nos. 16.12.3 and 16.13.3. (i) It was pointed out in the comments that the Authority of the Academic Council was not being challenged. What was presented was the reaction of the School Board when the matter was reported to the members. The members had pointed out an inconsistency and had asked the Academic Council to re-consider the eligibility criteria. Surely, a Statutory Body like School Board is allowed and expected to do this, if felt necessary. (ii) Item no. 13, the Resolution no. 16.13.3 should be read as “the Academic Council's Standing Committee considered the matter and suggested that it be looked into by the same Committee that would be considering item no. 11”.

ACSC 17.1.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that the Minutes have been recorded properly. However, the School is free to bring the matter again before the Standing Committee through the School Board, if it feels necessary.

ACSC 17.1.3

The ACSC confirmed the Minutes of the 16th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 19.9.2005 and noted the action taken.

ITEM NO.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF EEG-05 COURSE OF THE BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMME.

ACSC 17.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the School of Humanities, as a part of the exercise initiated for revision of existing courses, has submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of English Elective course EEG-05:Understanding Prose of the Bachelors’ Degree Programme.

ACSC 17.2.2 The revision is intended to bring greater novelty in the course. The inclusion of contemporary text is required to give the students a more comprehensive idea of the latest trends in literature.

ACSC 17.2.3 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-1) for the revision of EEG-05: Understanding Prose of Bachelor’s Degree Programme.

ITEM NO.3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF THE APPLICATION ORIENTED COURSE WRITING FOR RADIO [AWR (E)].

ACSC 17.3.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the School of Humanities, as a part of the exercise initiated by the University for revision of existing courses, has submitted the Phase Zero Form for Application Oriented Course on Writing for Radio [AWR (E)].

ACSC 17.3.2 The course has been on offer since 1991 and in view of the innovations that have taken place in the field of Radio, the need has been felt for major re-structuring of courses and updating the content.

ACSC 17.3.3

The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-2) for the revision of Application Oriented Course on Writing for Radio [AWR (E) ].

ITEM NO.4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM OF ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN NEWBORN AND INFANT CARE (ACNIC).

AND ITEM NO.5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM OF

CERTIFICATE IN REPRODUCTIVE AND CHILD HEALTH (CRCH).

ACSC 17.4-5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the

School of Health Sciences has submitted the Phase-3 Forms for the Advanced Certificate in Newborn and Infant Care (ACNIC) and Certificate in Reproductive and Child Health (CRCH) programmes. The main objectives of both the programmes is to update the knowledge and skills of health care providers in care of newborns and infants and enable them to provide effective nursing care to normal, at risk and sick newborn infants and in reproductive and child health to enable them to render health care to mother and child. The two certificate programmes are of 14 and 16 credits respectively. There is a provision of 43% theory and 57% practical component for ACNIC and 50% theory and 50% practical component for CRCH. The learners will have to complete workbook in the field and practical at regular centres.

ACSC 17.4-5.2 The Programme Coordinator, Dr. Pity Koul explained that both the programmes are being developed by the University in response to the Government’s Policy on health care for Newborn and Infant Care and Reproductive and Child Health, which is far from satisfactory in our country. The international agencies like UNICIEF and WHO are also showing interest in these programmes. The Programme Coordinator also explained that the target groups for these programmes will be in-service nurses (RNRM) working at various levels of care as these workers are involved directly with the people at ground level in urban and rural areas. The fee structure of the programmes has been worked out on normal basis and it can be revised later on, if required, in view of the practical component of the programmes.

ACSC 17.4-5.3

The Chairman suggested that in these health care programmes for infants and mothers, a number of states may be interested and advised the Programme Coordinator to contact the States and explore the possibilities of sponsored candidates.

ACSC 17.4-5.4 The ACSC approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-3 & 4) of Advance Certificate in Newborn and Infant Care (ACNIC) and Certificate in Reproductive and Child Health (CRCH) with the observations that the suggestions made by the School Board for changing the names of both the programmes as Certificate in

Newborn and Infant Care and Certificate in Mother and Child Health of which Reproductive and Child Health will form a part be incorporated and the programme be launched on pilot basis up to District level hospitals.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM OF EHD-03:HINDI SAHITYA KA ITIHAS AVM SAHITYA PARICHYA

ACSC 17.6.1 Prof. J.M.Parakh informed the members that the School of Humanities, as a part of the exercise initiated for revision of existing courses, has submitted the Phase Zero Form of EHD-03: Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas Avm Sahitya Parichya. This course has been on offer for the last 15 years and major changes have taken place in development of Hindi Sahitya and to make the course more useful and relevant for the learners, the revision of the course has become necessary.

ACSC 17.6.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-5) of EHD-03: Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihas Avm Sahitya Parichya.

ITEM NO.7 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN IN LAUNCHING M.A. (PUBLIC POLICY) FOR IAS PROBATIONERS.

ACSC 17.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the IGNOU has signed a MoU with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. Under this MoU, the IGNOU was to launch M.A. (Public Policy) for IAS Probationers. After a series of meetings between the IGNOU Faculty and the Senior Officials of LBSNAA, the course contents of the programme were formulated which are placed in Phase-3 Form (Appendix-6). Since the programme was to be launched in July, 2005, the Vice-Chancellor approved the Phase-3 Form for the programme.

ACSC 17.7.2 The ACSC ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Phase-3 Form and launching of the M.A. (Public Policy) for IAS Probationers from July 2005.

ITEM NO.8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUES IN OFFERING THE PG LEVEL COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER DISCIPLINES AS ELECTIVE COURSES IN MASTER’S OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PG DIPLOMA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT.

ACSC 17.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the ACSC at its 15th Meeting held on 29.6.2005 while considering the proposal to offer Post-Graduate Courses developed by other disciplines as Elective Courses in Master’s of Arts in Economics, Sociology, Public Administration and PG Diploma in Disaster Management recommended that the Task Force should examine the operational difficulties and a Committee appointed by the Vice-Chancellor under the Chairmanship of the PVC may examine the academic issues.

ACSC 17.8.2

The Committee met on 12.8.2005 and recommended that the following courses can be considered for adoption in different programmes: Programme Course Code & Name Number of

Credit M.A. (Economics) MPA-015: Public Policy and Analysis

MPA-017: Electronic Governance 8 4

M.A. (Sociology) MPS-003: India: Democracy and Development MPA-016: Decentralization and Local Governance

8 8

M.A.(Public Admn.) MPS-003: India: Democracy and Development MSO-002: Research Methods & Methodology

8 8

PGDDM MED-004: Towards Participatory Management

4

ACSC 17.8.3 The recommendations of the Committee were forwarded to the School of Social Sciences for consideration by the respective disciplines. The School has agreed to the proposal and made the recommendations (Appendix-7) to operationalize the proposal. The Task Force on SSS also considered the operational aspects of the proposal and recommended that there should not be any operational problems in implementing the proposal.

ACSC 17.8.4 The ACSC considered and approved the proposed scheme and recommendations of the Sub-Committee placed at Appendix-7.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE WINDING UP OF MCA OLD SYLLABUS AND ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO RE-REGISTER FOR THE LEFT OUT SEMESTERS.

ACSC 17.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that consequent upon launching of MCA revised programme from January 2005 cycle, old syllabus has been withdrawn. The University has two categories of students: (i) those admitted to MCA during January, 2004 (old syllabus) cycle, and (ii) those admitted to MCA (new syllabus) in January 2005 cycle. The minimum and maximum durations prescribed for MCA old syllabus are three and seven years, respectively. Based on the discussion in the meetings of the Task Force, the School of Computer and Information Sciences prepared a scheme for registration of students enrolled in the MCA old syllabus which was placed before the ACSC at its 14th Meeting held on 29-04-2005. The scheme envisaged that the students be asked to re-register for the remaining semesters by July - December 2006 cycles and thereafter no re-registration would be allowed in MCA old syllabus. But by the time the minutes of the ACSC were circulated, the students were practically left with two options for re-registration as against four chances proposed in the scheme.

ACSC 17.9.2 A sub-committee of the Task Force (SSS) deliberated on the issues in detail and recommended the following action:

(i) Students should be allowed to re-register all the courses of MCA old syllabus up to July, 2007 i.e. they get four chances – Jan.-June 2006, July-Dec. 2006, Jan-June 2007 & July-Dec. 2007.

(ii) Students may be permitted to re-register for 3rd semester (Jan-June 2006 cycle) latest by 15-12-2005 without late fee. The students support services required should be provided. No counseling shall be provided beyond December 2007.

(iii) Students of the batches indicated in

recommendations mentioned in Appendix-8 should be informed that they need to successfully complete all the requirements for the award of MCA by the Dec-2010 T.E.E. Beyond this, no examination for MCA old syllabus would be conducted.

(iv) Appropriate communication should be sent to

Regional Directors to inform the Study Centres activated for Computer Programmes to display a ‘Notice’ regarding winding up of MCA old syllabus for information of all students of MCA, BCA-MCA Integrated programme. The notice should indicate the details given at point (i) to (iii) above. The Regional Directors may also issue a Notification in the local press for the information of all concerned. A notification would be prepared by the SRE.

The detailed recommendations of the Sub-Committee are placed at (Appendix-8). 1,06,049 students of MCA old syllabus have been informed in November by Registrar SRE after the approval of the recommendation of the Sub-Committee by the Vice-Chancellor.

ACSC 17.9.3

The ACSC ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor by allowing students of MCA (Old Syllabus) to re-register themselves up to July, 2007 and conduct T.E.E. up to December, 2010.

ITEM NO.10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE AUTOMATIC CREDIT TRANSFER IN MBA (B&F) FOR CAIIB HOLDERS OF OLD AND REVISED SCHEME.

ACSC 17.10.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that according to the scheme framed by the School of Management Studies, the students enrolled for MBA (Banking & Finance) Programme are eligible for credit transfer under CAIIB old and revised scheme. Under the old scheme, the credit transfer is permitted for MS-4: Accounting and Finance Managers, MS-9: Managerial Economics, MS-491: Law and Practice relevant to Banking and under the revised scheme students are eligible for credit transfer of five courses i.e. MS-4, MS-424, MS-491, MS-492 and one of the elective courses (MS-421, Ms-423, and MS-425) according to whichever elective s/he cleared in CAIIB examination. The students are required to pay the requisite fees for credit transfer at the time of admission itself at the respective Regional Centres. It is time consuming and inconvenient to the student as he/she has to apply for credit transfer to SRE after admission and enclose copies of CAIIB credentials.

The matter was taken up with the School of Management Studies and School has agreed that in order to avoid delay in credit transfer and to reduce the time gap, the credit transfer of the courses mentioned above be reflected in the grade card automatically on updating the admission data of the student in the Master record which invariably indicates the details of credit transfer as well. Every student should show original letter of membership and submit a self attested photocopy.

ACSC 17.10.2 The ACSC approved the proposal for automatic credit transfer to be reflected in the grade cards of MBA Banking & Finance students.

TABLED ITEMS ITEM NO. 11 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for revision of

Preparatory Course in Social Sciences (PSS-01).

ACSC 17.11.1

Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the School of Social Sciences has submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of Preparatory Course in Social Sciences (PSS-01). The course was developed about 16 years back. Keeping in view the developments in society, economy and polity since then, it is necessary to revise and update the course, incorporating contemporary issues and concerns.

ACSC 17.11.2 Director, School of Social Sciences pointed out that the revised course shall be put on offer in January 2007.

ACSC 17.11.3 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-9) for revision of Preparatory Course in Social Sciences (PSS-01) with the direction that revised code may be obtained.

ITEM NO. 12 To consider and approve the Course Structure of MEC-009 (Research Methods in Economics), A Compulsory Course of M.A. (Economics), 2nd Year.

ACSC 17.12.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the Academic Council at its 31st Meeting held on 20.2.2004 approved the DPR Phase-3 Form for M.A. (Economics) subject to addition of four credit work relating to MEC-009 (Research Methods in Economics)

or credit worth of MECP-001 to be reviewed in the light of overall experience gained in the matter by other Schools. In view of the above decision, the School of Social Sciences has included MEC-009 (Research Methods in Economics) as a six credit course in M.A. (Economics) 2nd year. The expert committee finalized the course structure for the same which was approved by the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its 37th Meeting held on 25.11.2005.

ACSC 17.12.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Course Structure (Appendix-10) of MEC-009 (Research Methods in Economics), as a Compulsory Course of M.A. (Economics), 2nd Year with the direction that the syllabus be sent to Director, Academic Coordination for record.

ITEM NO. 13 To consider and approve change of MBA Degree format.

ACSC 17.13.1 Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE informed the members that the Academic Council at its meeting held on May 28, 1992 re-designated the Advanced Diploma in Management as PG Diploma in Management and similarly four specialization diplomas as PG Diplomas in Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Operations Management and Marketing Management respectively effective from January, 1994. The students who were registered prior to 1994 but are completing the programme now after getting re-registering themselves for the courses are still being awarded diplomas instead of PG Diplomas just because their enrollment number indicates pre-1994. The University has received several requests and a legal notice has also been in this regard. The Academic Council at its meeting held on 5.7.1991, while considering the course-wise registration in Management programme, had raised a question “as to how the several diplomas like, DIM, ADIM and the Specialized Diplomas awarded to the students should be treated, when the student is finally awarded the MBA Degree which subsumed all these diplomas. The Council noted that since the diplomas were awarded at Convocation, it may not be appropriate to withdraw the diplomas while awarding the MBA degree; however, it should be possible to devise a suitable format of certification to meet the issue raised. This may be examined” (AC 4.4.5). In pursuance of the Academic Council’s observations, the new format of MBA Degree has been revised and placed at Appendix-11.

ACSC 17.13.3

The ACSC considered and approved the Changed format of MBA Degree with the suggestion that Division/Grade secured by the students may also be indicated in future i.e. from 18th Convocation onwards and award of P.G. Diploma in Management and P.G. Diploma in specialization streams for MBA students of pre-1994 batch completing the module after December 2004 TEE.

ITEM NO. 14 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Evaluation Scheme of the Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables (DVAPFV).

ACSC 17.14.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members about the salient features of the proposed Evaluation Scheme of the Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables (DVAPFV). The detailed scheme as approved by the Vice-Chancellor is placed at Appendix-12.

ACSC 17.14.2 The ACSC ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Evaluation Scheme of the Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables (DVAPFV).

ITEM NO. 15 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the launch of the Diploma in Aquaculture.

ACSC 17.15.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the Phase-1 Form of Diploma in Aquaculture was approved on March 17, 1997 and was also approved by the Academic Council in June 2002. The expert committee convened in July, 2005 suggested two streams in Aquaculture (i) Fresh Water Aquaculture and (ii) Costal Aquaculture respectively to make the programme more focused. Since the launch of the programme is scheduled for January, 2006, the Vice-Chancellor approved the same.

ACSC 17.15.2

The ACSC ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the launch of the Diploma in Aquaculture.

ITEM NO. 16 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the launch of the ‘Appreciation Course on Environment’ from January, 2006.

ACSC 17.16.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the Appreciation Course on Environment was developed by the School of Sciences in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India as an awareness non-credit course in project

mode with an objective to disseminate information on National and International Environmental issues, create Environmental consciousness among professionals and academicians and to facilitate leadership among the individuals who may organize/participate in Environment upgradation programme. The decision to launch this course was taken in IGNOU-Ministry Coordination Meeting on October 28, 2005. Due to paucity of time, the Vice-Chancellor approved the launching of the course from January, 2006.

ACSC 17.16.2

The ACSC ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the launch of the ‘Appreciation Course on Environment’ as an awareness, non-credit course in project mode from January, 2006.

ITEM NO. 17 To consider and approve the new programme structure of the B.Sc. (Major) in Chemistry and list of proposed Chemistry elective courses offered in B.Sc. Programme.

ACSC 17.17.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the present Chemistry elective courses in B.Sc. programme have been on offer from 1992 onwards and to offer requisite number of 48 credits to students for B.Sc. (Major) in Chemistry, the Chemistry faculty decided to undertake the revision of B.Sc. (Chemistry) programme in totality rather than course-wise revision. Based on the expert committee meetings in February and December, 2005 and on the credit requirement of maximum of 48 credits that a student can take in any discipline and recent advances in the discipline, the Committee recommended the new programme structure and broad outlines of the proposed courses (Appendix-13). The School Board of SOS at its 31st Meeting held on 30.11.2005 approved the new programme structure and list of proposed elective courses.

ACSC 17.17.2 The ACSC considered and approved the new programme structure of the B.Sc. (Major) in Chemistry and the list of proposed Chemistry Elective Courses with the advice that the Course Expert Committees should be requested to devise more authentic and reflective course titles.

ITEM NO. 18 To consider and approve the Course Structure of PG Programme in Agricultural Policy (PGPAP).

ACSC 17.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the School of Agriculture has submitted Phase-3 Form of PG Programme in Agricultural Policy (PGPAP). The objectives of the programme are:

• To create understanding of the salient features of the Agricultural Policy framework among policy makers, implementers and other stakeholders of the system for its effectiveness implementation.

• To develop human resource for analysis of policy

aspects and its operationalization.

• To identify the strategic issues with references to National Agriculture Policy and to develop a implementation framework based on project report studies.

ACSC 17.18.2 Since, the programme involved the matters relating to Agricultural Policy of the Government and its implementation, the proposal requires detailed discussions in the School and Ministry of Agriculture.

ACSC 17.18.3

The ACSC therefore decided to defer the item and suggested to bring it back after detailed discussion.

ITEM NO. 19 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for the course CS-69-TCP\IP Programming.

ACSC 17.19.1 Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOCIS informed the members that the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 16th Meeting, while considering the Phase Zero Form for CS-69-TCP/IP Programming for BCA Programme, approved the Phase Zero Form with the direction that the Evaluation Methodology of the course be put up at its next meeting.

ACSC 17.19.2 The item was discussed in detail and it was decided that (i) the course code CS-69 be given new code, and (ii) the practical examination should be synchronized with theory course semester. It was also decided that different sets of question papers be set for international students to avoid inconveniences due to time difference.

ITEM NO.20 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Certificate Programme in Functional English: Basic Level.

ACSC 17.20.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the members that the School of Humanities has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Certificate Programme in Functional English: Basic Level with the objectives to teach the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing and

communicative grammar, so that, the student at international level can function both socially and professional in English. The programme has been prepared on an urgent basis for the Middle-East students who have completed 10+2 with English as one of the subject. The inputs for the programme have been received from the international partners of the University.

ACSC 17.20.2 The ACSC considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-14) for Certificate Programme in Functional English: Basic Level subject with the direction that the School Board of School of Humanities be apprised of the decision of the ACSC on course structure and contents.

ITEM NO. 21 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES WORKING ON CONTRACT BASIS FOR ADMISISON TO B.ED. PROGRAMME.

ACSC 17.21.1 Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE explained that as per NCTE requirement, a teacher should have two years full time experience in a Government/Recognized school and that the teacher should be in service at the time of filing his application/admission to the B.Ed. programme.

ACSC 17.21.2 The ACSC decided that the last date of submission of applications may be changed to 15th July and the entrance examination should be conducted on 3rd rather than 1st Sunday of August every year. However, the applicant must be in job while filling his application and seeks admission on successful completion.

The Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(B.S.Saraswat) Member-Secretary

Appendix-6 (To Resolution No. AC 34.3.1)

IGNOU

School of Agriculture Programme: Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables (DVAPFV) Examination and Evaluation Scheme (a) Weightage to Continuous Evaluation and Term-End Evaluation Performance of the students will be based on (i) continuous evaluation (internal assessment) and (ii) term-end evaluation. Theory For theory, the weightage of the internal assessment will be 30% and that of the term-end examination will by 70%. Weightage: Theory Component Weightage Term end 70% Continuous 30% Total 100 %

Practical The practical evaluation is divided under two components: (i) guided experiments and (ii) unguided experiments. The guided experiments shall be performed during the counselling sessions under the guidance of the counsellors. The unguided experiment shall be undertaken by the students in the last session. For unguided experiment, student shall not be provided any guidance while performing the experiment(s). Both the components will be evaluated. The weightage of 70% will be assigned to guided experiments and 30% weightage is for unguided experiments. Each experiment performed by the student would be evaluated. The student performance would be assessed by the counsellors covering various aspects like manipulative skills, observation and their understanding of the basic concepts related to the experiment. Weightage: Practical Component Weightage Guided Experiments 70% Un-guided Experiments 30% Total 100 %

(b) Pass Percentage for Theory and Practical Examination

The students will have to secure minimum 50% marks in all the components of the course- theory, practical on individual basis and as well as on aggregate basis for the course i.e. (i) theory (term end as well as continuous); (ii) practical (guided as well as unguided experiments) and (iii) on aggregate basis.

(c) Modalities for Theory and Practical Examination Criteria Theory: Term-End Examination: 70% and Continuous Assessment (assignment): 30% Term End Examination: The examination shall be held once in a year i.e. the month

of the December. The submission of assignments shall be pre-requisite for appearing in the final theory examination.

Continuous Assessment (assignment): The Continuous assessment will be in form of one Tutor marked assignment of 30 marks.

Practical: Term-Guided Experiments: 70% and Unguided Experiments: 30% (i) Evaluation- Guided Experiments The students will be evaluated for performing the experiments by the counsellor. For a particular experiment, split up of marks may be broadly on the following lines: S.No Component Weightage

a) Actual performance of experiment and observation (psychomotor and manipulative skills)

40%

b) Reporting(Problem solving skills) 20% c) Viva-voce 20% d) Record 20%

(Please see Form: 1)

(ii) Evaluation of Assigned Unguided Experiments It will be conducted in the last session of the laboratory work. The student should not be provided any guidance while performing this experiment. For this experiment 30% marks are allotted, split up of marks may be broadly on the following lines: . S.No Component Weightage

a) Actual performance of experiment and observation (psychomotor and manipulative skills)

50%

b) Reporting(Problem solving skills) 25% c) Viva-voce 25%

(Please see Form: 2) There shall be one internal and one external examiner. The internal examiner will be from the same study centre and the external examiner will be the counsellor of IGNOU Study Centre of other District/State. The course-writer/faculty members of SOA/editors could also be act as external examiners. Preparation of Consolidated Mark List

The consolidated mark list of all students who shall be prepared using the proforma given in Form 3. This mark list shall be directly sent to the Director SRE&D within a week of conducting the lab courses.

Consolidation of Practical Marks: Proforma 3 gives the consolidation of marks

(d) Participation & Attendance for practical Practical are essential components of the programme. For successful completion of the Programme, a participant is required to have a minimum of 75 % attendance in the practical sessions at Programme Study Centre. A student will not be eligible to appear in Term End examination if the percentage of attendance in practical session (Programme Study Centre) falls below 75%. (e) Distribution of marks Every course is considered as an independent unit. Each course will have 100 marks for theory and 100 marks for practical. The course wise distribution of marks is given below in the table.

Course-wise Distribution of Marks

Course Code

Theory Practical Grand Total Assignment Term-end Unguided

Experiment Guided

Experiments

BPVI-001 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-002 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-003 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-004 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-005 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-006 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-007 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) BPVI-008 30 (15) 70 (35) 30 (15) 70 (35) 200 (100) Total 240 (120) 560 (280) 240 (120) 560 (280) 1600 (800)

The marks in bracket indicate minimum pass marks. (f) Pass Percentage for the Programme The students will have to secure 50% marks in all the courses on individual basis and on aggregate basis in all the eight courses for award of the programme degree. (g) Result and Certification The final certification of the Diploma shall be made on a five point scale using letters Grade – A, B, C, D and E. The notional correlates of the letter grades are as follows:

Letter Grade

Qualitative Level Point Grade % of Marks

A Excellent 5 Above 80 B Very Good 4 70-79.9 C Good 3 60-69.9 D Average 2 50-59.9 E Unsatisfactory 1 Less than 50%

(h) Examination Schedule The examination will be synchronized with the University December Exam schedule. (i) Assignment Schedule It will be mandatory on the part of students to submit all the 8 assignment before commencement of the term end examination.

Form 1

Evaluation Sheet for Guided Experiments (for 70 Marks) Name of the Student : Enrolment No. : Residential Address : Evaluation of guided Sl. Date Title experiment Total Remarks No. of the _____________________________________ marks Experiment Performance& Reporting Record Viva- Observations Voce (4) (2) (2 ) (2) (10) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Total Marks in experiments Total (out of 70) Date : Place : Signature of Counsellor Note : Kindly use this proforma for each student individually.

Form 2

Evaluation Sheet for Unguided Experiments (for 30 Marks)

Name of the Student : Enrolment No. : Residential Address : Evaluation of guided Sl. Date Title experiment Total No. of the _____________________________ marks Remarks Experiment Performance& Reporting Viva- Observations Voce (15) (6) (9) (30) Total Marks (out of 30) Date : Place : Signature of Counsellor Note : Kindly use this proforma for each student individually.

Form 3

Proforma for Consolidated mark list

Centre Code : Name of the Centre : Year & Month :

Sl. Enrolment No. Marks obtained Marks obtained in Total the in guided assigned unguided

Student experiments experiment (out of 70) (out of 30) Date : Place : Signature of the Counsellor Signature of the Coordinator Note: I) This is a collective statement for all the students.

ii) Only the consolidated mark-list must be forwarded to the Registrar, SR&E Division, Block 12, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068.

iii) The evaluation sheets for guided experiments and for assigned unguided

experiment must be handed over to the Coordinator of the study centre.

Evaluation scheme for Practical The students will be evaluated internally in the laboratory courses. There will be two components of this evaluation, i.e. Evaluation of guided experiments and evaluation of assigned unguided experiment(s). Evaluation of guided experiments will have 70% weightage and evaluation of assigned unguided experiment(s) 30%. A Evaluation Guided Experiments The students will be evaluated for performing the experiments by the counsellor. For a particular experiment, split up of marks may be broadly on the following lines: a) Actual performance of experiment and observation 40% (psychomotor and manipulative skills) b) Reporting 20% (Problem solving skills) c) Viva-voce 20% d) Record 20%

B Evaluation of Assigned Unguided Experiments It will be conducted in the last session of the laboratory work. The student should not be provided any guidance while performing this experiment. For this experiment 30% marks are allotted, split up of marks may be broadly on the following lines: . a) Actual performance of experiment and observation 50% (psychomotor and manipulative skills) b) Reporting 25% (Problem solving skills) c) Viva-voce 25% C Preparation of Consolidated Mark List

The consolidated mark list of all students who attend the lab course may be prepared using the proforma given in Form 3. This mark list should be directly sent to the following address within a week of conducting the lab courses:

The Registrar (SR&ED), I.G.N.O.U. Maidan Garhi, NEW DELHI – 110 068.

The break-up of marks prepared for each student as per proforma given in Form 1 and Form 2 may be handed over to the coordinator of the study centre. The coordinator is requested to keep these records under safe custody for any further use.

Appendix-7 (To Resolution No. AC 34.3.1)

Revised Programme Structure for B.Sc. (Major) in Chemistry

Theory Courses Credits Laboratory Courses Credits

1. Inorganic Chemistry I 4 1. Chemistry Lab I 4

2. Inorganic Chemistry II 4 2. Chemistry Lab II 4

3. Inorganic Chemistry III 4 3. Chemistry Lab III 4

5. Organic Chemistry I 4

5. Organic Chemistry II 4

6. Organic Chemistry III 4

7. Physical Chemistry I 4

8. Physical Chemistry II 4

9. Physical Chemistry III 4

Total 36 12

Course Package for Students opting for only 8 Credits worth of Chemistry courses: 1. Essentials of Chemistry 6 Credits 2. Basic Chemistry Lab 2 Credits

Theory Courses Credits Laboratory Courses Credits

1. Inorganic Chemistry I 4 1. Basic Chemistry Lab 4

2. Inorganic Chemistry II 4 2. Physical Chemistry Lab 4

3. Organic Chemistry I 4 3. Inorganic Chemistry Lab 4

4. Organic Chemistry II 4 4. Organic Chemistry Lab 4

5. Physical Chemistry I 4 5. Biochemistry Lab 4

6. Physical Chemistry II 4 6. Computational Chem. Lab 2

7. Biochemistry 4

8. Spectroscopy 4

9. Analytical Chemistry 4

10.Computational Chemistry 4

Total 40 22

For B.Sc. (Chem.) Major the learner will be required to earn 48 Credits with the following combination. Compulsory Courses Theory Courses

Courses 1-6 (24 Credits) Laboratory Courses Courses 1-4(16 Credits)

Optional Courses Courses 7-10 Courses 5-6

Note:

• The basic laboratory course in a must prior to opting for any other laboratory

course.

• Course II of Inorganic or Organic or Physical can be taken only after Course I of

the corresponding specializations.

• The laboratory courses can be done only after doing the corresponding theory

courses.

BROAD OUTLINES OF CHEMISTRY COURSES 1. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I Block 1 Structure of Atom

Unit 1 Earlier Models of Structure of Atom Unit 2 Wave Mechanical Model of Atom Unit 3 Multi electron Atom Systems

Block 2 Chemical Bonding

Unit 4 Electronic Theory of Valency Unit 5 Valence Bond Theory Unit 6 Molecular Orbital Theory (Homo and hetero nuclear)

Block 3 General Trends in Properties of Elements and Extraction I

Unit 7 The Periodic Table Unit 8 Periodicity Unit 9 Oxidation Reduction

Block 4 General Trends in Properties of Elements and Extraction II

Unit 10 Acids and Bases Unit 11 Occurrence, Isolation and Purification of Metals Unit 12 Non aqueous Solvents

2. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II Block 1 s-Block Elements

Unit 1 Hydrogen Unit 2 Alkali Metals Unit 3 Alkaline Earth Metals

Block 2 p-Block Elements-I

Unit 5 Elements of Group 13 Unit 6 Elements of Group 14 Unit 7 Elements of Group 15

Block 3 p-Block Elements-II

Unit 8 Elements of Group 16 Unit 9 Elements of Group 17 Unit 10 Elements of Group 18

Block 4 Transition Elements and Nuclear Chemistry

Unit 11 Transition Elements Unit 12 Inner Transition Elements Unit 13 Nuclear Chemistry

3. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III Block 1 Coordination Chemistry

Unit 1 Thermodynamic Aspects of Inorganic Systems Unit 2 Coordination Compounds – I Unit 3 Coordination Compounds – II

Block 2 Organometallics and Analytical Techniques

Unit 5 Organometallic Compounds Unit 6 Analytical Techniques-I Unit 7 Analytical Techniques-II Unit 8 Analytical Techniques-III

Block 3 Inorganic Materials

Unit 9 Exotic Inorganic Materials Unit 10 Inorganic Polymers

Block 4 Some Special Topics

Unit 11 Corrosion Unit 12 Bioinorganic Chemistry Unit 13 Toxicity

4. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I Block 1: Fundamental Concepts-I

Unit 1 Bonding, Functional Group Classification and Nomenclature Unit 2 Stereochemistry –I Unit 3 Stereochemistry –II

Block 2: Fundamental Concepts-II Unit 4 Effect of Molecular Architecture on Physical Properties Unit 5 Structure-Reactivity Relationships Unit 6 Structure Elucidation using Spectroscopy –I (UV, IR) Unit 7 Structure Elucidation using Spectroscopy –II- (NMR, Mass)

Block 3: Fundamentals of Organic Reaction Mechanism

Unit 8 Basic Concepts –I - Types of Reactions, Reagents, Thermodynamic Unit 9 Basic Concepts –II and Kinetic aspects Unit 10 Reaction Intermediates (Free Radicals, Carbocations, Carbanions,

Carbenes, Nitrenes and Benzynes)

Block 4: Basic Skeleton: Hydrocarbons

Unit 11 Alkanes Unit 12 Alkenes Unit 13 Alkynes

Unit 14 Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Polynuclear Hydrocarbons) and Aromaticity

5. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II Bock 1: Derivatives of Hydrocarbons-I

Unit 1 Alkyl and Aryl Halides Unit 2 Alcohols Unit 3 Phenols

Block 2: Derivatives of Hydrocarbons-II

Unit 4 Ethers and Epoxides Unit 5 Aldehydes and Ketones Unit 6 Active Methylene Compounds

Block 3: Derivatives of Hydrocarbons-III

Unit 7 Carboxylic Acids Unit 8 Substituted Carboxylic Acids Unit 9 Functional Derivatives of Monocarboxylic Acids

Block 4: Organo-Nitrogen and Sulphur Compounds

Unit 10 Nitro Compounds Unit 11 Amino Compounds and Diazonium Salts Unit 12 Organosulphur Compounds Unit 13 Heterocyclic Compounds (including Purines, Pyrimidines)

6. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-III Block 1: Biomolecules and their Metabolic Pathways-I

Unit 1 Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins Unit 2 Nucleic Acids – DNA, RNA Unit 3 Lipids

Block 2: Biomolecules and their Metabolic Pathways-II

Unit 4 Carbohydrates Unit 5 Natural Products I - ( Terpenes, Alkaloides, Flavanoides etc.) Unit 6 Natural Products II

Block 3: Molecular Rearrangements and Synthetic Compounds

Unit 7 Molecular Rearrangements-I

Unit 8 Molecular Rearrangements-II

Unit 9 Synthetic Polymers

Unit 10 Useful Synthetic Compounds (Dyes, Detergents etc.)

Block 4: Synthetic Methods

Unit 11 Organometallic Compounds Unit 12 Oxidation and Reduction Unit 13 Organic Synthesis including Synthesis via Enolates

7. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY-I Block 1: States of Matter-I

Unit 1 Units and Dimensions and Mathematical Methods Unit 2 Kinetic theory of Gases Unit 3 Real Gases and Their Liquefaction

Block 2: States of Matter-II

Unit 4 Liquids Unit 5 Solid State Unit 6 Colloidal State and Surface Chemistry

Block 3: Chemical Thermodynamics

Unit 7 The First Law of Thermodynamics Unit 8 Thermo-chemistry Unit 9 The Second and Third law of Thermodynamics

Block 4 Solutions and Colligative Properties

Unit 10 Systems of Variable Composition Unit 11 Solutions Unit 12 Colligative Properties

8. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY –II Block 1 Equilibria in Chemistry

Unit 1 Chemical Equilibria Unit 2 Ionic Equilibria Unit 3 Phase Equilibria

Block 2 Electrochemistry

Unit 4 Electrochemistry-I Unit 5 Electrochemistry-II

Block 3: Chemical Kinetic and Photochemistry

Unit 6 Chemical Kinetics Unit 7 Catalysis Unit 8 Photochemistry

Block 4: Areas of Recent Interest

Unit 9 Macromolecules including conducting Polymers Unit 10 Applications of Computers in chemistry Unit 11 Emerging Areas (Femtochemistry etc.)

9. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY –III Block 1: Basic Concepts Unit 1 Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics Unit 2 Fundamentals of Spectroscopy Unit 3 Symmetry in Chemistry

Block 2: Spectroscopic Methods-I

Unit 4 Rotational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules (Rigid Rotators etc.) Unit 5 Vibrational Spectra of Diatomic Molecules (Harmonic and

enharmonic) Unit 6 IR Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules Unit 7 Raman Spectroscopy Block 3: Spectroscopic Methods-II Unit 8 Electronic Spectra of Atoms and Simple Diatomic Molecules Unit 9 Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit 10 Principles of Electronic Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

Unit 11 Other Parameters related to Molecular Structure- Molecular Properties

10. CHEMISTRY LAB I Block 1: Inorganic Chemistry Lab Semi micro Analysis – cation analysis, separation and identification of ions from Group1, II, III, IV, V and VI. Anion analysis. Block 2: Organic Chemistry Lab Laboratory techniques Determination of melting point

Naphthalene 80-82°, Benzoic acid 121.5-122° Urea 132.5-133°, Succinic acid 184.5-185° Cinnamic acid 132.5-133°, Salicylic acid 157.5-158° Acetanilide 113.5-114°, m-Dinitrobenzene 90° p-Dichlorobenzene 52° Aspirin 135°

Determination of boiling points

Ethanol 78°, Cyclohexane 81.4°, Toluene 110.6°, Benzene 80° Distillation

Simple distillation of ethanol-water mixture using water condenser Distillation of nitrobenzene and aniline using air condenser

Crystallization

Concept of induction of crystallization Phthalic acid from hot water (using fluted filter paper and stemless funnel) Acetanilide from boiling water Naphthalene from ethanol Benzoic acid from water

Sublimation (Simple and Vacuum)

Camphor, Naphthalene, Phthalic acid and Succinic acid. Qualitative Analysis (Semi micro)

Detection of extra elements (N, S and halogens) and functional groups (phenolic, carboxylic, carbonyl, esters, carbohydrates, amines, amides, nitro and anilide) in simple organic compounds.

Block 3: Physical Chemistry Lab Chemical Kinetics

1. To determine the specific reaction rate of the hydrolysis of methyl acetate/ethyl acetate catalyzed by hydrogen ions at room temperature.

2. To study the effect of acid strength on the hydrolysis of an ester. 3. To compare the strengths of HCI and H2SO4 by studying the kinetics of

hydrolysis of ethyl acetate. 4. To study kinetically the reaction rate of decomposition of iodide by H2O2.

Distribution Law

1. To study the distribution of iodine between water and CCl4 2. To study the distribution of benzoic acid between benzene and water.

Colloids

1. To prepare arsenious sulphide sol and compare the precipitating power of mono-, bi- and trivalent anions.

Viscosity, Surface Tension

1. To determine the percentage composition of a given mixture (non interacting system) by viscosity method.

2. To determine the viscosity of amyl alcohol in water at different concentrations and calculate the excess viscosity of these solutions.

3. To determine the percentage composition of a given binary mixture by surface tension method (acetone & ethyl methyl ketone).

11. CHEMISTRY LAB II Block 1: Inorganic Chemistry Lab Calibration of fractional weights, pipettes and burettes. Preparation of standard solutions. Dilution- 0.1 M to 0.001 M solutions. Quantitative Analysis Volumetric Analysis

(a) Determination of acetic acid in commercial vinegar using NaOH (b) Determination of alkali content – antacid tablet using HCI. (c) Estimation of calcium content in chalk as calcium oxalate by

permanganometry. (d) Estimation of hardness of water by EDTA. (e) Estimation of ferrous and ferric by dichromate method. (f) Estimation of copper using thiosulphate.

Gravimetric Analysis Analysis of Cu as CuSCN and Ni as Ni (dimethylgloxime) Block 2: Organic Chemistry Lab Laboratory Techniques A. Thin Layer Chromatography Determination of Rf values and identification of organic compounds.

(a) Separation of green leaf pigments (spinach leaves may be used). (b) Preparation and separation of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones of acetone, 2-butanone, hexan-2- and 3-one using toluene and light petroleum (40:60). (c) Separation of a mixture of dyes using cyclohexane and ethyl acetate (8.5:1.5).

B. Paper Chromatography: Ascending and Circular Determination of Rf values and identification of organic compounds.

(a) Separation of a mixture of phenylalanine and glycine. Alanine and aspartic acid. Leucine and glutamic acid. Spray reagent – ninhydrin. (b) Separation of a mixture of D, L – alanine, glycine, and L-Leucine using n-butanol:acetic acid:water (4:1:5). Spray reagent – ninhydrin. (c) Separation of monosaccharides – a mixture of D-galactose and D – fructose using n-butanonl:acetone:water (4:5:1). Spray reagent – aniline hydrogen phthalate.

Qualitative Analysis

Identification of an organic compound through the functional group analysis, determination of melting point and preparation of suitable derivatives.

Block 3: Physical Chemistry Lab Transition Temperature

1. Determination of the transition temperature of the given substance by thermometric/dialometric method (e.g. MnCl2.4H2O/SrBr2.2H2O).

Phase Equilibrium

1. To study the effect of a solute (e.g. NaCl, succinic acid) on the critical solution temperature of two partially miscible liquids (e.g. phenol-water system) and to determine the concentration of that solute in given phenon-water system.

2. To construct the phase diagram of two component (e.g. diphenylamine –benzophenone) system by cooling curve method.

Thermochemistry

1. To determine the solubility of benzoic acid at different temperatures and to determine ∆H of the dissolution process.

2. To determine the enthalpy of neutralization of a weak acid/weak base versus strong base/strong acid and determine the enthalpy of ionization of the weak acid/weak base.

3. To determine the enthalpy of solution of solid calcium chloride and calculate the lattice energy of calcium chloride from its enthalpy data using Born Haber cycle.

12. Chemistry Lab III Block1: Inorganic Chemistry Lab Synthesis and Analysis (a) Preparation of sodium trioxalato ferrate (iii), Na3[Fe(C2O4)3] and determination of its composition by permaganometry.

(b) Preparation of Ni-DMG complex, [Ni(DMG)2].

(c) Preparation of copper tetraammine complex. [Cu(NH3)4]SO4.

(d) Preparation of cis-and trans-bisoxalato diaqua chromate (III) ion.

Instrumentation

(a) job’s method (b) Mole-ratio method

Adulteration – Food stuffs.

Effluent analysis, water analysis.

Solvent Extraction

Separation and estimation of Mg(ll) and Fe(ll)

Ion Exchange Method

Separation and estimation of Mg(ll) and Zn(ll)

Block 2: Organic Chemistry Lab

Laboratory Techniques

Naphthalene from its suspension in water

Clove oil from cloves

Separation of o-and p-nitrophenols

Column Chromatography

Separation of fluorescein and methylene blue

Separation of leaf pigments from spinach leaves

Resolution of recemic mixture of (±) mandelic acid

Qualitative Analysis

Analysis of an organic mixture containing two solid components using water, NaHCO3. NaOH for separation and preparation of suitable derivatives.

Synthesis of Organic Compounds

(a) Acetylation of salicylic acid, glucose and hydroquinone, Benzoylation of aniline and phenol

(b) Aliphatic electrophilic substitution

Preparation of iodoform form ethanol and acetone

(c) Aromatic electrophilic substation

Nitration

Preparation of m-dinitrobenzene

Preparation of p-nitroacetanilide

Halogenation

Preparation of p-bromoacetanilide

Preparation of 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol

(d) Diazotizatoin/coupling

Preparation of methyl orange and methyl red

(e) Oxidation

Preparation of benzoic acid from toluene

(f) Reduction

Preparation of aniline from nitrobenzene

Preparation of m-nitroaniline from m-dinitrobenzene.

Stereochemical Study of Organic Compounds via Models

R and S configuration of optical isomers.

E, Z configuration of geometrical isomers.

Conformational analysis of cyclohexanes and substituted cyclohexanes.

Block 3: Physical Chemistry Lab

Electrochemistry

(a) To determine the strength of the given acid conductometrically using standard alkali solution

(b) To determine the solubility and solubility product of a sparingly soluble electrolyte conductometrically.

(c) To study the saponification of ethyl acetate conductometrically.

(d) To determine the ionization constant of a weak acid conductometrically.

(e) To titrate potentiometrically the given ferrous ammomium sulphate solution using KMnO4/K2Cr2O7 as titrant and calculate the redox potential of Fe++/Fe+++ system on the hydrogen scale.

Refractometry, Polarimetry

(a) To verify law of refraction of mixture (e.g. of glycerol and water) using Abbe’s refractometer.

(b) To determine the specific rotation of a given optically active compound.

Molecular Weight Determination

(a) Determination of molecular weight of a non-volatile solute by Rast method/Bechmann freezing point method.

(b) Determination of the apparent degree of dissociation of an electrolyle (e.g., NaCl) in aqueous solution at different concentrations by ebullioscopy.

Colorimetry

To verify Beer – Lambert law for KMnO4/K2Cr2O7 and determine the concentration of the given solution of the substance.

Essential Chemistry (8 Credits) (6 Credits theory and 2 Credits lab) Inorganic Chemistry (2 Credits) Block 1: Atomic Structure and Periodicity

Unit 1 Atomic Structure Unit 2 Chemical Bonding Unit 3 Periodic table and periodicity Unit 4 s-Block elements

Block 2: Chemistry of p & d Block Elements

Unit 5 Chemistry of p-Block elements Unit 6 Chemistry of d-Block elements Unit 7 Lanthanides and actinides Unit 8 Metallurgy

Organic Chemistry (2 Credits) Block 1: Organic Chemistry I

Unit 1 Basic concepts and nomenclature Unit 2 Isomerism including stereo isomerism Unit 3 Hydrocarbons Unit 4 Functional Derivatives containing oxygen (alcohol, phenols,

aldehydes and ketones) Block 2: Organic Chemistry II

Unit 5 Carboxlic acids and their derivatives Unit 6 Functional derivatives containing nitrogen Unit 7 Compounds of daily use – polymers, dyes, drugs etc. Unit 8 Naturally occurring organic compounds

Physical Chemistry (2 credits) Block 1 Physical Chemistry I

Unit 1 States of matter Unit 2 Chemical thermodymics Unit 3 Solutions Unit 4 Chemical kinetics

Block 2 Physical Chemistry II

Unit 5 Chemical equilibrium Unit 6 Ionic equilibrium Unit 7 Electro Chemistry Unit 8 Surface Chemistry and catalysis

Basic Chemistry Lab (2 Credits) Block 1: Quantitative Analysis

Unit 1 Laboratory Techniques and Procedures Unit 2 Acid-Base Titrations Unit 3 Estimation of Iron/Copper

Block 2: Experiments

One Organic and one inorganic preparation

Solvent extraction and chromatographic techniques

Detection of functional groups

Determination of surface tension and viscosity

Determination of heat of neutralization

Determination of rate of a reaction

Appendix – 8 (To Resolution No. AC 34.3.1)

Evaluation Methodology for CS-69 (Revised) Credit Weightage of CS-69 “TCP/IP Programming” Course Code

Course Title

Credits Continuous Evaluation Term-end Examination TMA Project

Assignment Theory Practical

Duration Max. Marks

Duration Max. Marks

CS-69 TCP/IP Programming

4 10 15 2 Hrs. 60 1 Hr.* 15

* There will be only one combined practical examination for CS-68, CS-69 and CS-74 of 1-hour duration each (total 3 hours). Number of Sessions:

No. of Sessions: No. of Hours Theory Practical Theory Practical

3 10 6 30 Methodology for Evaluation

(1) Evaluation for each course covers two aspects: (a) Continuous evaluation through assignments with a weightage of

25%. (b) Term-end examination is having a weightage of 75%. Term End

Theory Examination is having a weightage of 60% and Term End Practical Examination is having a weightage of 15%.

(2) The Continuous evaluation consists of two compulsory components, a TMA (10%) and a project assignment (15%).

(3) The requirement for passing would be at least 50% in continuous evaluation and 50% in the term-end examinations.

Appendix-9

(To Resolution No. AC.34.3.2)

Recommendations of the Sub-Committee

1. Each Discipline should have the requisite Credits needed to be on offer in the concerned programme (for example, courses worth 64 credits in M.A. (History, Political Science, Public Administration and Sociology); 66 Credits in M.A. (Economics); and 32 Credits in PGDDM.

2. Each M.A.Programme and PGDDM will have on offer a minimum of 75%

worth Credits from its Core courses.

3. Each M.A. Programme can offer courses from other M.A. Programme to the tune of not more than 16 Credits in the multiple of 4 credits [Two Courses of 8 Credits each or One course of 8 Credits and Two courses of 4 Credits (if, any Discipline decides to opt for courses worth 12 Credits, it could be one course of 8 credits and one course of 4 credits, as in the case of M.A.(Economics) or four courses of 4 credits each]

4. The Assignment(s) of the adopted courses shall be developed by the Nodal

Discipline(s) and shall be included in the Assignments’ Booklet of the Discipline adopted the Course/Courses.

5. Counselling for the adopted courses shall be along with the counselling of the

Nodal Courses.

6. The evaluators of the Nodal Courses shall evaluate the assignments of the adopted courses.

7. The Term-end-Examination Question Papers for the adopted courses shall be

the same as the Nodal Courses Question Papers and shall be evaluated also by the evaluators of the Nodal Courses.

Appendix-10 (To Resolution No. AC 34.4.3)

I.G.N.O.U

MINUTES OF THE 7TH MEETING OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL HELD ON 30.12.2005 AT 11.30 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068 The following were present: 1. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 2. Prof. S.C. Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor - Member 3. Prof. C.L.Anand - Member 4. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, School of Humanities - Member 5. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, School of Social Science - Member 6. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Professor, SOMS - Member 7. Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE - Member 8. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary The following members could not attend the meeting.

1. Prof. T.Pati 2. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana 3. Prof. Ravi Kulkarni 4. Prof. V.M.Shah 5. Dr. D.Padmanaban 6. Dr. N.S.Ramegowda 7. Prof. M.C.Sharma 8. Dr. C.G.Naidu

Sh.K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset the Chairman welcomed the members to the 7th Meeting of the Research Council. He specially welcomed the new members i.e. Prof. V.M.Shah, Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana, Dr. D.Padmanaban, Prof. M.C.Sharma, (Re-nominated) (in absentia) & Prof. J.M.Parakh, Prof. S.K.Panda and emphasized that he looked forward to their co-operation and valuable contribution to the deliberations in the meetings of the Research Council. The Chairman also placed on record the Research Council’s appreciation for the contribution made by the retiring members of the Research Council i.e. Prof. A.K.Sharma, Prof. A.K.Agarwal, Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Dr. Anju Sehgal Gupta.

The Chairman emphasized that research and innovation in distance education should be the part of the research done in the University. He exhorted the University’s Academia to carry out research in Distance Education and bring forward the new innovations in the field. He desired that the Research Council should identify the thrust areas for research. He also suggested that as is done by the Vice-Chancellor in every Board of Management meeting, the Pro Vice-Chancellor should present a preamble about research in the University in the Research Council meetings. The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor, to present the agenda. ITEM NO. 1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE

RESEARCH COUNCIL HELD ON 13.1.2005 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

RC.7.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg Pro Vice Chancellor informed the Members that the Minutes of the 6th Meeting of the Research Council held on 13.1.2005 were circulated to the members. Comments have been received from one of the members on the recording of Resolution No. 6.5.4. The Comments of the Member are: “that the Research Council decided that the decision taken in respect of 6.5.2 was the same as for 6.5.4”. Comments were placed before the Chairman and it was decided that the following lines may be added in Resolution no. 6.5.4: “R.C. 6.5.4: The Research Council decided that the proposal could not be

approved in the present form and the same was referred to the Sub-Committee constituted under Resolution No. 6.5.2. The Council advised that the proposal be examined carefully by the School Board and should be error free before it is re-submitted to the Research Council for approval”.

RC.7.1.2 The Research Council noted the action taken on the Minutes and confirmed the Minutes of the 6th Meeting of the Research Council with the modification mentioned above.

RC.7.1.3 The members pointed out that in spite of the assurance given last time, the meeting of the Research Council has been held after about a year. It was therefore decided that Research Council must meet twice a year and its Standing Committee should meet more frequently.

ITEM NO.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROGRESS REPORT OF RESEARCH SCHOLARS ADMITTED TO THE PH.D. PROGRAMME IN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.

RC.7.2.1

Prof. S.C.Garg Pro Vice Chancellor apprised the Members that the progress reports have been submitted by the research scholars as per details given below: S.No. Name of the Candidates

& Enrolment No. Period of Progress Report

Discipline

01 Ms. Latha Manickavasagam 024957777

July,04 to Dec.04 Library & Information Science

02 Ms. Renu Arora 052549298

March,05 to Oct.05 Library & Information Science

03 Mr. P.Vijayakumar 024957720

July,04 to Dec.04 Library & Information Science

04 Ms. Priti Sharma 024957784

Jan.05, to June,05 Political Science

05 Mr. Rajesh Kumar 052549306

March,05 to Aug.05 Economics

06 Mr. M.Sivakumar 024957680

Jan.05, to June,05 History

07 Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti 024957706

July,04 to Dec.04 Public Administration

RC.7.2.2 The Research Council emphasized that the learners be asked to submit their progress reports every six months in time and the School Board of the discipline concerned should look into the progress report and comments of the Supervisors. Thereafter, these reports may be forwarded to the Research Council for consideration and approval.

RC.7.2.3 The Research Council on studying the progress reports submitted by the students, was of the view that the progress reports should contain full details of the work done by the student, so that, the progress of the student can be assessed properly by the Authorities such as School Board/Research Council etc. Since the learners in Distance Education are at far off places from the University and there is little face-to-face contact between the learner and the teachers/supervisor, it was decided to develop a performa for student to submit their six monthly progress report as per the requirements of the University. The schedule of the programme and the timetable for the submission of progress report should be developed within 15 days. To develop the performa and schedule of the programme, the Research Council constituted the following sub-committee:

1. Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS 2. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD 3. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH 4. Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE 5. Prof. Madhulika Kaushik, Professor, SOMS - Convenor

RC.7.2.4 The reports submitted by the students may be examined by this committee and action should be taken expeditiously to avoid de-motivation of the students in their research programme.

RC.7.2.5 The Council also felt the need to amend the Ordinance on Research Degree Programme with regard to action against students who fail to submit their progress reports to their supervisor and who, in turn, fail to submit the same within a fortnight with their comments to the Director of the School concerned. All these instructions are required to be included in the progress report form and the instructions in the programme guide for Ph.D. programme.

RC.7.2.6 The Research Council considered and approved the progress reports submitted by the students mentioned in Resolution No.7.2.1.

ITEM NO.3 TO CONSIDER THE PH.D. PROGRESS REPORT OF MR. PARDEEP RAI OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES.

RC.7.3.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS explained that, in pursuance of the decision of the Research Council at its last meeting held on 13.1.2005, the students who had not been submitting their progress reports as per the requirements of the Ordinance, were given notice for cancellation of their registration. In response, Dr. P.K.Rath, the supervisor forwarded the progress reports of Mr. Pardeep Rai for the period from July, 2003 to December, 2004. The reports were placed before the School Board of SOSS at its 36th Meeting held on 27.5.2005. The School Board decided that the student be asked to re-frame the questionnaire. The Discipline Coordinator, Library & Information Science was requested to convey the observations of the School Board to the candidate and his supervisor. Meanwhile, the student has submitted the progress report for the period January-June, 2005, which was placed before the School Board of SOSS at 37th Meeting held on 25.11.2005. The School Board recommended that its observations of the 36th Meeting be conveyed to the student and his research supervisor, to re-frame the questionnaire and re-submit the same to the School Board. If the School Board approved the same at its next meeting, then the student be asked to make changes in the Chapters already prepared. The School Board considered the progress report for the period January, 2005 and recommended that it should be forwarded to the Research Council with the above observations.

RC.7.3.2 The Research Council was further informed that the Director, SOSS had vide his letter dated December 6, 2005 conveyed the decision of the School Board of SOSS to the student and his supervisor who is on lien for the last one and half years and had expressed a desire that he should be relieved of the supervision of the student.

RC7.3.3 The Research Council observed that the student had not been provided proper guidance as to how the questionnaire is to be modified because his supervisor is on leave. The Council decided that in future in such situations, the student should be associated with another supervisor so that his/her work did not suffer. However, in the present case, Dr. Pravakar Rath, the supervisor of Mr. Pardeep Rai be advised to continue as supervisor so that there is no further delay in finalization of the work of Mr. Pardeep Rai.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER THE ADMISSION OF MS. MEENAKSHI SHARMA (FORM NO.07664) AND MR RAJESH KUMAR (0048) IN PH.D. IN HISTORY.

RC.7.4.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS explained that the Screening Committee of the Faculty of History at its meeting held on October 12, 2004 considered the 12 applications for registration to the Ph.D. Programme in History. Out of the 12 applications, the Screening Committee accepted only 7 applications with minor changes in the topics to be effected in consultation with the supervisor. However, it seems that of the seven, five students have not shown any interest.

RC.7.4.2 The Research Council considered the proposals of Ms. Meenakshi Sharma and Mr. Rajesh Kumar and observed that the proposals need to be refined and referred these to the sub-committee constituted vide RC 7.2.3. The recommendations of the sub-committee be placed before the Chairman for consideration and decision on behalf of the Research Council.

ITEM NO.5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE NAME OF DR. SANJAY GUPTA, LECTURER IN PHYSICS AS RESEARCH SUPERVISOR FOR THE PH.D. PROGRAMME IN PHYSICS OF IGNOU.

RC.7.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School Board of School of Sciences at its 30th Meeting held on 2.8.2005 recommended the name of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lecturer in Physics for approval as Research Supervisor for Ph.D. Programme in Physics of the University.

RC.7.5.2 The Research Council considered the Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Sanjay Gupta and approved his name as research supervisor for Ph.D. prgramme in Physics in terms of provisions of Clause 4.3 of the Ordinance on Research Degree Programme.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY MR. RAJDEEP MANWANI FOR PH.D. IN ECONOMICS.

RC.7.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the School Board of SOSS at its 36th meeting held on 27.7.2005 considered in detail the research proposal submitted by Mr. Rajdeep Manwani on “Evaluation and Effectiveness of Training and its Impact on Productivity in Banking Sector in India” (A Comparative Study between Public and Private Sector Banks).

RC.7.6.2 The Research Council observed that the application form should include the name and consent of the supervisor. The Council observed that the research proposals should be submitted to the Research Council with the endorsement of the Supervisor(s). The Research Council decided that the proposal should be examined by the Sub-Committee constituted vide RC 7.2.3. The recommendations of the sub-committee be placed before the Chairman for consideration and decision on behalf of the Research Council.

ITEM NO.7 TO REPORT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN CONSTITUTING A STANDING COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE REPORTS OF PH.D. EXAMINERS FOR IGNOU PH.D. SCHOLARS.

RC.7.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the University has awarded a Ph.D. Degree in Education to Dr. Bimla Kapoor at its 16th Convocation held on 5.2.2005. The Vice-Chancellor had constituted a Standing Committee to consider the reports of Ph.D. Examiners for IGNOU Ph.D. scholars.

RC.7.7.2 The Research Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor.

ITEM NO.8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY SH. RAHAT ALI ON “ECONOMICS OF FISH FARMING IN PUNJAB: A CASE STUDY OF SANGRUR DISTRICT”.

RC.7.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the Economics faculty at its meeting held on 12.3.2004 considered four proposals for registration of Ph.D. programme in Economics. Out of the 4 proposals, the proposal on “Economics of Fish Farming in Punjab: A Case Study of Sangrur District” submitted by Sh. Rahat Ali was recommended for registration of Ph.D. programme. The proposal was considered by the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its meeting held on 12.5.2004 and the student was advised to improve upon the methodology and formulation of Hypothesis. Accordingly, the candidate submitted the revised proposal as per the suggestion of the faculty which was placed before the School Board at its 35th Meeting held on 12.3.2005 and recommended the proposal for the approval of the Research Council.

RC.7.8.2 The Research Council considered the proposal and referred it to the Sub-Committee constituted vide RC.7.2.3 for consideration. The recommendations of the sub-committee be placed before the Chairman for consideration and decision on behalf of the Research Council.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY MS. TRIPTI DHALLA FOR PH.D. IN EDUCATION.

RC 7.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the Research Council at its meeting held on 13.1.2005 while considering the proposal submitted by Ms. Tripti Dhalla for Ph.D. in Education decided that the proposal could not be approved in the present form and advised that the proposal be examined carefully by the School Board and should be error free before it is re-submitted to the Research Council. Ms. Tripti Dhalla has re-submitted the proposal entitled “A Study of Enrichment Programmes to Foster Creative Thinking among Elementary School Children”. The School Board at its meeting held on 24.8.2005 considered the proposal and recommended for placing before the Research Council.

RC.7.9.2 The Research Council considered the revised proposal submitted by Ms. Tripti Dhalla in the light of the observations made by the School Board and decided to refer the proposal to the Sub-Committee constituted in the last meeting vide RC 6.5.2 before approval by the Research Council.

ITEM NO.10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ADMISSION OF MR. ROSHUN DHURBARRYLALL FOR PH.D. RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP.

RC 7.10.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the University had received a request from Mr. Roshun Dhurbarrylall for admission to the Ph.D. Research Studentship. The proposal has been considered by the School Board of School of Education at its 21st meeting held on 24.8.2005 and the School Board was of the view that the eligibility for admission to Ph.D. programme in Education to Mr. Roshun Dhurbarrylall may be relaxed and the same may be forwarded to Research Council for relaxation of condition for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Education.

RC.7.10.2 The Research Council noted that the University has so far launched the Ph.D. programme for M. Phil. degree holders. Those with only a Master’s degree are required to do course work, which is yet to be developed. However, as per the clause 6.2 of the Ordinance on Research degree programme, where such course work is deemed unnecessary, a prescription to that effect of exemptions shall be made by the School Board or the Area Committee concerned to be approved by the Research Council.

RC.7.10.3 The Research Council discussed the matter in great detail and decided that the candidates with post-graduate degrees having five years teaching/ industry/ administration/ professional experience at senior level may be exempt from the requirement of course work.

RC.7.10.4 The Research Council advised the School Board of School of Education to process the case of Mr. Dhurbarrylall.

ITEM NO.11 TO REPORT THE RE-LAUNCH OF PH.D. PROGRAMME FOR M.PHIL. DEGREE HOLDERS.

RC.7.11.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Research Council at its meeting held on 13.1.2005 vide Resolution no. RC.6.15.3 decided that the Ph.D. programme for M.Phil. degree holders be relaunched. In view of the above decision of the Research Council, the University has re-launched the Ph.D. programme for M.Phil. Degree holders from January, 2005.

RC.7.11.2 The Research Council noted the re-launch of Ph.D. programme for M.Phil. Degree holders with effect from January, 2006.

ITEM NO.12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL.

RC.7.12.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Research Council has been declared as an Authority of the University under the provision of Statute 9 (A) of the University. After being declared as an Authority of the University, it has become necessary for the Research Council to make regulations consistent with the Act, Statutes and the Ordinances for conduct of its business under provision Statutes 7 of IGNOU Act.

RC.7.12.2 During the discussion, a view merged that the Research Council should have a 15 member Standing Committee as in the case of Academic Council and Planning Board to examine the various proposals in detail before placing the same for consideration before the Research Council. The Standing Committee

shall have the following composition: 1. Vice-Chancellor/ - Chairman

Senior most Pro Vice-Chancellor (in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor) 2. A Pro Vice-Chancellor incharge of Research - Member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 3. Two Directors/Heads of Divisions of the University - Member 4. Two Members of the Research Council - Member 5. A Member of the Board of Management nominated - Member

by the Vice-Chancellor 6. One Teacher/academic who is not a member - Member of the Research Council/Academic Council nominated by the Vice-Chancellor 7. Director, Academic Coordination Division - Convenor The quorum of the meeting shall be 1/3rd of total members.

RC.7.12.3 The Research Council further decided that the Standing Committee may meet once in every three months and empowered it to take decisions on its behalf. The decisions shall be put for ratification but can be implemented from the date of Standing Committee of Research Council.

RC.7.12.4 The Research Council approved the Regulations placed at Appendix-1 for its meetings under the provisions of Section 27 of the IGNOU Act.

ITEM NO.13 TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST OF SH. S.S.GULIA, RESEARCH SCHOLAR.

RC.7.13.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the University has received a

request for excusing for delay in the Ph.D. work of Shri G.G.Gulia due to his father’s illness.

RC.7.13.2 The Research Council considered and decided that as the candidate in this case is on a fellowship, the research scholar Sh. S.S.Gulia may be requested to forward his application through UGC.

ITEM NO.14 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE APPLICATION OF MS. ARUNDHATI MISHRA FOR ADMISSION TO THE PH.D. PROGRAMME IN PHYSICS.

RC.7.14.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor infomred that Ms. Arundhati Mishra, a research scholar has submitted her proposal entitled “Evaluation of Undergraduate Physics Programme of IGNOU and Implications for Learners”” in the Area of Physics Education. The details of the proposal were examined by the School Board of SOS at its 31st meeting held on 30.11.2005. The School Board recommended the application of Ms. Mishra for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Physics.

RC.7.14.2 The Research Council considered and approved the proposal of Ms. Arundhati Mishra for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Physics.

ITEM NO.15 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RESEARCH PROPOSALS OF MRS.AMRITBIR KAUR BRAR AND MR. RAMESH CHANDRA FOR ADMISSION TO THE PH.D. IN ECONOMICS.

RC.7.15.1 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, School of Social Sciences explained that the Economics discipline considered 9 applications forms for registration in the Ph.D. programme in Economics. No proposal in its original form was found suitable for admission to the Ph.D. programme and candidates were advised to revise their proposals and re-submit the same for consideration. Out of the 9 candidates only, 2 candidates have submitted their revised proposals. The Screening Committee of the economics discipline considered both the proposals at its meeting held on 21.10.2005 and recommended the same for Research Council for its consideration.

RC.7.15.2 The Research Council considered the proposals and referred the same back for placing before the School Board for consideration and then re-submit after examining all the aspects of the proposals to the Research Council with its recommendation.

The Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(H.P. Dikshit)

Chairman

Appendix-1

(To Resolution No. RC.7.12.4)

Regulations for the meetings of the Research Council (Section 27 of the IGNOU Act)

1. These regulations may be called “Regulations for the meetings of the Research Council” and these shall come into force on the date they are notified by the University.

2. The date for a meeting of the Research Council hereinafter referred to as

“Council” shall be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor, who is the Chairman of the Council.

3. The notice for a meeting of the Council shall be issued by the Member-

Secretary of the Research Council.

4. Ordinarily, a notice in writing of 21 days shall be given for a meeting of the Council. Provided that an urgent meeting of the Council may be convened by giving a shorter notice for reasons to be recorded in writing by the Vice-Chancellor.

5. The Member-Secretary of the Research Council shall circulate, at least 7 days

before the meeting, the notes on the items of the agenda to be considered at a meeting. Provided that it shall be open to the Chairman, at his discretion, to bring up such items which are urgent and important in nature for consideration at the meeting itself.

6. A special meeting of the Council may be convened by the Member-Secretary,

if a request to this effect is received in writing from not less than 1/3rd of the total number of members of the Council which shall constitute the quorum on a day to be fixed in consultation with the Chairman. Members requisitioning such a special meeting should indicate the agendas item(s) which they propose to discuss at the meeting and the special meeting shall consider only those items. Provided that a special meeting shall not be held unless all the members who requisitioned such a meeting are present. Provided further that the requisition shall be deemed to have been cancelled if there is no quorum at such a meeting.

7. The Research Council shall meet at least once in every six months and shall

have a Standing Committee which shall meet at least once in every quarter.

8. Where a meeting of the Council has been duly convened and no quorum is

present within half an hour of the time appointed for the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned to the same day and time in the next week or to such other day and at such other time and place, as the members of the Council may decide, and notice for the adjourned meeting shall be sent to all the members of the Council. If no quorum is present at an adjourned meeting within half an hour of the appointed time, the members present shall constitute the quorum.

9. Where a matter is to be considered by a Council it shall be open to the Vice-

Chancellor to obtain the approval of the members of the Council by circulation. In that event, the draft resolution shall be circulated together with explanatory notes and copies of the papers and documents connected therewith and the draft resolution shall be deemed to have been approved, if it is signed by a majority of the members of Council.

10. The conduct of business at a meeting of Council shall be regulated by the

Chairman.

11. Ordinarily all decisions shall be by consensus. However, if circumstances so warrant, the Chairman may put a resolution to vote and the decision shall be carried by a majority. In case of a tie, the Chairman shall have a casting vote as well.

12. The minutes of the meetings of the Research Council shall be prepared by the

Member-Secretary ordinarily within a week’s time after the date of meeting, who shall submit the same to the Chairman for his approval. The minutes approved by the Chairman shall be circulated to the members for their comments. Comments, if any received from the members shall be considered at the following meeting before the minutes are confirmed.

13. The decisions taken at a meeting of the Research Council may be

implemented on the basis of the minutes prepared and approved by the Chairman.

14. The power to amend, repeal or add to these regulations shall vest with the

Board of Management.

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Appendix-11 (To Resolution No. AC.34.6.3)

Minutes of the 3rd meeting of the Equivalence Committee held on 26.12.2005 at 12.00 hrs. in Board Room, Block 8, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110068 Members Present:

1. Prof. S.C. Garg, PVC - Chairman 2. Prof. S.K.Panda, STRIDE - Member 3. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH - Member 4. Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET - Member 5. Dr. Manoj Kulshrestha, Coordinator, B.Tech Prog. - Member 6. Dr. Nayantara Padhi, Coordinator Management Prog. - Member 7. Shri I.P.Goel, Section Officer, AIU - Special Invitee 8. Registrar, SRE - Member Secretary

Director, SOMS, SOSS, SOCIS and SOS and Prof.A.R.Khan, Programme Coordinator, B.A., could not attend the meeting. Dr. S.V.Hussain represented School of Management Studies. Shri K.K. Kutty, Asstt.Registrar, SRED, was present to assist the Member Secretary.

The Committee noted that the recommendations of the 2nd meeting of the Equivalence Committee held on 03.06.2005 have been approved by the Academic Council and also the action taken thereon. Item No.1 The Committee recommended that the issue of equivalence of Vardhman Mahaveer Open University’s Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme (BPP) with IGNOU’s BPP be kept pending till such time that VMOU provides the required clarification on evaluation methodology. Item No.2 The Equivalence Committee was informed that the Vice-Chancellor has kindly reviewed his decision of treating IGNOU’s BIT as a ‘professional qualification’ for admission to Management Programmes and has sought the suggestion of Equivalence Committee. The Committee resolved to recommend withdrawal of IGNOU’s BIT as a ‘professional qualification’ for purpose of admission to Management Programmes for future.

Item No.3 The Equivalence Committee noted that a meeting of the School Board of School of Management Studies has not been convened for quite some time. The Members suggested that Director, SOMS, be requested to convene a meeting of the School Board at an early date as the matter pertaining to recognition of ‘Associate Membership Examination of Indian Institute of Metals’ was pending with the School for quite some time now. Item No.4 In response to the resolution No. ACSC 15.5.2 of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 15th meeting held on 29.06.05, the Equivalence Committee re-considered the matter and resolved to recommend to the Academic Council that the Bachelor Degree holders under ‘non-formal stream’ who wish to seek admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes where the minimum eligibility criteria is 10+2 or its equivalent, may be admitted; provided that no additional requirement is prescribed at 10+2 level. Shri I.P.Goel of AIU informed that recently the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad has passed a judgement on non-recognition of IGNOU’s B.A. Degree (non-formal stream) for admission to LL.B course of Gujarat University (eligibility criteria prescribed 10+2+3). The members suggested that a copy of the judgement be obtained and the matter be taken up with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, in the larger interest of ODL system. The committee also recommended not to recognize the Master’s Degree awarded with out first degree by the Open Universities and the Directorate of Distance Education of different Universities in the country. Item No.5 The Equivalence Committee recommended to the Academic Council to recognize the ‘one time’ Bachelor Degree Programmes of all the Indian Universities which fulfil UGC’s stipulation, i.e. ‘those registered up to the year 1995-96 and have completed their Bachelor degree up to the year 1998-99’. Item No.6 Recommended not to accept the ‘Hindi courses’ offered by Institutions not empowered by Central/State Legislation to award Degrees for admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes. Further resolved to recommend recognition of the degrees awarded by ‘Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai’ in view of the status of the institution as ‘Institute of National Importance’. The Degrees include M.A.Hindi (2 yrs.), B.Ed. (1 yr.), Shiksha Snatak (1 yr.), M.Phil (1 yr.), Ph.D (2 yrs.)

Item No.7 Recommended recognition of the following Programmes of Kurukshetra Univ., Kurukshetra and Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes in view of the clarification furnished by KU and AIU: Kurukshetra University (i) ‘Visharada’ – equivalent to +2 (ii) ‘Shastri’ of three year duration as equivalent to B.A.

Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (i) ‘Shastri’ of three year duration as equivalent to B.A. (ii) ‘Shastri’ of two year duration of ‘old scheme’ passed up to April, 1994 for

purpose of admission to B.Ed. only; provided the candidates fulfil the stipulation made by MDU, i.e. ‘pass in the examination in the subject of English and one elective subject of the Shartri Part-I & II simultaneously’.

Item No.8 The Committee resolved to ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in recognizing four year ‘Bachelor of Arts’ Degree of Yangon University, Myanmar for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s Master’s Degree Programme; provided that candidates have passed the Matriculation/High School Education Examination of the Myanmar Examination Board in five subjects (except Myanmar language), of which ‘English’ should be one.

Item No.9 Recommended not to accept two year full time ‘PG Diploma in Business Management’ of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly, for purpose of admission to Management Programmes. Item No.10 Referred the matter of equivalence of ‘two year Diploma’ awarded by the College of Military Engg.(CME), Pune to the School of Engineering and Technology with the recommendation that the syllabi of CME and IGNOU’s Engg. Diploma Programmes be compared. Further resolved that Registrar, SRED, should obtain a copy of the letter from AICTE with regard to the recognition granted to the ‘two year Diplomas’ of CME, Pune. Item No.11 Recommended not to accept the two year ‘Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technician’ awarded by All India Council for Paramedical Education, New Delhi, for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes.

Item No.12 Recommended not to accept the Matriculation of ‘Board of Adult Education’, Delhi and further qualification(s) acquired based on this Matriculation, for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes. Item No.13 Resolved to recommend to the Academic Council to recognize the ‘Army Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII)’ as equivalent to 10+2 for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic Programmes. Further resolved to obtain from Army Headquarters a copy of the CBSE’s letter No.Genl./P.94/174 dated 21.07.1998 equating the said qualification with Senior Secondary Certificate. Item No.14 Resolved to recommend to the Academic Council to recognize the ‘Grade-12 Examination of Higher Secondary Education, Nepal’ as equivalent to 10+2 for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic Programmes. Item No.15 Resolved to recommend to the Academic Council to recognize the ‘High School Diploma (Grade-12)’ of the International School of Geneva as equivalent to 10+2 for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic Programmes. Item No.16 Resolved to recommend to the Academic Council to recognize the ‘Secondary General Education’ of the Ministry of Russian Federation as equivalent to 10+2 for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic Programmes. Further resolved to seek clarification from MHRD, with copy to AIU, about the protocol agreement with the former Soviet Union pertaining to mutual recognition of academic qualifications. Item No.17 Recommended not to accept the ‘Madhyama Pariksha’ of ‘Shrimad Dayanand Arsha Vidyapeeth’, Rothak for purpose of admission to IGNOU’s academic programmes. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Sd/- Member Secretary

Appendix-12 (To Resolution No. AC.34.8.3)

Table 3 : Total Students Eligible for the Award of Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates in the

17th convocation

Degree’s Eligible Diploma’s Eligible Certificate’s Eligible

BA 4154 ADCAADCAADCAADCA 8242 CRDCRDCRDCRD 53

BCOM 634 ADCM 54 CIG 2993

BSC 346 ADIT 43 CPT 11

BCA 3877 ADWRE 11 CAFE 248

BED 4430 DCE 54 PGCRW 49

BIT 682 DCH 44 CCP 47

BLS 1502 DCYP 3 CDM 505

BSCN 151 DECE 642 CES 89

BTCM 77 PGDMCH 238 CHR 247

BTS 233 DNHE 290 CLD 74

BTWRE 13 DTS 80 CNCC 487

BHM 1775 PGDCA 6607 CPFM 94

MADE 20 PGDDE 95 CPLT 79

MCA 7176 PGDHE 33 CTE 404

MEG 496 PGDHHM 216 CTPM 68

MHD 221 PGDIBO 100 CWDL 615

MLS 336 PGDRD 656 CWED 72

MTM 156 PGDT 133 CYP 1

MBADFM 605 PGJMC 572 CFN 1100

MBADHRM 741 DAFE 70 CHET 1

PGDAPP 16 PGCCP 3

PGDLAN 10 PGCRS 7

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MINUTES

of the

THIRTY FIFTH MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

May 15, 2006 INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU MINUTES OF THE THRITY FIFTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON MAY 15, 2006 AT 11.30 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The list of Members present and those who could not attend the Meeting is given in Appendix-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 35th Meeting of the Academic Council. He specially welcomed the new member Dr. Kamal Vagrecha, Lecturer, School of Management Studies to the Academic Council. The Chairman also placed on record Council’s appreciation for the academic contributions made by the retiring members Prof. J.C.Katyal, Dr. Himanshu Kumar Shee, Prof. M.K.Salooja, and Dr. D.Moitra. Before the agenda for the meeting was taken up, the Chairman apprised the Academic Council of the major initiatives taken in of the IGNOU during the last five years. Some of these are:

1. The enrolment in the University rose from 6.8 lakhs to 14.6 lakhs students. 2. The University had witnessed tremendous growth in the number of

programme offerings from 64 to 125. Besides these, complete revision of several major programmes such as MCA, BCA, MBA, MLISc, PGDHE, Post-basic B.Sc. Nursing, PGDRD has been done. In addition, 94 courses have been revised and nearly 100 courses are under revision. More than 50 new courses in existing programmes have been added at the Post-graduate (Degree/Diploma) and Doctoral level registering an annual growth of 20% in the last five years.

3. The presence of the University increased from 20 countries in 2001 to 34

countries as of now for its programme offerings.

4. The capability of the University to use electronic media has enhanced tremendously. During the year 2005, the University introduced the first dedicated channel for education on DTH platform. The Gyan Darshan Channel had grown up from two channels in 2001 to four channels as on date and its transmission time has also been increased from 4 hours daily to round the clock. The University has in collaboration with Prasar Bharati during the period has already developed a Gyan Vani network of 17 FM radio stations for education and a few more will become functional soon. Two Edusat national networks for video conferencing – one each from Delhi and Jabalpur with 131 and 850 SITs have been established.

5. The University implemented many new plans and projects in collaboration with Ministries of Agriculture (MOA), External Affairs (MEA), Food Processing (MOFP), Government of India, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Shipping Corporation of India, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Department of Atomic Energy, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, WIPO, Geneva, UNICEF and others.

6. The University has setup two new Schools i.e School of Agriculture and

School of Law. The School of Law is developing programs on IP regime and Human Rights, Cyber Laws and Indian Patent Laws. The School of Agriculture has launched two programmes sponsored by the Ministry of Food Processing (MOFP).

7. Three New Centres, one each on ICT-enabled flexible education, Innovations in ODL and for Differently-Abled have been established.

8. All major Schools, Divisions and Centres have been strengthened to improve delivery of learner support services.

9. Some of the new innovative initiatives include a major joint project of IGNOU-ISRO-MHRD in consultation with the State Governments of Bihar, Chattisgarh, MP and UP. A hub and a studio have been developed at Jabalpur to serve as the teaching-end with 850 Receive Terminals using solar panels. The University is also providing massive training to in-service teachers in Govt. Schools of 10 States and a few countries abroad. The Chairman also apprised the Members that he had made a presentation on the role of IGNOU in continuous knowledge up-gradation and training of functionaries in the judicial system before the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and five seniormost Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court. Following this, it has been decided to develop a proposal for collaboration between IGNOU and the National Judicial Academy. The University is also collaborating with the Ministry of External Affairs for providing tele-education to all the countries of Africa through a Pan African Network. It has also signed an MoU with Foreign Service Institute of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for on-line training of senior officials of MEA.

10. To enhance our reach to the unreached, a new Regional Centre at Port Blair,

along with 4 Study Centres in different islands has been set up.

11. The University is meeting all of its Non-Plan Expenditure from internal resource mobilization. Out of the grants received from the MHRD, we are also providing funds for development plans of other ODL Institutions in the country. Several members of the Council greatly appreciated some path breaking

academic initiatives and interventions successfully introduced in the University during the last five years which lead to alarge number of new programmes and plans of academic collaboration with different Institutions/Organisations/Ministeries including. It is during this period that the system of having a Standing Committee of the Academic Council was introduced to ensure dynamism in the process of decision in academic matters. This period witnessed emergence of SARC Consortium of Opend and Distance Learning (SACODIL) and Global Mega University Network (GMUNET) with Chair and Secretariat in IGNOU. The Academic Council resolved to record its deep appreciation and gratefulness to Prof. H.P. Dikshit, the Chairman of the Council for his dynamic, innovative and visionary leadership provided to the University.

The Chairman then requested Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor to present the agenda items.

ITEM NO.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 34TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 17.1.2006 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

AC 35.1.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Minutes (Appendix-2 without appendices) of the 34th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 17.1.2006 were circulated to the members and no comments have been received from any of the members. He proposed that the Minutes be deemed to have been confirmed.

AC 35.1.2 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of its 34th Meeting and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO.2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 18TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 20.3.2006.

AC 35.2.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the 18th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC) was held on 20.3.2006. The ACSC considered the following major items:

1. Approved Phase Zero Forms for revision of courses PHE-02: Oscillations and Waves, PHE-03 (L): Physic Laboratory-I, PHE-09: Optics. The Phase Zero Form for Certificate in Information Technology was referred to the Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Pro Vice-Chancellor for re-examining the contents.

2. Approved direct admission of PGDIBO students in M.Com. IInd year; Semester-wise offer of Management Courses; Modified Evaluation Scheme of PG Diploma in Community Cardiology; waiving of condition stipulated for re-registration of students in 3rd year of MCA revised syllabus. For determining percentage equivalence for the point-grades in Management Programme was referred to the following Committee for examination and recommendation:

•••• Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC - Chairman •••• Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS - Member •••• Prof. N.V.Narasimham, Director, SOMS, - Member •••• Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRED- Member

3. Approved recommendations of the Task Force on SSS for reviewing the number of assignments in a course in IGNOU; Recommendations of the Committee to look into the details of delivery system for diploma programme in Dairy & Meat Technology. 4 Ratified action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in respect of award of Gold Medal for Innovation in Open and Distance Learning.

AC 35.2.2 The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Gold Medal for Innovation in Open and Distance Learning was awarded to a team of the IGNOU employees led by Director (EMPC) for integrating the peripherals of Edu-Sat. and developing in-house capacity to train the staff at Regional Centres.

AC 35.2.3 During the discussion, one of the Members sought clarification regarding implementation of the decision relating to assignments from July, 2006 cycle. It was informed that the proposed amendments are being placed as a separate item for consideration of Academic Council. If approved, the proposal will be placed before the Board of Management and then referred to the Visitor for approval.

AC 35.2.4 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes (Appendix-3 without appendices) of the 18th Meeting of the ACSC held on 20.3.2006.

ITEM NO. 3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE VISION AND MISSION OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN DISTANCE EDUCATION (NCIDE).

AC 35.3.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE) was approved as part of Xth Plan proposals in October, 2004. The Centre came into existence in December, 2005 and has been established to provide the platform to promote, develop and pilot innovations in all aspects of ODL systems. It is expected to become a resource centre to help all participants in the ODL system to try out and test innovative ideas for improving efficiency and learner related effectiveness, quality assurance and cost efficiencies in the system. Functioning as a research and prototype development centre, it is expected to provide intellectual, human and technical support to conduct the concept development of new ideas, pilot test innovative applications in all aspects of ODL functions and make the successful applications available to all interested stakeholders within the ODL system, to promote innovations in Distance Education within IGNOU for re-engineering and sustaining the system to provide framework and guidelines for standardization and total quality management of all the facets of the ODL, to provide ICT enabled automotive flexible learner support service system and search for new innovative solutions towards the University’s mission of seamless education, cost efficiency and borderless access to quality education through application of technology.

AC 35.3.2 During the discussion, one of the members expressed apprehensions about some commonality between the objectives of NCIDE and STRIDE. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur appreciated the establishment of the Centre and hoped that it would provide facility for documentation of innovations in ODL system. The members were informed that Director (NCIDE) has already sent a communication to all concerned in this regard. Director, Regional Services desired that innovation in ODL system done at Regional Centres should also be brought within the purview of the NCIDE. Director (SOE) appreciated the establishment of the Centre and desired that work related to innovations in teacher education through ODL system may also be taken up by the Centre. The Chairman welcomed the suggestions and hoped that the Centre shall strive to accommodate the advice and concern of the members to promote innovations which should not be jacketed. The Council appreciated the special emphasis and focus being given to innovations in a wider perspective and accordingly resolved that different units of the University should work cohesively to promote innovation with

NCIDE playing a central role.

AC 35.3.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Vision and Mission document (Appendix-4) of the National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education with the specific direction that suggestions be incorporated.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK (PGDSW) AND MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK (MSW).

AC 35.4.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that The School of Continuing Education has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Post-graduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW). The PG Diploma has 36 credits which form the Ist year of Master’s in Social Work, as and when it is considered for offer. Since, this programme is to be offered on modular basis, the School Board has recommended that a student who completes 1st year courses be awarded PG Diploma in Social Work. The programme aims at training social work professionals who would be working in the social welfare and social development sectors in the country. The availability of trained professionals is expected to improve the quality of services. The Programme Coordinator, Prof. Gracious Thomas highlighted the salient features of the programme and responded to the queries raised by the members on eligibility qualifications, course titles, counseling sessions tele-conferencing, practical component etc.

AC 35.4.2 The Academic Council considered the Phase 3 Form and approved the development of PG Diploma in Social Work with the following specific suggestions:

(i) The course MSW-002 should have a unit/section on Role of Social Workers in Resettlement and Rehabilitation.

(ii) The title of the MSW-003 course should be Social Work and Society.

(iii) The delivery mechanism and the support systems for teaching learning process should conform to approved norms of the University.

It further decided that Phase-3 form for Master of Social Work be placed before the Academic Council after assessing the response to PG Diploma in Social Welfare (Appendix-5).

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED TO EXAMINE THE PROPOSED CREDIT TRANSFER FROM THE OLD MCA TO THE REVISED MCA PROGRAMME.

AC 35.5.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 16th Meeting held on 19.9.2005, while considering the Credit Transfer from old MCA to revised MCA programme constituted a Sub-Committee vide Resolution No. 16.11.2 to examine the issues involved. The Sub-Committee examined the extent of commonality and arrived at the number of credits that could be exempted / transferred for each course. The main recommendations of the Committee along with details of credit transfer for each course that can be permitted to the learners of MCA old syllabus after admission to the revised MCA programme are placed at Appendix-6.

AC 35.5.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the Sub-Committee constituted to examine the proposed Credit Transfer from the Old MCA to the Revised MCA programme with the suggestion that MCS-022 be deleted from semester-1.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR CREDIT TRANSFER AMONG CERTIFICATE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CRD)/POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT (PGDRD)/ MASTER OF ARTS (RURAL DEVELOPMENT) PROGRAMME AND CONSEQUENT ISSUES OF FEE WAIVER AND LATERAL ENTRY.

AC 35.6.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Continuing Education has received representations from students regarding the Credit Transfer among CRD/PGDRD/M.A.(RD) programmes and consequent issues of fee-waiver and lateral entry. The background and academic status of these programmes is as follows:

i) CRD/PGDRD/M.A.(RD) are all Post Graduate Programmes; ii) Entry level qualifications for all the three programmes is the

same i.e. Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline; iii) Each programme has an independent status, however,

displaying variation in terms of admission cycle, examination and counseling schedule, requirement of assignments and project work etc.

iv) All the programmes make use of the same study material but the variation is in the extent of number of courses as specified for each programme.

v) The fee structure for CRD/PGDRD and M.A.(RD) programme is Rs. 800/-, Rs. 1400/- and Rs. 5400/-, respectively.

As per the policy of the University, a student who has cleared a course offered by the University and has not been certified, can be allowed to carry credits earned earlier if he/she had been admitted to the higher programme where the same course is to be studied. In the light of the above policy the School of Continuing Education has proposed the following credit transfer and consequent waiving of fee: i) Learners who have successfully completed CRD and are seeking admission to PGDRD or M.A. (RD) may be permitted credit transfer of 18 credits. A fee-waiver of Rs. 600/- (@ Rs. 200 per course) may be granted to such learners. ii) Learners who have completed PGDRD programmes and are seeking admission to M.A. (RD) may be permitted credit transfer worth 24 credits. No credit transfer may be permitted for Project work i.e. course RDD-05. A fee waiver of Rs. 800/- (@ Rs. 200/- per course) may be granted to such learners. iii) Learners who have not successfully completed CRD/PGDRD programmes, however have successfully completed a specified number of constituent courses may be permitted credit transfer equivalent to the courses passed successfully. A fee-waiver @ Rs. 200 per course successfully completed may be granted. The School has further proposed that there should be no lateral entry to M.A. (Rural Development) programme since any deviation in the admission cycle can lead to logistic problems.

AC 35.6.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal of SOCE for Credit transfer and fee waiver with the specific suggestion that no lateral entry shall be allowed.

ITEM NO.7 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN REVISING THE FEE FOR CHANGE OF ELECTIVES/MEDIUM/PROGRAMME ETC. IN BDP AND MASTERS’ DEGREE PROGRAMMES; AND TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FIXING OF FEE FOR CHANGE OF COURSE IN MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME.

AC 35.7.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Council that the BDP Coordination Committee at its meeting held on 7th January 2005 had recommended revision of fee for change of Elective Courses @ Rs. 150/- for 2/4 credit and Rs. 300/- for 8 credit courses. For change of medium in BDP, the Committee recommended that the normal fee of Rs. 100/- be charged in addition to the fee for change of medium for each course @ Rs. 150/- for 2/4 credit and Rs. 300/- for 8 credit

courses. The revised rates came into effect from July 2005 cycle. The Task Force on Student Support Services at its meetings held on 4th, and 13th April, 2005 and 2nd December, 2005 had deliberated on the matter and recommended the following fee payment norms for change of electives/medium etc. in Masters Degree Programme:

(i) for change of Programme, a candidate should pay full fee for the new Programme and forfeit the fee paid for the programme opted earlier. (ii) change of medium – Rs. 100/- plus @ Rs. 300/- per course for the elective courses upto 4 credits in the new medium and @ Rs. 600/- per course for the elective course of above 4 credits. (iii) change of electives – @ Rs. 300/- per course for electives upto 4 credits and @ Rs. 600/- per course for electives of above 4 credits. The Task Force on SSS at its meeting held on 17.4.2005 also deliberated on the matter of fees being charged for the credit transfer in the Management Programme, which was fixed during the year 1991. After detailed discussions, it recommended that the fees for change of course in Management Programme and Management Programme in Banking & Finance be fixed at Rs. 500/- per course. The recommendations of the Task Force in respect of payment norms for change of elective/medium programme etc. for Bachelor’s as well as Master’s Degree Programme have been implemented with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor w.e.f. July, 2005 cycle of admissions.

AC 35.7.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor with regard to the fee charged for change of electives/medium programme etc. in BDP and Master’s Degree programme w.e.f July, 2005 cycle of admission and approved the proposal of fixing fee of Rs. 500/- per course for change of course in MP and MP (B&F) w.e.f. January, 2007 cycle.

ITEM NO. 8 TO REPORT THE RECOGNITION BY THE ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (AICTE) OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) AND MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA) DEGREES AWARDED BY IGNOU.

AC 35.8.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) vide letter no. AICTE/Academic/MOU-DEC/2005 dated May 13, 2005 has informed the Secretaries/Directors, Technical Education of all State Governments/Union Territories that the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) degrees awarded by IGNOU are recognized by AICTE.

AC 35.8.2 The Academic Council appreciated the decision of AICTE.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MATTER RELATING TO PROVISION FOR ADDING OF SUPPLEMENTARY GAZETTE IN THE CONVOCATION LIST.

AC 35.9.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 18th Meeting held on 20.3.2006, while considering the matter relating to the 17th Convocation, constituted a Committee comprising Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Prof. Pardeep Sahni, and Dr. S.K.Mohapatra to examine the provisions in the statutes/ordinances/rules for adding supplementary Gazette of the successful candidates who have become eligible for the award of degree/diploma/certificate. The Committee deliberated on the issue in detail and resolved to recommend to the Academic Council the following for consideration:

(i) All the supplementary lists of students to whom the Certificate/Diploma/Degree have been awarded after the Convocation was held (from 1st Convocation to 16th Convocation) be added in the main Gazette of 17th Convocation as a ‘Supplementary Gazette’.

(ii) The supplementary list of students to whom the final Grade

Card/Marks sheet and Provisional Certificates have been issued after the 17th Convocation held on 18.02.2006 (for the award of Certificate/Diploma/Degrees to those students who have completed their respective programme in Dec.2004/June 2005 TEEs) be issued Certificate/Diploma/Degrees and deemed to have been admitted in the 17th Convocation, but the list of students be appended in the Gazette of 18th Convocation.

(iii) The provision as at (ii) above be followed for the

Convocations to be held in future.

AC 35.9.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendation of the Committee along with its Minutes placed at Appendix-7.

Tabled Items

ITEM NO. 10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR B.TECH. IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING).

AC 35.10.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that The School of Engineering & Technology has submitted the Phase-3 Form for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Computer Integrated Manufacturing). The Phase-3 Form has been approved by the School Board of School of Engg. & Technology at its meeting held on 2.5.2006.

AC 35.10.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) (Appendix-8), along with the payment norms for counselors.

ITEM NO. 11

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR HIV/AIDS EDUCATION AND ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION (TWO COURSES) FOR THE B.ED. PROGRAMME.

AC 35.11.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Education has submitted the Phase Zero Form for HIV/AIDS Education and Adolescent and Family Education (Two Courses). Special focus is being given by the Govt. of India for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and Adolescent and Family Education. In order to achieve this, it has been considered prudent to train in-service teachers as also the new entrants to the teaching profession in Schools on issues related to HIV/AIDS Education and Adolescent/Family Education. In this context, it was decided by MHRD, NCTE and IGNOU to introduce two courses i.e. HIV/AIDS Education and Adolescent/Family Education in the training package of in-service teachers pursuing IGNOU’s B.Ed. Programme. The development of these courses is being supported by UNICEF and NCTE. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 21st Meeting held on 24.8.2005 with the directions that the two courses be integrated in the B.Ed. programme as special and compulsory courses.

AC 35.11.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-Zero Form (placed at Appendix-9) for HIV/AIDS Education and Adolescent and Family Education.

ITEM NO. 12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR TEACHING OF TAMIL.

AC 35.12.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Education has submitted the Phase Zero Form for Teaching of Tamil as an elective course for the B.Ed. programme to accommodate the request of B.Ed. students from Tamil Nadu and enable them for their appointment in the state. IGNOU has signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu Open University for using their course material on ‘Teaching of Tamil’. The School Board at its 22nd Meeting held on 30.3.2006 considered the issue of Teaching of Tamil in B.Ed. Programme and suggested that the School may review the contents and develop new materials if considered necessary. However, as of now, it may be adopted for one batch of students.

AC 35.12.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal of School Board of School of Education (Appendix-10) for ‘Teaching of Tamil’ course with the specific direction that the course be kept on offer till new materials are developed in-house.

ITEM NO. 13 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CREDIT TRANSFER SCHEME FROM BCA OLD SYLLABUS TO BCA NEW SYLLABUS.

AC 35.13.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that Consequent upon the launching of BCA revised syllabus in July 1998 cycle, the pre-revised BCA syllabus has been phased out. The students admitted to BCA pre-revised syllabus during 1996, 1997 & 1998 January cycle of admissions were allowed to pursue the programme for the maximum duration plus the extended period of two years on re-admission. However, a number of students could not complete all the requirements for the award of BCA Degree for various reasons, and sought admission afresh in BCA revised syllabus. A majority of them have completed 50 to 60 credits in the pre-revised syllabus and applied for credit transfer in lieu of the successfully completed courses. Student Registration and Evaluation Division in consultation with the School of Computer and Information Sciences has worked out the ‘credit transfer scheme’ for transfer of credits in lieu of the successfully completed courses in pre-revised syllabus to BCA revised syllabus. Maximum credit transfer permissible is 58 credits and the students can be allowed to re-register simultaneously for 1st /3rd & 5th semester courses and for the 2nd /4th & 6th semester courses, subject to a maximum of 24 credits in a given cycle/semester. In such cases students be allowed to remit the fee for 2nd year and/or 3rd year programme in the first year itself at the time of seeking credit transfer.

Credit transfer fee as per rules of the university, i.e. @Rs.50/- per course, is also payable by the students. Such students be allowed to complete the BCA Programme in a duration less than three years depending upon the credit transfer allowed. They are required to complete 96 credits only, including the credit transferred courses, for the award of BCA Degree.

AC 35.13.2 The Academic Council approved the proposed Credit Transfer Scheme placed at Appendix-11 subject to the condition that a minimum of one and a half-year will have to be spent.

ITEM NO. 14 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACSC FOR FRAMING UNIFORM GUIDELINES FOR PROJECTS ACROSS PROGRAMMES/COURSES IN THE UNIVERSITY.

AC 35.14.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council at its 32nd Meeting held on 13.11.2004 considered and approved the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the ACSC in which the recommendations of the Sub-Committee of the ACSC for framing uniform guidelines for Project across programmes/courses in the University for MCA programme and approved the proposal/scheme of decentralization of project proposals of the Regional Centres in principle for two cycles and the same was to be reviewed in the light of experience so gained. The Sub-Committee at its meeting held on 28.4.2006 reviewed the scheme. The main recommendations of the Committee are: 1. The decentralization of MCA project proposals may be continued

for the present. 2. The University should take necessary measures to stop the

malpractice regarding project report submission by taking strict action against the guilty students, project supervisors and other persons concerned.

3. The data base of the MCA project proposals maintained by the

Regional Centres should be sent to the School of Computer and Information Sciences as per the guidelines approved by the Academic Council.

4. The evaluation of the project proposal for BCA programme should

be restarted at Regional Centres from the next cycle. The proposals should be evaluated by the counselors of IGNOU with a

minimum of two years of BCA/MCA counseling experience. The Regional Centres should identify such counselors in the region and be the node for receiving and sending proposals for approval as in the case of MCA. The counselors be paid Rs. 15/- for evaluation of each project proposal as is being done for the MCA proposals at present, subject to approval by Competent Authority.

5. The practice followed by RC, Delhi-II of identifying project

reports with the same titles should be emulated by other Regional Centres. Project reports having similar titles should be sent to the same evaluator for evaluation in case of both BCA and MCA to curb malpractice.

6. As far as possible, the viva-voce of the project reports should be

held at Regional Centres and Sub-Regional Centres. In case of large enrolments depending on logistics, viva-voce could be conducted at Study Centres provided outside expertise is available and an ARD/RD supervises the exercise.

AC 35.14.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations

of the Sub-Committee (Appendix-12) with the suggestion that the University should ensure that quality is not compromised by holding viva-voce of the project reports at the Study Centre level.

ITEM NO. 15 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR THE DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING – DCLE (G) FOR CORPORATE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR.

AC 35.15.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Academic Council at its 32nd Meeting held on 13.11.2004, while considering the Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the ACSC, approved the Phase-3 Form for two semesters for the Diploma in Civil Engineering for civilian candidates with the suggestion that the fee may be reviewed. The School of Engineering and Technology has submitted the Phase-3 Form for the Diploma in Civil Engineering – DCLE (G) for all the six semesters along with detailed syllabus which was duly approved by the School Board of SOET at its 23rd Meeting held on 15.7.2005.

AC 35.15.2 The members desired to know the desirability of counseling/contact programmes of 16 hours per credit for theory courses, radio counseling for 10 to 12 hours per year and lab counseling of 10 hours per credit and registration fee of Rs. 7000/- one time. Dr. Manoj Kulshrestra clarified that the programme is being offered in collaboration with CIDC in face-to-face mode. The details have been worked out in the Joint Coordination Committee.

AC 35.15.3 The Academic Council approved the Phase-3 Form for the Diploma in Civil Engineering - DCLE (G) for Corporate Construction Sector (Appendix-13).

ITEM NO. 16 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR REVISED PROGRAMME STRUCTURE OF B.TECH. CIVIL (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT).

AC 35.16.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the School of Engineering and Technology has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Revised Programme Structure of B.Tech. Civil (Construction Management).

AC 35.16.2 The Academic Council approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-14) for revised programme structure of B.Tech. Civil (Construction Management).

ITEM NO. 17 TO CO-OPT A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL IN TERMS OF PROVISIONS OF STATUTE 9 (1) (VIII).

AC 35.17.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that Dr. D. Moitra, Associate Vice-President and General Manager (Research), Infosys Technologies Ltd. who was co-opted as one of the members under sub- clause (viii) of clause (1) of Statute 9 has expressed his inability to continue with the membership of the Academic Council. Consequently a new member of the Academic Council under the above clause is to be co-opted by the Academic Council for the residual term of Dr. D.Moitra i.e. up to 11.12.2006.

AC 35.17.2 The Academic Council authorized the Chairman to co-opt a new member in place of Dr. D.Moitra for the residual term. The Chairman requested the members to suggest a few names for his consideration.

ITEM NO. 18 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BDP COORDINATION COMMITTEE PERTAINING TO THE ISSUES OF STUDENT REGISTRATION AND EVALUATION.

AC 35.18.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the BDP Coordination Committee at its meeting held on 13.03.2006 discussed

and made the following recommendations on policy issues pertaining to Student Registration and Evaluation (SRE) : 1. The problems faced by students in assignments

The BDP Coordination Committee recommended that the result should not be declared unless the scores of minimum no. of assignments stipulated in the Ordinance are taken into account irrespective of the marks scored by the students in a single assignment.

2. Students who opted for more than 48 credits in a single discipline

The Committee recommended that students should not be allowed to take more than 48 credits in a single discipline as approved by Academic Council and informed through the Programme Guides. The students who have taken more than 48 credits in a single discipline should be asked to opt course(s) from other discipline(s), even if they have cleared all the courses, subject to a minimum of 8 credits in any one discipline.

3. Cases in which students have taken 12 credit in the category of Application-oriented Courses

It was recommended that such students should be advised to change the course. They can either take 4 more credits from the Application-oriented Courses to make it 16 credits or give up 4 credits from AOCs and restrict to 8 credits and take more credits in elective courses.

4. BPP qualified students failing to successfully complete all the requirements for the award of B.A/B.Com/BTS/BSW Degree within the stipulated duration of the Programme

It was recommended that if BPP stream students fail to complete B.A/B.Com/BTS/BSW after the lapse of maximum duration of the Programme plus the grace period for re-admission on pro-rata basis, they should not be asked to do BPP again if they seek fresh admission to complete their programme. They should be given admission directly in BDP and be allowed maximum period as stipulated for BDP.

5. Problem of students indicating the revised course codes of BDP even if they had opted pre-revised version

During detailed deliberations, the Committee noted that students can opt either pre-revised or revised version only. Therefore, while entering the marks they should be entered under the course which a student had opted. The same should automatically be reflected for older students under EPS-01 and the new student under EPS-11. All similar cases be dealt on the same line.

Above recommendations have been approved by the Vice-Chancellor while approving the Minutes of the BDP Coordination Committee.

AC 35.18.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor.

ITEM NO. 19 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO AMEND ORDINANCE 9 – ‘ORDINANCE ON CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE’.

AC 35.19.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the Assignments have been introduced as a compulsory component in the learning package of IGNOU with a weightage of 25 / 30% in the overall evaluation, to ensure continuous learning and interactive teaching as well as to help students in their preparation for examination. However, in view of large volume of work and dependence on external experts, the University has faced difficulties in obtaining evaluated assignments and grades with the result that the students do not get feed back before commencement of the examination. Although assignment submission is a pre-requisite for appearing in Term-end Examination (TEE), there is no mechanism to prevent the defaulters from appearing in TEE as the dates of assignment submission fall after the last date for submission of examination form. The Task Force on Student Support Services at its meeting held on 22.01.2002 discussed the matter and recommended to withdraw the component of Assignment from all Certificate Programmes of six months’ duration. Accordingly, the assignments were withdrawn

initially from the Certificate in Computing Programme with effect from July 2002 and in all other Certificate Programmes from January 2003. The Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its Eighth meeting held on 19.04.2003 had ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor (ACSC 8.19.2). Further, the Academic Council at its Twenty-ninth meeting held on 23.06.2003, while considering the minutes of the Eighth meeting of the ACSC, observed that the Assignments in the Certificate Programmes did not serve the desired purpose. The proposal to withdraw the assignments was arrived at after a series of discussions and a brainstorming session organized by the University [AC 29.2.1(vi)] A Sub-Committee of the Task Force was constituted to review all the issues related to Assignments in IGNOU. The Sub-Committee, after considering the matter in detail, submitted its report which was considered by the Task Force on Student Support Services in a Special Meeting held on 04.01.2006 under the Chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor. The Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its Eighteenth meeting held on 20.03.2006 had considered and approved, among other things, the recommendations of the Task Force and abolished assignments in all Undergraduate Diploma Programmes of one year duration effective from July 2006 cycle of admissions. The ACSC also approved that there would be only one assignment for each course in other programmes, wherever applicable. Moreover, necessary changes in the Ordinances may be brought for effective implementation of these decisions (ACSC 18.3.2).

Consequent upon the above decisions, Clause-2 and Clause-3 of Ordinance 9 need amendment.

AC 35.19.2 The Academic Council discussed the matter, in the light of the recommendations of the Task Force on SSS and the approval of ACSC, and resolved to approve the proposed amendment to the Ordinance 9 – ‘Ordinance on Conduct of Examinations and Evaluation of Student Performance’. A brief note explaining the reasons for amendment of Ordinance 9 along with the statement showing the existing provisions, proposed amendments and provisions after amendments in sub-clause (1) of Clause 2 and sub-clause (1),(2) & (3) of Clause 3 is placed as Appendix -15.

ITEM NO. 20 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RE-ADMISSION FORM ALONG WITH REVISED RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR RE-ADMISSION AND PRO-RATA FEE PER COURSE FOR VARIOUS COURSES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS.

AC 35.20.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that the University had revised the fees for re-admission along with the revised rules and guidelines for re-admission and pro-rata fee per course for its various courses. A need has been felt to revise the same for the overseas students also. International Division has re-worked the re-admission form and revised rules and guidelines and pro-rata fee per course for various courses for the overseas students on the basis of the circular issued by the SR&ED. A copy of the re-admission form for B.A./B.Com programme, rules and guidelines for re-admission and a table showing fee and course statement for calculating pro-rata re-admission fee for various programme are placed as Appendix- 16.

AC 35.20.2 The Academic Council approved the re-admission form along with revised guidelines for re-admission and pro-rata fee per course for various courses for overseas students.

ITEM NO. 21 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE PHASE ZERO FORM FOR THE REVISION OF ONE COURSE OF DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (DEME) LAUNCHED FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS, INDIAN ARMY UNDER IGNOU-CIDC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION & TRAINING PROJECT (IC-CETP).

AC 35.21.1 Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor informed that under IGNOU-CIDC Construction Education & Training Project, two diploma progammes, namely Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCLE) and Diploma in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (DEME) are on offer since January 2004. In DCLE, there are two courses on Estimating & Quantity Surveying (EQS), namely BCE-034: EQS-I and BCE-042: EQS-II in Fifth and Sixth semesters respectively whereas only one course EQS-I has been included in DEME in Fifth Semester. Both EQS-I and EQS-II deal with the concepts of estimation and quantity surveying relating to construction apart from relevant details on SSR of Military Engineering Service (MES). For DEME programme, E-in-C Branch of Army Headquarters has desired to include more inputs of

estimation and quantity surveying relating to Electrical & Mechanical items. In light of the above facts, the School of Engineering & Technology proposes to revise EQS-I course for DEME programme and rename the course as BET-034: Estimating & Quantity Surveying having dominance of E/M inputs in the course.

AC 35.21.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Appendix-17) for the revision of the course of Diploma in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (DEME) launched for Corps of Engineers, Indian Army under IGNOU-CIDC Construction Education & Training Project (IC-CETP).

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(H.P.Dikshit) Chairman

Appendix-1

List of Members who attended/could not attend the 35th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 15th May, 2006. Members who attended the Meeting:

33. Prof. H.P.Dikshit, VC - Chairman 34. Prof. S.C.Garg, PVC 35. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana 36. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur 37. Prof. P.K.Jain 38. Prof. Pardeep Sahni 39. Prof. S.K.Panda 40. Prof. Parvin Sinclair 41. Prof. J.M.Parakh 42. Prof. M.C.Sharma 43. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj 44. Prof. Uma Kanjilal 45. Prof. S.B.Arora 46. Prof. Anu Aneja 47. Prof. Gayatri Kansal 48. Dr. C.K.Ghosh 49. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra 50. Sh. V.K.Arora 51. Dr. T.R.Srinivasan 52. Sh. S.B.Sharma 53. Dr. Anu J.Thomas 54. Dr. T.K.Jena 55. Dr. Eisha Kannadi 56. Dr. N.Venketeswarlu 57. Dr. Kamal Vagrecha 58. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Members who could not attend: 1. Prof. N.R.Madhav Menon 2. Prof. Asghar Wajahat 3. Prof. J. Ramachandran 4. Prof. J.S.Yadav 5. Dr. Shardindu 6. Sh. G.S.Sahni 7. Prof. N.V.Narasimham 8. Prof. A.S.Narang 9. Prof. Vijayshri

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

MINUTES

of the

THIRTY SIXTH MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

October 23, 2006

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU MINUTES OF THE THIRTY SIXTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The list of members present and those who could not attend the meeting is given in Appendix-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 36th meeting of the Academic Council and offered his greetings for Deepawali and Id-ul-Fitr. He also stated that he was very happy to have the meeting of the Academic Council of the University as his very first official engagement in the University. He observed that the Indira Gandhi National Open University had provided yeoman services to the society by imparting higher education through distance mode and reaching the un-reached. It is a great honour to be the Vice-Chancellor of this premier institution. He further observed that the teachers and academics are the backbone of every institution and that he looked forward to their full co-operation in achieving its goal, development and new heights in the area of higher education. Before starting the formal proceedings, Prof. S.C.Garg, former Pro Vice-Chancellor, welcomed the Vice-Chancellor and assured him full co-operation for steps towards further growth of the University. Following this, Prof. B.S.Saraswat, the Member-Secretary, observed that Prof. V.N.R.Pillai is a distinguished scholar of chemical sciences and is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. In addition, Prof. Pillai had held positions in the field of academic administration such as the Vice-Chancellor of M.G. University, Kottayam, Director, NAAC, Vice-Chairman and Acting Chairman, University Grants Commission, apart from serving on many high powered Committees. The University had been greatly honoured by his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor.

The Member- Secretary then presented the items on the agenda. The decisions concerned are recorded below:

ITEM NO.1 To confirm the Minutes of the 35th meeting of the Academic Council held on May 15, 2006, and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 36.1.1 AC 36.1.2

The Member-Secretary informed the members that the Minutes of the 35th meeting of the Academic Council held on May 15, 2006 were circulated to the members. The following comments were received: 1. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD

(i) Recording of the number of study centres under RC-Port- Blair as four instead of five on Page 2.

The Academic Council decided that the number of study centres be corrected to five.

(ii) The observation on Item no. 10, regarding the proposed rates for theory counseling for a two hour session in the Phase-3 Form for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Computer Integrated Manufacturing). The Director, RSD, informed that a Committee constituted for the purpose of revision of payment norms for theory/practical counseling across the disciplines and also for different activities undertaken by the University had proposed such changes and the same have not yet been approved by the Competent Authority. Thus, approval of Payment Norms of theory counseling for Engineering Programmes in isolation will create operational problems. However, Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET informed the Council that while proposing the rates, the matter was discussed with Director, RSD, and since it was a new programme no rates for counseling were available at that stage. Hence, the rates proposed by the School of Engg. & Technology in Phase-3 Form were approved by the Academic Council, and there is no discrepancy in the recording of the Minutes.

AC 36.1.3

AC 36.1.4

AC 36.1.5

The Council decided that the counseling rates for B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering approved by the Academic Council, along with the recommendations of the Committee constituted for revision of payment norms for theory and practical counseling across disciplines and also for different activities undertaken by the University, may be placed before the Finance Committee for approval. However, till such time the recommendations are approved by the Finance Committee, the old payment norms would continue.

2. Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET on Item No.

AC.35.16.2.

“The Academic Council approved the Phase-3 Form (Appendix-14) for the revised programme structure of B.Tech. Civil (Construction Management)”

instead it should be read as under: “The Academic Council considered and approved the

Phase-3 Form for B.Tech. Civil (Construction Management) (Appendix-14), along with the Payment Norms for Counsellors”.

The Council accepted the proposed modifications in the Minutes. However, till such time the recommendations of the Committee are approved by the Finance Committee, the old payment norms will continue. 3. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOS, on Item No. AC 35.6.2:

Prof. Parvin Sinclair had pointed out that the following

sentence may be added to AC 35.6.2:

“The Council also recommended that the time taken to complete PGDRD and MA (RD) would be reduced depending upon the amount of Credit Transfer”.

The Council accepted the proposed modifications.

AC 36.1.6

4. Prof. Santosh Panda, Director, STRIDE The observations made by Prof. Santosh Panda, Director, STRIDE on Item no. 3 were placed before the Academic Council. The Chairman observed that the issue required careful examination and would be looked into, which was agreed to. 5. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Director, SRE &D The following observations have been made by the Registrar, Students Registration and Evaluation Division (SRE&D) on Items no. 5 and 7, respectively: Item No. 5

(i) The Sub-Committee appointed by the Academic Council’s Standing Committee (ACSC) at its 16th meeting held on 19.09.2005, pertaining to ‘Credit Transfer’ from the MCA pre-revised syllabus to the MCA revised syllabus, seems to have not considered the suggestion put forth by SRED on the ‘draft’ minutes, regarding remittance of the 2nd year fee to facilitate the students for simultaneous registration of 1st & 3rd semesters and 2nd & 4th semesters.

(ii) Apart from the Programme fee indicated at (i) above, the credit transfer fee as per rules of the University, i.e. @Rs.100/- per course, be payable by the students.

(iii) Since a maximum of 52 credits of credit transfer is envisaged

in the scheme, it may be possible that a student may be able to complete the MCA revised programme in 1½ year duration at the earliest, i.e. before the expiry of the minimum duration of 3 years. A similar decision has been taken by the Academic Council while considering the case of ‘credit transfer’ from BCA old syllabus to BCA revised syllabus (AC 35.13.2).

The Member-Secretary clarified that the issues raised by the Registrar, SR&ED were not part of the recommendations of the sub-committee, which were approved by the Academic Council. Therefore, there is no discrepancy in the recording of the Minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council. These can, at best, be treated as matters arising out of the Minutes.

AC 36.1.7 AC 36.1.8

As the then Vice-Chancellor had approved the action to be taken in the matter, the Academic Council may ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor. The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in the matter related to credit transfer from the MCA (old syllabus) to the MCA (revised syllabus) programmes. Item no. 7

The date ‘17.04.2005’ in Line 13 of Page 9 of the minutes be replaced with ‘17.04.2006’, as indicated rightly in the agenda note. Similarly, the words ‘credit transfer’ in Line 14 of Page 9 may be replaced with the words ‘change of course’.

The Council agreed to correct the date from 17.4.2005 to 17.4.2006.

AC 36.1.9 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure-1 without appendices) of the 35th Meeting with the modifications above, and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO.2 To consider co-option of Members under Clause (1) (viii) of Statute 9.

AC 36.2.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the term of members co-opted by the Academic Council under Statute 9 (1) (viii) will be expiring on 11.12.2006. He informed them that as per the practice the members of the Academic Council suggest the names for co-option from different areas to the Chairman. Thereafter the Chairman co-opts the member(s) on behalf of the Academic Council, and the same are reported to the Academic Council for ratification.

AC 36.2.2 The Vice-Chancellor requested the members to suggest names of persons (with their curriculum vitae) within 10 days for consideration of co-option by the Academic Council. The members authorized the Chairman to co-opt the new members on behalf of the Academic Council and report the same for ratification at the next meeting of the Academic Council as per the past practice.

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 19th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on June 19, 2006.

AC 36.3.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the 19th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on 19.6.2006, and the minutes of the meeting had been placed before the members. The ACSC considered and approved the following major items: 2. Credit Transfer Scheme for BLIS and MLIS (Old Programmes)

to BLIS and MLIS (New Programmes), respectively. 3. Payment Norms, Counseling Schedule and Rate of

Remuneration for Course Writers for the practical activities of M.Sc. (DFSM).

4. Conversion of GPA to Percentage across the programmes of the University.

5. Weightage granted for courses in pre-revised and revised B.A./B.Com courses.

6. Minutes of the 4th meeting of the Equivalence Committee. 7. Revised evaluation methodology for CPE and DPE

Programmes. 7. Award of MBA degree with specialization streams.

AC 36.3.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 19th Meeting (Annexure-2 without appendices) of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee, incorporating the changes approved in the 20th meeting of the ACSC.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 20thMeeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on August 10, 2006.

AC 36.4.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the 20th meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on August 10, 2006, and the minutes of the meeting had been placed before the members. The ACSC considered and approved the following major items:

1. Phase-3 Forms for PG Certificate in Sericulture, Diploma in

Production of Value Added Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds, Advanced Diploma in Nautical Science and Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management.

2. Fixing of maximum duration for Management Programmes. 3. Recommendations of the Sub-Committee constituted to look into

the Phase Zero Form for the Certificate Programme in Information Technology.

4. Nomenclature of Degrees of BTCM and BTWRE Programmes. 5. Semester wise collection of fees in BCA and MCA programmes. 6. Ratification of the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for

withdrawal of “MHI-07: Religious Thought and Belief in India” offered as an elective course in M.A. Programme.

AC 36.4.2 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS, pointed out that while ratifying the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for withdrawal of the course “MHI-07: Religious Thought and Belief in India”, no mention had been made of the date when the Term-End Examination of MHI-07 course be held by the University. It was pointed out that a separate agenda item dealing with the whole issue had been placed before the Council and an appropriate decision would be taken in the matter.

AC 36.4.3 The Academic Council approved the Minutes of the 20th Meeting (Annexure-3 without appendices) of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 21st Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on October 18, 2006.

AC 36.5.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that due to shortage of time it had not been possible to finalize and table the minutes of the 21st meeting of the ACSC, held on 18.10.2006, for consideration of the Academic Council. He proposed that the item may, therefore, be deferred.

AC 36.5.2 The Academic Council deferred the item.

ITEM NO.6 To consider the Award of D.Litt/D.Sc (Honoris Causa) at the 18th

Convocation of the University.

AC 36.6.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that, as per the Section 5 (iv) of the Act of the University, the University may confer Honorary Degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down by the Statutes. The Statute 22 on Conferment of Honorary Degrees envisages that “All proposals for the conferment of Honorary Degrees shall be initiated by the Vice-Chancellor who, after consultation with the Academic Council and the Board of Management, shall submit the same to the Visitor for confirmation”.

He further informed that the University had received a communication from a Partner Institution in Saudi Arabia regarding award of Honorary Degree to the Minister of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia.

AC 36.6.2 The Academic Council was of the view that it may require more names for consideration for the award of D.Litt/D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) at the 18th Convocation of the University, and hence, the item was deferred.

ITEM NO.7 To consider the matters relating to MHI-07, an Elective Course in the Master of Arts Degree Programme.

AC 36.7.1 Prof Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS was requested to present the item. He informed the members that on October 03, 2006 a Notice of Visitorial Inquiry, under Section 8 (2) of the IGNOU Act, 1985, in the matter of some objectionable portions contained in the study material of M.A.(History) programme, had been received vide MHRD’s letter no. F.No. 13-23/2006-DL, dated September 29, 2006. The University is required to submit an explanation to the Hon’ble Visitor why such an inquiry should not be held and furnish clarifications, if any, within a period of one month. He submitted a para-wise response as given below: 1. In Paragraph 2 of the letter, a reference has been made to some objectionable portions in the study material of MA History course, ‘Religious Thought & Belief in India’. It is assumed that this is with

particular reference to the following: (i) Block 3, Unit 11, p. 22 in both Hindi and English: “…deity is not

without ambiguity – he creates heretics [Sandigdha Charitra in Hindi].

(ii) Block 3, Unit 12, p. 27 in both Hindi and English: “His [Lord Krishna’s] advice is not just shrewd, it sometimes seems unscrupulous.”

(iii) Block 3, Unit 12, p. 29 in both English and Hindi: References to Lord Shiva’s association with “sexual desire”, Lord Shiva as the “provocatively naked holy man who attempts to seduce the wives of sages and the god who made love to his wife for a thousand years.”

(iv) Block 3, Unit 12, p. 29 in both English & Hindi: Reference to conflict between Lord Shiva and Ganesha.

(v) Block 3, Unit 12, pp. 31-2 in English and 32 in Hindi: References to Goddess Durga’s taste for alcohol and to her male opponents being enamoured of her.

(vi) Block 3, Unit 12, p. 34 in both English & Hindi: Descriptions of Shivling and yoni.

(vii) Block 5, Unit 19, p. 19 in both English & Hindi: A poem by Ramprasad Sen referring to Goddess Kali’s nudity.

It is worth mentioning that the course ‘Religious Thought & Belief in India’ was developed for our learners at the PG level, who otherwise are mature and have capability to critically analyze the treatment dispassionately. This course was developed with the following objectives:

• to trace the evolution of religious thoughts and institutions in India, through the centuries,

• to spell out the distinctive features of all the major religious traditions in India,

• to demonstrate the common features among the major religious traditions in India, by focusing on the composite and syncretic areas,

• to establish the linkages between rituals and philosophy and to trace the philosophical roots of many existing religious rituals today, and

• to establish the relationship between the religious traditions as codified in the texts, and religious practices and observances on the ground; in other words to highlight the similarities and differences between the ‘text view’ and the ‘field view’ of different religious traditions.

It may be pointed out that no historian has till date raised any objection to the material of ‘Religious Thought and Belief in India’ developed by IGNOU. It is also submitted that such a course requires scholarly treatment and there is always scope for different interpretations. For the portions referred to in points (i) to (vii) above, the material has been developed on the basis of the writings of established scholars. This is amply reflected through the references point wise quoted below:

(i) & (ii) References of this kind are not very unusual in scholarly treatment of religious traditions. For instance, leading philosopher B.K.Matilal writes in his article “Krishna: In Defence of a Devious Divinity” : “He [Krishna] was the supreme manipulator, who did not shoot a single arrow or use a single weapon to kill anyone but all the main characters were killed by his superior strategy through behind the door manipulation.” (Jonardon Ganeri (ed.), The Collected Essays of Bimal Krishna Matilal, Vol. 2, Ethics and Epics, Oxford, 2002, p. 93.).

(iii) & (iv) Again references like these are fairly common in standard

academic and semi-academic works. Wendy Doniger, in her pioneering work Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva (Oxford, 1975) has a whole section on “Siva, the False Ascetic, Seducer of Sages’ Wives” (Chapter VI: Siva in the Pine Forest) in which there are references to Shiva seducing the Sages’ wives. She has based her study on a reading of the Puranas (Skanda Purana and Padma Purana among others) as well as other classics all of which are mentioned in the endnotes and the bibliography. The Skanda Purana (Part I, Chapter Six, translated and annotated by Dr. G.V.Tagare, published by Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, pp. 42-44) also has references to this effect. Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s famous Hinduism: A Religion to Live By (New Delhi, 1979) has references from Kalidas’s Kumar Sambhava in which the sexual relationship of Shiva and Parvati is described in detail (Chapter on Some Special Features of Hinduism, pp. 223-44. Brahmavaivarta Purana too makes a reference to Shiva having made love to Paravati for a thousand years.

(v) Goddesses Durga and Kali: These references are available in

Markandeya Purana (Canto LXXXV: Devi-mahatmya) translated by F.Eden Pargiter, BA and published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. See specially nos. 42-56, 67-70, and Canto LXXXVII, nos. 4-7 and 18. No. 18 says: “There sat Kali, who was roaring

frightfully, laughed terribly with excessive fury, showing the gleam of her unsightly teeth within her dreadful mouth.” (18, Devi-mahatmya, Canto LXXXVII, Markandeya Purana,). For examples of her male opponents being enamoured of her, see nos. 42-56 of Canto LXXXV; for the response of the goddess nos. 67-70. Also see Sukumari Bhattacharji, The Indian Theogony: A Comparative Study of Indian Mythology from the Vedas to the Puranas, Cambridge, 1990, pp. 166-68 for a reinforcement of the same argument.

(vi) These references are specifically in relation to the types of images and iconography that developed as part of the Puranic tradition. These aspects of the Puranic tradition (temples, pilgrimage and special centres of pilgrimage, the images and iconography within the temples) have continued through centuries and still constitute an important part of Hinduism as lived and practised today. The Shivling is an inseparable part of Shiva temples and this section of the Unit (12.5) traces its roots to the Puranic tradition.

After receiving Block-3 from the course writer and completing the in-house editing, Prof. Kunal Chakraborty whom we had initially requested to write this Block was consulted. Prof. Chakraborty is considered an authority in this specialized area of historical studies. He went through the entire Block and gave his valuable suggestions. Subsequently after the in-house language editing the Block was sent to the press for printing.

(vii) Ramprasad Sen is a famous 18th Century Bengali poet who considered himself a great devotee of Goddess Kali. References to him have also been made by Nirad C. Choudhari in his classic Hinduism: A Religion to Live By (pp. 246-47. This intimate and personal manner of addressing the deity may superficially seem irreverential and therefore offensive, but is very much a part of Bhakti tradition. In this tradition the deity is not seen as something distant, transcendental and external but very close to the devotee and very much a part of his world. Devotees then complain to the deity as they would to their own mother and speak to the deity with love and affection rather than distant reverence.

2. With regard to paragraph 3 of the letter, whether there is any laid

down procedure in IGNOU for preparation of course material and its approval etc., it is submitted that IGNOU follows a very

rigorous process of material development as laid down in its Act and Statutes. The various steps are sequenced below:

(i) Brainstorming Session between in-house faculty and external

experts to conceive a programme. (ii) Need assessment survey, wherever required, in collaboration

with Planning & Development Division. (iii) Development of a concept paper through discussion in IGNOU

in-house faculty and approval by the School Board. (Statute 10 A (4) (ii).

(iv) Discussion of concept paper in Academic Programmee Committee, a Standing Committee of the Planning Board of IGNOU for approval.

(v) Development of detailed syllabus in consultation with Expert Committee. It is processed for approval by the School Board and Academic Counsel. (required under Statute 10A (4) (iii) (iv) and 9A (a).

(vi) Identification of course writers by the faculty with the help of expert committee. Approval of the course writers by the VC, on the recommendations of the School Board.

(vii) Orientation of course writers by the faculty, if necessary. (viii) Coordination for material development by course teams

comprising outside subject experts as well as in-house faculty. (10A (4) (viii) & (ix).

(ix) Writing the materials by in-house as well as outside experts. (x) Transformation of material received from outside experts in

self-instructional format by in-house faculty. (xi) Content and language editing, which are done jointly by the in-

house faculty and outside experts. (xii) Identification and preparation of art work and work related to

final preparation of manuscript and printing through identified printers.

(xiii) Translation/vetting in Hindi and regional languages by the outside experts. In case of faculty from non-Hindi speaking states, the University provides outside experts or consultants to vet the materials.

In view of small core faculty and diverse expertise required, the University, since inception has practiced the collaborative developmental model wherein experts from all over the country provide academic inputs on best practices and a vast pool of wisdom as course writers, editors, etc. This has enabled the University to emerge as the leading institution in the world of Open and Distance Learning. Our association with peers in the conventional system helps us to have confidence in the correctness of content. We have been able to build

rich experiences in our materials from very acknowledge experts. This also helps to ensure authenticity of facts, quality of material and their suitability for the learners. This essentially implies that the responsibility of the correctness of materials is of the course writers and editor, wherever appointed.

The course under discussion MHI-07: Religious Thought and Belief in India was developed by the faculty of History as part of the M.A. in History in accordance with the laid down procedures and practices. The list of courses to be developed emerged from workshop organized for M.A. programme in March, 1999. Approval for Expert Committee and names of experts was accorded by Prof. V.S. Prasad (Annexure-4), the then Vice-Chancellor (Actg.) in 2001, on the recommendations of Director, School of Social Sciences (SOSS). The Expert Committee for the course MHI-07 consisted of distinguished scholars (list of expert committee members enclosed in Annexure-5). The Expert Committee in its meeting held on 27th February, 2001 suggested the syllabi. The units were assigned but a few course writers could not meet their commitment and declined the offer. The new names of course writers proposed by the Course Coordinator were approved by the Director (SOSS). When the English version was fully developed, translators and vettors were approved by Director (SOSS). It may be mentioned here that the responsibility of editing the course was taken by in-house faculty, though he ensured that the material in Unit 12 was vetted by a senior Professor of JNU. The Course structure as suggested by the Expert Committee was presented to School Board in its 27th Meeting held in April 2001. The names of resource persons to develop this course were also approved by the same School Board. (Annexure-6) for the powers of the School Board in development of course material).

The course structure was approved by the Academic Council in its 26th Meeting held in September 3, 2001. The Academic Council as per clause 9(a) is empowered “to exercise general supervision over the academic policies of the University and to give directions regarding methods of instruction, evaluation or research or improvement in academic standards.” The Course coordinator approached the new experts and scholars, whose names were approved by Director (SOSS) to write remaining units. The Units received from the outside experts were edited from the content, format and language point of view by the course team

(Coordinator and other faculty members). Once this task was accomplished, the material was sent for printing (2003). After the English version was finalized the material was sent for Hindi translators. The translation was done by one of the senior freelance translators who have been translating materials of the School of Social Sciences for more than a decade. The translated material was sent for vetting to a consultant who had a Ph.D. degree in History from JNU and had published in Hindi as well. That is, the effort was to ensure that the consultant was good in subject and sound in language. After this the Hindi version of the course was also printed (2004-05). Launch of Course The Academic Programmes Committee of the Planning Board in its meeting held in February 2004 approved the launch of the M.A. Programme in History in July 2004. The course MHI-07 was part of the course offering of 1st year of the Master’s Programme. (A chronological sequence of the development of the course is given in Annexure-7). The above discussion makes it clear that the University has well laid down procedures for the development of its course materials. There is academic supervision by various statutory (School Board, Planning Board and Academic Council) and academic units like Discipline Group and Course Teams. There are administrative supervision and checks through the Director of the School. The procedures have proved quite effective in ensuring standards and academic excellence. It is submitted that the University’s course material (which number around 1100 courses and around 5000 Blocks) have received wide acclaim and approval from scholars, teachers, and professionals from a large number of national and international organizations. Our course material is in great demand from students of other universities. We would like to place on record that the courses on history are one of the largest selling materials. This is a testimony of its quality. The faculty of History has produced more than 300 blocks in English and Hindi for its Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. It may be mentioned here that in spite of History being in public gaze, there has been general praise of its materials from the scholars and teachers of History.

It may also be submitted that so far no historian has questioned the authenticity of the so-called “objectionable material”. Even in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi where a PIL was filed to this effect the petitioner could not produce evidence to support his argument when directed by the Court and withdrew the case on the next hearing (Annexure-8). Even a revision petition was dismissed on 19.10.2006 by the bench of two Hon’ble judges, presided over by Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. It is indicative of the quality and authenticity of our materials.

The University is proactive to the needs and views of its learners. As soon as it was pointed out by one of our students (April 2006) that he felt offended by ‘some’ expressions, the faculty took immediate note (April 10, 2006) and decided to undertake necessary editing before the materials were sent to new students. The student was accordingly informed vide letter dated 2.5.2006 (copy enclosed as Annexure-9). After three months, the issue was politicized and the matter was raised in the media (18th July 2006) and the Parliament. Though there was not intention to hurt religious sentiments of any one, yet to assuage the feelings, on 19th July, 2006 itself, the University decided to withdraw the course and get a comprehensive review done by a committee of seven eminent historians. A press release was also issued to this effect and was well received by the general public. The Review Committee comprises of the following:

• Prof. Bhairavi P.Sahu, Head, Department of History, University of Delhi

• Prof. David Syiemlieh, Professor of History, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong

• Prof. Dilbagh Singh, Centre for Historical studies, JNU, New Delhi

• Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, Professor of History, Mangalore University, Mangalore

• Prof. R.A.Khan, Formerly Professor of History, Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

• Prof. S.P.Gupta, Formerly Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Professor Emeritus, UGC, New Delhi

• Prof. T.K.Mathur, Department of History, MD University, Ajmer • Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS, IGNOU (Convenor)

The Committee has submitted its report (Annexure-10). All information asked for by MHRD was sent by the University from time to time. Besides, the Hon’ble Minister, MHRD and Hon’ble Minister of State were briefed before the calling attention motion and questions

were to be taken up in the Parliament. We understand that on the basis of this information, questions were answered both in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha by Hon’ble Minister. 3. In view of the above explanation it is submitted that the

Visitorial enquiry is not warranted in view of the following: 1. The material is based on well-documented literature. 2. Well laid down procedures of the University for preparation of

course material and its approval have been followed. It may be pertinent to mention here that this issue was placed before the School Board, School of Social Sciences, in its 39th Meeting held on October 13, 2006. It resolved as under: (i) While it is important to be sensitive to the societal concerns,

the academic profession too demands adherence to the methods and principles developed and practised professionally.

(ii) The University already has in place a corrective mechanism and the objectionable material has already been subjected to this mechanism.

iii) The sources in history like in all social science disciplines provide divergent views, interpretations and methodological treatment on the same subject. Therefore, there does always exist the possibility that such views be at variance. However, the Faculty should assess the impact of sensitive statements in a pluralist society.

iv) The University has already withdrawn the course as some portions inadvertently contained in the course material were considered objectionable by a cross section of people. However, the Faculty in its reply should place on record the academic argument that the text has been developed by the author on the basis of writings of eminent historians and scholars.

v) The University has already taken the initiative of constituting a Review Committee comprising seven eminent historians to review the entire course and the review work is under progress.

vi) There was no intention at all to hurt the feelings of any religious segments and deciding the quantum of responsibility of each individual involved in the preparation of the said study material would cause long term harm to the ethos of collaboration practiced successfully by the University and demoralize the faculty.

vii) The course development is an academic exercise involving

approval of the course structure by an Expert Committee, School Board, Academic Council etc., comprising eminent experts and is undertaken on the basis of laid down procedures.

viii) Since the material is based on well-documented literature, it does not warrant any Visitorial Inquiry.

In view of the above, it is submitted that any Visitorial Inquiry on issues of academic nature pertaining to the contents of a course will demoralize the Faculty, as highlighted by the School Board since built-in mechanism and procedures are available within the University to correct any aberration. IGNOU has a policy to involve teachers, experts and scholars from other universities and institutions in course development. Eminent resource persons are open to academic scrutiny but they definitely may not like their works to be subjected to administrative scrutiny. As a result, the University may not receive their generous help and co-operation. It may have long term adverse repercussions for over all course development process and hard earned reputation of IGNOU. The School Board and the Academic Council, the highest statutory academic bodies of the University be allowed to look into these matters and resolve them as per laid down provisions in the Act and Statutes. As already submitted that study material of IGNOU has been rated highly by peers and scholars and a Visitorial Inquiry which is provided for administrative and financial matters, may not serve useful academic purpose and compromise academic autonomy of the University. We have grown and gained in stature through adherence to these laid down procedures.

Since the University has already withdrawn the course and ordered a review by eminent scholars of History. The whole issue may be allowed to be resolved in the academic interest of the learners at the University level. It is submitted that the explanation and submissions are to the satisfaction of the Hon’ble Visitor. It is, therefore, requested that the Hon’ble Visitor may like to kindly treat the issue as closed.

AC 36.7.2 The Academic Council considered the matter in detail and approved the explanation offered by the School of Social Sciences based on the recommendations made by the School Board. The Academic Council

further directed that:

i) non-recurrence of such inadvertent omissions be ensured; ii) the editorial changes indicated by the review committee be

incorporated expeditiously and the revised material be sent to all the learners enrolled in the course before its withdrawal;

iii) term-end examination of the course be held in June, 2007 for the learners already enrolled in the course, not in December 2006.

ITEM NO. 8 To consider Grade ‘D’ in TEE/assignments and an overall average

‘C’ grade, to complete the course of CEMBA/CEMPA Programme.

AC 36.8.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the evaluation methodology for the CEMBA/CEMPA programmes, provided by the Schools concerned to Student Registration & Evaluation Division is as given below: “minimum grade required to complete assignments and TE Exam components separately is ‘C’ and overall grade required to complete a course is also ‘C’. But the Programme Guide of CEMBA/CEMPA (printed in 2004) states that ‘in case a student fails to get ‘D’ Grade in the Term End examination, he/she will be eligible to reappear in the next Term End Examination for the course. In case the student has secured Grade ‘D’ in average of assignments and term end examination of a course, but failed to secure overall qualifying grade ‘C’, he/she has an option either to re-do minimum required number of assignments not exceeding two for a course or re-appear in term end examination”. This discrepancy between methodology and information printed in the prospectus was brought to the notice of the Schools concerned. The Programme Coordinator(s) recommended that the methodology as per the information provided through the prospectus be followed, and the evaluation methodology be modified accordingly.

AC 36.8.2 Prof. Pardeep Sahni, one of the Programme Coordinators, informed the members that there are few students for this programme as on dates and both the programmes had been closed down for now. He proposed that the University follow the evaluation methodology which was printed in the Programme Guide in 2004 instead of the evaluation methodology approved earlier by the Academic Council to avoid any hardship/litigation by the students concerned. Prof. S.C.Garg also stated

that since the mistake had occurred on the part of the University, it should follow the evaluation methodology which had been conveyed to the students through the Programme Guide.

AC 36.8.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved that the University should follow the same evaluation methodology which had been printed in the Programme Guide for the year 2004 for the students admitted to the programme during the period. Further, while publishing any Programme Guides or other University documents, due care must be taken to avoid recurrence of such mistakes.

ITEM NO.9 To consider and approve the Additional/Optional Course M.A.

(English) for the 2001-2002 Batches.

AC 36.9.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that MEG-01: British

Poetry was not on offer to the M.A. English Batches of 2001 and 2002 because the course was not ready at that time. In September/October 2003, the School of Humanities advised the students that MEG-01 is meant to be a compulsory course for them and that they were to opt for MEG-01 in lieu of any other optional course from the ones they had already selected/successfully completed. The Academic Council’s Standing Committee, at its 15th meeting held on 29.6.2005 took a decision that those learners who had thus, completed 9 courses in all were to be given a “Certificate of Completion” for the fifth optional course if they so desired.

The problem now arisen is that of learners with 72 credits worth of courses (an excess of 8 credits). The School Board concerned had submitted the following recommendations for the consideration of the Academic Council:

1. MEG-01: British Poetry should be treated as a compulsory course for all learners of Batches 2001 and 2002 that may have already completed the M.A. English Programme, as was decided in the 15th meeting of the Academic Council held on 29.6.2005.

2. Since MEG-01 is a compulsory course, along with MEG-02, 03, 04 and 05, the marks of all these courses should be reflected in the Grade Card.

3. In case of learners who may have completed 9 courses (a total of 5 compulsory courses and 4 optional courses), the option to drop an elective course may be exercised by the learners themselves.

In case a learner desires a Certificate of Completion for the extra/additional/optional/9th course of the M.A. English Programme, s/he may be advised to apply for it separately, and a Certificate of Completion may be issued by the University as per University norms.

AC 36.9.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal made by the School, subject to the condition that there will be no change in the degrees already awarded to the students. However, if possible, a mention of the marks scored by a candidate should be made in the revised grade card.

After dealing with the formal agenda, the Academic Council placed on record its appreciation of the contributions made by Prof. H.P.Dikshit, the former Vice-Chancellor and Prof. S.C.Garg, the former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University, in conducting the proceedings of the Academic Council. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.R. Pillai) Chairman

Appendix-1

List of Members who attended/could not attend the 36th Meeting of the Academic Council held on Monday, the 23rd October, 2006. Members who attended the Meeting:

59. Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, VC - Chairman 60. Prof. S.C.Garg 61. Prof. Pardeep Sahni 62. Prof. N.V.Narasimham 63. Prof. Parvin Sinclair 64. Prof. J.M.Parakh 65. Prof. M.C.Sharma 66. Prof. S.B.Arora 67. Prof. Gayatri Kansal 68. Prof. Anu Aneja 69. Prof. B.S.Hansra 70. Prof. A.S.Narang 71. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj 72. Sh. Shashi Bhushan 73. Dr. T.K.Jena 74. Dr. Anu J.Thomas 75. Shri S.K.Arora 76. Dr. C.K.Ghosh 77. Prof. S.K.Panda 78. Sh. V.K.Arora 79. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra 80. Prof. P.K.Jain 81. Prof. Asghar Wajahat 82. Prof. J.S.Yadav 83. Dr. T.R.Srinivasan 84. Dr. O.P.Dewal 85. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Members who could not attend: 1. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana 2. Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon 3. Prof. J. Ramachandran 4. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur 5. Prof. Sanjeev Bhargava 6. Dr. Shardindu 7. Sh. G.S.Sahni 8. Prof. Vijayshri 9. Dr. N.Venkateshwarlu 10. Dr. Kamal Vagarecha 11. Dr. Eisha Kannadi

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

MINUTES

of the

THIRTY SEVENTH MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

November 22, 2006

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE THIRTY SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2006 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068.

The list of members present and those who could not attend the meeting is given in (Annexure 1). At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 37th Meeting of the Academic Council, which had been convened as an urgent meeting to consider the matters relating to the 18th Convocation of the University, though certain other important issues had also been included in the agenda. He then asked the Member Secretary to present the items on the agenda.

The Member- Secretary then presented the items on the agenda. The decisions concerned are recorded below: ITEM NO.1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 36TH MEETING OF

THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON OCTOBER 23, 2006 AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

AC 37.1.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Academic Council held on October 23, 2006 were circulated to the members. Though no comments have been received so far, he proposed that the members may offer their comments, if any, as the minutes were circulated only on November 12, 2003.

AC 37.1.2

Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET desired that the last sentence of the resolution AC 36.1.3 may be dropped as no rates existed for the B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering programme. The Chairman pointed out that the rates approved by the Academic Council even for a new programme could not be implemented till the same were approved by the Finance Committee. Therefore, the minutes did not require any modification.

AC 37.1.3 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure-2 without appendices) of the 36th Meeting of the Council as circulated.

ITEM NO. 2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MATTER RELATING TO CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREES AT THE 18TH CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AC 37.2.1 The Member Secretary apprised the members that the 18th Convocation of the University is likely to be held in February, 2007 and it is proposed to confer honorary degrees on distinguished personalities at the convocation. The Statute 22 on conferment of honorary degrees envisages that “all proposals for the conferment of honorary degrees shall be initiated by the Vice-Chancellor who after consultation with the Academic Council and the Board of Management shall submit the same to the Visitor for confirmation.”

AC 37.2.2 The Chairman consulted the members about his proposal of conferment of honorary degrees. He requested the members to keep the proposal confidential as it also involves consultation with the Board of Management, seeking concurrence of the recipients and approval of the Visitor in consultation with the Ministries of HRD and External Affairs.

AC 37.2.3 The Academic Council concurred the proposal.

ITEM NO. 3 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE A COMPULSORY COMPONENT OF THEORY, PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR ALL LEARNERS IN IGNOU.

AC 37.3.1

AC 37.3.2

The Member Secretary informed the members of the proposal that from 2007 January admission onwards, all our programmes/courses should have a compulsory component of the Theory, Practice and Technology of Open and Distance Learning. This has to be one core unit. The course content, weightage etc. has to be decided by an expert committee. Print version and on-line have to be there.

The Academic Council resolved to approve the proposal subject to the following:

(i) a Committee of experts in the ODL Pedagogy and Technology will deliberate the matter and its recommendations will be placed before the School Boards for integrating this compulsory course following the existing procedure;

(ii) focus of the course should be study skill oriented in use of educational and media technologies; and

(iii) as the programmes are offered at certificate, diploma, undergraduate degree, post-graduate degree and doctoral level, there cannot be uniformity of contents of the proposed course as the requirements of each category of learners would be different.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER CO-OPTION OF MEMBERS UNDER CLAUSE (1) (viii) OF STATUTE 9.

AC 37.4.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the ten members of the Academic Council co-opted by it under clause (1) (viii) of the Statute 9 would be completing their tenure on December 11, 2006. A proposal to co-opt new members was placed before the 36th Meeting of the Council wherein the Chairman invited names of experts for cooption by the Academic Council. The members authorized the Chairman to co-opt the new members on behalf of the Academic Council and report the same to the Council for ratification as per the past practice. The Chairman informed that the list of co-opted members will be placed for ratification after the term of present members is over.

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 21ST MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON OCTOBER 18, 2006

AC 37.5.1

The Member Secretary informed that the 21st Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee was held on October 18, 2006 and the minutes of the meeting had been placed before the members. The ACSC considered and approved the following major items:

1. Phase-3 Form for PG Certificate Programme in Patents, PG Certificate in Cyber Laws, PG Diploma in IPR Regime and Human Rights, Diploma in Craft and Design ( Pottery) and Certificate in Business Skills;

2. Phase Zero Form for the revision of Certificate Programme in Human Rights, MS-410 Course: Financial Innovation and Engineering for Management Programme and an Application Oriented Course: Business Communication and Entrepreneurship for the BDP students;

3. Modified eligibility for the Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management;

4. Modification of Evaluation Methodology for Bachelor’s of

Social Work and Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables programmes;

5. Payment Norms for Evaluation of Project Proposals of MCS-044 course in BCA programme;

6. Pro-rata admission fee for MEG and MHD Programmes;

7. Evaluation Methodology for Diploma in Nautical Science and Advanced Diploma in Nautical Science programmes;

8. Relaxation of duration of PGDDE programme and declaration of results of students of Liberia;

9. Relaxation of duration of the PGCPDT programme by six months;

The Member Secretary clarified that in respect of Phase-3 Form of Diploma in Craft and Design (Pottery) the ACSC had advised the Programme Coordinator to work out details of expenditure that might be incurred by the University on each student for learner support and bring the proposal thereafter before the ACSC/AC. He proposed that the minutes may be approved by the Academic Council.

AC 37.5.2

The following observations were made by the members about the Phase 3 Form of the PG Diploma in IPR Regime and Human Rights Programme:

♦ What is the need of the programme when the University had been offering a Certificate in Human Rights and a PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights?

♦ There seems to be an overlap of contents with those of the above mentioned programmes.

♦ Prof. Pandav Nayak of SOSS has been shown as one of the Programme Coordinators, whereas the other Programme Coordinator, Shri Anand Gupta, SOL did not sign the Phase 3 Form. With Prof Nayak as one of the Programme Coordinators, Mr. Gupta who is only a young lecturer may not get due credit.

AC 37.5.3

The following clarifications were offered:

♦ Inadvertent omission of signatures of the faculty member was regretted;

♦ Prof. Pandav Nayak had conceptualized the programme when none of the lecturers had even joined the University. Initially Ms Suneet Kashyap was involved in the programme along with

Prof. Nayak. When she took over the responsibility of the co-ordinatorship of the PG Certificate Programme in Patents, Shri. Gupta was associated with PGDIPRHR as one of the co-coordinators;

♦ There are precedents wherein members of another Discipline had been coordinating the programmes;

♦ Though there is no overlap of contents, the same will be further examined by course expert committees while designing the detailed syllabi of the programme, and would be placed before the School Board of School of Law and the ACSC/AC for approval;

♦ The proposal had been examined and approved by the School Board of School of Law having eminent experts;

♦ The Planning & Development Division is being requested to undertake need survey for all the proposed programmes of the School of Law.

AC 37.5.4 The Academic Council decided that the Chairman may examine the procedural aspects and take an appropriate decision. With these observations, the Minutes of the 21st Meeting of the ACSC (Annexure-3) without Appendices were approved by the Academic Council.

ITEM NO.6 TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT IN THE POLICY GUIDELINES FRAMED BY THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL FOR RE-SUBMISSION/IMPROVEMENT IN PROJECT REPORTS.

AC 37.6.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that as per the guidelines framed by the Academic Council for resubmission/ improvement in Project Reports, the students are required to remit the pro-rata fee while re-submitting the project reports.

(i) Pro-rata fee as per University rules be charged from the students whose Project work was booked under unfair means and referred to the Examination Discipline Committee (EDC);

(ii) However, students who were unable to score the

minimum pass marks be charged with 50% of the pro-rata fee only while re-submitting the Project Report within the validity period of registration.

(iii) This will be applicable to all the Programmes where Project work is a part of the curriculum.

AC 37.6.2 The Academic Council discussed the proposal in detail. It was pointed out that though the guidelines are applicable to project reports across the programmes, the request is mainly from the students of the BCA/ MCA programme. Also curbing the malpractices in submission of project reports is very essential for maintaining the credibility of the system.

AC 37.6.3 The Academic Council decided that

i) the request of the BCA/ MCA students be first examined by the School Board of School of Computer and Information Sciences, and

ii) the Chairman may constitute a Committee to examine the

issues relating to malpractices in submission of Project Reports and suggest steps to curb the same.

ITEM NO.7 TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT IN THE ASSOCIATE STUDENTSHIP SCHEME TO FACILITATE STUDENTS TO SEEK ADMISSION IN EITHER OF THE ADMISSION CYCLES.

AC 37.7.1 The Member Secretary apprised the members of the Associate Studentship Scheme approved by the Academic Council (AC 16.22.1).

Students are being admitted under the Associate Studentship Scheme for the courses of their choice in January admission cycle (as prevalent till the year 2003). However, in the year 2003, certain Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree Programmes have been shifted to July admission cycle and rest of the Programmes continued to be in January cycle of admission. Accordingly students have been allowed to seek admission only for those courses that are offered in a specific admission cycle in view of the counseling and practical sessions arranged in that semester.

The Task Force on Student Support Services at its 259th meeting held on 06.11.2006 discussed the issue and made the following suggestions:

(i) Different admission application forms will be used for the associate students;

(ii) The minimum and maximum allowable period given to such students for completion of their courses would be six months and two years, respectively;

(iii) There will be no separate counseling or lab work schedule for the students. They will have to be in touch with the study centers concerned in order to know the schedule and participate in the sessions accordingly;

(iv) SRED will prepare an Associate Studentship Scheme for being placed at the next Academic Council meeting.

The ‘admission form’ approved by the Academic Council at its 16th Meeting may be utilized with necessary modifications, if required.

Minimum period of six months may be allowed, if the courses opted by the students are up to 16 credits. If the option exceeds 16 credits, the minimum period should be one year.

Though students may be permitted to seek admission in any of the admission cycles and to opt the courses that are on offer either in January or July cycles, no counseling and/or lab/practicals would be conducted separately for the Associate students. In such a case the students would be allowed to avail the counseling/practical session in the next semester and accordingly the minimum duration would be extended. However, the maximum duration of two years would remain unchanged.

If a student opts for more than 16 credits worth of courses in either of the admission cycles, he/she is not entitled to seek admission in the next cycle unless the prescribed minimum duration is completed, except in the courses of Certificate Programmes.

The Regional Centres will handle all admissions under the Associate Studentship scheme. Last date for submission of filled-in admission

form would remain unchanged as is fixed for January & July cycle of admissions.

AC 37.7.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal.

ITEM NO. 8 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE 3 FORM FOR MASTER IN ARTS IN EDUCATION.

AC 37.8.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the School of Education had submitted the Phase-3 Form (Annexure 4) for Masters of Arts in Education, which had been placed before the members. The main objectives of the programme are as under:

a) Provide learning-experiences, which will enable students to understand and appreciate knowledge structures and paradigms of education.

b) Develop professionals for effective participation in educational actions in different areas of education.

c) Create community of scholars adequately equipped for participation in educational discourse.

He informed that the course material for 1st year of the programme had been developed. When the Phase 4 Form for launching the programme was placed before the Academic Programmes Committee (APC) for approval, it was pointed out that the programme was approved by the School Board of School of Education more than three years back. The APC advised the Programme Coordinator to process the programme again through the School Board as per the decision of the Academic

Council.

The Phase 3 Form was again placed before the School Board at 23rd meeting held on October 13, 2006 and had been approved. The School Board observed that since the course material had been developed recently, it did not require updating and may be launched at the earliest.

AC 37.8.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal with the advice that the detailed syllabus of the course be appended with the minutes of the meeting.

ITEM NO.9 TO CONSIDER PMT-01 IN LIEU OF OMT-01 FOR INTERNATIONAL BPP STUDENTS (ADMITTED IN JULY 06 CYCLE) APPEARING IN DECEMBER, 2006 EXAMINATION ABROAD.

AC 37.9.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the PMT-01 course of the Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme had been revised (new course code OMT-01) and offered from July 2006 session. It has been brought to the notice of the Chairman that due to lack of communication the material of the pre-revised course had been sent to the thirty seven overseas students by the International Division. The International Division had submitted that the students may be permitted to appear in PMT-01 course in December, 2006 Examination and their results may be declared. From January 2007 cycle, the OMT-01 course only would be offered to all international students.

AC 37.9.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal.

After transaction of the items on the Agenda, the Vice-Chancellor informed the members that he has received a complaint that the Foundation Course in Science & Technology developed in 1988 has not been revised so far. He informed the Council that henceforth no course which is more than 10 years old would be offered to the students. Prof. S.C. Garg clarified that the Board of Management had taken a decision that courses should be revised every five years. He further observed that the decision about withdrawal of assignments would be reviewed but for the January 2007 Session, the decision taken earlier would continue. The Vice-Chancellor then requested the members if they would like to make any comments/observations.

Prof. Renu Bhardwaj observed that she had received a request for developing a programme which includes courses on History of Civilization, History of Ideas, Philosophy etc. for which no expertise existed in the School. The Vice-Chancellor

observed that such courses can be offered through a School of Inter-Disciplinary Studies. Members observed that there is a need of re-structuring the various Schools of Studies and the Board of Management had appointed a Committee for this purpose. The Vice-Chancellor may call for necessary information from Director, Academic Coordination Division.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

Annexure-1

List of Members who attended/could not attend the 37th Meeting of the Academic Council held on Wednesday, the 22nd November, 2006.

Members who attended the Meeting:

86. Prof. V.N.R. Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 87. Prof. S.C.Garg,Director (I/C), SOCIS - Member 88. Prof. N.V.Narasimham, Director, SOMS - Member 89. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, SOS - Member 90. Prof. M.C.Sharma, Director, SOE - Member 91. Prof. S.B.Arora, Director, SOHS - Member 92. Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET - Member 93. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE - Member 94. Prof. A.S.Narang, Professor of Political Science - Member 95. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Professor of English - Member 96. Prof. Vijayshri, Professor of Physics - Member 97. Sh. Shashi Bhushan, Reader, SOCIS - Member 98. Shri S.K.Arora, Librarian - Member 99. Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Director, RSD - Member 100. Prof. S.K.Panda, Director, STRIDE - Member 101. Sh. V.K.Arora, Director, EMPC - Member 102. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SR&ED - Member 103. Prof. P.K.Jain (Retd.), Delhi University - Member 104. Prof. J.Ramachandran, IIM, Bangalore - Member 105. Prof. J.S.Yadav (Retd.), Director, IIMC - Member 106. Prof. Kuldeep Mathur (Retd.), JNU - Member 107. Dr. T.R.Srinivasan, RD, IGNOU RC- Hyderabad -

Member 108. Dr. N. Venkateshwarlu, Lecturer, SOET - Member 109. Dr. Kamal Vagarecha, Lecturer, SOMS - Member 110. Dr. O.P.Dewal, Dy. Director, EMPC - Member 111. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-

Secretary Members who could not attend:

1. Prof. S.M.Paul Khurana, Vice Chancellor, RDU, Jabalpur - Member 2. Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon (Retd.), Director,

National Judical Academy, Bhopal - Member 3. Prof. Asghar Wajahat, Jamia Millia Islamia - Member 4. Prof. Sanjeev Bhargava, Director, PDMIIIT, Jabalpur - Member 5. Dr. Shardindu, Former Director, NCTE - Member 6. Sh. G.S.Sahni, Former DG, Shipping - Member 7. Prof. J.M.Parakh, Director, SOH - Member 8. Prof. B.S.Hansra, Director, SOA - Member 9. Dr. T.K.Jena, Reader, SOHS - Member 10 Dr. Annu J.Thomas, Reader, SOCE - Member 11. Dr. Eisha Kannadi, Lecturer, SOE - Member

Prof. Kapil Kumar attended the meeting on behalf of Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Director, SOSS and Ms. Suneet Kashyap, Lecturer, SOL attended the meeting as a Special Invitee.

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

MINUTES

of the

THIRTY EIGHTH (SPECIAL) MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

December 13, 2006

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU MINUTES OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH (SPECIAL) MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

112. Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, VC - Chairman 113. Prof. Pardeep Sahni 114. Prof. J.M.Parakh 115. Prof. M.C.Sharma 116. Prof. S.B.Arora 117. Prof. Gayatri Kansal 118. Prof. B.S.Hansra 119. Prof. A.S.Narang 120. Prof. Vijayshri 121. Sh. Shashi Bhushan 122. Dr. T.K.Jena 123. Dr. Annu J.Thomas 124. Shri S.K.Arora 125. Dr. C.K.Ghosh 126. Dr. Kamal Vagrecha 127. Dr. Eisha Kannadi 128. Prof. S.K.Panda 129. Sh. V.K.Arora 130. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra 131. Dr. T.R.Srinivasan 132. Dr. O.P.Dewal 133. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Prof. S.C.Garg, Prof. M.Aslam, Prof. B.B. Khanna and Ms. Suneet Kashyap attended the meeting as representatives of the Directors of respective Schools. Prof. Renu Bhardawaj and Mr. N. Venkateshwarlu could not attend the meeting. Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 38th Meeting of the Academic Council and informed that the special meeting had been convened to consider the matters relating to conducting of examination for MHI-07.

ITEM NO. 1 TO CONSIDER THE MATTER RELATING TO OFFERING A COMPLETELY REVISED, ALTERNATIVE COURSE AND EXAMINATION IN RESPECT OF MHI-07 STUDENTS.

AC 38.1.1 The Chairman informed the members that the University has been receiving requests from a number of students of M.A. (History)/ M.A. (Political Science) for conducting examination in the MHI-07 course as the delay is hampering their career prospects. Many of them want to pursue further studies and have qualified in NET examination also. But due to non-completion of their MA Degree, they are not able to avail those opportunities. The Chairman observed that the members are aware of the circumstances under which the University withdrew the course and decided not to hold examination in December 2006. As informed by the Registrar, Student Registration and Evaluation Division, 2019 students had requested for appearing in December 2006 TEE in the course. In the genuine interest of the students already enrolled in the course, the Academic Council may take an appropriate decision in the matter.

AC 38.1.2 The Academic Council considered the matter and debated various alternatives suggested by the members. After detailed discussion, the following decisions were taken:

i) Revision of the MHI-07 course incorporating the inputs given by the members of the committee appointed by the University be expedited and revised material be sent to these students at the earliest. Extreme caution be exercised while translating the material in Hindi.

ii) A new course code MHI-107 may be given to the course. iii) The Academic Council authorized the Chairman to take

appropriate decisions required, if any, in the matter on behalf of the Academic Council.

iv) The University may hold a special examination for these students in March, 2007.

v) The students may be allowed to submit assignments up to May 31, 2007.

vi) Regular examinations in the course may be held in June, 2007 as per the decision of the Academic Council at its 36th meeting.

ITEM NO. 2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION OF THREE ELECTIVE COURSES OF BSW AS OPTIONALS IN BDP PACKAGE.

AC 38.2.1 Prof. B.S. Saraswat, Member Secretary informed the members that the Ministry of HRD has suggested the inclusion of courses related to HIV/AIDS and family education in the BDP package of IGNOU. This is also one of the areas of concern listed in the Millennium Development Goals of the UN. There are three electives courses of 8 credits each in the BSW programme developed by SOCE. The courses are available both in English and Hindi along with audio and video programmes.

AC 38.2.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that a student of BDP may opt for elective courses from 8 different disciplines and up to a maximum of 64 credits. However, Social Work is not a separate discipline in the University. In addition to elective courses, the students are also required to take foundation courses worth 24 credits and application oriented courses worth 8-16 credits compulsorily. It was also pointed out that the BDP was launched in 1987 and the disciplines have been allocated on the basis of requirement at that time.

AC 38.2.3 After detailed discussion on the matter, the Academic Council resolved to refer the matter to the Bachelors’ Degree Programme Coordination Committee for consideration and an overall review of the BDP structure, and to suggest, the action to be taken in the matter.

The Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

of the

THIRTY NINTH (SPECIAL) MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

March 17, 2007

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU MINUTES OF THE THIRTY NINTH (SPECIAL) MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2007 AT 1.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068. The following were present:

134. Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 135. Prof. J.M.Parakh -

Member 136. Prof. Pardeep Sahni - Member 137. Prof. Parvin Sinclair - Member 138. Prof. M.C.Sharma - Member 139. Prof. Anu Aneja -

Member 140. Prof. N.V.Narasimham -

Member 141. Prof. S.B.Arora -

Member 142. Shri Shashi Bhushan - Member 143. Prof. B.S.Hansra -

Member 144. Prof. A.S.Narang -

Member 145. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj - Member 146. Dr. T.K.Jena, Reader - Member 147. Dr. Annu J.Thomas - Member 148. Dr. N.Venkateshwarlu -

Member 149. Dr. Kamal Vagrecha - Member 150. Dr. Eisha Kannadi - Member 151. Shri S.K.Arora -

Member 152. Prof. S.K.Panda -

Member 153. Shri V.K.Arora -

Member 154. Dr. C.K.Ghosh -

Member 155. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra -

Member 156. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member

157. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 158. Dr. S.S.Rathi - Member 159. Prof. O.P.Mishra -

Member 160. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya -

Member 161. Prof. S.Sivakumar - Member 162. Dr. O.P.Dewal - Member 163. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary

Dr. P. Srinivas Kumar and Ms. Suneet Kashyap represented the School of Engineering and Technology, and the School of Law, respectively. Prof. Vijayshri, Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Prof. S.Sadagopan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. T.K.V.Subramanian, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. K.K.Mohammed Yusuff, Prof. Aravind Kumar, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Dr.T.R. Srinivasan could not attend the meeting.

Sh. K.D.Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 39th Meeting of the Academic Council. He welcomed the newly co-opted members to the Academic Council and hoped that the Academic Council will be benefited by their experience and guidance in enabling the University in achieving its goals. He further informed that this special meeting of the Academic Council had been convened to consider the matters relating to the 18th Convocation of the University, which was being held at 2.30 p.m. He congratulated the University community, students, teachers and academics and other staff for the same, as the Convocation signified the culmination of their efforts.

The following agenda items were taken up:

ITEM NO. 1 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE LIST OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR AWARD OF GOLD MEDALS, DEGREES, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES IN THE 18TH CONVOCATION AND OTHER GOLD MEDALS, LIKE INDIAN BANK SPONSORED MEDALS FOR ‘BEST RESEARCH PAPERS’, ‘BEST SERVICES AWARD’, ‘INNOVATION IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING’, PROF. RAM REDDY MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR BEST SCORER IN SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS.

AC 39.1.1 The Chairman informed that the 18th Annual Convocation of the University was being held on Saturday, the 17th March, 2007 at the Headquarters as well as at 30 Regional Centres simultaneously, through the tele-conferencing mode for awarding Gold Medals, Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates to the candidates who have qualified for getting the same during the Term-End Examinations held in December, 2005 and June, 2006.

The statement showing the number of students eligible for 18th Convocation (1,11,699 as on 27.2.2007) is placed at Annexure-1.

52 students have been identified for the award of Gold Medals, as per criteria approved by the Academic Council. The list of Gold Medalists is placed at Annexure-2.

(i) The following Research Papers had been recommended by a Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for the award of Indian Bank sponsored Medals :

The Best Research Paper for the award of Gold Medal:

“Role of Defects in Transport through a Quantum Dot Single Electron Transistor” by Dr. K.P. Singh, Dr. Subhalakshmi Lamba, Dr. Sushil Lamba and Prof. S.K.Joshi published in J. Applied Physics, 2006, 99, 124503 (124)

The Second Best Research Paper for the award of Silver Medal:

“A Study of Student Attrition and Completion of Distance Education Programmes of IGNOU” by Dr. P.K. Biswas and Ms. G. Mythili published in Indian Journal of Open Learning, 2006, 15(2), 165-175.

(ii) For the award of Gold Medal in “Innovation in Open and Distance Learning”, the work of ‘Instructional Design’ by Dr. Ajit Kumar, Reader, School of Engineering & Technology, has been recommended by a Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor.

(iii) Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, Enrol.No.041564356, meritorious student in M.A. History, has been identified for the award of Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Gold Medal for the best scorer in

Social Science subjects.

Certificates will be conferred upon the following Regional Centres for Best Services Award-2006 as per specimen placed at Annexure-3. However, Gold Medal will not be awarded during the 18th Convocation.

1. Bhubaneshwar 2. Kolkata 3. Delhi-2 4. Aizwal 5. Cochin

Mr. Stalin Thomas Thermadom (Enrol.No.031843005), a student of B.Com. has been chosen for ‘Prof. Grover award for the Best Student’ of B.Com. from among the Physically challenged category. The award has been constituted by an Endowment Fund of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) donated by Prof. R.K.Grover, former Professor/Director, School of Management Studies, which has been considered and approved by the Board of Management at its 86th Meeting held on 01.04.2006 (BM 86.12.1). Since no Physically Handicapped student in M.Com. Programme has been found eligible for the award, Mr.Thermadom will be given a cash award of Rs.3000/- as approved by the Board of Management.

AC 39.1.2 The Academic Council approved the statement of eligible students, gold medalists and specimen certificate placed at Annexure-1, 2 and 3, respectively.

ITEM NO. 2 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS

OF THE COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR TO WORK OUT THE MODALITIES FOR SELECTION OF THE STUDENTS FOR AWARD OF PROF. G. RAM REDDY MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL FOR THE BEST SCORER IN MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS.

AC 39.2.1 The Chairman informed that the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 22nd Meeting held on 21.02.2007 had considered and approved the proposal for award of Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Gold Medal for the best scorer in Master’s Degree Programmes in Social Science subjects beginning from the 18th Convocation (ACSC 22.8.2).

The ACSC further resolved that a Committee may be constituted by the Vice-Chancellor to work out the modalities for selection of the student eligible for award of Gold Medal. In pursuance of the decision of the ACSC, he constituted a committee which met on 28.2.2007. A copy of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee is placed at Annexure-4.

AC 39.2.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations (Annexure-4) of the Committee for selection of the students for award of Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Scorer in the Master’s Degree Programmes in Social Science subjects.

ITEM NO. 3 TO NOTE FOR INFORMATION THE PROPOSAL OF INTRODUCTION OF EXAMINATION FEE.

AC 39.3.1 The Chairman informed that it has been observed that a large number of

students submit their examination forms for appearing in the Term End Examination (TEE), but do not actually appear in the examinations, thereby resulting infructuous expenditure on making arrangements for conduct of examinations for such students. During the year 2005-06 i.e., in December 2005 TEE and June 2006 TEE, a total of 5.67 lac students applied for examination but only 3.28 lac students have appeared in the TEE.

The matter was considered by the Board of Management at its meeting held on 26th February 2007. The Board approved introduction of an Examination Fee of Rs.50/- per course from December 2007 TEE onwards to ensure that only those students who actually intend to appear in the examinations are permitted and to avoid infructuous expenditure. The SRE Division will devise the modalities for introduction of Examination Fee which will be implemented with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

AC 39.3.2 The Academic Council approved the introduction of Examination Fee of Rs. 50/- per course from December 2007 TEE onward. The modalities for introduction of Examination Fee will be devised by the SRE Division which will be implemented with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

ITEM NO. 4 TO NOTE FOR INFORMATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR INTRODUCTION OF RE-EVALUATION OF ANSWER-SCRIPTS.

AC 39.4.1 The Chairman informed that the University has been receiving several

requests from the students for re-evaluation of their answer-scripts, who are not satisfied with the Term-End Examination results communicated to them, instead of the current arrangement of re-checking. The matter has been placed before the Board of Management at its meeting held on 26.2.007 and has approved the introduction of re-evaluation from June, 2007 TEE onwards by charging Rs. 300/- per answer script.

AC 39.4.2 The Academic Council approved the introduction of re-evaluation of answer-scripts from June 2007 TEE onwards. The SRE Division will finalize the modalities for introduction of re-evaluation of answer-scripts with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE GUIDELINES FOR AWARD OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS.

AC 39.5.1 The Chairman informed that the Board of Management at its 36th Meeting held on 24-2-1994 approved the proposal on the procedure should be followed for selection of candidates for Junior Research Fellowships in the University. Further the Board of Management and Planning Board approved the research policy of the University in principle to institute a scheme of 10 Research Fellowships and 05 Research Associateships each during the Eighth Plan for its implementation from the year 1995, 1996 onwards for a period of five years. Subsequently the Research Council of the University while considering the proposal for reviving the research activities in the University constituted a Sub-Committee with certain specific terms of reference. The Committee at its meeting held on 30.4.2001 made recommendations for offering the Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) by each discipline in a School. Though the recommendations regarding offering of the 03 JRFs were not placed before the Research Council/Academic Council earlier, there were presented in the status paper on research activities of the University placed before the Research Council at its 8th Meeting held on 21.11.2006 and the Research Council resolved that JRFs be awarded on specific request from disciplines. A Committee was constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for framing the guidelines for award of Research and Teaching Assistantships. The Committee framed the guidelines for IGNOU-DEC Research and Teaching Assistantships. The candidates will be registered in the University for Ph.D. Degree under the rules of the University/ a State Open University.

The draft guidelines prepared by the Committee were placed before the Board of Management at its 89th Meeting held on February 26, 2007.

The same have been approved by the Board.

AC 39.5.2 He further informed the members about this unique scheme which has been introduced by the Indira Gandhi National Open University for the Research Scholars to gain experience in the working of the system along with their research. He also informed that this scheme will help to create a pool of talented research scholars/capable manpower for the ODL system in the country with advanced training in both research and teaching in ODL. He allayed the fears of members that the scheme is intended for replacing teachers.

AC 39.5.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the guidelines for IGNOU-DEC Research and Teaching Assistantships approved by the Board of Management (Annexure-5).

ITEM NO. 6 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE

MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ‘MODULE ON ODL FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS’ AND ‘TRAINING MODULE FOR ACADEMIC COUNSELLORS’ HELD ON JANUARY 23, 2007.

AC 39.6.1 The Chairman informed that the Academic Council at its 37th Meeting held on November 22, 2006 considered and approved the proposal to have a compulsory component of Theory, Practice and Technology of Open and Distance Learning for all learners in IGNOU. The Academic Council approved the proposal subject to the following:

(iv) a Committee of experts in the ODL Pedagogy and Technology will deliberate the matter and its recommendations will be placed before the School Boards for integrating this compulsory course following the existing procedure;

(v) focus of the course should be study skill oriented in use of educational and media technologies; and

(vi) as the programmes are offered at certificate, diploma, undergraduate degree, post-graduate degree and doctoral level, there cannot be uniformity of contents of the proposed course as the requirements of each category of learners would be different.

In pursuance of the above decision of the Academic Council, an

Advisory Committee was constituted by the Vice Chancellor. The Committee met on January 23, 2007 and drafted the syllabi of the two modules “Pedagogy, Science and Technology of Open and Distance Learning” (a Core Module for Distance Learners of Open University System) and Training Module on “Training of Academic Councilors”.

AC 39.6.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that the syllabi placed before the Academic Council require detailed consideration by the School Board of Schools of Studies so that a proper module can be offered to the learners.

AC 39.6.3 The Chairman advised the members to send their inputs to the Chairman within 15 days, so that decision in the matter could be expedited.

ITEM NO. 7 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MOU SIGNED BY IGNOU AND THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (ICAI) TO JOINTLY OFFER B.COM. WITH MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE AND M.COM. IN FINANCE AND TAXATION DEGREES BY GRANTING EXEMPTION TO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS.

AC 39.7.1 The Chairman informed that the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) requested IGNOU to grant exemption to Chartered Accountancy students for undergoing B.Com. and M.Com. programme of IGNOU on qualifying first stage and final stage of Chartered Accountancy course, respectively. The Vice-Chancellor constituted an Expert Committee to examine the proposal from IGNOU’s point of view and to work out the details of the scheme, if practical in consultation with ICAI. The expert team in consultation with the ICAI made the following unanimous recommendations:

1.To prepare an exemption scheme to Chartered Accountancy students for undergoing B. Com. and M. Com. programmes of IGNOU.

2. To workout new B. Com. and M. Com. programmes exclusively for these students instead of preparing programme structure under the existing credit transfer scheme of IGNOU.

3. To provide flexibility to the students to pursue B. Com./M. Com. and

Chartered Accountancy simultaneously.

AC 39.7.2 The Expert Committee prepared new scheme of B.Com. with Major in Accounting and Finance and M.Com. in Finance and Taxation exclusively for Chartered Accountancy students. The scheme has been

approved by the Vice-Chancellor. A formal MoU was signed between the ICAI and IGNOU on 12th March 2007 to collaborate and launch these programmes from the July 2007 academic session.

AC 39.7.3 The Academic Council approved the MoU (placed at Annexure-6) signed between IGNOU and ICAI to offer B.Com. with Major in Accountancy and Finance and M.Com. in Finance and Taxation to be offered exclusively to Chartered Accountancy students from July 2007.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

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FORTIETH MEETING

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ACADEMIC COUNCIL

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MAY 17, 2007

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2007 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM BLOCK– 8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The list of members present and those who could not attend the meeting is given in Annexure-1. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 40th Meeting of the Academic Council. He accorded a special welcome to the new members namely Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian, Prof. Mohammed Yusuff and Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao who were attending the meeting for the first time. After brief introduction, he asked the Member-Secretary to present the items on the Agenda.

ITEM NO. 1 TO NOTE FOR INFORMATION THE ACTION TAKEN

REPORT ON THE MINUTES OF THE 36TH MEETING OF THE ACADMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 23rd OCTOBER, 2006.

AC 40.1.1 The Member-Secretary informed that the Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 23rd October, 2006 were confirmed at its 37th Meeting held on 22nd November, 2006, but the Action Taken Report could not be placed, as the Minutes of the 36th Meeting were circulated only on 12th November, 2006. Therefore, the same was being presented at the 40th Meeting of the Academic Council.

AC 40.1.2 The Academic Council noted the Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 36th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 23rd October, 2006.

ITEM NO. 2 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 37TH (SPECIAL) MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON.

AC 40.2.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the Minutes of the 37th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 22nd November, 2006 were circulated to the members. Comments had been received from two of the members suggesting that the relevant resolutions might be modified as follows :

AC 37.5.1

5. Approved the payment norms for (i) the evaluation of MCS-044 course of the revised MCA programme, and (ii) Rs. 15/- for evaluation of each project proposal for BCA programme.

AC 37.5.4

The Academic Council decided that the Chairman may examine the procedural and all other aspects, and take an appropriate decision. With these observations, the Minutes of the 21st Meeting of the ACSC (Annexure-3 without Appendices) were approved by the Academic Council.

AC 40.2.2 One of the members raised the issue of revision of the courses as recorded in the concluding paragraphs of the Minutes of the 37th Meeting of the Academic Council. It was clarified that the School Boards were statutory authorities and the decisions taken by them in respect of courses offered by the Schools concerned would be final. However, if they wanted any assistance, they might discuss the issue in collaboration with the STRIDE.

AC 40.2.3

The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure-2) of its 37th Meeting held on 22nd November, 2006 with the modifications of resolution no. AC. 37.5.1 and AC. 37.5.4 as above.

AC 40.2.4 The Academic Council noted the Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 37th Meeting with the suggestion that the Action Taken Report against Item No. 36 may be modified as under : “The Chairman had constituted a Committee to examine the issues relating to malpractices in submission of Project Reports and the Committee was examining the issues.”

ITEM NO. 3 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 38TH (SPECIAL) MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON

AC 40.3.1 The Academic Council was informed that the Minutes of the 38th Meeting of the Academic Council held on December 13, 2006 were circulated to the members and comments received from two of them were being circulated at the meeting.

AC 40.3.2 It was clarified that various suggestions were given in the meeting and what had been recorded as AC 38.1.2 (iii) is the part of the consensus arrived at the meeting. As such, there was no discrepancy in recording of the said resolution. However, as pointed out by one of the members, it is correct that Prof. Renu Bhardwaj and Sh. N. Venkateshwarlu could not attend the meeting, but due to typographical error, not got omitted from the Minutes which is regretted.

AC 40.3.3 With the above modification, the Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure-3) of its 38th Meeting and noted the Action Taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 39TH (SPECIAL) MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON

AC 40.4.1 The Academic Council was informed that the Minutes of the 39th Meeting held on March 17, 2007 were circulated to the members and no comments had been received from the members.

AC 40.4.2 Members observed that the Action Taken Report/views received from various Schools and Divisions about the ODL module for distance learners might be discussed in the Academic Council so as to arrive at a uniform decision applicable to all. The Chairman clarified that if the School Boards were not in agreement with the module on ODL for distance learners, the decision of the School Boards would prevail. However, it was decided that a Committee appointed by the Chairman would consider the issue and formulate guidelines to have uniformity in the matter among all the Schools.

AC 40.4.3 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure-4) of its 39th (Special) Meeting and noted the Action Taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ON DESIGNATING CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY AS TEACHERS.

AC 40.5.1 The Chairman informed the Academic Council that Section 2(p) of the IGNOU Act states “Teachers” means professors, readers, lecturers and such other persons as may be designated as such by the Ordinances for imparting instruction in the University or for giving guidance or rendering assistance to students for pursuing any course of study of the University” and the present proposal is to identify such other persons who may be designated as teachers within the ambit of the definition. Further Section 5(1) (vi) of the Act empowers the University to institute Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and other academic positions necessary for imparting instruction or for preparing educational material or for conducting other academic activities, including guidance, designing and delivery of course and evaluation of the work done by the students and to appoint persons to such professorships, readerships, lecturerships and other academic positions. The Sections quoted above are based on the view that in an open university, teaching is not the same as that done in the conventional university. An open university aims at creating a conducive ambience. All these agencies have equal claim to imparting instruction/ giving guidance/ rendering assistance to learners for learning, i.e. to the pedagogy of distance education. Keeping in view the above, the University authorities have not made any distinction in selection procedures of Teachers and Academics. Many committees, as indicated below, have been constituted by the university from time to time to look into the issue :

(i) Prof. Rais Ahmed Committee (1990) (ii) Prof. R.G. Takwale Committee (1992) (iii) Dr. A.J. Kidwai Committee (1993) (iv) Sh. N.V.K. Murthy Committee (1995) (v) Sh. C.R. Pillai Committee (1996) (vi) Prof. Afzal Mohammad Committee (2001) (vii) Dr. A.S. Guha Committee (2007)

All these committees have stood by what the Act specifies in Section 2(p) and Section 5(1)(vi). It may be noted that in a similar situation Dr. B.R. Ambekdar Open University, Hyderabad has been treating the academics on par with teachers. A Government Order to this effect has been issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh vide L.R. No. 5555/UE.1/2000/03 dated 18-08-2000 (Annexure-5).

The matter was discussed in an elaborate way and after a threadbare discussion, it was agreed that there are certain other positions, the incumbents of which are engaged in giving guidance or rendering assistance to students for pursuing any course of study of the University, designing and delivery of courses, evaluation of the work done by the students, etc. who have a claim to be termed as “Teachers” as they are involved in creating a conducive ambience as indicated above.

AC 40.5.2 The Academic Council, in terms of Clause (ii) of Statute 26 of the Statutes of the University, recommended to the Board of Management that the Ordinance (Annexure-6) on designation of the persons holding certain positions as Teachers under Clause 2(p) be approved with the following modifications:

i) The positions of Deputy Director and Assistant Director in Translation Cell be also included

ii) Clause 3 of the proposed Ordinance be deleted.

The modified draft ordinance incorporating the above positions is placed at Annexure-7. The Academic Council suggested that the positions which will be created in future may also be considered for inclusion in the list if the nature of duties attached to those positions falls in the category of giving guidance or rendering assistance to students for pursuing any course of study of the University, designing and delivery of courses, evaluation of the work done by the students, etc.

ITEM NO. 9. TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CHANGE OF THE ADMISSION CYCLE AND THE NAME OF THE POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY CADIOLOGY (PGDCC) PROGRAMME

AC 40.9.1 The Director, School of Health Sciences informed that during the meeting of the Programme Incharges of the PG Diploma in Community Cardiology (PGDCC) Programme held on March 13, 2007 at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, it was unanimously recommended to change i) the title of the programme from Post Graduate Diploma in Community Cardiology (PGDCC) to Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC), and ii) the admission cycle of the programme from January cycle to July cycle to increase enrolment in the programme.

AC. 40.9.2 The Academic Council considered the above recommendations and approved the change of i) name of PG Diploma in Community Cardiology to PG Diploma in Clinical Cardiology, and ii) admission cycle from January to July cycle.

ITEM NO. 29 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN GERMAN LANGUAGE.

AC 40.29.1 Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Programme Coordinator, explained the salient features of the Certificate Programme in German Language. She informed that the students would be introduced to the basic German language to build skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing (also enabling cultural understanding) along with catering to the needs of persons involved in business and trade. The programme would be launched jointly in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, Maxmuller Bhawan and a joint certificate will be issued to the successful students.

AC 40. 29. 2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (placed at Annexure-8) for Certificate in German Language.

ITEM NO. 30 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR

CERTIFICATE IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE.

AC 40.30.1 Professor Renu Bhardwaj, Course Coordinator, explained the salient features of the Certificate Programme in Japanese Language. She informed that the students would be introduced to the Japanese Language at basic level, to teach phonetic scripts Hiragana and Katakana, and to gradually build listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The programme would be launched jointly in collaboration with Japanese Foundation. The Foundation would provide logistic support for material preparation and adaptation, training of Counsellors, etc.

AC 40. 30. 2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for Certificate in Japanese Language (placed at Annexure-9). It also authorized the Vice Chancellor to interact with the Japanese Foundation to sort out the practical/ other difficulties relating to the programme.

ITEM NO. 31 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE TO INCREASE MAXIMUM DURATION OF POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RADIO PRASARAN (PGDRP) PROGRAMME FROM 3 YEARS TO 4 YEARS.

AC 40.31.1 The Director, School of Humanities informed that the maximum duration of the programme was decided as 3 year by the School Board of SOH and same was approved by the Academic Council. When the Programme Guide and Student Handbook and Prospectus of this programme were prepared, the maximum duration was mentioned as 4 years. Students assumed that the duration would be 4 years. In 2006 the first batch had completed 3 years. But a number of students had not been able to complete the programme because they believed that they could complete it in 4 years as per the Programme Guide and the Student Handbook and Prospectus available with them. This gap between the duration decided by the School Board and the Academic Council and stated position in Programme Guide and Student Handbook and Prospectus was an inadvertent error, which was regretted. Since, the University had already admitted 4 batches upto the year 2007, a number of such cases might come in future also.

In order to facilitate the students and provide more flexibility to students, it had been proposed by the School that the maximum duration of this programme might be increased to 4 years.

AC 40.31.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal to increase the maximum duration of Post Graduate Diploma in Radio Prasaran (PGDRP) programme from 3 years to 4 years.

ITEM NO. 35 TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHING NEW SCHOOL OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

AC 40.35.1 The Vice-Chancellor, informed that one of the objects of the University as envisaged in the IGNOU Act is to provide education and training in various arts, crafts and skills of the country and raising their quality and improving their availability to the people, he had constituted an Expert Committee to study and make recommendations on the possibility/feasibility of establishing a new School of Performing & Visual Arts in the 11th Plan. The Expert Committee recommended to establish the School of Performing and Visual Arts. The detailed recommendations of the Expert Committee are placed at Annexure-10.

AC 40.35.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the

recommendations of the Expert Committee for establishing the School of Performing and Visual Arts.

ITEM NO. 36 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR ALLOWING BCA, MCA, MLIS AND B.Sc. (NURSING) STUDENTS ADDITIOANL RE-ADMISSION PERIOD TO COMPLETE THE LEFTOUT COURSES.

AC 40.36.1 The Registrar, SRE explained that the University has revised the syllabus of BCA and MCA for the students who were admitted in 1998 and 2005 respectively. As per the policy of the University, the maximum duration for completion of the BCA was 6 years and MCA was 7 years and they get the validity of registration extended by 2 more years on payment of pro-rata fee for the courses not completed. In case the students who

still are not in position to complete the programme within the maximum duration of the validity of the registration including re-admission can seek fresh admission and request for credit transfer for the course(s) which they had successfully completed with the earlier enrollment number on payment of credit transfer fee. However, the students of BCA/MCA old syllabi who could not complete their programme within the permissible maximum period do not get the credits transferred for all the courses which they had completed in the old syllabi, because the syllabi of BCA and MCA were revised.

AC 40.36.2 Similarly, syllabi of B.Sc. (Nursing) and MLIS had been revised in 2005 and 2006, respectively. The students who had completed the maximum duration of these programmes were not getting any credit transfer for the courses which they had completed in the old syllabi.

AC 40.36.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for allowing BCA, MCA, MLIS and B.Sc. (Nursing) students additional Re-admission period to complete the left out courses.

As the Academic Council could not transact the remaining items, it was decided that the same may be placed before its Standing Committee as early as possible. The Meeting ended with a Vote of Thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

Annexure-1

List of Members who attended/could not attend the 40th Meeting of the Academic Council held on Thursday, May 17, 2007. Members who attended the Meeting:

164. Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 165. Prof. J.M.Parakh - Member 166. Prof. Pardeep Sahni - Member 167. Prof. Parvin Sinclair - Member 168. Prof. M.C.Sharma - Member 169. Prof. Anu Aneja - Member 170. Prof. N.V.Narasimham - Member 171. Prof. S.B.Arora - Member 172. Prof. B.S.Hansra - Member 173. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao - Member 174. Prof. A.S.Narang - Member 175. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj - Member 176. Prof. Vijayshri - Member 177. Dr. Annu J.Thomas - Member 178. Sh. Shashi Bhushan Member 179. Sh. N.Venkateshwarlu - Member 180. Dr. Eisha Kannadi - Member 181. Shri S.K.Arora - Member 182. Prof. S.K.Panda - Member 183. Shri V.K.Arora - Member 184. Dr. C.K.Ghosh - Member 185. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra - Member 186. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 187. Prof. T.K.V.Subramanian - Member 188. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 189. Dr. S.S.Rathi - Member 190. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan - Member 191. Prof. O.P.Mishra - Member 192. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 193. Prof. K.K.Mohammed Yusuff - Member 194. Prof. S.Sivakumar - Member 195. Dr. T.R.Srinivasan - Member 196. Dr. O.P.Dewal - Member 197. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-Secretary Dr. P. Srinivas Kumar represented the School of Engineering and Technology. Dr.T.K.Jena, Dr.Kamal Vagarecha, Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Prof. S.Sadagopan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. Aravind Kumar and Prof. Sridhar Gadre could not attend the meeting. Shri D.V.S. Shastri, Dy. Registrar and Shri K.D. Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division were present to assist the Member-Secretary.

MINUTES

of the

FORTY FIRST MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

AUGUST 27, 2007

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY FIRST MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM BLOCK– 8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068.

The following were present:

198. Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 199. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Member 200. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Member 201. Dr. D.K.Choudhry, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Member 202. Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Member 203. Dr. Latha Pillai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Member 204. Prof. Uma Kanjilal - Member 205. Prof. Sunita Malhotra - Member 206. Prof.M.L.Koul - Member 207. Prof. Anu Aneja - Member 208. Prof. N.V.Narasimham - Member 209. Prof. S.B.Arora - Member 210. Prof. B.S.Hansra - Member 211. Prof. Manohar Lal - Member 212. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao - Member 213. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra - Member 214. Sh. S.K.Arora - Member 215. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 216. Prof. T.K.V.Subramanian - Member 217. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 218. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 219. Prof. K.K.Mohammed Yusuff - Member 220. Prof. Sridhar Gadre - Member 221. Prof. S.Sivakumar - Member 222. Prof. B.S.Saraswat, Director, ACD - Member-

Secretary Prof. Renu Bhardwaj and Dr. P. Srinivas Kumar represented the School of Humanities and School of Engineering and Technology, respectively. Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Prof. S.Sadagopan, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. Arvind Kumar and Prof. S.S.Rathi could not attend the meeting. Shri K.D. Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

At the outset, The Chairman welcomed the members to the 41st Meeting of the Academic Council. He accorded a special welcome to the new members namely Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, Dr. D.K.Choudhry, Dr. Latha Pillai, PVCs, Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS, Prof. M.L.Koul, Director, SOE, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS and Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS, IGNOU. He also placed on record the appreciation of the Academic Council of contributions made by the outgoing members Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Prof. Parvin Sinclair (who are now ex-officio members as PVCs), Prof. Pardeep Sahni, Prof. A.S.Narang, Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Prof. Vijayshri, Prof. M.C.Sharma, Sh. Shashi Bhushan Sharma, Dr. T.K.Jena, Dr. Annu J.Thomas, Sh. N.Venkateshwarlu, Dr. Eisha Kannadi, Prof. S.K.Panda, Sh. V.K.Arora, Dr. C.K.Ghosh, Dr. T.R.Srinivasan and Dr. O.P.Dewal.

The Chairman informed the members that on the recommendations of various expert committees, the University had decided to set up ten new Schools of Studies. The amendment to the Statute 10 A was approved by the Academic Council and the Board of Management. It has received the approval of the Visitor of the University in a record time of three months, which had never happened before in the history of the University. In this context, he acknowledged the contributions made by the members of the Academic Council, the Board of Management, the Planning Board, the various Expert Committees, the teachers, academics and other officials of the University. The Vice-Chancellor assured the Academic Council that this significant expansion from 11 Schools to 20 Schools would be executed with utmost care and seeing to it that the large number of courses and programmes offered by the existing Schools are effectively consolidated and strengthened. He informed that a separate item about this matter had also been included in the agenda of the meeting. The members congratulated the Vice-Chancellor for this rare achievement.

The Chairman then requested the Member-Secretary to present the items on the Agenda.

The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 40th Meeting of the Academic

Council and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 41.1.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the Minutes of the 40th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 17th May, 2007 were circulated to the members. Comments were received from Prof. Parvin Sinclair about AC 40.4.2, AC. 40.5.2 and AC 40.36.3, from Prof. Vijayshri about AC 40.4.2, AC. 40.5.1, AC.40.5.2, AC.40.29.2 and from Dr. Eisha Kannadi about AC 40.5.1 and AC 40.5.2, which were placed before the Chairman and had been included in the agenda with his observations. The Chairman had observed that 1. There was no dissent from any member for any of the

resolutions adopted by the Academic Council. All the resolutions were unanimous in that respect.

2. Other changes suggested by the members can be appropriately noted; if the members want opinions they expressed before the finalization of the resolution and their adoption, it can be noted.

The matter was discussed in detail. It was observed that standard procedures for recording of minutes of the meetings and their confirmation followed universally are being meticulously adhered to here also.

AC 41.1.2 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure - 1) of its 40th Meeting held on May 17, 2007 with the decision that the comments received from the members be appended with the Minutes. The Action Taken Report on the decisions of the meeting was noted.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 22nd Meeting of the ACSC held on 21st February, 2007.

AC 41.2.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the Minutes of the 22nd Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC) held on 21st February, 2007 were circulated to the members and were confirmed by the ACSC at its 23rd

meeting held on May 22, 2007. The ACSC considered and approved the following major items:

♦ Phase Zero Form for revision of the course AFW(E): Feature Writing (AFW) (E) for BDP, Modifications for creating options in Certificate in Craft and Design Pottery; Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Equivalence Committee; proposal for instituting Prof. Ram Reddy Gold Medal for Best Scholar in Master’s Degree Programme in Social Sciences subjects; Status report on UNESCO Chair; Vision and Mission of NCDA as a Centre of Academic Research; starting of M.Phil. programme in various Schools/Disciplines of Studies; development of programmes of IGNOU both in print and on-line formats; recommendations of the Committee on establishing of new Schools of Studies, list of students qualified for award of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates at the 18th Convocation; charging of separate examination fee for TEE.

AC 41.2.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 22nd Meeting of the ACSC held on 21st February, 2007 (Annexure-2).

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the ACSC held on 22nd May, 2007.

AC 41.3.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the 23rd Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee held on 22nd May, 2007. The ACSC considered and approved the following major items:

♦ Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma in Education Technology, B.Com. with Major in Accountancy & Finance, M.Com. in Finance and Taxation (joint programmes with Institute of Chartered Accountant of India as per MoU), Certificate in Bamboo Use Technology and Enterprise Development, Certificate in Rattan Technology and Enterprise Development, Certificate in Organic Farming., Master in Social Work (MSW) IInd year.

♦ Phase Zero Form for EEC-12: Economic Development since Independence, EPS-13: Modern Indian Political Thought, PHE-01: Elementary Mechanic.

♦ Change in the title of the B.Sc. (Nursing) to B.Sc. Nursing (Post Basic), Reintroduction of Compulsory Component of Continuous Evaluation in all programmes, Credit Transfer Scheme for M.Com. programme, Revised Structure of Courses BPVI-032 and BPVI-035: Food Microbiology and Paddy Processing for Diploma in Production of Value Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds, Course structure of Distance Education specialized area in IInd year M.A. Education, Eligibility and qualification Criteria for B.Sc. Nautical Science/Diploma in Nautical Science programmes, Shifting of BMA-018: Maritime History and Commerce to IInd semester of B.Sc. Nautical Science, Change in Delivery System of Diploma in Civil Engineering Programme, Offering the Master of Science in Dietetics and Food Service Management Programme to the students of IHMC&N, Pusa, Conversion of GPA to PC, Penalty for Unfairmeans in Attempting Assignments, Replacement of the course MED-003 with the course MED-009 in the PG Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development, Norms for Appointment of the External Examiners for Laboratory Courses

♦ Minutes of the Eighth Meeting of the Research Council, Ratification of the action taken by the VC in approving Partial Modification of MoU signed between L.N.Mittila University, Darbhanga and IGNOU, Research Degree Programme in Distance Education.

The Minutes were circulated to the members of the ACSC and comments received from Prof. B.S.Hansra about typographical error in ACSC 23.19.2 and non-inclusion of decision regarding Item No. 39; from Prof. Vijayshri regarding ACSC 23.1.2, ACSC 23.7.1, ACSC 23.7.2, ACSC 23.8.1, ACSC 23.11.2, ACSC 23.41.2, and from Dr. Eisha Kannadi on ACSC 23.40.2 had been placed before the Academic Council. He further apprised the members that with the approval of the Chairman, a

corrigendum about Item No. 39 had already been issued. He proposed that typographical error in ACSC 23.19.2, ACSC 23.40.1 and ACSC 23.40.2 may be corrected.

AC 41.3.2 The members discussed the matter and resolved as follows:

i) In Resolution No. ACSC 23.19.2 July 2008 be corrected to July 2007,

ii) In Resolution No. ACSC 23.40.1 and ACSC 23.40.2 MEG be corrected to MED,

iii) Resolution No. ACSC 23.41.2 be deleted from the Minutes,

iv) The following paragraph may be added at the end of Resolution No. ACSC 23.8.1.

ACSC 23.8.1: ……… with the condition that the programme coordinator would certify before finalization that changes have been incorporated into the syllabus as per the suggestions given by the School Board.

AC 41.3.3 As regards Prof. Vijayshri’s observations about ACSC 23.7.1 and ACSC 23.7.2, it was decided that the letter may be appended with the Minutes of the ACSC. With these modifications, the Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the ACSC held on 22nd May, 2007 (Annexure–3) were approved.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the withdrawal of PG Certificate - programme in “Writing for Television in Hindi”.

AC 41.4.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Academic Council that the School Board of the School of Humanities at its 34th Meeting held on 13.2.2007, vide item No. 08 recommended the withdrawal of PG Certificate programme in “Writing for Television in Hindi” from January 2007 because the Task Force on Student Support Services recommended that the programme ought to be withdrawn due to low enrollment.

AC 41.4.2 During the discussion, it was emphasized that before launching of any programme, need survey for identification of target groups should be undertaken so that the programmes need not be withdrawn because of low enrollment.

AC 41.4.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the School of Humanities for withdrawal of the PG Certificate Programme in “Writing for Television in Hindi”.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for new

courses in M.A. (Hindi) programme.

AC 41.5.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that the School of Humanities has submitted the Phase Zero Forms for introduction of three new courses worth 16 credits for M.A. (Hindi) programme. At present, there are no optional courses for the IInd year students of M.A. (Hindi), therefore, these courses are being introduced as optional courses for them. Thus, it will provide them an option of studying either upanyas or poetry courses.

AC 41.5.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase- Zero Forms (Annexures 4) for new courses Meera Ka Vishesh Adhyan and Kabir Ka Vishesh Adhyan of four credits each and Madhyakalin Kavita of eight credits, along with their syllabi for M.A. (Hindi) programme.

ITEM NO. 6. To consider and approve the recommendations of the Brainstorming Session and faculty requirement of School of Law.

AC 41.6.1 Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Director, School of Law informed the Council that the School of Law organized a Brainstorming Session on June 4, 2007 to prepare a road map for Open and Distance Learning initiatives in Legal Education. Number of eminent legal experts and educationists attended the day long session. The recommendations on the brainstorming session have been further discussed in the School Board Meeting held on 5th June, 2007. The School Board suggested that further course of action may be taken in the matter.

AC. 41.6.2 The recommendations of the Brainstorming Session were discussed in detail. The following suggestions were made:

i) BL and BGL are standard nomenclatures for the Bachelor degree in Law (academic);

ii) need survey for offering BL/BGL/BA(Law) and other programmes should be undertaken before developing the progrmmes;

iii) courses on Environmental Law, Maritime Law, Cyber Law should be included in the LLM programme;

iv) for Legal Literacy programme, possibility of collaboration with other credible institutions, in addition to the Legal Literacy Mission, should be explored,

v) include research collaborations and programmes in the list of programmes to be developed by the School;

vi) pursue the Bar Council of India vigorously for permission to offer LLB programme.

AC 41.6.3 The Academic Council approved the above suggestions and resolved that the School may go ahead with the activities with proper advice and guidance from the Expert Committee and the School Board. Course development following the procedure approved by the Academic Council may be initiated by the School. For the assignment of disciplines in the School and for faculty requirement concrete proposals may be brought before the Academic Council.

ITEM NO. 7 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management.

AC 41.7.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that the School of Agriculture had submitted the Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, School of Agriculture explained that the programme envisages to train professionals in the field of development, implementation and auditing of Food Safety and Quality Management System for self-employment, employment in industries, regulators and certification bodies and training/counseling bodies. The programme shall be of 32 credits comprising of eight courses. The PG Diploma Programme shall be of one year duration and intended for graduates in Science with Chemistry/Biochemistry/ Microbiology as one of the subjects and allied Sciences with Food Science, Home Science, Life Science, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Hotel Management, Dairy – Veterinary, Fisheries, and Hospitality Management. He also explained that most of the programmes of the School of Agriculture are sponsored by the Ministries of the Government of India or other organizations/agencies.

AC 41. 7. 2 During the discussions, it was pointed out that Products Technology and Value Addition was not a discipline in the University and hence it requires to be modified. Eligibility for enrolment as proposed in the Phase-3 Form was also confusing and therefore required clarifications.

AC 41.7.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3

Form (Annexure-5) for PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management with the above suggestions.

ITEM NO. 8 To consider and approve the modified Phase-3 Form for the “Diploma in Watershed Management”.

AC 41.8.1 Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, School of Agriculture apprised the members that the programme seeks to help develop human resources required in the areas of watershed development and management with the objectives of mobilization and capacity building of rural youth, women and landless, and generate awareness about the importance of sustainable development and maintenance of natural resources. The programme shall be of 1-4 year duration comprising eight courses worth 32 credits. The eligibility criteria for admission would be Senior Secondary (10+2). He further informed that 80% and 20% weightage shall be given to the term-end examination and continuous assessment, respectively. Practical shall be an essential component of the programme. For successful completion of the programme, learner would be required to have a minimum of 75% attendance in the practical sessions at Programme Study Centre. The Phase-2 Form had been approved by the APC at its 20th Meeting held on 10-09-2003. The Phase-3 Form was approved by the School Board of School of Agriculture at its 6th Meeting held on 4th July, 2007.

AC 41.8.2 It was pointed out during the discussion that there was no discipline named Natural Resource Management under the School and therefore the same should be modified as Agriculture.

AC 41.8.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Annexure-6) for the Diploma in Watershed Management with the above suggestions.

ITEM NO. 9 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Modified Evaluation Scheme for the Four Diploma Programmes of School of Agriculture.

AC 41.9.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that in view of the decision of the Academic Council that about compulsory component of continuous evaluation in all the programmes of the University, the Vice-Chancellor had approved the modified evaluation schemes for the four diploma programmes being offered by the School of Agriculture. The scheme stipulated

(a) incorporation of one assignment in each theory course, (b) (i) weightage for assignment to be 20% of theory,

(ii) weightage for Term End Examination to be 80% of theory

(c) The Term End Examination for each theory course

would be of 50 marks. The minimum pass marks in Term End Examination will be 25. The marks obtained by the students will be converted to have a weightage of 80 per cent (on theory basis).

AC 41.9.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Modified Evaluation Schemes (Annexure 7 to 10) for the four Diploma Programmes of the School of Agriculture.

ITEM NO. 10 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the matter relating to offering of BCA and MCA Programmes in both the cycles of admission, i.e. January & July cycles.

AC 41.10.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the BDP Coordination Committee at its meeting held on 26.7.2002 had recommended for shifting of the admission cycle for the BDP programmes to July cycle. Earlier it was confined only to the B.Com., B.Sc., BTS and BCA programmes from July 2003 cycle and Master’s Degree programmes in the next phase. After examining all the issues involved, the Vice-Chancellor had approved the proposal for offering BCA and MCA programmes in both the cycles of admission i.e. January and July cycles.

AC 41.10.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-

Chancellor in approving the matter relating to offering of BCA and MCA programmes in both the cycles of admission, i.e. January & July cycles. Since BCA & MCA are practical-oriented programmes and are offered semester-wise, the Academic Council also approved the proposal that a separate Student Handbook & Prospectus for these programmes would be prepared by the School in future in order to commence the programmes in January and July itself. Accordingly, the schedule of activities will be worked out by SRED in consultation with the School.

ITEM NO. 11 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for Major Revision in Existing Course EEC-12: Indian Economic Development since Independence”.

AC 41.11.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that the Economics faculty of School of Social Sciences had submitted the Phase Zero Form for revision of the BDP elective course EEC-12: Indian Economic Development since Independence. The Expert Committee at its meeting held on February 12, 2007 had framed the syllabus of the revised course and had suggested new code EEC-22 and title Indian Economic Development: Issues and Perspectives for the course. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS explained that the Phase Zero Form for revision of the course EEC-12 was approved by the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its 40th Meeting held on 27th April, 2007.

AC 41.11.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for major revision of the existing course EEC-12: Indian Economic Development since Independence” (Annexure-11) with the directions that a new course code for the course should be obtained from the Planning & Development Division.

ITEM NO. 12 To Co-opt a member of the Academic Council in terms of

the provisions of Statute 9 (1) (viii) in place of Prof. Omprakash Mishra.

AC 41.12.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that the Academic Council at its 37th Meeting held on 22.11.2006 co-opted Prof. Omprakash Mishra as its member in terms of the provisions of sub-clause viii of Clause 1 of Statute 9 of the Statutes of the University for a term of two years w.e.f. 24.2.2007. Consequent upon his appointment as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, he has become an Ex-officio member of the Academic Council under Clause 1 (ii) of Statute 9. The Chairman had recommended the name of Prof. Thankamuthu, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, Trichi, Tamil Nadu for co-option in place of Prof. Omprakash Mishra for the residual term i.e. up to 23.2.2009.

AC 41.12.2 The Academic Council co-opted Prof. Thankamuthu, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, Trichi, Tamil Nadu in place of Prof. Omprakash Mishra for the residual term i.e. up to 23.2.2009.

ITEM NO. 13 To report for information the approval of the Hon’ble Visitor for the institution of nine new Schools in the University.

AC 41.13.1 The Member Secretary informed the members that the Ministry of Human Resource Development vide its letter No. F.5-45/2007-DL dated 16th August, 2007 had conveyed the approval of the President in her capacity as the Visitor of the University for establishment of the following nine Schools of Studies:

1. School of Journalism and New Media Studies 2. School of Gender and Development Studies 3. School of Vocational Education and Training 4. School of Social Work 5. School of Tourism, Hospitality, Service Sectoral

Management 6. School of Interdisciplinary and Transdiciplinary

Studies 7. School of Extension and Development Studies 8. School of Foreign Languages 9. School of Translation Studies and Training

The proposal for establishment of new Schools was considered by the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 22nd Meeting held on 21.2.2007and the Board of Management at its 89th Meeting held on 26.2.2007. The proposal after the approval of the Board of Management had been sent to the Visitor for amendment to the Statute 10(A)(1)(10) of the Statutes of the University. The Chairman informed the members that the Finance Committee had noted the financial expenditure with regard to the creation of one post of Professor, two posts of Reader and four posts of Lecturer for each School initially. It was also informed that the current year’s budget provides allocation for all the new Schools.

AC 41.13.2 During the discussions, a view was expressed that the disciplines to the new schools may be allotted only after discussing the matter in the core expert committees and in the respective School Boards.

AC 41.13.3 The Academic Council noted the approval of the Hon’ble Visitor for the institution of nine new Schools in the University, and creation of faculty positions for the same.

ITEM NO. 14 To consider the matter relating the admission to MCA July cycle of a 14 year old candidate, Mr. Shailendra Kumar Verma.

AC 41.14.1 Dr. S. K. Mohapatra, Registrar, SRED informed the members that the Regional Director, Lucknow, forwarded the case of Mr. Shailendra Kumar Verma, a 14 year old candidate, for admission to MCA July 2007 Cycle. The candidate passed Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Lucknow University with First Division scoring 74.93% marks. He had passed Sr. Sec. Examination of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in June 2004 when he was 11 years old. The print and electronic media gave wide coverage of the child prodigy on passing BCA of Lucknow University. Mr. Shailendra Kumar Verma has also cleared Scholarship Aptitude Test (SAT), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in 2004 and secured admission in a US University in BCA programme. He could not go to US due to financial constraints.

The matter has been examined by the Faculty of School of Computer and Information Sciences and unanimously recommended that the candidate may be admitted to IGNOU’s MCA Programme in July 2007 cycle.

The Regional Director has further stated that the financial condition of the candidate’s parents is very poor as his father, Shri Tej Bhadur Verma, is a labourer and mother Smt. Chhaya Devi is illiterate. They cannot afford the fee of the University. The Regional Director on the request of his father had recommended for full fee concession. Dr. Mohapatra, informed the members that the Vice-Chancellor had considered the request of Shri Tej Bahadur Verma and approved full fee concession for his son for MCA programme, as a very special case.

AC 41.14.2 The Academic Council considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in granting admission into MCA July 2007 cycle and extending full fee concession to Mr. Shailendra Kumar Verma, as a very special case.

ITEM NO. 15 To report on the general guidelines for re-admission to B.Ed. programme.

AC 41.15.1

Dr. S. K. Mohapatra, informed that the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its meeting held on February 21, 2005 vide its Resolution No. ACSC 12.23.1 ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in extending the provision of re-admission to B.Ed. programme. The Standing Committee further directed that the guidelines for re-admission for B.Ed. programme be developed by the School of Education and SR&ED. Pursuant to the above decisions, the University had been allowing re-admission to B.Ed. students for completing the courses/workshops required for successful completion of the left over course(s); the general guidelines for re-admission to all other programmes offered by the University are being adopted for re-admission in B.Ed. programme as well.

AC 41.15.2

The Academic Council noted that the general guidelines for re-admission to all other programmes offered by the University are being adopted for re-admission in B.Ed. programme as well.

ITEM NO. 16

To consider and approve 50% reduction in fee for Agriculture Programmes.

AC 41.16.1 Prof. B.S.Hansra, Director, SOA informed the members that the School had launched two diploma programmes, namely Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables and Diploma in Dairy Technology for rural people i.e. farmers, unemployed graduates, rural youth and women. Enrolment in these programmes is low as the fee of Rs. 8000/- is very high. Though the programmes had been developed with the support of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the delivery cost was being recovered from the students. He proposed that the fee for these programmes be reduced by 50% of the present fee for a period of two-three years to sustain the programme in infancy state.

AC 41.16.2 The Academic Council was of the view that the School of Agriculture should take up the matter with the concerned Ministries in the Centre and in the States and pursue them to sponsor students for the programmes and reimburse their fees.

AC 41.16.3 The Academic Council considered the proposal and decided that the candidates who require assistance may be identified and up to 50% fee concession may be given to them decided on a case-to-case basis.

ITEM NO. 17 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form (Course Structure) for the PG Certificate Programme in Bangla - Hindi translation.

AC 41.17.1 Prof. Rita Rani Paliwal, SOH was invited to explain the rationale and objectives of the programme. She informed the members that the main objectives of the programme would be to: ♦ facilitate inter-lingual, intra-lingual academic and cultural

activity among Indian languages; ♦ promote employment and national integration; ♦ create job potential and confidence in the people who work

through Indian languages; and ♦ help social justice by bringing those in the main stream who

are lagging behind.

The School Board of School of Humanities at its meeting held on 4th July, 2007 considered and approved the Phase-3 Form. The programme was likely to be launched form July, 2008

session.

AC 41.17.2 The proposal was discussed in detail. The members wanted to know if any need survey had been done and if there would be enough takers for the programme.

AC 41.17.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for the PG Certificate Programme in Bangla - Hindi translation (Annexure-12). The Academic Council also decided that a need survey should be done before launching the programme and requirement of library on software would also be assessed.

ITEM NO. 18 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form (Course Structure) for the PG Certificate Programme in Malayalam - Hindi translation.

AC 41.18.1 Prof. Rita Rani Paliwal, SOH explained the rationale and objectives of the programme to the members. She further informed that the School Board of School of Humanities at its meeting held on 4th July,2007 considered and approved the Phase – 3 Form. The programme was likely to be launched form July, 2008 session.

AC 41.18.2 The proposal was discussed at length. A need survey was also suggested for this programme.

AC 41.18.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Course Structure) for the PG Certificate Programme in Malayalam - Hindi Translation (Annexure-13). It was recommended that the requirement of library and software in this case should be assessed and also a need survey be conducted.

ITEM NO. 19 To consider and approve the matter related to Improvement in Division/Class.

AC 41.19.1 Dr. S..K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRED informed that the University had been receiving several representations from the students who had completed their programmes but missed the

next Division/Class by a margin of a few marks. This shortfall had been hindering the students from applying for admission to higher studies, jobs and UGC’s Net examination. So far there was no provision for improvement of marks/grade, once the students were awarded the Degree. Keeping in view the demand from the students, the Vice Chancellor had constituted a Committee consisting of Directors of Schools and Registrar, SRED. The Committee after detailed deliberations recommended that the students be permitted for improvement in the Class/Division.

AC 41.19.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the Committee (Annexure-14) constituted by the Vice-Chancellor to work into the matter related to improvement in Division/Class.

ITEM NO. 20 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in Conversion of percentage grade into marks for B.Ed. Programme.

AC 41.20.1 Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRED informed the member that the B.Ed. programme of the University is under Letter Grade (LG) scheme with Point Grade (PG) for each course and Cumulative Grade Point Average for the overall programme. The University had received several representations from the students of B.Ed. programme requesting for conversion of CGPA into marks. In order to facilitate them for being considered for employment and higher studies, the Academic Council’s Standing Committee has recommended the proposal of conversion of CGPA into equivalent percentage through a formula at its meeting held on 19.6.2006 which was approved by the Academic Council at its meeting held on 12.11.2006. Accordingly, the University had been issuing certificates to the students converting the CGPA into percentage. The University has now been receiving requests from the students for certifying aggregate marks secured by them as well. In order to facilitate the Recruitment Boards as well as the students, the Vice Chancellor had approved calculation of obtained marks out of 1100 marks, as there are total 11 courses prescribed in the programme. Accordingly the certificate of aggregate marks and the marks secured by the candidates equivalent to the percentage is being issued to the students.

AC 41.20.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-

Chancellor in conversion of percentage grade into marks for B.Ed. programme. Academic Council also approved similar actions in the case of other courses too depending upon the demand. The Council also desired that the report of the committee appointed to look into the grading system be expedited and placed before the Academic Council at its next meeting.

ITEM NO. 21 To consider the introduction of Exam Registration Fee for International Students.

AC 41.21.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that a committee was constituted by the Vice-Chancellor under the chairpersonship of Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor to consider the issue of Examination Fee for International students. The committee recommended as under:

i) An examination fee for International Students (except SAARC countries) @ USD 10/- per course. ii) An examination fee for SAARC students @ INR 100/- per course. iii) Late fee for examination registration after last date till online registration is open @ USD 50/- for International Students (except SAARC countries) and @ INR 500/- for SAARC students.

In addition to the above, the earlier practice of charging examination fee, as detailed below will continue: i) Indian Student willing to give examination outside India

shall have to pay USD 50/- per paper for first appearance and USD 100/- per paper for subsequent appearances (wherever IGNOU PI is arranging exams, 50% of this fee will be paid to them).

ii) International Students willing to give examination in India shall have to pay USD 20/- or its equivalent in INR for complete examination.

iii) International Students changing centre abroad will need to pay fee as under (i) above.

AC 41.21.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the above

recommendations of the Committee for introduction of

examination registration fees for International Students.

ITEM NO. 22 To consider and approve the proposal for setting up of an Expert Committee to study and examine the rationale and prospects of a School of International Relations and Strategic Analyses under the auspices of IGNOU.

AC 41.22.1 Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor apprised the members that in the era of globalization, study of International Relations has come to occupy a centre stage in understanding the complex international and global phenomena. The rapidity of changes taking place globally and the diversity of issues surfacing in modern societies across the world transcend the narrow confines of the nation state framework of the past. These developments therefore call for systematic analyses of the application of new scientific methodologies and innovate research tools. However, the opportunities for such studies are very limited in the country as only three universities have full fledged courses and programmes in the subject and none of the open and distance education institutions and universities have appropriate courses and programmes on offer. Prof. Mishra proposed that an Expert Committee be set up to study and make appropriate recommendations regarding the setting up of a full-fledged School of International Relations and Strategic Analyses. He also proposed that a Brainstorming Session involving teachers and research on International Relations and Defence Analyses be convened by the University along side the meeting of the Expert Committee.

AC 41.22.2 The members welcomed the proposal and discussed it in some detail. It was suggested that the possibility of associating some international experts from South Asian Countries with the initiative may also be explored. It was also suggested that Prof. Shanta Verma, Delhi University, Prof. D.Gopal, IGNOU and Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, IGNOU may also be associated. With these suggestions, the proposal was approved along with the Expert Committee consisting of the following: 1. Dr. S.D.Pradhan, Secretary, Govt. of India (National

Security Council Secretariat). 2. Amb. Dr. T.P.Srinivasan, Former Ambassador to the USA,

(Visiting Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Univeristy, Kottayam). 3. Amb. Arundhati Ghose, Former Permanent Representative

to the UN in Geneva.

4. Amb. K.Sreenivas, Former Foreign Secretary. 5. Admiral P.J.Jacob, Chairman, Global India Foundation,

Bangaluru. 6. Mr. N.Sisodia, Director, Institute for Defence and Stretegic

Analyses (IDSA). 7. Prof. Pushpesh Pant, Dean, School of International Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 8. Prof. V. Suryanarayanan, Rtd. Professor of South East

Asian Studies, Madras University. 9. Prof. J.Bandopadhaya, Emeritus Professor, Jadavpur

University, West Bengal. 10. Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal, Lady Shriram College,

New Delhi. 11. Prof. N.K. Jha, Allahabad University. 12. Dr. K.C.Sreekumar, Retd. Professor of Political Science

(Presently Coordinator, IGNOU Study Centre, Poojappura, Trivandrum).

13. Prof. Shanta N Verma, Department of Political Science, Delhi University, Delhi – 110 007

14. Prof. D.Gopal, Professor in Political Sciences, SOSS, IGNOU.

15. Dr. S.K.Mohapatra, Registrar, SRED, IGNOU 16.Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU,

Convenor. Additional members may be co-opted with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

ITEM NO. 23 To consider and approve the proposal for creation of a

New School of Medical Sciences.

AC 41.23.1 Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Professor of Nursing and Dr. Ruchika Kuba, Reader, SOHS were invited to the meeting when the item was taken up for discussion. Dr. Ruchika Kuba, School of Health Sciences explained the proposal in detail and stated that a national meeting of medical experts was convened by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor on August 20, 2007 for creating a separate School of Medical Sciences. The experts unanimously recommended that the creation of such a school will be a quantum leap in fulfilling the national goals which are envisaged under the National Rural Health Mission as well as the National Health Policy. Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor agreed that there was a need for such a school. There was another meeting under the chairmanship of the Hon’ble VC on August 25, 2007 with the President, Vice President and other Office bearers of Dental Council of India (DCI) along with the Medical Faculty of SOHS

who are the members of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee for developing and launching the PG Dental Programmes. The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor desired that a separate discipline of Dental Sciences should also be created in the proposed new School of Medical Sciences. The President and the Vice President of DCI endorsed this view overwhelmingly.

AC 41.23.2 Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Professor of Nursing in the School of Health Sciences was of the view that a School of Nursing and a School of Medical Sciences may be established. Till then status quo having Nursing as a discipline in the School of Health Sciences may be maintained.

AC 41.23.3

The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for creation of two separate Schools i.e. the School of Medical Sciences and School of Nursing.

ITEM NO. 24 To consider the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Professional Development Programme for Adult Educators.

AC 41.24.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that an Expert

Committee was constituted by the Vice Chancellor to examine a proposal on the Professional Development Programme for Adult Educators submitted by Professor S.Y.Shah of Jawaharlal Nehru University. The first meeting of the Expert Committee was held on August 13, 2007.

The Committee recognized the need and importance of PDP for the growing number of Adult Educators and agreed in principle to initiate the process of launching PG Diploma/Certificate Programme for the Professional Development of Adult Educators by IGNOU. The Committee also, felt it would be prudent to offer two separate programmes for two categories of functionaries. The first programme will be a PG Diploma for Project Coordinators/Project Officers/Lecturers/Librarians. The second programme will be a Certificate for the Preraks at the grassroots level and offered through the medium of Hindi and Regional Languages. The programmes will be under the new School of Extension and Development Studies.

AC 41.24.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the Expert Committee (Annexure-15) on Professional Development Programme for Adult Educators.

ITEM NO. 25 To consider the recommendations of the IGNOU-EIAH&LA

Committee for offering B.A. in International Hospitality Administration.

AC 41.25.1 The Member Secretary informed the Council that a meeting was held on June 8, 2007 in the Vice-Chancellor’s chamber to discuss a proposal for an IGNOU-EIAH&LA academic collaboration. The Vice-Chancellor chaired the meeting and Mr. K.V. Simon (Regional Vice President, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EIAH&LA), Mumbai), Prof. Kapil Kumar and Dr. C.G. Naidu were also present. In the meeting, it was decided to constitute a Joint Committee to:

a) identify courses/programmes that can be developed and delivered to the students in the areas of hotel and hospitality services management,

b) identify areas of collaboration and the responsibilities of participating institutes,

c) develop guidelines and modalities for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IGNOU and EIAH&LA.

The Joint Committee in its first meeting held on June 26, 2007 made a recommendation that IGNOU will offer a Degree programme in International Hospitality Administration (3 Years) in collaboration with EIAH&LA and this programme will be different from the existing B.Sc. Degree Programme offered jointly with NCHMCT. This programme is to be launched from January, 2008 and the programme announcement will need to be made in September, 2007. All preparations will have to be ready and completed prior to September, 2007. For this purpose a small sub committee was constituted by the Vice Chancellor.

The Sub-Committee recommended to offer B.A. in International Hospitality Administration in collaboration with EIAH&LA. The Recommendations of the Sub Committee and the Phase-3 Form: Programme Design and Detailed Programme Report is placed at Annexure-18. The Vice Chancellor had approved that the programme would be under the new School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Sectoral Management.

AC 41.25.2 The proposal was discussed in detail. The members wanted to know the rationale of fee sharing between EIAH&LA and IGNOU, credit weightage, arrangement of examination and

certification.

AC 41.25.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the IGNOU-EIAH&LA Committee and Phase-3 Form (Annexure-16) for offering B.A. in International Hospitality Administration subject to the clarifications on the above issues.

Item from the Chair

AC.41.26.1 The Chairman informed the Academic Council that the Finance Committee at its 56th Meeting held on 27.8.2007 while considering the matter relating to enhanced allocation and means of additional revenue observed that the expenditures towards all academic, administrative and examination functions have increased significantly during the last two years. The rates of remuneration for all activities of the University have been recently revised and payments are made in the revised rates to teachers, experts, committee members, examiners, course writers, academic counselors and study centre coordinators. This revision and payment of enhanced honorarium effected after about 10 years, has increased the expenditure under these heads on an average 60 per cent. Revisions of hundreds of courses are being initiated now. The travel costs have also increased substantially. University has also committed to provide state-of-the-art ICT facilities to the regional offices and all the study centres in the country. The University is not receiving any non-plan grant from the government as of now and also conducting a number of socially relevant courses and awareness programmes free or with a token fee. The fee for various IGNOU programmes are much less than the fee charged by the Open Learning System in the Private Sector and State Open Universities which are of similar kind to that of IGNOU.

In view of the above, the Finance Committee recommended 15% enhancement of fees for all the programmes across the board from January 2008 cycle onwards.

AC 41.26.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the Finance Committee for enhancement of fees up to 10% to 15% for all the programmes across the board from January 2008 cycle for fresh admissions and revised fee for re-registration will be made effective from July, 2008 cycle onwards.

The Meeting ended with a Vote of Thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

of the

FORTY SECOND MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

DECEMBER 31, 2007

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY SECOND MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2007 AT 2.30 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 1. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Chairman 2. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Member 3. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Member 4. Dr. D.K. Choudhry, Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Member 5. Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Member 6. Dr. Latha Pillai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Ex-officio

Member 7. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director SOSS – Ex-officio

Member 8. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS – Ex-officio

Member 9. Prof. S.B. Arora, Director, SOHS – Ex-officio

Member 10. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS – Ex-officio

Member 11. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA – Ex-officio

Member 12. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Director, SOL – Ex-officio

Member 13. Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar, Director (I/c), SOET – Ex-officio

Member 14. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, SOHS – Member 15. Dr. Pushplata Tripathi, Reader, SOS – Member 16. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE – Member 17. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA – Member 18. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS – Member 19. Prof. M. Aslam, Director (I/c), NCIDE – Member 20. Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, , Director (I/c), IUC – Member 21. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), NCDA – Member 22. Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy, Regional Director – Member 23. Dr. C. Thangamuthu, Ex-Vice-Chancellor – Member

24. Dr. S.S. Rathi, University of Delhi – Member 25. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan, Punjab University, Chandigarh – Member 26. Prof. Vijay Kapur, University of Delhi – Member 27. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya, Kolkata – Member 28. Shri Ravi Kanth, Joint Director, EMPC – Member 29. Shri S.K. Arora, Librarian – Ex-officio

Member 30. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE, – Ex-officio

Member 31. Prof. B.S. Saraswat, Director, ACD – Member Secretary

Prof. Madhu Tyagi attended the meeting on behalf of the Director, SOMS, Prof. M. Aslam and Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar, members also represented the Director, SOCE and Director, SOET, respectively. Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. S. Sadagopan, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Arvind Kumar, Prof. S. Sivakumar Prof. N.V. Narasimham, Director, SOMS, Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH, Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE, Prof. Gayatri Kansal, Director, SOET, Prof. Anu Aneja, Director SOCE, Prof. B.B. Khanna, SOMS, Dr. Sutapa Bose, SOE and Shri Z. Yanthan, SOSS could not attend the meeting. Shri K.D. Sharma, Section Officer, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 42nd meeting of the Academic Council. He accorded a special welcome to the new members, namely, Prof. C. Thangamuthu, Prof. M. Aslam, Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Prof. Gracious Thomas, Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Dr. Pushplata Tripathi, Dr. Neerja Chadha, Dr. S.K. Yadav, Dr. Sutapa Bose, Shri M.P. Mishra, Dr. Venugopal Reddy and Shri Ravi Kanth, who were attending the meeting for the first time. He also placed on record the appreciation of the Academic Council for the contributions made by the outgoing member, Prof. J.M. Parakh. The Chairman also extended greetings to all the members on the eve of the New Year, 2008. The proceedings of the meeting were initiated with the presentation of a special item from the Chair. SPECIAL ITEM: 19th IGNOU CONVOCATION, 2008: CONFERMENT OF

HONORARY DEGREES.

AC 42.0.1

The Chairman apprised the members that the 19th Convocation of the University would be held on February 16, 2008, and on this occasion, he proposed to confer honorary degrees on distinguished personalities. Statute 22, on the conferment of honorary degrees envisages that “all

proposals for the conferment of honorary degrees shall be initiated by the Vice-Chancellor who, after consultation with the Academic Council and the Board of Management, shall submit the same to the Visitor for confirmation”.

AC 42.0.2

The Chairman consulted the members about his proposal of conferment of honorary degrees. He requested the members to keep the proposal confidential as it also involved consultation with the Board of Management, seeking concurrence of the recipients and approval of the Visitor in consultation with the Ministry of HRD, etc.

AC 42.0.3

The Academic Council concurred with the proposal of the Chairman for conferment of honorary degrees. The Chairman then invited the Member-Secretary to present the items on the agenda.

ITEM NO. 1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 41ST MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL AND TO NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON

AC 42.1.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the minutes of the 41st meeting of the Academic Council held on 27th August, 2007 were circulated to the members and the following comments have been received from Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor regarding Item Nos.23 and 41. 1. AC 41.23.3, also incorporate the decision that the School Council

and School Board of SOHS have to look into the issue and give their recommendations. Till then, this will not be taken to the Board of Management.

2. AC 41.26.2, the enhancement of fees that was approved was upto a maximum of 10%, depending on the target audience of the programme.

AC 42.1.2 The Academic Council considered the comments received and decided to modify the relevant resolutions as follows :

AC 41.23.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the

proposal for creation of two separate Schools, i.e., the School of Medical Sciences and the School of Nursing Sciences. The School Council and the School Board of SOHS have to look into the issue and give their recommendations. Till then, this will not be taken to the Board of Management.

AC41.26.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the

recommendations of the Finance Committee for enhancement of fees upto a maximum of 10%, depending on the target audience of the programme, across the board from the January 2008 cycle for fresh admissions, and the revised fees for re-registration will be made effective from the July 2008 cycle.

AC 42.1.3` The Academic Council confirmed the minutes (Annexure-1) of the 41st meeting held on August 27, 2007 with modification to resolution No. AC 41.23.3 and AC 41.26.2 as above. The Action Taken Report on the decisions of the meeting was noted.

ITEM NO. 2 TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL FOR RELAXATION OF MINIMUM AGE FOR ADMISSION TO IGNOU’S BACHELOR’S PREPARATORY PROGRAMME.

AC 42.2.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that as per the UGC Regulations for grant of first degree through non-formal/ distance education, no candidate shall be eligible for admission to the first degree course through non-formal/ distance education unless he/ she has attained the age of 18 years. Accordingly, the cut-off date for calculating the age of 18 years for admission of candidates to IGNOU’s Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme (BPP) had been fixed at October 1 for the July session and April 1 for the January session by the Academic Council (AC 34.2.6). He further informed that the boys of the Boys Sports Company pass standard X at around 15 to 16 years of age and there is no educational facility for standard XI & XII available to them. Therefore, the Boys Sports Company had requested the University to permit the boys under 16 years of age to pursue IGNOU’s BPP, as a special case, so that they could appear for Bachelor’s Degree subsequently when they enrolled into the army or otherwise.

AC 42.2.2 As the matter was rather urgent, the opinion of the members of the

Academic Council was sought by circulation. However, no clear decision emerged. Therefore, the proposal was being placed before the Council at this meeting.

AC 42.2.3 The members discussed the proposal in some detail and decided that a committee appointed by the Chairman should examine the proposal in greater detail. The recommendations of the committee would be placed before the Academic Council for a decision.

ITEM NO. 3

TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 24TH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE HELD ON 17TH DECEMBER, 2007.

AC 42.3.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the 24th meeting of the

Academic Council’s Standing Committee was held on December 17, 2007. The ACSC examined 41 Agenda Items and approved the following : 1. Phase Zero Forms for the revision of ERD-01: Rural

Development, an elective course for BDP, MS-01: Management Functions and Behaviour course, and the Certificate programme in Information Technology.

2. Phase-3 Form for the 2nd revision of PGDMCH programme. 3. Phase-3 Form for the PG Certificate in Endodontics, PG

Certificate in Agriculture Policy, Certificate Programme in NGO Management, PG Certificate in Oral Implantology, Certificate in French Language, PG Diploma in Research Management, PG Diploma in Book Publishing programmes.

4. Revised pro-rata re-admission fees for various programmes except MP and MPB&F.

5. Award of 2nd Bachelor’s degree, change in number of credits permitted in AOC in BDP, weightage of assignment component in BPP, abolishing of intensive counselling and removing restrictions on number of learners for having the usual number of counselling session at all learner support centres, removing the restrictions as regards the number of learners attending practicals for holding practical spells for programmes/courses having practical components, re-evaluation of MBA project, entrance examination for intake of MCA/BCA students, credit transfer policy for MCA/BCA programmes and CS-54 & CS-51 in lieu of MS-4 and MS-51 of MBA and vice-versa, moving from offer of stream courses

to a pool of elective courses in the 5th semester of the MCA revised programme, revision of pro-rata fees for re-submission of BCA/MCA project reports, credit transfer for BCA (new) syllabus to BCA (new) syllabus, last time offer for MCA old students to re-register, to reduce pass percentage for all courses of MCA revised and BCA programmes, conduct of separate Term-End practical examination for CS-68, CS-69/CS-061 and CS-74.

6. The decision of the School of Humanities for including the Editorial Unit in the English discipline in SOH.

7. Award of Ph.D. degree to Ms. Preeti Sharma.

8. To add a supplement to MEC-005, cancellation of the SDM (DOM/PGDOM) already awarded, and in exchange issue a fresh SDM in the chosen specialization to the learners of MBA programme.

9. Certification of non-credit short-term training

programmes/need based programmes, revised Evaluation Methodology for Certificate in Health Care Waste Management, Joint Diploma programme, “Teacher Diploma (Primary)” from “Diploma in Primary Education” of IGNOU, matter relating to evolving a mechanism for submission, evaluation and monitoring of assignments in order to prevent malpractices, and

10. Amendment to Ordinance 9 on Conduct of Examination and

Evaluation of Student Performance.

AC 42.3.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the minutes of the 24th meeting (Annexure-2) of the ACSC with a slight modification to the resolutions ACSC 24.31.2 and 24.31.3. The modified resolutions read as follows : ACSC 24.31.2: Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC, opposed the idea of

reducing the pass percentage because it would lead to a loss of credibility of the IGNOU students in employment and in admission to higher studies, etc.

ACSC 24.31.3: The ACSC considered the proposal and decided

that the committee of external experts to be appointed in pursuance of ACSC24.18.3 would examine the proposal. The recommendations of the committee would be placed before the ACSC for a decision.

ITEM NO. 4 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 9 ON CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

AC 42.4.1 The Member-Secretary apprised the members that on the recommendation of the Task Force on Student Support Services, it was envisaged that an Examination Committee having the following composition be constituted: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Incharge of SRED - Chairman Convenor, BDP Coordination Committee - Member Two Directors of Schools nominated by the Vice-Chancellor - Members Registrar, SR&ED - Convenor

He further informed that the Examination Committee would perform the following functions :

(a) Monitor the programmes and the conduct of Term-End Examinations and Entrance Tests.

(b) Monitor the results and ensure timely declaration of results. (c) Ensure timely receipt and incorporation of assignment awards. (d) Review various statistical reports generated by SRED. (e) Perform such other functions as may be entrusted by the Vice-

Chancellor from time to time.

AC 42.4.2

The ACSC at its 24th Meeting held on December 17, 2007 had approved the amendment to the Ordinance 9 on Conduct of Examinations and Evaluation of Student Performance.

AC 42.4.3

The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal to amend Ordinance 9 on the Conduct of Examinations and Evaluation of Student Performance (Annexure-3).

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR MASTER OF EDUCATION (M.ED.) PROGRAMME.

AC 42.5.1

The Member-Secretary informed the Council that the Phase-3 Form for the Master of Education (M.Ed.) programme had been received from the School of Education. The programme had been conceived, designed and developed jointly by the Distance Education Council and the National Council for Teacher Education, and had been approved

by the School Board of School of Education at its 25th meeting (Emergent) held on November 5, 2007.

AC 42.5.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for the M.Ed. programme subject to finalization of the delivery mechanism (Annexure-4).

ITEM NO. 6 TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF SOCE REGARDING SHIFTING OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES OF EMPC TO THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA STUDIES.

AC 42.6.1 The Member-Secretary informed the members that two academic programmes namely Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication and Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme Production (PGDAPP) developed by the Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC) had been on offer through the School of Continuing Education (SOCE) since 1996 and 2004, respectively. Another academic programme, MA in Mass Communication, approved by the School Board of SOCE was also under development. In view of the creation of the School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS), the School Board of School of Continuing Education had approved the proposal to shift these programmes to the SOJNMS – a natural academic home for them.

AC 42.6.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that there were some other programmes, eg., BSW, DAFE, CAFÉ, MSW (under development), PhD in Women’s Studies of the School of Continuing Education; CTS, DTS, BTS,BHM, MHA, MTM and PhD in Tourism of the School of the Social Sciences; PG Diploma in Translation of the School of Humanities which could also be transferred to the newly created appropriate Schools, i.e. School of Social Work, School of Gender and Development Studies, School of Tourism, Hospitality Service Sectoral Management, School of Translation Studies and Training, etc.

AC 42.6.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal of transferring the programmes noted in AC 42.6.1 and AC 42.6.2. to the Schools proposed and all other such programmes would be transferred to their natural homes. The Chairman clarified that this decision pertained to the programmes and NOT to the coordinators of the programmes.

ITEM NO. 7 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN APPROVING THE CRITERIA TO IMPLEMENT 50% FEE CONCESSION FOR AGRICULTURE

PROGRAMMES.

AC 42.7.1 The Member-Secretary apprised the members that the Academic Council in its 41st meeting held on 27.8.2007, while considering the matter relating to a 50% fee concession for Agriculture Programmes (AC 41.16.3), decided that the candidates who required assistance might be identified and a fee concession up to 50% might be given to them, decided on a case-to-case basis. The School of Agriculture had proposed the following criteria for giving the fee concession:

a) all the candidates from the rural areas shall be entitled for 50%

fee concession subject to production of domicile certificate; b) the urban students below the poverty line may be given a 50%

fee concession subject to production of an income certificate.

The Vice-Chancellor had approved the criteria above as proposed by the School of Agriculture. Since the admission session for all Diploma Programmes of the School of Agriculture was the January session, the decision above could not be included in the Student’s Handbook & Prospectus for January, 2008. However, the School had written to the Regional Directors to charge Rs. 8800/- for the current session.

AC 42.7.2 The Academic Council considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice- Chancellor in approving the criteria to implement a 50% fee concession for Agriculture programmes.

ITEM NO. 8 TO RATIFY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN LAYING DOWN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION OF CANDIDATES UNDER THE RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP SCHEME.

AC 42.8.1

The Academic Council was informed that with the approval of the Research Council (RC.9.2.2 and RCSC 2.14.2), Academic Council (AC.39.5.3) and Board of Management (BM 89.41.2), the University had introduced a Research and Teaching Assistantship Scheme with an objective of attracting the best talents into teaching-cum-research in the areas of open and distance learning/teaching and research in discipline-based as well as general, open and distance learning pedagogy. Applications were invited in the month of April, 2007 for the award of Research and Teaching Assistantships in all the disciplines, for which about 3500 applications were received. As the number of applications was rather large, the following criteria were

prescribed by the Vice-Chancellor for the initial shortlisting of applicants: For General category candidates:

Age Limit 25 years as on 1st July, 2007 % of marks required in all examinations from secondary onwards 60% and above

For SC/ST/PH category candidates:

Age Limit 30 years as on 1st July, 2007 % of marks required in all examinations from secondary onwards 50% and above

For Women Candidates:

Age Limit 30 years as on 1st July, 2007 % of marks required in all examinations 60% and above for General from secondary onwards category and 50% and above for SC/ST/PH category After the initial shortlisting, the applications were sent to the Schools concerned for taking necessary action for the selection of candidates.

After meeting with the Directors of the Schools, the following composition of the Selection Committee was approved by the Vice-Chancellor:

1. Vice-Chancellor - Chairman2. Pro-Vice-Chancellor associated with the School concerned - Member 3. Director of the School concerned - Memb4. An External Expert identified by the School & nominated by the Vice-Chancellor - Member5. Professor/Reader of the discipline concerned - Member

AC 42.8.2

The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in laying down the eligibility criteria and selection

procedure for selection of candidates under the Research and Teaching Assistantship scheme.

ITEM NO. 9 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE ON RESEARCH DEGREE PROGRAMMES OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AC. 42.9.1 The Academic Council was informed that with an objective of encouraging research and providing greater thrust to research, a committee chaired by the Vice-Chancellor reviewed the Ordinance and Guidelines for the PhD programme, and made several recommendations which were considered and approved by the RCSC, at its third meeting held on 30.11.2007. This had necessitated amendment to certain clauses of the Ordinance on Research Degree Programmes. A statement showing the existing clauses, proposed amendment and the clauses after amendment is placed at (Annexure-5). The amendment to the Ordinance had been approved by the Research Council m its 10th meeting held on December 31, 2007.

AC 42.9.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Guidelines for the PhD Programme and amendment to the Ordinance on Research Degree Programmes of the University as approved by the Research Council (Annexure-5 & 6).

ITEM NO. 10 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (REVISED VERSION).

AC 42.10.1 The Member-Secretary informed the Academic Council that the

School of Continuing Education had submitted the Phase 3 Form for the Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (Revised version). Broadly speaking, the Diploma programme addressed two vulnerable groups of the society in two different ways:

a) Children in the critical age group 0-8 years as the subject

matter of the Diploma programme; and b) Women who would largely comprise the clientele (learner

group) for the programme.

♦ By providing pre-service training to professionals in the sector of ECCE, the Diploma would fulfill the University’s objective of providing specific need-based education and training opportunities for continuous professional development and skill upgradation.

Also, by addressing women learners, it would fulfil the University’s mandate of providing higher education to large sections of the population, but particularly to disadvantaged segments of society.

♦ By having children in the age group 0-8years and their optimum development through ECCE services as its subject matter, the Diploma programme would address the national goal of achieving Education for All, by creating a trained cadre of ECCE educators. Numerous studies had established the link between quality pre-school education and retention and performance in the primary grades.

The Phase-3 Form and the course structure of the Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (Revised Version) would be reported to the School Board of the School of Continuing Education at its next meeting.

AC 42.10.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (Revised version) placed at (Annexure -7).

ITEM NO. 11 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PHASE-3 FORM FOR CERTIFICATE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION (MENTAL RETARDATION, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, HEARING IMPAIRMENT & CEREBRAL PALSY).

AC 42.11.1 The Academic Council was informed that the School of Continuing Education had submitted the Phase 3 Form for Certificate in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment & Cerebral Palsy). These would be four independent Certificate Programmes – one each in the four disability areas. Each Certificate Programme would be of one year duration and worth 24 credits. The Certificate Programme in each of the four disability areas had been developed with the broad objective to equip the learners to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team providing early childhood special education to children up to six years of age in home based, centre based, and school based settings. The successful completion of the programme of study would enable the learners to register as ‘personnel’ with the Rehabilitation Council of India.

The development of the four Certificate Programmes would be in accordance with the University’s objective of “widening access by offering high quality innovative and need based programmes at different levels, especially to the disadvantaged segments of society at affordable costs by using a variety of media and technology.” The Phase-3 Form for Certificate in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment & Cerebral Palsy) would be reported to the School Board of School of Continuing Education at its next meeting. The Phase-3 Form had been placed before the Academic Council directly to expedite the work.

AC.42.11.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Annexure-8) for Certificate in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment & Cerebral Palsy).

ITEM NO. 12 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO FACILITATE SUCH STUDENTS OF MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES WHO ARE SHORT OF 2% MARKS OF OVERALL 55% MARKS.

AC 42.12.1 On the request of the Member-Secretary, the Registrar, SRE&D, apprised the members that the Academic Council at its 41st meeting held on 27th August, 2007 had approved that students of Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programmes, who had completed their programme but fell short of 2% marks for securing Ist or IInd Division might improve the percentage by fulfilling the eligibility conditions for this purpose. Based on the feedback from the students of Master’s Degree programmes, it was felt that those students who were short of overall 55% marks, which was mandatory in Master’s Degree to undertake research or teaching assignments in any of the universities/institutions and to appear for the UGC’s NET examination had been deprived of the opportunity to improve their percentage. To facilitate such students, it was proposed that students of Master’s Degree programmes, who were short of 2% marks of overall 55% marks might also be given an opportunity to improve the percentage

on the same conditions as approved by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendations of the committee constituted to finalise the modalities in this regard.

AC 42.12.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal to facilitate such students of Master’s Degree programmes who were short of 2% marks of overall 55% marks.

ITEM NO. 13 TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE LIST OF CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE, DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE IN THE 19TH CONVOCATION TO BE HELD ON 16TH FEBRUARY, 2008.

AC 42.13.1 The Registrar, SR&E, informed the Council that 91460 candidates had been found eligible for the award of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates at the 19th Convocation of the University to be held on February 16, 2008. The number of eligible candidates might change due to finalization of results of some more candidates, the exact number of which would be reported to the Academic Council at the next meeting.

AC 42.13.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal and the list of eligible students (Annexure-9) with the direction that Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates might be awarded to all candidates who become eligible till the date of Convocation and the same may be reported to the Academic Council as supplementary list.

After transaction of items on the regular agenda, the Chairman apprised the members that during the last one year several innovative measures have been taken to improve the efficiency of the system. With the introduction of a token examination fee of Rs. 50 per course, not only more than Rs. 4.00 crore had been collected as examination fee, another Rs. 1.8 crore had been saved by avoiding wasteful expenditure. Introduction of provisions of re-evaluation and early declaration of results had led to greater learner satisfaction. Further, it was planned to declare the results of TEE Dec. 2007 in a period

of 60 days. However, the results of the June 2007 TEC of more than 95% learners could be declared only in a period of 90 days. With the cooperation and support of all concerned, sustained efforts would be made to achieve the target of 60 days to declare the results. The Chairman further observed that only 5% of the skilled workforce in the country was certified whereas the percentage of certified skilled workforce in developed countries was as high as 90%. At the same time, a vast pool of knowledge and variety of skills were available even in illiterate people of our country which they had acquired through family or community practices. Thus, there was a need for assessment and certification of prior learning at tertiary level. The Chairman would form a committee, to evolve a procedure for assessment and certification of prior knowledge and skills, and requested Prof. K. Mohan to be a member of this committee. The Chairman then invited suggestions from members of the Council for further improvement of the system. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan suggested that there was a need of periodic monitoring by the faculty at the headquarters of assignments and practicals at study centres. She also suggested that materials should be developed for neo-literates to sustain their interest in reading and learning. The Registrar, SR&E informed the members that observers are deputed to oversee the conduct of Term-End-Examination at study centres. Also, twice every year the faculty and academics from Headquarters and Regional Centres deputed as Observers during the Entrance Test for admission to B.Ed. and MBA programmes get an opportunity of visiting study centres. So far as the suggestion for development of materials for neo-literates was concerned, it would be considered by the School of Extension and Development Studies. Prof. M. Aslam suggested that programmes on Edusat may be made more interactive The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

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FORTY THIRD MEETING

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ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

APRIL 5, 2008

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY THIRD MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 32. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio

Chairman 33. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio

Member 34. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio

Member 35. Dr. D.K. Choudhry, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio

Member 36. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio

Member 37. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director SOSS - Ex-officio

Member 38. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio

Member 39. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio

Member 40. Prof. S.B. Arora, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio

Member 41. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio

Member 42. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA - Ex-officio

Member 43. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, SOHS - Member 44. Prof. P.Srinivas Kumar, SOET - Member 45. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE - Member 46. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 47. Dr. Sutapa Bose, SOA - Member 48. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 49. Shri Z. Yanthan, SOSS - Member 50. Sh. V.V.Subrahanyam, SOCIS - Member 51. Sh. S.K.Arora, Librarian - Member 52. Prof. M. Aslam, Director (I/c), NCIDE - Member 53. Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, , Director (I/c), IUC - Member 54. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), NCDA - Member 55. Prof. Trilochan Pradhan - Member 56. Prof. T.K.V.Subramanian - Member 57. Prof. K.K.Mohammad Yusuff - Member

58. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 59. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 60. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 61. Prof. S.Siva Kumar - Member 62. Dr. S.S.Rathi - Member 63. Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy, Regional Director - Member 64. Prof. N.V.Narasimham, Director (I/c), ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar, SOET, represented on behalf of Director, SOET. Shri K.K. Sharma, Joint registrar, SRE was present to represent Registrar, SRE. Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, PVC, Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC, Prof. M.L.Koul, Director, SOE, Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Director, SOL, Prof. B.B.Khanna, SOMS, Dr. Pushplata Tripathi, SOS, Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Arvind Kumar, Prof. C.Thangamuthu, Prof. S.Sadagopan and Shri Ravi Kanth, Joint Registrar, EMPC could not attend the meeting. Shri K.D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 43rd meeting of the Academic Council. He accorded welcome to the new member Sh. V.V.Subrahamam, Lecturer, SOCIS. He informed the Council that consequent upon taking over the charge of Director, Academic Coordination Division, Prof. N.V.Narasimham is now the Member-Secretary of the Academic Council and welcomed him. The Academic Council appreciated the efforts and taken on record the contributions made by Prof. B.S.Saraswat, outgoing Director, ACD as its Member-Secretary. The Chairman then requested the Member-Secretary to present the items on agenda of the meeting The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the Academic

Council and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 43.1.1 It was informed that the Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the Academic Council held on December 31, 2007 were circulated to the members and no comments were received. The action taken report on the Minutes was also placed at Annexure-2.

AC 43.1.2 Item approved by Circulation: Proposal for establishing of “School of International Relations and Strategic Analyses (SIRSA)” in the University. It was informed that the Academic Council at its 41st Meeting held on August 27, 2007 had decided to constitute an expert committee to study and examine the rationale and prospectus of establishment of “School of International Relations and Strategic Analysis (SIRSA)” in the University. The Committee unanimously recommended the establishment of the School. In terms of the provisions of Regulations of the Meetings of the Academic Council, the Chairman sought approval of the members of the Academic Council by circulation of the following Resolution: “The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations made by the Expert Committee for establishment of a School of International Relations and Strategic Analyses in IGNOU and recommended to the Board of Management for making necessary amendments to Clause (1) of the Statute 10 (A) of the Statutes of the University accordingly.” Out of the 49 members, 38 members have responded and all of them approved the Resolution for establishment of the School. Therefore, the establishment of the School of International Relations and Strategic Analysis (SIRSA) has been approved by the Academic Council by circulation. Since, the establishment of new school requires amendment to Clause (1) of Statute 10 (A) of the University, the matter is being placed before 94th meeting of the Board of Management scheduled for 10th April, 2008. With the establishment of this school, if approved by the Board of Management, the University will have 22 Schools of Studies.

AC 43.1.3 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the Academic Council (Annexure-1 without appendices) and the resolution of Academic Council for establishment of the School of International Relations and Strategic Analysis (SIRSA), and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 25th Meeting of its Standing Committee held on 2nd April, 2008.

AC 43.2.1 It was presented that the 25th Meeting of the ACSC was held on April 2, 2008. The following major items were considered: ♦ Phase 3 Forms of Diploma in Retailing, Diploma in Finance,

Budget and Accounting for PRIs, Certificate Programme in Water Harvesting and Management, Foundation Course in Maithilee, Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and PG Diploma in Adult Education.

♦ Phase-3 Forms and Course Structure for M.Phil/Ph.D. programmes in Library Science, Economics, Sociology, Public Administration and History.

♦ Provision for viva-voce in all project courses.

♦ Proposal for establishing the Discipline of ‘Nutritional Sciences’ and the ‘Child Development’ within the School of Continuing Education.

♦ Proposal for International Fee structure for offering IGNOU’s Academic Programmes outside India.

♦ To report the ‘Walk-in-Admission’ and ‘On-line Admission’ in all the academic programmes.

♦ Changes in Syllabus, Programme Fee, Unit Writers and Eligibility

Criteria of Certificate in Sericulture.

♦ Ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in awarding Gold Medal to Shri Shiv Kumar Pandey, Note for information the number of student eligible for award of IGNOU Degrees/Diplomas/ Certificates at the 19th Convocation.

♦ Phase Zero Forms of revision of existing elective courses in BDP programme, EPA-06: Public Policy, and EEC-06: Economics Development Comparative Analysis and Contemporary Issues.

The Academic Council considered and discussed each item of the Minutes in detail.

AC 43.2.2 ACSC 25.2.3: Regarding establishment of two new disciplines viz; (i) Nutritional Sciences and (ii) Child Development, in SOCE, ACSC in principle approved the proposal. While according approval, the ACSC recommended that the matter relating to housing of these disciplines be examined by the Academic Council after considering the objectives of the other schools, including newly established schools. Academic Council has taken up the matter for discussion regarding the housing of these two new disciplines. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE suggested to defer the item as the faculty of SOCE would like to

discuss this issue first in the School Board of the SOCE. The Academic Council agreed with the suggestion of the Director, SOCE and decided as under:

(i) The item has been deferred, and (ii) The matter will be first discussed in the School Board of

SOCE and thereafter the matter will be discussed in the School Board of School of Gender and Development Studies.

AC 43.2.3

ACSC 25.3.2: Regarding the simultaneous admission to the M.Sc. (DFSM) and the course CNCC-1: Nutrition for the Community for the students who do not have a specialization in Nutrition at UG level, the ACSC deferred the proposal. It was decided that the item to be placed before the School Board of SOCE before 5th April, 2008 and the recommendations of the School Board of SOCE be placed before the 43rd Academic Council meeting scheduled for 5th April, 2008. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE informed the Academic Council that the School Board of SOCE at its emergent meeting held on 3rd April, 2008 opined that the issue requires more detailed discussion and hence decided to withdraw the item. The Academic Council agreed with the suggestion of the School Board of SOCE to withdraw the item from discussion.

AC 43.2.4 ACSC 25.5.2: Regarding introduction of ‘Walk-in-Admission’ and ‘On-line Admission’ to all the academic programmes of the University, the Chairman explained the rationale and detailed schedule of operations. The following issues were discussed very elaborately:

1. The work load in the Regional Centres will increase with the introduction of walk-in-admission. Regional Centres have busy schedule during March-April and September-October due to last dates for several activities. Therefore, Regional Centres may not be able to cope up with the additional work pressure of walk-in-admissions.

2. Results of examinations conducted by various Boards/ Universities/Institutions are normally declared in the month of May every year. Therefore, last date for submission of filled-in admission form for walk-in admission without late fee for July cycle may be allowed till 31st May.

3. Schedules of various activities of the academic programmes will remain the same as of now. Students admitted through walk-in-admission or on-line admission shall follow the same schedules.

Following the discussion, the Chairman informed that he will get all the above issues examined carefully and explore the possibility to (i) provide additional staff or create a separate cell in Regional Centres to handle walk-in-admission, and (ii) extend the last date for walk-in-admission without late fees till 31st May.

AC 43.2.5 ACSC 25.10.2: Decision regarding the viva-voce as a compulsory component of the evaluation of all project courses of PG level and .Professional UG Programmes was discussed. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC presented the rationale behind this decision. Complications regarding compulsory passing of viva-voce was discussed in detail, and the Academic Council reiterated the decision of the ACSC.

AC 43.2.6 The Academic Council considered and approved the minutes of the 25th Meeting (Annexure-2 without appendices) of the ACSC with the above observations.

ITEM NO. 3

To consider and approve the Convocation Procedures Amendment to the Regulations for Convocations.

AC 43.3.1 The Chairman tabled the proposal for the amendments to paras 15 & 16 in the Regulations for the Convocation Procedures at Headquarters (Clause 8 of Ordinance 1). It is clarified that the word ‘Clause’ in the agenda note may be read as ‘Para’. The agenda note mentioned that the modification is to be added to the existing paras. It is clarified that it is not addition, and it is only modification to the existing paras. The statement showing the existing paras 15 & 16, proposed amendments and paras after amendments is placed at Annexure-3.

AC 43.3.2 The Academic Council approved the amendments to the paras 15 and 16 of Regulations for Convocation at Headquarters (Clause 8 of Ordinance 1) placed at Annexure-3.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the recommendations made by the Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor to examine the proposal for relaxation of minimum age for admission to IGNOU’s Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme (BPP).

AC 43.4.1 The recommendations of the committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor to examine the proposal for relaxation of minimum age for admission to IGNOUs Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme (BPP) were

presented. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, the Chairperson of the Committee, explained the salient features of the recommendations.

AC 43.4.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the Committee for not relaxing the minimum age for the children of the Boys Sports Company.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the International Fees Structure for Various Services & Value Added Services for the International Students.

AC 43.5.1 The proposal for international fee structure for offering IGNOU’s academic programmes outside India was considered by the ACSC vide Item No. 4 at its 25th meeting held on 2.4.2008 and approved. In addition to the above, the same committee which examined the said issue recommended the fee structure for various services and value added services provided by the University to the international student as at (Annexure- 4).

AC 43.5.2 The fee structure as at Annexure- 4 was approved by the Academic Council.

ITEM NO.6 Any other item with the permission of the Chair.

AC 43.6.1 After transacting the business on agenda, the Chairman requested the members to offer their suggestions, if any, to the Academic Council for its consideration.

AC 43.6.2 Prof. Vijay Kapur suggested that the meeting of the Academic Council may be held, at times, in the Regional Centres of the University to enable the members to acquaint themselves with the working of the University at the Regional Centres level.

AC 43.6.3 Dr. V.Venugopal Reddy mentioned that University should recognize the academics as research guides for M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes of the University. The Chairman said that he had already written to the Academic staff working in regional centres and other divisions for expressing their interest in research guidance. The Director, ACD informed that the information received from the Academics have been forwarded to the concerned schools for further action. The Chairman suggested the Academic Council to adopt the following resolution: “Just as the teachers having provision for guiding Ph.D./M.Phil.,

the same provision may be extended to Academics”. The Academic Council adopted the above resolution.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai)

Chairman

MINUTES

of the

FORTY FOURTH MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

JULY 11, 2008

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY FOURTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON JULY 11, 2008 AT 2.30 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068.

The following were present:

65. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 66. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Member 67. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Member 68. Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Member 69. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director SOSS - Ex-officio Member 70. Prof. M.L.Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 71. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 72. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 73. Prof. S.B. Arora, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 74. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 75. Prof. B.B.Khanna, SOMS - Member 76. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, SOHS - Member 77. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE - Member 78. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 79. Dr. Sutapa Bose, SOA - Member 80. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 81. Shri Z. Yanthan, SOSS - Member 82. Sh. V.V.Subrahmanyam, SOCIS - Member 83. Sh. S.K.Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 84. Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, , Director (I/c), IUC - Member 85. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), NCDA - Member 86. Prof. S.S.Rathi - Member 87. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 88. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 89. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 90. Shri Ravi Kanth, Joint Director, EMPC - Member 91. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SRE - Ex-officio Member 92. Prof. N.V.Narasimham, Director (I/c), ACD - Ex-officio Member

Secretary Prof. Ajit Kumar attended the meeting on behalf of Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar, Director, SOET.

Dr. D.K.Choudhry, PVC, Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC, Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH, Prof. Manoharlal, Director, SOCIS, Prof. B.S.Hansra, Director, SOA, Prof. M.Aslam, Director, NCIDE, Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. T.K.V.Subramaninan, Prof. K.K.Mohammed Yusuff, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. S.Sadagopan, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Arvind Kumar, Prof. S.Siva kumar, Prof. C.Thangamuthu, Dr. V.Venugopal Reddy, RD, RC-Delhi-1 could not attend the meeting.

Shri K.D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 44th meeting of the Academic Council. He informed the Council that consequent upon the promotion of Dr. Pushplata Tripathi, as Professor, she ceases to be a member of Academic Council under Clause (1) (iv) of Statute 9 of the Statutes of the University. The Academic Council appreciated the contributions made by Prof. Pushplata Tripathi, the outgoing member. The Chairman then requested the Member-Secretary to present the items on agenda of the meeting. The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1

To confirm the Minutes of the 43rd Meeting of the Academic Council and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 44.1.1 It was presented that Minutes of the 43rd Meeting of the Academic Council were circulated to the members. Comments were received from one of the members which are re-produced as under: ACSC 25.2.3: Regarding establishment of two new disciplines viz; (i) Nutritional Sciences and (ii) Child Development, in SOCE, ACSC in principle approved the proposal. While according approval, the ACSC recommended that the matter relating to housing of these disciplines be examined by the Academic Council after considering the objectives of the other schools, including newly established schools. Academic Council has taken up the matter for discussion regarding the housing of these two new disciplines. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE suggested to defer the item as the faculty of SOCE would like to discuss this issue first in the School Board of the SOCE. The Academic Council agreed with the suggestion of the Director, SOCE and decided as under:

(iii) The item has been deferred, and (iv) The matter will be first discussed in the School Board of SOCE and

thereafter the matter will be discussed in the School Board of School of Gender and Development Studies.

The following comments in respect to (ii) were offered: Since, the disciplines of Child Development and Food Nutrition do not fall within the scope of the School of Gender and Development Studies, the reference to the latter School seems to be inadvertently made, and if so, may kindly be deleted.

AC 44.1.2 The Academic Council considered the comments of the Director, SOCE and resolved that the Minutes have been correctly recorded and confirmed the

Minutes of its 43rd Meeting (Anneuxre-1 without appendices) and noted the action taken thereon.

ITEM NO. 2

To consider and approve the matter relating to the award of Ph.D Degree to Ms. Nisha Peshin (Enrol. No. 024957627) in Education.

AC 44.2.1 It was presented that Ms. Nisha Peshin (Enrolment No. 024957627) completed her Ph.D in Education on “A Comparative Study of Formal and Distance Mode of Teacher Education Programme (B.Ed) on the Development of Professional Efficiency among Secondary School Teachers”. The same was examined by the Board of Examiners and recommended for award of Ph.D in Education. The provisional certificate and notification to this effect were already issued by the Registrar, SRE. The Degree will be conferred on her at the forthcoming Convocation of the University. The Research Council at its 12th Meeting held on 9th July, 2008 approved the award of Ph.D in Education to Ms. Nisha Peshin.

AC 44.2.2 The Academic Council considered and approved award of Ph.D in Education to Ms. Nisha Peshin (Enrol. No. 024957627).

ITEM NO. 3

To consider and approve the Minutes of the Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for finalizing the procedure for enrolment of students in the Ph.D Programme and their follow up once after enrolment in consonance with the Ordinance of Research Degree Programme.

AC 44.3.1 It was presented that the Vice-Chancellor constituted a committee with Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor as Chairperson for finalizing the procedure for enrolment of students in the Ph.D and M.Phil Programmes and their follow up after enrolment in consonance with the Ordinance of Research Degree Programme. After consultations with the Schools/Divisions/Centres, the Committee made its recommendations and the same are now presented for consideration and approval of the Academic Council. It was further informed that the recommendations of the committee were placed before the Research Council at its 12th Meeting held on 9th July, 2008. The Research Council suggested two modifications: (1) Point no. 5 of the Ph.D guidelines and point no. 3 of the M.Phil guidelines to be modified to enable the candidates to undergo course work and dissertation work simultaneously and (2) Point no. 8 of Ph.D guidelines shall indicate two seminars during the whole duration of Ph.D programme in place of ‘atleast one seminar in a year’.

AC 44.3.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the guidelines for M.Phil and Ph.D programmes after modifications as suggested by the Research

Council (Annexure-2).

ITEM NO. 4

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) programme.

AC 44.4.1 It was presented that the School of Engineering and Technology has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) programme. The Phase-3 Form was approved by the School Board of SOET at its 30th Meeting held on May 30, 2008.

AC 44.4.2

Mr. N.Venkateshwarlu, Programme Coordinator explained the salient features of the programme. During the discussion, Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice Chancellor pointed out the following:

(i) As per the University norms, if the minimum duration is three years, the maximum duration of the programme should be 6 years. In the present case maximum duration is indicated as 5 years which should be corrected as 6 years and

(ii) In evaluation methodology for project course, it is suggested to give 70% weightage for project report and 30% weightage for Viva-Voce.

Both these suggestions were approved by the Academic Council.

AC 44.4.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) programme (Annexure-3) with the two modifications: (1) Maximum duration of the programme should be 6 years. (2) In the evaluation of project course, 70% weightage for project report and 30% weightage for Viva-Voce.

ITEM NO. 5

To consider and approve the proposal for Affiliation of Colleges of Nursing for Regular B.Sc. Nursing Programme with IGNOU

AC 44.5.1 Prof. Bimla Kapoor, explained that the University had received a request from College of Nursing of Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd., New Delhi for affiliation of its B.Sc. Nursing programme with IGNOU. A core group was formed by the Vice-Chancellor to examine the possibilities and work out the modalities for affiliation of regular College of Nursing with IGNOU. The core group, after detailed deliberations, drafted the norms for affiliation of College of Nursing with IGNOU and application form for such affiliation. These were also considered and approved by the School Board of SOHS at its 34th Meeting held on 29th May, 2008.

AC 44.5.2 The Council expressed its apprehensions whether the affiliation is permissible under the IGNOU Act. It was expressed by the Chairman that the IGNOU Act does not provide for affiliation, but it provides for recognition of the Colleges for admitting them to the privileges of the University. Further, the issue of convergence was also discussed. The Council felt that the scheme of

affiliation requires a thorough examination in the light of the provisions of IGNOU Act and the new scheme of convergence introduced recently.

AC 44.5.3 The Academic Council authorized the Chairman to constitute a committee to examine the issue of affiliation in the light of the provisions of the IGNOU Act and the new scheme of convergence. The committee shall examine thoroughly the ramifications of the proposal in view of the existing provisions of the Act/Statutes of the University.

ITEM NO.6

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Certificate Programme in Community Radio.

AC 44.6.1 It was presented that the School of Journalism and New Media Studies has submitted the Phase-3 Form for Certificate Programme in Community Radio. Mr. Hisamuddin Farooqui, Programme Coordinator presented the salient features of the programme. It was further informed that the Government of India is encouraging Community Radio and propose to issue 4000 licenses in the near future. Therefore, there is demand for trained manpower in this sector. CEMCA also proposed to offer 150 scholarships for the students of this programme.

AC 44.6.2 The Council suggested that the expertise from the Deutsche Welle, Germany, with which the University had already signed an MOU, shall be made use of in the development and delivery of this certificate programme.

AC 44.6.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for Certificate in Community Radio (Annexure-4).

ITEM NO.7

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for M.A in Mass Communication.

AC 44.7.1 It was presented that the School of Journalism and New Media Studies has submitted the Phase-3 Form for M.A in Mass Communication. Dr. Kiron Bansal, Programme Coordinator presented the main objectives and salient features of the programme. Dr. Bansal also informed that M.A. in Mass Communication is proposed in a modular structure, whereby on completion of first year courses, PG Diploma in Mass Communication shall be awarded and on completion of all courses of two years, M.A. in Mass Communication shall be awarded.

AC 44.7.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that there is a PG Diploma in Mass Communication which is on offer by the University. The present proposal is to award the PG Diploma in Mass Communication to those students who complete the first year courses of the proposed M.A. Programme in Mass Communication. It was noted that the courses offered in the existing PG

Diploma and the first year courses of the proposed M.A. in Mass Communication are almost similar. Further, the courses of the existing PG Diploma are under major revision. Therefore, the Council suggested that the coordinators for the PG Diploma in Mass Communication and M.A. in Mass Communication should avoid any duplication or overlapping of efforts in both the programmes, rather the efforts should be supplement to each other.

AC 44.7.3 With the above directions, the Academic Council approved the Phase-3 Form (Annexure-5) in principle for M.A in Mass Communication.

ITEM NO.8

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for B.A in Fashion Design.

ITEM NO.9

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for B.A in Textile Design.

ITEM NO.10

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for B.A in Fashion Merchandising and Production.

AC 44.8-10.1

The Item Nos. 8 to 10 were considered together. It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training has submitted the Phase-3 Forms for (i) B.A in Fashion Design; (ii) B.A. in Textile Design, and (iii) B.A. in Fashion Merchandising and Production, all four year degree programmes. Dr. C.G.Naidu, Programme Coordinator explained the salient features of the programmes proposed to be offered in collaboration with the Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF). Prof. Oberoi representative of PAF presented the profile of the Pearl Academy and informed that these programmes are proposed to be offered as part of the MoU signed between IGNOU and the Academy. These programmes are to be offered in modular structure as indicated below: First year : (i) Certificate in Fashion Design; (ii) Certificate in Textile Design; and (iii) Certificate in Fashion Merchandising and Production Second year : (i) Diploma in Fashion Design; (ii) Diploma in Textile Design; and (iii) Diploma in Fashion Merchandising and Production Third and Fourth Years: (i) B.A. in Fashion Design; (ii) B.A. in Textile Design; and (iii) B.A. Fashion Merchandising and Production In the case of all the three programmes, the fees will be charged Rs. 55,000/- in first semester and Rs. 40,000/- in second semester i.e. Rs.95,000/- annual for each programme. The fee sharing by IGNOU and PAF will be as per the MoU. The University’s share would be 30% of the fee collected. The responsibility of developing and delivery of the programmes lies with the Pearl Academy of Fashion. The Phase-3 Forms were approved by the School

Board of School of Vocational Education and Training at its 4th Meeting held on 8th July, 2008.

AC 44.8-10.2

The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms of all the three programmes viz (i) B.A in Fashion Design; (ii) B.A. in Textile Design; and (iii) B.A. in Fashion Merchandising and Production proposed under Item Nos. 8, 9 and 10, respectively (Annexure-6).

ITEM NO.11

To consider the recommendations of School Board, School of Journalism and New Media Studies on Implementation of the MoU between IGNOU and Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany.

AC 44.11.1 It was presented that School Board of School of Journalism and New Media Studies approved a draft MoU between IGNOU and Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany at its meeting held on April 11, 2008. The MoU was signed on May 8, 2008. One of the significant components of the MoU is that DW will conduct three courses of one month duration each. The first course viz ‘On-line Journalism’, with a bit web development added to it, will be held in mid September to mid October, 2008 at EMPC, IGNOU, New Delhi. The other two courses viz. Radio and TV Management course and Training the Trainers Programme will be held in other cities at the convenience of IGNOU and DW, and feasibility of conducting the courses.

AC 44.11.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the MoU and the recommendations of the School Board of SOJNMS (Annexure-7).

ITEM NO.12

To consider the recommendations of School Board, School of Vocational Education and Training on a proposal for vocational programmes in collaboration with City & Guilds (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd.

AC 44.12.1 It was presented that the School Board of School of Vocational Education and Training at its 4th Meeting held on July 8, 2008 had submitted its recommendations on a proposal for vocational programmes in collaboration with City & Guilds (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd. Shri Ravi Pillai from City & Guilds (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd. explained that the City & Guilds had identified the four sectors i.e. Security, Spoken English, Travel & Tourism and Construction. He also explained the features of delivery of the programme. It was informed that the security related courses can be offered involving Premiershied Risk Management Enterprise, New Delhi and the courses related to spoken English can be offered through the existing Colleges/IGNOU Centres where the required facilities are available. The Partner Institutes for Travel and Tourism and Construction will be identified later. The entry qualification for security related courses will be Class 10 pass.

AC 44.12.2 The School Board also recommended that specific expert groups for each sector could be constituted for designing programmes related to above

identified sectors. A MoU can be signed between IGNOU and City & Guilds and other Partner Institutes.

AC 44.12.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the recommendations of the School Board of School of Vocational Education and Training on the proposal for vocational programmes in collaboration with City & Guilds (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd. (Annexure-8).

ITEM NO.13

To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Certificate in Performing and Visual Arts.

AC 44.13.2 It was presented that the School of Performing and Visual Arts had submitted the Phase-3 Form for Certificate in Performing and Visual Arts. Dr. C.G.Naidu, Programme Coordinator explained the salient features of the programme. The Phase-3 Form and the Course Structure had been approved by the School Board of School of Performing and Visual Arts at its third meeting held on July 8, 2008.

AC 44.13.3 During the discussion, it was pointed out that the fee of the programme is on the higher side and the possibility of reducing the fees to Rs. 12,000/- p.a. be considered to popularize this certificate programme. The Programme Coordinator explained that the fee has been fixed on the basis of delivery cost of the programme, hence not feasible to reduce the fee.

AC 44.13.1 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for Certificate in Performing and Visual Arts (Annexure-9).

ITEM NO.14

To consider the Minutes of expert Committee Meeting regarding IGNOU-SACAR Collaboration.

AC 44.14.3 It was presented that a meeting of the expert committee regarding IGNOU-SACAR collaboration was held on July 8, 2008 in India International Centre, New Delhi under the Chairpersonship of Dr. Karan Singh. Dr. Naidu, Nodal Officer, New Schools of Studies explained that discussions were held earlier between IGNOU and SACAR about collaboration in launching Sri Aurobindo Studies, with SACAR, being the coordinating centre of IGNOU to offer various academic programmes at Certificate, Post-Graduate Diploma, MA, M.Phil and Ph.D levels.

AC 44.14.1 The expert committee recommended to launch Sri Aurobindo Studies on August 15, 2008 and emphasized that IGNOU will work with SACAR in drafting the MoU to formulize the partnership.

AC 44.14.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of Expert

Committee Meeting regarding IGNOU-SACAR Collaboration (Annexure-10).

Item No. 15

Any other item with the permission of the Chair.

AC 44.15.1 It was informed that the 26th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on July 10, 2008 and considered the following agenda items: ITEM NO. 1 To note the Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 25th Meeting of

the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC).

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Panchayat Level Administration and Development Programme.

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the proposal for creation of a Centre for Para-Medical Sciences in the University.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the proposal for preparing at least two assignments for each course of BSCHOT Programme.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of Certificate in Spanish Language.

ITEM NO. 6 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of B.Com. with Major in Corporate Affairs and Administration, a joint programme with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) as per the MoU.

ITEM NO. 7 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of M.Com. in Management Accounting and Financial Strategies, a joint programme with the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).

ITEM NO. 8 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of M.Com. in Business Policy and Corporate Governance, a joint programme with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) as per the MoU.

ITEM NO. 9 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of B.Com. with Major in Financial and Cost Accounting, a joint programme with the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).

ITEM NO. 10 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of the Diploma in Legal Literacy.

ITEM NO. 11 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sales Management.

ITEM NO. 12 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Competency Certificate

in Power Distribution.

ITEM NO. 13 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma in Analytical Chemistry.

ITEM NO. 14 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma in Acupuncture.

ITEM NO. 15 To consider and approve the guidelines for credit transfer for the

courses in M.Sc. (MACS) programme. ITEM NO. 16 To consider and approve the modalities and methodology of submission

and evaluation of project report of “Project (BCEP-060) course” of DCLE (G) programme.

ITEM NO. 17 To consider and approve the proposal for launching a one year Certificate for Diabetes Community Worker programme from January, 2009.

ITEM NO. 18 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management (PGCIPM) to be launched online.

ITEM NO. 19 To consider and approve the Re-structuring of Programme Structure of DCLE (G) Programme.

AC 44.15.2 The Chairman further informed the decisions taken on all the above items. The Academic Council noted the decisions taken and approved the same. The Minutes of the 26th Meeting of the ACSC is placed at Annexure-11 (without appendices).

AC.44.15.3 The Chairman invited suggestions from the members. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS suggested that on joining of RTAs in the School, the disciplines like Psychology and Anthropology may be started in the School of Social Sciences. Prof. P.R.Ramanujam suggested that the disciplines like Geography in School of Sciences, Philosophy and Astrology in School of Humanities may also be started. The Courses like Videography may also be launched through School of Journalism and New Media Studies. It was suggested that a committee may examine the matters relating to introduction of new disciplines and housing them in the Schools of Studies concerned. The Chairman desired that members may send suo motto suggestions to him and actively participate in developing new academic activities in the University. Prof. O.P.Mishra, Pro-Vice Chancellor suggested that the University should involve those people who were associated with the University at its initial stages in developing the courses and IGNOU should make a network of the persons associated with the University during the last 20 years.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

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FORTY FIFTH MEETING

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ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

OCTOBER 24, 2008

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY FIFTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON OCTOBER 24, 2008 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present:

93. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 94. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Member 95. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 96. Prof. M.L.Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 97. Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 98. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 99. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 100. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 101. Prof. Manoharl Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 102. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA - Ex-officio Member 103. Prof. B.B.Khanna, SOMS - Member 104. Dr. Amrita Nigam, Reader, SOS - Member 105. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE - Member 106. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 107. Dr. Sutapa Bose, Lecturer, SOE - Member 108. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 109. Shri Z. Yanthan, Lecturer, SOSS - Member 110. Sh. V.V.Subrahmanyam, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 111. Sh. S.K.Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 112. Prof. M. Aslam, Director (I/c), NCIDE - Member 113. Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, , Director (I/c), IUC - Member 114. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), NCDA - Member 115. Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian - Member 116. Prof. S.S.Rathi - Member 117. Prof. K.K. Mohammed Yusuff - Member 118. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 119. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 120. Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy, RD, Delhi-1 - Member 121. Prof. N.V.Narasimham, Director (I/c), ACD - Ex-officio Member

Secretary Prof. Rita Rani Paliwal & Prof. Pandav Nayak attended the meeting on behalf of Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH, & Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS respectively. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC, Dr. D. K. Choudhry, PVC, Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC, Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Director, SOL, Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. S.Sadagopan, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Vijay

Kapur, Prof. Arvind Kumar, Prof. S. Siva kumar, Prof. C.Thangamuthu, Shri Ravi Kanth, Joint Director, EMPC could not attend the meeting. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED and Shri K. Laxman, Registrar, SRD attended the meeting as a Special Invitees. Shri K.D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, Academic Coordination Division was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 45th meeting of the Academic Council. He informed that during the two years of his joining as Vice-Chancellor of this university in October 2006, there were 10 meetings of the Academic Council and a number of crucial decisions have been taken during these meetings. He thanked the members for their cooperation in transacting the business effectively during the meetings and also giving valuable suggestions from time to time in the formulation of new policies and practices. The Chairman thanked and placed on record significant contributions made by the outgoing members Prof. Basir Ahmed Khan, PVC, Prof. S.B. Arora, Director, SOHS, Prof. P. Srinivas Kumar, Director, SOET, Prof. N.V. Narasimham, Director, SOMS, Prof. Pushpalata Tripathi, Reader in Life Sciences, SOS, Prof. Bimla Kapoor (before her appointment as Director, SOHS). He welcomed the new members Prof. Bimla Kapoor (as Director, SOHS) Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS, Dr. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET and Dr. Amrita Nigam, Members. Then the Chairman asked the Member Secretary to present the agenda items. The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 44th Meeting of the Academic

Council and to note the action taken thereon

AC 45.1.1 It was informed that the minutes of the 44th Meeting of the Academic Council held on July 11, 2008 were circulated among the members, and Prof. P. Ramanujam sent a note clarifying that, as recorded in Item No: AC 44.15.3, he did not suggest starting of Astrology Discipline in School of Social Sciences, but he suggested Psychology Discipline. The same was noted. The Council noted the action taken report on the minutes of its 44th Meeting held on July 11, 2008.

AC 45.1.2 The Academic Council confirmed the minutes (Annexure - 1 without appendices) of its 44th Meeting and noted the action taken report on the Minutes.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 27th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC).

AC 45.2.1 Prof. N.V. Narasimham, Member Secretary informed that the 27th

Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee was held on August 25, 2008. It considered and approved the following major items:

♦ Proposal of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia to offer Dual Degree Programme of Ph.D. by IGNOU and QUT.

♦ Minimum cut off percentage in OPENMAT Entrance Test of Management Programme.

♦ The matter relating to creation of discipline of Architecture in SOET.

♦ Criteria for admission to the Management Programmes and other related issues.

♦ To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for M.Phil/Ph.D Programmes in Political Science.

♦ Norms for conducting of Practical Counselling Sessions. ♦ Modification of the nomenclature of PG Certificate in

Patent to PG Certificate in Patent Practice. ♦ Phase-3 Form for the “Certificate in Poultry Farming”- a

joint programme with the IGNOU Regional Centre, Aizwal (Mizoram).

♦ Phase-3 Form of the “Post Graduate Diploma in Plantation Management”.

AC 45.2.2 The Academic Council considered the minutes of the 27th Meeting of

the ACSC and approved its decisions.

ITEM NO. 3

To consider and approve the change of admission session of the PGDMCH programme from January to July Session.

AC 45.3.1 It was presented that the School of Health Sciences had submitted a proposal for change of admission session of the PG Diploma in Maternal and Child Health (PGDMCH) from January to July session.

AC 45.3.2 Dr. T.K. Jena, Programme Coordinator, explained that currently students are admitted for January session and they appear for term-end examinations in December. Due to practical difficulties experienced in conducting practicals in December, Faculty decided to change the admission cycle to July session from 2009. Further, it is proposed to extend the duration of the January 2008 batch upto June 2009. This proposal was approved by the School Board in its 34th meeting held on 29th May, 2008. It was pointed out by Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED that

admission process for January, 2009 session is in progress and few applications have already being received for PGDMCH. Prof Jena clarified that, if the proposal is approved by the Academic Council, the School will write to all applicants asking their choice for refund of the fees paid by them or to reschedule their admission for July 2009 session.

AC 45.3.3 After considering all the implications, the Academic Council approved the proposal for change of admission cycle of the PGDMCH from January session to July session in 2009, and extend the session of the January 2008 batch upto June 2009. Further, it was decided that the School of Health Sciences should initiate necessary action to resolve all problems arising out of this change.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the recommendations of the Committee for Examining proposals for introduction of new discipline and housing them in appropriate Schools of Studies.

AC 45.4.1 It was presented that the Academic Council at its 44th Meeting held on July 11, 2008, vide Resolution No. AC 44.15.3, decided to constitute a committee to examine the proposals for introduction of new disciplines and housing them in the Schools concerned in detail and make recommendations. The Vice-Chancellor had constituted a Committee with Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC, as the Chairperson, to look into the issues involved. The Committee met thrice and made its recommendations for consideration and approval of the Academic Council (Annexure - 2).

AC 45.4.2 The Members discussed the recommendations of the Committee at length in the light of the recommendations of the 2nd Meeting of the Planning Board (functioning as Academic Council at that time) held on January 10, 1989, and identified some disciplines in which no work has been done so far.

AC 45.4.3 After a thorough discussion, the Academic Council identified some disciplines and their housing in the Schools concerned, as detailed below:

1) School of Social Sciences i. Psychology ii. Anthropology

2) School of Sciences

i. Biochemistry ii. Statistics iii. Geography iv. Geology

3) School of Continuing Education

i. Home Sciences (in addition to the existing disciplines Viz., Nutritional Sciences, and Child Development)

4) School of Engineering and Technology

i. Architecture and Design ii. Aeronautical Engineering iii. Marine Studies

5) School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies i. Environmental Studies

Further, the Academic Council decided to create the core faculty positions of one Professor, two Readers and four Lecturers as per each of the above disciplines. The Academic Council authorized the Chairman to make further changes, if required.

AC 45.4.4 In the context of creating new disciplines, the Chairman informed the House that the University had initiated few academic programmes and training activities in collaboration with the corporates such as IBM, Hero Honda, Accenture, IT companies and Insurance agencies. There are enquiries from Corporate Sector requesting the university to organize corporate training programmes for capacity building in various sectors. Therefore, he emphasized the need to create a Centre for this purpose. After detailed discussion on this issue, the AC approved the following:

i. Creation of “Centre for Corporate Education and Training” ii. The ‘Centre’ shall take up short term training programmes

on demand from corporate sector. Depending on the nature of the training programme conducted, all schools or the Schools concerned, shall be involved in the training programmes

iii. The ‘Centre’ shall be governed by a ‘Management

Committee’ comprising some faculty members from Schools concerned as well as representatives of the Corporate Sector and by a coordinator appointed for a period of 3 years in the Professor Grade.

The Chairman then informed the House that he has to attend an urgent meeting and he requested Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-

Chancellor present at the Meeting to chair the further proceedings of the Council.

ITEM NO. 5 ITEM NO. 6

To consider and approve the Phase-3 form for the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management.

AND To consider and approve the Phase-3 form for the Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management.

AC 45.5&6.1 It was informed that the School of Engineering & Technology is developing Post Graduate Diploma and Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management in collaboration with the Institute of Industrial Management for Safety, Health & Environment, Bhopal. The School proposed Phase-3 forms for the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management and Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management. The same were approved by the School Board in its 32nd Meeting held on 8th September, 2008.

AC 45.5&6.2 Prof. Subhasis Maji, Coordinator of the Programmes, explained the salient features of design and delivery system of both the programmes. He clarified various queries raised by members regarding the target group, fee structure, evaluation methodology, etc. During the discussion it was pointed that these programmes are of one year duration and 60 credits course work was proposed as against the University norms of 32 to 36 credits. Programme Coordinator clarified that these Diplomas shall be delivered in the face-to-face mode and the credits mentioned are in terms of teaching hours. If the credits are presented in terms of study hours, as is the case with IGNOU programmes, the credit load of the Diplomas will still be the same. Members strongly opined that the credit load should be reassessed and recorded in the Phase 3 Form, by reflecting the credit load of the course work in terms of study hours as per the University norms. They also noted that the B.Sc. Nautical Science programme, run in the same mode by the same School, has the credit load as per the University norms in terms of the University’s definition of credit.

AC 45.5&6.3 The Academic Council, after discussing the matter in detail, deferred its decision on both the items i.e., AC 45.5 and AC 45.6. The Academic Council suggested to the Programme Coordinator to work out the credit load of the courses as per the University norms and take approval of the School Board before resubmitting to the Academic Council.

ITEM NO.7 To note for information the decision of the School Board of School

of Continuing Education (SOCE) for location of the discipline of Women’s Studies in the New School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS).

AC 45.7.1 It was informed that the Academic Council at its 43rd Meeting held on April 5, 2008 decided that the matter pertaining to the location of the disciplines of Nutritional Sciences and Child Development should be first discussed in the School Board of the School of Continuing Education and thereafter in the School Board of Gender and Development Studies.

AC 45.7.2 The Director, SOCE informed that, as per the directions of the Academic Council, the matter was discussed by the School Board at its 37th Meeting held on September 12, 2008 and re-affirmed its earlier decision to have the discipline of Nutritional Sciences and Child Development located in the School of Continuing Education. Regarding Women’s Studies programmes, it was noted that the programmes have been already relocated and would be developed under the School of Gender and Development Studies, where the discipline of Women’s studies is housed.

AC 45.7.3 The Academic Council noted, and approved, the decision of the School Board of SOCE regarding the location of the Discipline of Nutritional Sciences and the Discipline of Child Development in the School of Continuing Education and the location of the programmes related to Women Studies in the School of Gender & Development Studies.

ITEM NO.8 To consider transfer of Post of Professor in Women’s Education (with specialization in Women’s Studies) from School of Continuing Education to the newly established School of Gender and Development Studies.

AC 45.8.1 Member Secretary informed that at the 42nd Meeting of the Academic Council, it was decided to transfer several programmes from SOCE to various new schools, as these schools would be the “natural homes” for the relevant programmes. Thus, M..Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Women’s Studies in SOCE were transferred to the School of Gender and Development Studies. which have till date been developed by the Women’s Education faculty in SOCE. Now SOCE is proposing the transfer of Post of Professor in Women’s Education (specialization – in Women’s Education/ Women’s Studies or any relevant areas) from School of Continuing Education to the newly established School of Gender and Development Studies.

AC 45.8.2 Prof. Anu Aneja, Director, SOCE explained that the School initially comprised two disciplines viz., (1) Women Education and (2) Rural Development. The discipline of Women Education developed programmes in three disciplinary areas i.e. (a) Nutritional Sciences (Food and Nutrition), (b) Child Development and (c) Women Studies. Recently School of Gender and Development Studies was established with three disciplines specified viz., (i) Gender Studies (ii) Women Studies and (iii) Development Studies. In consonance with the decision of the Academic Council, all the programmes in Women’s Studies in SOCE were already transferred to the School of Gender and Development Studies. Now the post of Professor in Women’s Education with a specialization in Women’s studies is existing in SOCE without congruent discipline and related programmes in SOCE. In the light of the above, a proposal for transfer of Post of Professor in Women Education (with specialization in Women Studies) from SOCE to newly established School of Gender and Development Studies is submitted for consideration of the Academic Council. It was noted that Academic Council had taken a policy decision regarding shifting of academic programmes to the new School, while there is no such policy decision regarding shifting of posts to the new schools. It was also noted that the posts was for Women’s Education with any of a variety of specialization. Thus, shifting this post would have repercussions on the faculty needs of the other disciplines in School of Continuing Education.

AC 45.8.3 In the absence of a policy decision regarding transfer of posts from one School to the another School and the post being specifically for Women’s Studies, the Academic Council deferred the decision to transfer the Post of Professor in Women’s Education from the School of Continuing Education to the newly established School of Gender and Development Studies.

ITEM NO.9 To consider and approve the proposal of School of Engineering & Technology (SOET) to allow the students of BTCM/BTWRE for appearing in all Term End Examinations TEE(s) during the validity of registration of respective courses.

AC 45.9.1 It was presented that School of Engineering and Technology is offering BTCM/BTWRE programme. Students are admitted for January cycle and they appear for Term-end examinations in December. The School proposed to permit the students of BTCM/BTWRE for appearing in term-end examinations in June without waiting for completion of minimum duration of one year for appearing in the Tern End

examinations.

AC 45.9.2 Dr. Manoj Kulshreshtha, Programme Coordinator, SOET explained the reasons for the proposal. The Registrar, SED opined that, if students are permitted to appear in the Term End examination in June for all the courses as proposed by the school, there may be a number of students who would be able to complete the programme before completion of the minimum duration of four years, which will be a violation of the Ordinance of the University. As a practical solution to the problem, it is suggested to divide the courses into two lots as January-June session and July-December session. The students may be permitted to appear in the term-end examinations of June for all the courses of January-June session. In this process it may not be possible for any student to complete the programme before the minimum duration.

AC 45.9.3 After elaborate discussion, the Academic Council agreed in principle with the suggestion to divide the courses into January – June session and July – December session and permit the students to appear in June Term-end Examination for all the January – June session courses. The AC suggested the Faculty to identify half of the courses for January-June session and remaining half for July-December session, and take the approval of the School Board.

ITEM NO.10 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for addition of new course MES-016: Educational Research (6 Credits) and increasing of Credit Value of Course MAEL-001: Practical Course from 6 to 10 Credits

AC 45.10.1 It was reported that the Academic Council at its 43rd Meeting held on April 5, 2008, while approving the minutes of the 25th Meeting of its Standing Committee held on April 2, 2008, approved the Phase – 3 Form for PG Diploma in Adult Education. It is one year diploma programme consisting of three theory courses of 6 credits each and practical course of 6 credits. Now the School of Extension and Development Studies submitted Phase Zero Form proposing to add one more 6 credits course ‘MES-016: Educational Research’ and increasing the credit weight from 6 to 10 for the practical course ‘MAEL-001 Practical Course’. With these changes, the total credits weight of the Diploma is increased to 34 credits. This was approved by the School Board of the School of Extension and Development Studies by circulation.

AC 45.10.2 Dr. M.V. Lakshmi Reddy, Programme Coordinator, gave the academic rationale for this revision in the course structure of the programme. He

also informed that the course ‘MES-016: Educational Research’ is an existing course on offer in ‘M.A Education Programme’.

AC 45.10.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for PGDAE for addition of new course ‘MES-016: Educational Research’ (6 Credits) and increasing credit value of course ‘MAEL-001: Practical Course’ from 6 to 10 Credits.

ITEM NO.11 To consider and approve the Phase-3 form for Post Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma, and Masters Programme in Development Studies 1st Year in Development Studies.

AC 45.11.1 It was presented that the School of Extension and Development Studies has submitted Phase-3 Form for Post Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma and Masters Programme in Development Studies, in a modular system. A student will receive PG Certificate after completing 1st semester courses, PG Diploma after completing 2nd semester courses and Masters Degree after completing 3rd and 4th semester courses. The proposed date for launch of first module i.e., PG Certificate in Development Studies, is July 2009.

AC 45.11.2 Dr. R.P. Singh, Programme Coordinator, explained the salient features of the programme. The members pointed out that the School Board of the School of Extension and Development Studies at its 3rd meeting held on 10th September, 2008 approved the detailed course outlines for PG Certificate in Development Studies only, where as the Phase-3 Form presented to Academic Council is seeking approvals for PG Certificate, PG Diploma and Master’s Programmes. It is further noted that detailed course outlines are presented for the first 8 courses covering a total of 32 credits.

AC 45.11.3 After discussing at length, the Academic Council decided the following: i. In principle, approval of the proposal of the School to offer PG

Certificate, PG Diploma and Masters Programme in Development Studies in a modular system;

ii. Approval of the Phase-3 form for the PG Certificate in Development Studies; and

iii. The Phase-3 Form for PG Diploma and Masters Degree

Programmes to be submitted after due approval of the School Board.

ITEM NO.12 To consider and approve the Phase-3 form for Diploma in Business

Process Outsourcing (BPO).

AC 45.12.1 It was informed that the School of Extension and Development Studies

has submitted Phase 3 Form for Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), which is being developed and delivered in collaboration with Accenture. It is proposed to launch the Diploma Programme from January/February 2009. The same was approved by the School Board in its 3rd meeting held on 10th September, 2008.

AC 45.12.2 Dr. C. G. Naidu presented the details of the programme and current status of course development. Regarding queries seeking clarifications on evaluation methodology at Serial No. 19 of Phase 3 Form, Dr. Naidu informed that it is erroneously recorded as 70% weightage for continuous evaluation and 30% weightage for term-end examinations. He asked for it to be corrected as 30% weightage for Continuous Evaluation and 70% weightage for Term End examinations.

AC 45.12.3 With the changes above, the Academic Council approved the Phase 3 (Annexure - 3) Form for Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing.

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Family Therapy and Mediation.

AC 45.13.1 It was presented that the School of Extension and Development Studies is developing Post graduate Diploma in Counselling, Family Therapy and Mediation. The main aim of the programme is to train manpower in the area of Counselling and Family Therapy. Phase-3 Form was approved by the School Board at its 3rd meeting held on 10th September, 2008.

AC 45.13.2 Dr. Amiteshwar Ratra, Programme Coordinator, explained the salient features of the programme and clarified the queries of the members. She clarified that the programme will be launched from July 2009 session, instead of January 2009 proposed in the Phase Form. The Programme Coordinator was suggested to develop audio/video programmes simultaneously and keep them ready along with the print materials, for which she agreed.

AC 45.13.3 The Academic Council considered and approved Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Counselling, Family Therapy and Mediation (Annexure - 4).

ITEM NO.14 To consider and approve the Phase-3 forms for Programmes related to Aurobindo Studies.

AC 45.14.1 It was presented that IGNOU signed MoU with Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advance Research (SACAR) for offering programmes related to

Sri Aurobindo. Accordingly, the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies had prepared the following programmes in collaboration with SACAR: 1. Certificate Programme: Introduction of Sri Aurobindo Studies 2. PG Diploma in Studies in Indian Culture 3. PG Diploma in Integral Education 4. Master of Sri Aurobindo Studies 5. M. Phil in Sri Aurobindo Studies 6. Ph.D. in Sri Aurobindo Studies These Programmes were already been launched by the University on 15th September, 2008 at a function on the birthday of Sri Aurobindo by Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

AC 45.14.2 Dr. C.G. Naidu, Nodal Officer, informed that the School Board of the School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies approved these programmes in its meeting held on 15th October, 2008. He explained the objectives and salient features of all the programmes. Course materials for all these programmes were already developed by SACAR and the programmes being delivered online by SACAR through its own portal. The IGNOU and SACAR share the fee in the proportion of 30% and 70% respectively. There was a detailed discussion regarding role played by the IGNOU, expected enrolment and viability of the programmes and desirability of launching programmes by the University on the philosophy of an individual. Since the programmes have already been launched with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, the Chairperson opined that the proposals should be considered for ratification instead of approval.

AC 45.14.3 The Academic Council considered and ratified the Phase 3 (Annexure - 5) Forms for the (1) Certificate Programme: Introduction of Sri Aurobindo Studies, (2) PG Diploma in Studies in Indian Culture, (3) PG Diploma in Integral Education, (4) Master of Sri Aurobindo Studies, (5) M. Phil in Sri Aurobindo Studies, and (6) Ph.D. in Sri Aurobindo Studies.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

of the

FORTY SIXTH MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

JANUARY 13, 2009

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110068

IGNOU

MINUTES OF THE FORTY SIXTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON JANURY 13, 2009 AT 2.30 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present:

122. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 123. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 124. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 125. Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC - Ex-officio Member 126. Prof. K.R.Srivathsan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 127. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 128. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 129. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 130. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 131. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 132. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 133. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 134. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 135. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 136. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 137. Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 138. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 139. Sh. S.K. Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 140. Prof. B.B. Khanna, SOMS - Member 141. Prof. Pity Koul, SOHS - Member 142. Prof. Subhasis Majhi, SOET - Member 143. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 144. Dr. Sutapa Bose, Lecturer, SOE - Member 145. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 146. Shri Z. Yanthan, Lecturer, SOSS - Member 147. Sh. V.V. Subrahmanyam, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 148. Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director (I/c), IUC - Member 149. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), NCDA - Member 150. Prof. Vijay Kapur - Member 151. Prof. C.Thangamuthu - Member 152. Dr. S.S. Rathi - Member 153. Prof. K.K. Mohammed Yusuff - Member 154. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan - Member 155. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya - Member 156. Prof. S. Siva Kumar - Member 157. Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy, RD, Delhi-1 - Member 158. Shri Ravi Kanth, Joint Director, EMPC - Member 159. Prof. N.V. Narasimham, Director (I/c), ACD - Member Secretary

Dr.Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED and Shri K. Laxman, Registrar, SRD

attended the meeting as Special Invitees.

Prof. M.K. Salooja and Dr. Sonia Sharma attended the meeting on behalf of Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA and Dr. Harkirat Bains, Director (I/c), SOTHSSM respectively.

Shri K.D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

Dr. D. K. Choudhry, PVC, Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE, Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. S. Sadagopan, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian and Prof. Arvind Kumar could not attend the meeting. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 46th meeting of the Academic Council and wished New Year 2009 Greetings to the members. The Chairman thanked and placed on record significant contributions made by the outgoing members Prof. Anu Aneja, Former Director, SOCE, and Dr. Amrita Nigam, SOS. He welcomed the new members Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, PVC, Prof. M. Aslam on assuming charge as Director, SOCE, Prof. C. Gajendra Naidu, Director, School Vocational Education and Training, Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, School of Journalism and New Media Studies, Dr Harkirat Bains, Director(I/c), School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Sectoral Management, Prof Pity Koul, School of Health Sciences and Prof. Subhasis Majhi, School of Engineering & Technology. Then the Chairman asked the Member Secretary to present the agenda. The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 45th Meeting of the Academic Council and

to note the action taken thereon.

AC 46.1.1 The Member Secretary presented that the Minutes of the 45th Meeting of the Academic Council held on October 24, 2008 were circulated among the members and comments were received from two members Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS and Prof. Amrita Nigam, SOS regarding recording of

the decision in resolution No. AC 45.4.3. The Member Secretary also informed that the Action taken report on the resolutions of the 45th Meeting of the Academic Council is placed at Annexure 2 of the agenda item.

AC 46.1.2 As per the resolution No. AC 45.4.3. of the Minutes of the 45th meeting, the discipline of ‘Environmental Studies’ was assigned to the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies. According to Prof. Sunita Malhotra and Prof. Amrita Nigam the decision of AC was to assign the discipline of Environmental Studies to the School of Sciences. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC expressed that, during the discussions there was a suggestion from Director, SOS to assign the discipline to SOS, but the final decision of the AC was to assign it to SOITS, as recorded in the minutes and circulated. Prof. K. R. Srivathsan, PVC and few other members expressed the view that the discipline of ‘Environmental Studies’ shall cover various developmental and social issues besides Science. Therefore, it is more appropriate to assign to SOITS rather than SOS. After detailed discussion, the AC concluded that the decision recorded in resolution No. AC 45.4.3. of the minutes assigning the discipline of ‘Environmental Studies’ to SOITS was correct and there is no need to change it as suggested by the two members.

AC. 46.1.3 Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH, stated that the School of Humanities at present comprises of Editorial Unit and two disciplines i.e. Hindi and English. In view of the registration of RTAs for Ph.D. in various Indian languages, there is an immediate requirement to introduce more disciplines in Indian Languages, particularly Sanskrit, in the School of Humanities. This is further more important Members opined that the Item is confirmation of the Minutes of 45th meeting of AC. Any proposal to start new disciplines should come as an item and should be discussed separately. However, during discussion the need to start Indian Languages was overwhelmingly appreciated. It was also noted that the University had taken decision to start programmes in all Indian languages long back.

Ac 46.1.4 The Academic Council confirmed the Minutes (Annexure 1 without appendices) of its 45th Meeting and noted the action taken report. The Academic Council decided to create a separate Centre of Indian Languages with full academic autonomy like any School of Studies to start academic programmes in Indian language.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the minutes of the 28th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee (ACSC) held on November 4, 2008

AC 46.2.1 The Member-Secretary informed that the 28th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on November 4, 2009. It considered and approved the following major items : • To ratify the action taken by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of approval for

Introduction of Entrance Examination for admission to MCA and BCA Programmes.

• To ratify the action taken by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of approval for Reduction of pass percentage from 50% to 40% for courses of MCA (Revised) and BCA Programmes

• To ratify the action taken by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of approval for

Reduction of pass percentage from 50% to 40% for courses of MCA (Revised) and BCA Programmes

• Decoupling of CIC/CIT for admission to BCA and MCA programmes.

(i) To ratify the action taken by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of approval of Phase-3 form of Certificate in Information Technology (CIT)

(ii) To consider the eligibility conditions for academic counselors of Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) for approval.

(iii) To consider the Software requirements for Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) for approval.

(iv) To consider the machine to student ratio for Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) for approval.

(v) To consider the evaluation pattern for Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) for approval

(vi) To consider the withdrawal of Certificate in Computing (CIC) programme.

• To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the Certificate/Diploma in

Population and Development Education. • To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the Certificate/Diploma in

Handmade Paper Items. • To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the Certificate in

Communicative Skill for BPO, ITeS & Related Sectors. • Approval of Phase-3 form of M.Phil in Computer Science. AND Approval of Phase-3 form of Ph.D programme in Computer Science.

• Rounding off decimal point in the Grade Card/Mark sheet. • To consider the ratify the Action taken by the Vice- Chancellor for one

time extension permitting students who have completed their programme before 27th October, 2007 for Improving their division/marks in December, 2008 Term End Examination.

• Approval of Phase-3 form for Certificate Programme for Home Based

Care Providers. • Approvals for modification of criteria for selection of Programme Study

Centre (PSC), Selection of Counsellors and the Programme Incharges of Certificate in Health Care Waste Management (CHCWM).

• Approval of change in name of the practical Course of Course 3 and course

4 of PG Certificate in Oral Implantology (PGCOI). • Approval of Extension of session of the first batch of PGCE and PGCOI. • To consider and approve the syllabus of Certificate of Proficiency in Urdu

Languages. • To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for ‘Diploma in Urdu

Language’. • To consider and approve the Elective Courses in Urdu Language and

Literature for the BDP Programme. • To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for Foundation Course in

Bhojpuri’ for the Bachelors Degree Programme (BDP). • To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for the ‘Certificate in Leather

Goods Making (CLGM)’. • To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the ‘B. Tech. (Aeronautical

Engineering)’. • To consider and approve the launching of IGNOU Courses using NPTEL

content and related Capacity Building Programmes. • To consider and approve the proposal for inclusion of Shatranj Ke Khelari

in place of Dudh Ka Dam in EHD-01 course. • To consider and approve the ‘Open and Distance Learning – Pedagogy,

Science and Technology’, a Module for Distance Learners developed by

STRIDE, as an essential reading for Learners of IGNOU. • To consider and approve Phase Zero Form for a poetry based course

‘Samkalin Kavita’, an elective course for M.A (Hindi) 2nd year.

AC 46.2.3 Regarding resolution No ACSC 28.3.3, Registrar (SED) suggested to replace the words ‘who first time qualify to appear in term end examinations’ with the words ‘who have taken admission in BCA and MCA programmes from July 2008 cycle’. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS, emphasized that the revised pass percentage should be maintained from December 2008 Term-end Examination. Hence there is no need to change the said Resolution of the ACSC.

After discussion, the Academic Council resolved not to change the resolution No ACSC 28.3.3.

AC 46.2.4 The Academic Council considered and approved the minutes (Annexure 2 without appendices) of the 28th Meeting of ACSC held on November 4, 2008.

ITEM NO. 3

To ratify the Action Taken by the Vice-Chancellor on PG Diploma Programme on “Capacity Building of Principals of Higher Education Institutions of Gujarat”

AC 46.3.1 It was presented that the Commissioner of Higher Education, Government of Gujarat approached the University to launch Post Graduate Diploma on Capacity Building of Principals of Higher Education Institutions of Gujarat. The VC asked STRIDE to design and develop the programme.

AC 46.3.2 Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE and Dr. Madhu Prahar, STRIDE explained that a five member Committee, headed by the Vice-Chancellor was constituted to design the programme. After a series of discussions with the Commissioner of Higher Education, Gujarat Government, few selected college Principals and the faculty of STRIDE, a document on action plan has been submitted. The Vice-Chancellor also explained the genesis and the salient features of the action plan. He further stated that this programme is being developed in the Project mode to be completed within one year and the funding of the project will be from the Gujarat Government.

AC 46.3.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Action Plan and proposal for launching PG Diploma Programme on “Capacity Building of Principals of Higher Education Institutions of Gujarat” (Annexure - 3).

ITEM NO. 4 To consider co-option of Members under clause 1 (viii) of Statute 9.

AC 46.4.1 The Member-Secretary informed that the two years term of office of the following 14 members of the Academic Council co-opted under provisions of Statute 9 Clause (1) (viii) will be expiring on February 23, 2009: 1. Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore. 2. Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, IIIT, Bangalore. 3. Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University,

Bhubaneshwar. 4. Prof. Kamlesh Mohan, Professor of Modern History, Punjab University,

Chandigarh. 5. Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian, Department of History, University of Delhi. 6. Prof. Vijay Kapoor, Faculty of Management Studies, University of

Delhi. 7. Dr. S. S. Rathi, Delhi. 8. Prof. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts,

Delhi. 9. Prof. C. Thangamuthu, Chennai. 10. Prof. Anil Bhattacharya, Kolkata. 11. Prof. K.K. Mohammed Yusuff, Kochi, Kerala. 12. Prof. Aravind Kumar, Department of Physics, Mumbai. 13. Prof. Sridhar Gadre, University of Pune. 14. Prof. S. Sivakumar, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.

The provisions of Statute 9 Clause (1) (viii) provides as follows:

“Not less than ten persons who are not employees of University, co-opted by the Academic Council for their special knowledge including representatives of employees organizations, industries, trade and commerce, academic and professional organizations, communication field etc.”

The matter is placed before the Academic Council to co-opt new members for a term of two years starting from February 24, 2009.

AC 46.4.2 The Chairman then asked members to suggest eminent persons for co-option under the provisions mentioned above. The members suggested the following names: 1. Prof. N. Mukunda, Hon. Professor, Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore. 2. Prof. Mahendra Dev, Director, Centre for Economic & Social Studies,

Hyderabad. 3. Mr. George Mathew, Director Institute of Social Sciences 4. Prof. N. K. Jain, CEO & Secretary, ICSI, New Delhi

5. Prof. K.P. Singh, GB Pant Agricultural University 6. Prof. Uma Alladi, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad 7. Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, IIT, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. 8. Dr. D.K. Datta 9. Prof. Ramamohan Rao, Department of Business Management, Andhra

University, Vishakhapatnam. 10. Dr. K.B. Peter, Member-Secretary, World Noni Research Foundation,

Chennai 11. Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 12. Prof. L.Venugopal Reddy, Former Vice Chancellor, Andhra University

and Acharya Nagarjuna University 13. Prof. Khannan Mourgalya 14. Prof. Devi Singh 15. Dr. Srivastva, Director General Health Services, New Delhi 16. Prof. S.P. Singh (Retd.) Kurukshetra University

AC 46.4.3. The Academic Council authorized the Vice Chancellor to consider the above

panel of 16 members and decide the final list of 14 members to co-opt under Statute 9 Clause (1) (viii).

ITEM NO. 5 To report for ratification of the Action taken by the Vice-Chancellor

regarding “Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management Programme”.

AC 46.5.1 It was presented that the School of Engineering & Technology, in collaboration with the Institute of Industrial Management for Safety, Health and Environment Management, Bhopal is developing Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management. The Phase 3 forms for these programmes were placed before the Academic Council at its 45th meeting. The Academic Council deferred the Item and suggested to work out the credit load of these courses as per the University norms and take approval of the School Board before resubmitting to the Academic Council.

AC 46.5.2 The Programme Coordinator Prof. Subhasis Maji informed that the Phase 3 forms for both Diploma and PG Diploma were revised as per University Norms. Since the programme was developed in collaboration and students were admitted, the Vice-Chancellor approved the launch of these programmes and directed for taking necessary steps for timely conduct of examinations subject to the condition that it may be reported to the Academic Council at its next meeting. Accordingly, modified Phase 3 Forms of these programmes duly approved by the Vice-Chancellor were circulated in the meeting itself.

AC 46.5.3 In this context, the Chairman expressed that the process of seeking approval of Phase 3 form by the AC is taking a long time and causing delays in

launching of the Programmes. He asked the members to deliberate on the issue of delegation of powers of the Academic Council for approval upto Phase 3 Forms to the respective School Board. He further suggested that the detailed programme structure may be reported to the AC when the programme is ready for launch.

AC 46.5.4 The suggestion by the Chairman was discussed at length and the members appreciated the view of the Vice-Chancellor to empower the School Boards by delegating the powers of the Academic Council to approve the Phase 3 forms of the Programmes.

AC 46.5.5 The Academic Council ratified the action by the Vice-Chancellor regarding launching of Diploma and PG Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management Programmes and approved the modified Phase 3 Forms for the same (Annexure-4). The Academic Council decided to delegate its powers regarding approval up to Phase 3 Forms to the School Boards concerned with the directions that it should be reported to the Academic Council when the programme is ready for launch.

ITEM NO.6 To note for information the decisions taken by the Research Council at its 12th meeting held on July 9, 2008.

AC 46.6.1 The Member-Secretary informed that the 12th Meeting of the Research Council was held on July 9, 2009 and the Council considered the following items: • To consider and approve the Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of the

Research Council’s Standing Committee held on 9th April, 2008 and note the action taken thereon.

• To consider and approve the matter relating to the award of Ph.D Degree to Ms. Nisha Peshin (Enrol. No. 024957627) in Education.

• To consider and approve the Minutes of the Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for finalizing the procedure for enrolment of students in the Ph.D Programme and their follow up once after enrolment in consonance with the Ordinance of Research Degree Programme.

• Minutes of the Fifth meeting of the Research Council's Standing Committee held on July 8, 2008.

AC 46.6.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the decisions taken by the

Research Council at its 12th meeting held on July 9, 2008 (Annexure 5 without appendices).

ITEM NO. 7 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) to offer its own Academic Programmes.

AC 46.7.1 It was presented that the Staff Training and Research in Distance Education (STRIDE) proposed to offer its own Academic Programmes, which was permitted by the Vice Chancellor.

AC 46.7.2 Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director STRIDE explained the proposal in detail. During the discussion, the Chairman expressed the view that it will be in the fitness of the things in the present scenario to permit the Centers and Divisions which have the faculty and capacity, to develop programmes in the disciplines which are not located in any of the Schools of Studies.

AC 46.7.3 After a detailed discussion, the Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) to offer its own Academic Programmes.

AC. 46.7.4 The AC further decided to empower STRIDE and various Centres like NCDS, CEE, NCIDE and the Centre for Corporate Education & Training to offer their own programmes like any School of Studies with due constitution of School Board like academic committees in these various Centres.

ITEM NO.8 To consider the collaborative academic activities with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and the recommendations of the clauses in the MoU between Rehabilitation Council (RCI) of India and IGNOU.

AC 46.8.1 It was presented that the University had signed a MoU with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) on September 18, 2007 for collaboration between the University and RCI to make joint efforts in promoting and implementing Extension, Training and Education for empowerment of special target groups of people with disabilities.

AC 46.8.2 Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director (I/c), National Centre for Disability Studies explained the features of the proposal with particular reference to clause 3 of the MoU to promote the various programmes under the purview of the Council in collaboration with the School of Continuing Education or School of Rehabilitation Sciences /Disability Division that will be established by IGNOU or with any other School of IGNOU. Specific cost sharing mechanism related to each programme will be worked out separately as and when required.

AC 46.8.3 The Academic Council appreciated the initiative while approving the MoU and decided to establish the School of Rehabilitation Sciences.

ITEM NO.9 To note for information regarding the functioning of the Centre for Corporate Education and Training.

AC 46.9.1 It was presented that the Academic Council at its 45th Meeting held on 24.10.2008 proposed and approved creation of Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy. The same was approved by the Board of Management at its 97th Meeting held on 19.11.2008 and appointed Professor-OSD and Coordinator In-charge of the Centre. As approved by the Academic Council and Board of Management, the Centre shall be managed by a Managing Committee comprising some faculty members from concerned schools and representatives of corporate sector. The first meeting to prepare the road map for the Centre was held on 2nd January, 2009. A copy of the Minutes of the meeting is placed at (Annexure-6). Based on the deliberations in the meeting, the Vice-Chancellor proposed to go ahead with the activities of the Centre.

AC 46.9.2 The Academic Council noted the information and the recommendations of the Expert Committee on the functioning of the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy and approved the recommendations for implementation.

ITEM NO.10 .To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor regarding PG Diploma in Disability Management for Medical Practitioners.

AC 46.10.1 It was presented that an MoU was signed between IGNOU and Rehabilitation Council of India as mentioned at Item No. 8 above. As per this MoU, NCDS proposed for launching PG Diploma in Disability Management (PGDDM) for Medical Practitioners from January 2009.

AC 46.10.2 Dr. S.K. Prasad Deputy Director NCDS, who is the Programme Coordinator, explained the salient features of the Programme. Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Disability Management for Medical Practitioners is presented for consideration and approval of the Academic Council.

AC 46.10.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving PG Diploma in Disability Management for Medical Practitioners and approved the Phase 3 form .(Annexure-7) with the directions to include the suggestions, if any, received from the members.

ITEM NO.11 Recognition of NCDS for developing and launching programmes of study in the various areas of Disability.

AC. 46.11.1 It was presented that NCDS proposed to offer its own programmes in the Disability Sector.

AC. 46.11.2 As already decided under Item No 7 above empowering various Centres including NCDS to offer their own programmes, the proposal has been approved.

ITEM NO 12 To consider and approve the proposal for changing the name of the SOTHSSM

AC 46.12.1 It was presented that the faculty members of the School of Tourism Hospitality and Services Sector Management at their School Council meeting held on 24th December, 2008 suggested to change the name of the School as ‘School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management (SOTHSM)’.

AC 46.12.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for changing the name of the School of Tourism Hospitality and Services Sector Management as the ‘School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management (SOTHSM)’

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the procedure for ascertaining the equivalence of International Degrees/Diplomas for the purpose of IGNOU admissions.

AC 46.13.1 It was presented that IGNOU has been offering its Programmes abroad through its Partner Institutions. While receiving applications for admission, International Division is ascertaining the equivalence of the Degrees/Diplomas of the International Universities as per the guidelines of the Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU). The International Division observed that, though some institutions abroad are having permission of their respective Ministries of Higher Education of the country to offer Degrees/Diplomas, they are not listed in the AIU Notifications as equivalent to the Indian Universities’ Degrees/Diplomas. International Division has been rejecting such Degrees/Diplomas for the purposes of admission, though the Partner Institutions are providing documentary evidences of the status of such International Universities/Institutions. In this regard, the process of obtaining confirmation/denial from AIU is taking a very long time.

AC 46.13.2 In the light of the above, the International Division proposed that the status of such unlisted Institutions/Universities be ascertained through the Indian Missions in the respective countries. If an applicant gets verification of his eligibility in the form of endorsement on his Degree/Diploma from the Indian Mission in the country concerned, it reduces the application processing time and there will be no need to refer the matter to AIU.

AC 46.13.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal with a condition that such verifications of equivalence of International Degrees/Diplomas should be placed before the Equivalence Committee of the University.

ITEM NO.14 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in Regularizing the Matter of Conducting the Integrated Ph.D. programme in Physics in Collaboration with Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore

through the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies

AC 46.14.1 It was presented that the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies proposed to offer an integrated Ph. D programme in Physics in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) Bangalore. The Phase Forms for the same, approved by the Vice Chancellor, are placed before the Academic Council for ratification.

AC 46.14.2 Dr. C. K. Ghosh, Programme Coordinator explained the salient features and detailed syllabus of the Programme. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS said that the Physics discipline is located in the School of Sciences and the discipline is planning to offer M.Sc programme in Physics. Therefore, it may not be appropriate to offer integrated Ph. D programme in Physics from the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies. It was clarified that the proposed integrated Ph. D programme in Physics was decided long back when the School of Sciences had no plan of launching M.Sc. Physics. Since the School of Sciences is now planning to offer M.Sc. (Physics), the Chairman asked Dr. Ghosh whether the nomenclature of the proposed programme could be Integrated Ph. D in Astrophysics. Dr. Ghosh informed that he would consult the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) Bangalore in this matter.

AC 46.14.3 The Academic Council considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in regularizing the matter of conducting Integrated Ph.D. programme in Physics in Collaboration with Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore through the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies. It was further decided to locate the said programme in SOS, if the Physics faculty so desires.

ITEM NO.15 To consider and approve the Phase- 3 form for PG Certificate in Security Operations and PG Diploma in Security Operations.

AC 46.15.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted Phase-3 form for PG Certificate in Security Operations and PG Diploma in Security Operations in collaboration with Security Services Council of India (SSCI). The Phase 3 forms were approved by the School Board of SOVET at its 5th Meeting held on 17th December, 2008.

AC 46.15.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of the programme and replied the queries of the members relating to higher fees etc. He informed that these programmes will be fully residential and the students will be paid a stipend of Rs.8,000 per month.

AC 46.15.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Forms

(Annexure-8) for the PG Certificate in Security Operations and PG Diploma in Security Operations.

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the Phase- 3 form for Certificate Programme in Jewellery Designing.

AC 46.16.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted the Phase 3 Form for Certificate in Jewellery Designing. The Phase 3 Form was approved by the School Board of SOVET at its 5th Meeting held on 17th December, 2008.

AC 46.16.2 Dr. K.D. Prasad, Regional Director, City Centre and Programme Coordinator, explained the salient features of the Programme.

AC 46.16.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure-9) for the Certificate in Jewellery Designing.

ITEM NO.17 To consider and approve the modified Phase-3 form of PG Diploma in Agriculture Policy (PGDAP).

AC 46.17.1 The School of Agriculture resubmitted the modified the modified Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Agriculture Policy (PGDAP), as advised by the ACSC. The modified Phase-3 form of the same was approved by the School Board of SOA at its 10th Meeting held on 17th November 2008.

AC 46.17.2 Prof. M.K. Salooja, Programme Coordinator, explained the objectives and detailed structure of the Programme.

AC 46.17.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the modified Phase-3 Form PG Diploma in Agriculture Policy (Annexure-10).

ITEM NO.18 To consider and approve the Proposal for Creation of Disciplines in the School of Agriculture.

AC 46.18.1 The School of Agriculture had submitted a proposal for creation of three new disciplines namely (i) Agriculture Production System (ii) Agriculture Economics and Extension and (iii) Food Science Technology. The School Board of SOA, at its 10th Meeting held on 17th November,2008, approved the proposal for creation of these three disciplines.

AC 46.18.2 Prof. M.K. Salooja, explained the details of the proposal and need for creation of these new disciplines.

AC 46.18.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for creation of three new disciplines in principle. However, creation of positions shall be taken up later looking at the revenue model and sustainability.

ITEM NO.19 To consider and approve the syllabus of the new course entitled

“Theoretical Introduction to Democracy” proposed by the Faculty of Political Science along with Phase Zero Form.

AC 46.19.1 The faculty of Political Science, SOSS, submitted Phase Zero Form for introducing a new course entitled “Theoretical Introduction to Democracy” in MPS. The same was approved by the School Board of SOSS at its 44th Meeting held on 22nd October 2008.

AC 46.19.2 Dr Jagapal Singh, Course Proposer, explained the detailed contents of the new course.

AC 46.19.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for the new course entitled “Theoretical Introduction to Democracy”(Annexure-11).

ITEM NO.20 To consider and approve the revised (New Syllabus of the Course “Government and Politics in India (EPS-12)” and the Phase Zero Form for the revision of the Course submitted by the Faculty of Political Science.

AC 46.20.1 The faculty of Political Science, School of Social Sciences had submitted Phase Zero Form for the revised syllabus of the course ‘EPS- 12: Government and Politics in India’. The same was approved by the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on 22nd October 2008.

AC 46.20.2 Dr Jagapal Singh, Course Proposer explained the details of the revised syllabus of the course.

AC 46.20.3 The Academic Council considered and approved Phase Zero Form of revised syllabus of the Course ‘EPS-12: Government and Politics in India’ (Annexure-12).

ITEM NO.21 To consider and approve the course structure of the course entitled “Urbanization in India” as an optional course of Master in History (MAH) proposed by the faculty of History.

AC 46.21.1 The faculty of History, School of Social Sciences had submitted Phase Zero Form of a new Course entitled “Urbanization in India” as an optional course of Master in History (MAH). The same was approved by the School Board of School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22, 2008.

AC 46.21.2 Dr. Abha Singh, Course Proposer explained the details of the course structure.

AC 46.21.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form of the course entitled “Urbanization in India”, an optional course of Master in History (MAH) (Annexure-13).

ITEM NO.22 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Economics.

AC 46.22.1 The faculty of Economics, School of Social Sciences had submitted evaluation methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil /Ph.D programme in Economics. The same was approved by the School of the School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22, 2008.

AC 46.22.2 Dr. Narayan Prasad, Programme Coordinator, explained the details of proposed evaluation methodology.

AC 46.22.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Evaluation Methodology (Annexure-14) for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Economics.

ITEM NO.23 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for course work and dissertation for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Sociology.

AC 46.23.1 The faculty of Sociology, School of Social Sciences had submitted evaluation methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil /Ph.D programme in Sociology. The same was approved by the School of the School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22, 2008.

AC 46.23.2 Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director (SOSS) explained the features of the proposed evaluation methodology.

AC 46.23.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Evaluation Methodology (Annexure-15) for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Sociology.

ITEM NO.24 To consider and approve the modification of title of M.Phil/Ph.D. Optional Course as “Urbanization and Urban Development” in place of “Urban Society”

AC 46.24.1 The faculty of Sociology, School of Social Sciences had proposed to modify the title of M.Phil/Ph.D. Optional Course “Urban Society” as “Urbanization and Urban Development”. The same was approved by the School Board of the School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22,2008.

AC 46.24.2 Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director (SOSS) explained the rationality in changing the title of the course.

AC 46.24.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for modification of title of M.Phil./Ph.D. Optional Course as “Urbanization and Urban Development” in place of “Urban Society”.

ITEM NO.25 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for Major Revision of BLIS Programme submitted by the Discipline of Library & Information Science.

AC 46.25.1 The faculty of Library & Information Science, School of Social Sciences had submitted Phase Zero Form for major revision of Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) Programme and presented the revised curricula. The same was approved by the School Board of the SOSS at its 44th Meeting held on 22nd October 2008.

AC 46.25.2 Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director (SOSS) explained the salient features of the revised curricula.

AC 46.25.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for Major Revision of BLIS Programme submitted by the Discipline of Library & Information Science and the Phase Zero Form for the revision of the Course (Annexure-16).

ITEM NO.26 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Public Administration.

AC 46.26.1 The faculty of Public Administration, School of Social Sciences had submitted evaluation methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil /Ph.D programme in Public Administration. The same was approved by the School of the School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22, 2008.

AC 46.26.2 Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director (SOSS) explained the features of the proposed evaluation methodology.

AC 46.26.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Evaluation Methodology (Annexure-17) for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in Public Administration.

ITEM NO.27 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for Research Programme in History.

AC 46.27.1 The faculty of History, School of Social Sciences had submitted evaluation methodology for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil /Ph.D programme in History. The same was approved by the School of the School of Social Sciences at its 44th Meeting held on October 22, 2008.

AC 46.27.2 Prof Uma Kanjilal, Director (SOSS) explained the features of the proposed evaluation methodology.

AC 46.27.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Evaluation Methodology

(Annexure-18) for different courses included in the course work for M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme in History.

ITEM NO.28 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving admission criteria for the PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management.

AC 46.28.1 It was presented that the School of Agriculture revised the admission criteria for the PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management. The same was approved by the Vice-Chancellor.

AC 46.28.2 Prof. M.K. Salooja Programme Coordinator, explained the reasons for revision of the eligibility criteria, and its details as given below:

(i) Science graduates in disciplines like Geography, Statistics with Physics & Math, Art Subjects and Medical Lab technology and with minimum three years experience in food processing and / or quality control. These students should have minimum one year experience in quality control activities.

(ii) Art graduates with Diploma in food science disciplines viz. fruits and vegetables, dairy technology, meat technology, cereal, pulses and oilseeds etc. with minimum five years experience in Food Processing/ Food Quality Control and out of which two years experience should be in quality control activities. This shall provide vertical mobility to our diploma holders.

(iii) B.A. Graduates with minimum of 7 years experience of holding the senior positioning Government/Semi Government. Units involved in Food Quality Control.

AC 46.28.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in

approving the revised admission criteria for PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management.

ITEM NO.29 To consider and approve the permission to students of M.A.(Education) to write their Assignments, Term-end Examination and Dissertation in Hindi Medium.

AC 46.29.1 It was presented that School of Education is offering M.A.(Education) in English medium at present. In view of the demand from students, the School had proposed to permit students of M.A. (Education) to write their assignments, Term-end Examination and Dissertation in Hindi Medium, if they so desire. The same was approved by the School Board of the School of Education at its 27th Meeting held on 24th October, 2008.

AC 46.29.2 Dr. N.K. Dash, Programme Coordinator, explained the rationality of the

proposal.

AC 46.29.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal of the School of Education to permit the Students of MA (Education) to write their assignments, Term-end Examination and Dissertation in Hindi Medium also, if they so desire.

ITEM NO.30 To consider and approve the proposal for revising the programme fees for all the programmes offered by the University

AC 46.30.1 It was presented that the Registrar (SRD) had submitted the proposal for increasing the programme fees by 20% for all the programmes offered by the University.

AC 46.30.2 Mr. K. Laxman, Registrar (SRD) informed that in order to strengthen the student support service network of the university and to maintain quality in programme delivery, there is a need for generation of more financial resources. It has become essential in the wake of increased expenditure on cost of paper, dispatch of material, conduct of examination, conduct of counseling and practical sessions etc. to enhance the programmes fee for all the programmes with effect from July 2009 Admission Cycle.

AC. 46.30.3 The Chairman informed the Council that additional finances are required to meet the additional expenditure on implementation of revised pay scales of the sixth pay Commission, as MHRD is not forthcoming to provide the required funds. It was also informed that the government is not funding the University for salary of teaching and non-teaching staff and for infrastructure. The entire expenditure has to be met from the students fees. Even though the 6th Pay Commission recommendations approved by the Ministry of HRD indicates 80% of the additional expenditure from MHRD, a proposal to this effect from IGNOU was declined, stating that IGNOU has to meet the entire expenditure from its own resources. The Chairman assured the Council that the hike in fees will be contextualized by taking into account the nature of the programme and the type of students.

AC 46.30.4 After a detailed discussion, by taking into account all the factors, the Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for 20% hike in the fees for all the Programmes on offer till January 2009 and also for the programmes to be launched from July 2009. a 50% enhancement in the cost of materials and other services/charges to other institutions was also approved. The Vice Chancellor is authorized to take decision to contextualize the fee hike across the programmes.

ITEM NO.31 Programme Proposal: B.A. Applied Sign Language Studies for the Deaf.

AC 46.31.1 It was presented that the Inter University Consortium had submitted a proposal for offering B.A. Programme in Applied Sign Language Studies for the Deaf in collaboration with the International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (SLanDS Centre) at the University of Central Lancashire UClan) in the U.K.

AC 46.31.2 Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, Inter-University Consortium, informed that the proposal is to deliver the following two new programmes: 1. BA (Hons) in Applied Sign Language Studies (3 year full time

programme) and associated preparatory programme. 2. Foundation Entry for Deaf Students (1 year full time) These programmes have been developed by the iSLanDS Centre for being taught in India, beginning in the academic year 2009. Teaching these programmes will be a collaboration between UCLan and IGNOU, and will involve other partners in India, as necessary for the development of the programme.

AC 46.31.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Programme Proposal for launching ‘B.A. Applied Sign Language Studies for the Deaf’.

ITEM NO.32 To Consider and approve launch of “Certificate Programme in Persian Language” in Collaboration with lran Cultural House, New Delhi.

AC 46.32.1 The School of Foreign Languages had submitted a proposal for approval to launch the “Certificate Programme in Persian Language” on pilot basis in collaboration with the Iran Cultural House, New Delhi.

AC 46.32.2 It was informed that the Vice-Chancellor considered the proposal to develop and launch a certificate Programme in Persian Language in collaboration with IGNOU on pilot basis to collect feedback on development and launch of the Certificate through Distance mode in future. A meeting convened with Prof. Abdolhamid Ziaei, Iran Cultural House, New Delhi, Prof. Azhar Dehlvi, JNU, Prof. Akhtar Mahdi, JNU and Director, International Division, IGNOU recommended the following for consideration:

1) In the first phase, IGNOU may like to offer the programme as “Pilot Project” in F2F mode where Iran Cultural House will act as Study Centre in Delhi and later in Hyderabad and Mumbai.

2) The Pilot Programme will follow the laid down credit norms of IGNOU for a certificate programme comprising of 4 courses.

3) For Pilot intake of 30 students can be taken. The Study materials for pilot project will be provided by ICH and later will become basis for development of certificate programme.

The Vice-Chancellor considered and approved the above recommendations and IGNOU signed a MoU with Iran Cultural House, New Delhi on January 2, 2009.

AC 46.32.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal to launch Certificate Programme in Persian Language on pilot basis with effect from January, 2009.

ITEM NO.33 To consider shifting of the Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing (DBPO) programme from School of Extension and Development Studies to School of Vocational Education and Training and revised programme structure of DBPO- Finance and Accounting(DBPO – FA).

AC 46.33.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) had submitted a proposal for shifting of the Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing (DBPO) programme from School of Extension and Development Studies to School of Vocational Education and Training and approval of revised programme structure of ‘Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing - Finance and Accounting (DBPO – FA)’.

AC 46.33.2 Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, informed that the School Board of SOVET at its 5th Meeting noted the approval of the Vice-Chancellor for shifting of the DBPO Programme being developed by the School of Extension and Development Studies to SOVET. The School Board of SOVET at its 6th Meeting held on January 12, 2009 also approved the revised course structure of the DBPO-FA.

AC 46.33.3 The Academic Council considered and approved shifting of the Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing (DBPO) programme from School of Extension and Development Studies to School of Vocational Education and Training and also the revised programme structure of ‘Diploma in Business Process Outsourcing - Finance and Accounting (DBPO – FA)’.

ITEM NO. 34 To Consider Phase-3 Form for the following three programmes: (1) Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, (2) Advanced Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, and (3) Professional Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development.

AC 46.34.1 The School of Vocational and Education Training (SOVET) had submitted Phase-3 Forms for Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, Advanced Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development and Professional Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, in a modular form providing vertical mobility to students from certificate to advanced certificate and professional certificate. At the same time, the programmes are stand alone providing space for direct entry. The same was

approved by the School Board of SOVET in its 6th meeting held on January 12, 2009.

AC 46.34.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of these programmes and informed that the SOVET will develop and offer in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as per the MoU already signed. The proposed dates of launch are April l5, 2009 for Certificate, June 15, 2009 for Advanced Certificate and August 15, 2009 for Professional Certificate.

AC 46.34.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms (Annexure-18A) for the three programmes. viz., (1) Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, (2) Advanced Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development, and (3) Professional Certificate in Spoken English & Personality Development in modular form.

ITEM NO.35 To consider and approve Phase-3 form for the following two Programmes: (1) Certificate in Air Ticketing, and (2) Certificate in Airline In–Flight Services.

AC 46.35.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) had submitted Phase-3 Forms for two programmes viz., Certificate in Air Ticketing and Certificate in Airline In– Flight Services. The same was approved by the School Board of SOVET in its 6th meeting held on January 12, 2009.

AC 46.35.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of the certificate programmes which are being offered in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as per the MoU already signed. The proposed date of launch of the programmes is April l5, 2009. During discussion, the Programme Coordinator also justified the higher fee being proposed for the programmes.

AC 46.35.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms (Annexure-19) for the two certificate programmes viz. Certificate in Air Ticketing, and Certificate in Airline In–Flight Services.

ITEM NO.36 To Consider Phase-3 Form for the following two certificate programmes: (1) Certificate in Travel Agency Operations, and (2) Certificate in Tour Guiding Skills.

AC 46.36.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) had submitted Phase-3 Forms for Certificate in Travel Agency Operations and Certificate in Tour Guiding Skills, proposed to be offered in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). The same was approved by the School Board of SOVET in its 6th Meeting held on January 12, 2009.

AC 46.36.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of the

programmes in detail and informed that that these certificate programmes connects employability in Travel Sector including Travel Agencies. The proposed date of launch is May 15, 2009. During discussion the Programme Coordinator also justified the higher fees for the programmes.

AC 46.36.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms (Annexure-20) for the two certificate programmes viz., (1) Certificate in Travel Agency Operations, and (2) Certificate in Tour Guiding Skills.

ITEM No.37 To Consider and approve Phase-3 Form for the following three programmes: (1) Certificate in Security Management, (2) Advanced Certificate in Security Management, and (3) Diploma in Security Management.

AC 46.37.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) had submitted Phase-3 Forms for three certificate programmes viz., Certificate in Security Management, Advanced Certificate in Security Management and Diploma in Security Management, in a modular form. These programmes are being proposed to offer in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as per the MoU signed. The same was approved by the School Board of SOVET in its Sixth Meeting held on January 12, 2009.

AC 46.37.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of the three programmes. The Programmes are modular providing space for vertical mobility to the students from Certificate to Advanced Certificate and from Advanced Certificate to Diploma. At the same time they are stand alone providing space for direct entry.

AC 46.37.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms (Annexure-21) for the following three programmes: (1) Certificate in Security Management, (2) Advanced Certificate in Security Management, and (3) Diploma in Security Management, in a modular form.

ITEM No.38 To Consider and approve Phase-3 Form for the following three programmes: (1) Certificate in Fire-Safety and Rescue, (2) Advanced Certificate in Fire-Safety and (3) Diploma in Fire-Safety.

AC 46.38.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) had submitted Phase-3 Forms for three programmes: (1) Certificate in Fire-Safety and Rescue, (2) Advanced Certificate in Fire-Safety and (3) Diploma in Fire-Safety, in a modular form. These are being proposed to be offered in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), as per the MoU signed. The same was approved by the School Board of SOVET in its Sixth Meeting held on January 12, 2009.

AC 46.38.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, explained the salient features of the

Programmes. The Programmes are modular providing space for vertical mobility to the students from Certificate to Advanced Certificate and from Advanced Certificate to Diploma. At the same time the programmes are stand alone providing space for direct entry.

AC 46.38.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Forms (Annexure-22) for the three programmes: (1) Certificate in Fire-Safety and Rescue, (2) Advanced Certificate in Fire-Safety, and (3) Diploma in Fire-Safety, in modular form.

ITEM No.39 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor to ensure parity in

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to Management Programme.

AC 46.39.1 It was presented that Academic Council's Standing Committee at its 27th meeting held on 25th August 2008 approved separate eligibility criteria for admission to Management Programmes under Convergence Scheme and regular scheme through RCs. To ensure parity in eligibility criteria for students directly admitted by the University through RCs and the students admitted by the Partner Institutions under Convergence Scheme, a clause “Graduates who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into the Management Programme conducted by the institutions like CAT, MAT State level tests conducted by State governments etc. need not sit for the OPENMAT Entrance Test” was included in the advertisement released for OPENMAT - XXV scheduled to be held on February 1, 2009. This was done with the approval of the Vice Chancellor. Now this action taken by the Vice Chancellor is presented for ratification of the Academic Council.

C 46.39.2 Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS informed that the draft advertisement copy sent by SED to the School for vetting did not include the proposed change, where as the final advertisement was released after incorporating the change. Therefore, Management Faculty is not aware of the proposed change in the eligibility criteria. Hence, she suggested to get the views of the Management Faculty regarding the proposed change. Prof. B.B. Khanna, SOMS said that his suggestion was to maintain parity with regard to the percentage of marks in graduation prescribed for admission under convergence scheme, but not the with reference to the admission test as stated in the agenda note. He further said that in the case of admission test conducted by other organizations, there is no cut of marks prescribed. They normally indicate the percentile of each candidate. Therefore, it is necessary for IGNOU to specify the cut of marks/percentile obtained by the candidates in the qualifying exams other than OPENMAT for admission to IGNOU Management Programme.

AC 46.39.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice Chancellor to extend admission criteria for Management Programme applicable to candidates under convergence scheme to the candidates seeking admission in IGNOU directly through Regional Centres. It is further decided to determine cut off marks/percentiles to be obtained by the candidates in the qualifying exams other than OPENMAT for admission to IGNOU Management Programme. Registrar (SED) shall decide this in consultation with Director, SOMS and Registrar, SRD, and submit to the Vice-Chancellor for approval.

ITEM NO.40 To consider and approve the proposal on revision of fee for various services rendered to students for different activities pertaining to evaluation.

AC 46.40.1 Registrar, Students Evaluation Division (SED), had proposed revision of fees for various services rendered to the students for different activities pertaining to evaluation. It is the policy of the University to revisit the fee for various services at regular intervals.

AC 46.40.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the revised fees (50% enhancement) for various services rendered to the students for different activities pertaining to evaluation at Annexure-23.

ITEM NO.41 To consider and approve the proposal on introduction of walk-in-examination system.

AC 46.41.1 The Registrar, Students Evaluation Division (SED), had submitted a proposal for introduction of walk-in-examination system along with modalities for the same.

AC 46.41.2 Dr. Srikanth Mohapatra, Registrar, SED explained the proposal in detail. During the discussion, the members opined that the appropriate nomenclature for this should be ‘on-demand-examination’.

AC 46.41.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal along with the modalities (Annexure-24) for introduction of on-demand-examination.

ITEM No.42 To consider and approve the proposal for revision of Rules and Regulations for re-evaluation of term-end answer scripts.

AC 46.42.1 The Registrar, Students Evaluation Division (SED), had proposed for revision of Rules and Regulations for re-evaluation of term-end examination answer scripts.

AC 46.42.2 The Registrar, SED explained the salient features of the proposal in detail. As per the existing Rules and Regulations for re-evaluation, better of the two scores of original marks/grade and marks/grade after re-evaluation is considered. Now the proposal is that in case the student gets less marks/grade in the re-evaluation the original marks/grade will be retained. In case the students gets higher marks/grade in re-evaluation, the average of the two scores will be awarded.

AC 46.42.3 The Academic Council noted the Scheme of re-evaluation was introduced in June, 2007 Term End Examination (TEE) only. It is felt that some more experience is required before any modification or alteration is made in the existing scheme. Therefore, item is deferred for the present.

ITEM NO.43 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for Bachelor Degree Programme in Philosophy (B.A Philosophy).

AC 46.43.1 It was presented that the School of Humanities had submitted the Phase-3 Form for Bachelor in Philosophy (B.A. in Philosophy) Programme, as part of the BDP Programme. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH and Prof. Gracious Thomas, Coordinator, CBCI Chair are the Proposer and Coordinators of the programme.

AC 46.43.2 Prof. Renu Bhardwaj informed that the programme is being launched by CBCI Chair along with School of Humanities as the discipline of Philosophy was assigned to it. As the programme is to be launched from July, 2009, the Vice-Chancellor had approved the Phase-3 Form for the said programme. This programme will be part of the BDP programme and one has to complete 48% credit of elective courses in discipline of Philosophy to qualify for B.A. in Philosophy (as major).

AC 46.43.4 During the discussions the members opined to operationalise the Discipline of Philosophy in the School of Humanities by creating core faculty positions.

AC 46.43.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for B.A. in Philosophy and recommended for operationalisation of the discipline of Philosophy in the School of Humanities by creating core faculty of one Professor, one Associate Professor and one Assistant Professor.

ITEM NO.44 To consider and approve the proposal of School of Engineering & Technology for modification of admission eligibility for Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management (PGCPM), an online programme launched under IGNOU-PMA-CEPM Project.

AC 46.44.1 It was presented that the School of Engineering & Technology submitted a proposal for modification of admission eligibility for Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management (PGCPM), an online programme launched under IGNOU-PMA-CEPM Project.

AC 46.44.2 Dr. Manoj Kulshrestha, Reader, SOET explained the rationality in proposing modifications in the eligibility criteria for admission to PHCPM. He clarified that this proposal was not placed before the School Board.

AC 46.44.3 After discussions, the Academic Council decided to refer the item to the School Board of SOET as the matter was not deliberated by the School of Board.

ITEM NO.45 To consider and approve the phase-3 Form for Ph.D. Programme in Life Sciences.

AC 46.45.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences had submitted the Phase-3 Form for Ph.D. Programme in Life Sciences. The same was approved by the School Board of School of Sciences at its 38th meeting held on November 21, 2008.

AC 46.45.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form (Annexure-25) for Ph.D. in Life Sciences. Arising out of these discussions, the Academic Council also approved the proposal of declaring all Schools and Centres of the University having a core academic staff with Ph.D. and other research qualifications as Recognized Centres for Ph.D. These Schools and Centres with a minimum of 3 recognized research guides and faculty members with research qualifications can start Ph.D. programmes with the approval of the internal School/Centre level research/doctoral Committees.

ITEM NO.46 To consider and approve the concept note for Associate Degree Programme through Community Colleges.

AC 46.46.1 The Chairman circulated the concept note on Associate Degree Programme through Community Colleges and explained the proposal in detail. The incorporation of Community Colleges as an integral part of the higher education is popular internationally. Approximately 44% of all under graduates in the US study in Community Colleges. The Open University, U.K., Hong Kong Open University and Philippines Open University also offer

associate degrees through Community Colleges. The concept of Community Colleges is gaining importance in India also. According to the latest report, there are more than 100 Community Colleges exists in all over India, including 20 in Chennai. Offer of Associate Degrees will certainly help the University in widening the accessibility of its programmes.

AC.46.46.2 The Academic Council discussed at length the concept paper and the system proposed for offer of Associate Degree Programme of IGNOU through Community Colleges. The initiatives taken by the Vice-Chancellor, to introduce this innovative concept of Community Colleges in India, has been appreciated and welcomed by the members.

AC46.46.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the system proposed for offer of Associate Degree Programme of IGNOU through Community Colleges and authorized the Vice-Chancellor to take all necessary steps for implementing the scheme. A copy of the concept note is annexed (Annexure-26).

Item No. 47 Under any other item, with the permission of the Chair, the following items were discussed and decided.

AC.46.47.1 Dr. V.V. Reddy informed that the Diploma in Retailing is presently on offer in English medium only. There is demand from the students to permit them to write the assignments and TEE in Hindi medium also. Therefore, he proposed to accept the demand of the students. As decided in Item No.29 with regard to M.A. in Education, the Academic Council decided to permit the students across the Board to write Assignments and Term End Examination in Hindi medium in respect of the programmes which are offered in English medium only.

AC.46.47.2 The Chairman informed that in the School of Tourism Hospitality and Services Sectoral Management, all the faculty appointed so far are with the specialization in the area of Tourism. Hence there is a requirement of at least one person with specialization in Hospitality area. Therefore, he proposed to create a post of Reader with specialization in Hospitality area in SOTSSM. The Academic Council considered and approved creation a post of Reader with specialization in Hospitality area in SOTSSM.

AC.46.47.3 Prof Omprakash Mishra, Pro-Vice Chancellor explained that the School of

Visual and Performing Arts comprises of various forms of Visual and Performing Arts. The core faculty of one Professor, Two Reader and four Lecturers already sanctioned and recruited is not sufficient to cover fully even the main branches of the Visual and Performing Arts. Therefore, there is need to create additional faculty positions to cover the remaining branches. In view of the above, the Academic Council recommended creation of additional faculty positions of one Professor, two Readers and four Lecturers in the School of Performing and Visual Arts.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

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MINUTES OF THE FORTY SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON FEBRUARY 28, 2009 AT 11.30 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present:

160. Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 161. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 162. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 163. Prof. K.R.Srivathsan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 164. Dr. D.K. Chaudhry, PVC - Ex-officio Member 165. Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC - Ex-officio Member 166. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 167. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 168. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 169. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 170. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 171. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 172. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 173. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 174. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 175. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 176. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA - Ex-officio Member 177. Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 178. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 179. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW - Ex-officio Member 180. Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGS - Ex-officio Member 181. Prof. B.K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 182. Dr. Harkirat Bains, Director (I/c), SOTHSSM - Ex-officio Member 183. Shri. Vikas Kumar Singh, Director (I/c), SOFL - Ex-officio Member 184. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 185. Dr. Ravi Sharma, Director (I/c), SOPVA - Ex-officio Member 186. Sh. S.K. Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 187. Prof. B.B. Khanna, SOMS - Member 188. Prof. Pity Koul, SOHS - Member 189. Prof. Subhasis Majhi, SOET - Member 190. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader SOCE - Member 191. Dr. S.K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 192. Dr. Sutapa Bose, Lecturer, SOE - Member 193. Shri M.P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 194. Shri Z. Yanthan, Lecturer, SOSS - Member 195. Sh. V.V. Subrahmanyam, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 196. Dr. O.P. Sharma, Director, NCIDE - Member

197. Prof. Madhu Prahar, Director, IUC - Member 198. Dr. Hemlata, Director, NCDS - Member 199. Prof. K.P. Singh - Member 200. Prof. Mohammad Miyan - Member 201. Prof. K.M. Moudgalya - Member 202. Prof. Devi Singh - Member 203. Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy - Member 204. Shri. Ravi Kant - Member 205. Dr. Babu P. Ramesh, Director (I/c) - Member 206. Prof. N.V. Narasimham, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED and Shri K. Laxman, Registrar, SRD and Shri. U.S. Tolia, Registrar, (Admn.) attended the meeting as Special Invitees.

Shri K.D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

Prof. N. Mukunda, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Prof. George Mathew, Prof. N.K. Jain, Prof. Uma Alladi, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Dr. D.K. Dutta Majumdar, Prof. Ramamohan Rao, Dr. K.B. Peter and Prof. L. Venugopal Reddey could not attend the meeting.

At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 47th Special Meeting of the Academic Council convened for approving matters relating to 20th Convocation of the University. He informed that the University is a world of learning, knowledge and skills but not just for obtaining degrees and certificates. The IGNOU’s main objective is to serve the education in the remote areas in its quest for reaching the un-reached. The Chairman thanked and placed on record significant contributions made by the outgoing members Prof N. Balakrishnana, Prof. Trilochan Pradhan, Prof. T.K.V. Subramanian, Dr. S.S. Rathi, Prof. K.K. Mohammad Yusuff, Prof. Sridhar Gadre, Prof. S. Sadagopan, Prof. Kamlesh Mohan, Prof. Vijay Kapur, Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan, Prof. Anil Bhattacharya, Prof. Arvind Kumar, Prof. S. Siva Kumar and Prof. C. Thangamuthu.

He welcomed the new members Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW, Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGS, Prof. Bikram Kesheri Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS, Shri. Vikas Kumar Singh, Director (I/c), SOFL Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST, Dr. Ravi Sharma, Director (I/c), SOPVA, Prof. O.P. Sharma, Director (I/c), NCIDE, Dr. Hemlata, Director (I/c), NCDA, Prof. Madhu Prahar, Director (I/c), IUC, Prof. N. Mukunda, Honorary Porfessor, Centre for High Energy Physics, IISc., Prof. Mahendra Dev, Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Cost & Prices, Delhi, Dr. George Mathew, Director, IISSc, Delhi, Prof. N.K. Jain, CEO & Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Delhi, Prof. K.P. Singh, Ex-Director (Extension), G.B. Pant Agriculture & Technical University, Prof. Uma Alladi, Department of English, School of

Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT, Delhi, Dr. D.K. Datta Majumder, Kolkata, Prof. Ramamohan Rao, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Dr. K.V. Peter, Member Secretary, World Noni Research Foundation, Tamilnadu, Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Jamia Millia Islamia, Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy, (Former VC, Andhra University), Prof. Kannan M. Moudgalya, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Mumbai, Prof. Devi Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Noida and requested the members of the council to introduce themselves to the other council members.

Then the Chairman asked the Member Secretary to present the agenda. The Member Secretary informed that the all the items on agenda have been received from Registrar, Student Evaluation Division and are related to 20th Convocation of the University to be held on 28th February 2009. He then requested Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED to present the agenda items. The following items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To consider and approve the award of degrees/diploma/certificates in

the 20th convocation. AC 47.1.1 Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registar, SED informed that the 20th Convocation

scheduled to be held on 28th February 2009 at 3.00 P.M. and 137354 students have successfully completed degree / diploma / certificate programmes in December, 2007 and June, 2008 Term End Examinations.

AC 47.1.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Annexure – 1 showing the students eligible for award of degrees / diplomas / certificates at the 20th Convocation.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the award of Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation.

AC 47.2.1 Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registar, SED informed that 63 students are identified for award of Gold Medals in different programmes of the University. He also informed that the Gold Medals for MARD and M.Sc. (DFSM) could not be awarded to the eligible candidates n the 19th Convocation since the session started late resulting in delay in declaration of their results. Therefore, the eligible candidates for the award of Gold Medals in the above two programmes in 19th Convocation are being given the Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation. He informed that two candidates securing the same marks have been identified for award of Gold Medals in B.Ed. Programmes. The Gold Medals could not be awarded in the programmes, Diploma in Women’s Empoerment and Development (DWED), Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE), Advanced Diploma in Water Resources Engineering (ADWRE), B.Tech. Civil (Water Resource Engineering) – BTWRE, Master of Science (Hospitality Administration) –MHA, Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Master of Arts (Distance Education) – MADE, B.Tech. Civil (Construction Management) – BTCM, Advanced Diploma in

Construction Management (ADCM) AC 47.2.2

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the award of Ph.D. at the 20th Convocation. AC 47.3.1 AC 47.3.2

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the list of candidates found meritorious for the award of Gold Medals/Silver Medals and other Cash Award at the 20th Convocation.

AC 47.4.1 AC 47.4.2

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the additional list of candidates eligible for award of Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates in the earlier Convocations and being reported in the 20th Convocation.

AC 47.5.1 AC 47.5.2

ITEM NO. 6 To ratify the action taken by the VC in approving award of Gold Medal for a student of B.Sc. Programme for the 19th Convocation.

AC 47.6.1 AC 47.6.2

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

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IGNOU MINUTES OF THE FORTY EIGHTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON APRIL 24, 2009 AT 02.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present:

207. Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 208. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 209. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 210. Dr. D. K. Chaudhry, PVC - Ex-officio Member 211. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 212. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 213. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 214. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 215. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 216. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 217. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 218. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 219. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 220. Prof. B.S. Hansra, Director, SOA - Ex-officio Member 221. Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 222. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 223. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW - Ex-officio Member 224. Prof. B. K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 225. Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director, SOPVA - Ex-officio Member 226. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 227. Dr. Babu P. Ramesh, Director (I/c), SOIDTDS - Ex-officio Member 228. Prof. B. B. Khanna, SOMS - Member 229. Prof. Subhasis Majhi, SOET - Member 230. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE - Member 231. Dr. S. K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 232. Dr. Jaswant Sokhi, Reader, SOS - Member 233. Shri Z. Yanthan, Lecturer, SOSS - Member 234. Sh. V. V. Subrahmanyam, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 235. Dr. O. P. Sharma, Director (I/c), NCIDE - Member 236. Prof. Madhu Prahar, Director (I/c), IUC - Member 237. Prof. K. P. Singh - Member 238. Prof. Mohammad Miyan - Member 239. Dr. K. V. Peter - Member 240. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy - Member 241. Prof. Ram Mohan Rao - Member 242. Shri. Ravi Kanth - Member 243. Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED - Member

244. Shri K. Laxman, OSD, SRD - Member 245. Prof. N. V. Narasimham, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Shri K. D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist the Member-Secretary.

Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC, Prof. K. R. Srivasthan, PVC, Prof. M. L. Koul, Prof. Pitty Koul, Dr. Sutapa Bose, Lecturer, SOE, Shri M. P. Mishra, Lecturer, Dr. S. K. Arora, Librarain, Prof. N. Mukunda, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Prof. George Mathew, Prof. N. K. Jain, Prof. Uma Alladi, Prof. S. N. Maheshwari, Dr. D. K. Dutta Majumdar, Prof. Khannan Moudgalya, Prof. Devi Singh and Dr. V. Vennugopal Reddy could not attend the meeting.

Prof. Annu J. Thomas, Dr. Sonia Sharma, Dr. Vikas Singh attended the meeting as representatives of the Directors of SOGDS, SOTHSM and SOFL.

At the outset, the Chairman extended warm welcome to the members to the 48th

Special Meeting of the Academic Council convened for considering new initiatives of the New Schools. He welcomed the new member Dr. Jaswant Sokhi, Reader, SOS. He also welcomed and introduced Prof. K.V. Peter, Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy and Prof. Ram Mohan Rao who are attending the meeting for the first time.

The Chairman informed the Members that the ten new Schools had started

functioning with the initially appointed core faculty. These Schools have submitted a set of new initiatives. This Special Meeting of the Academic Council is called for to discuss these proposals. Particularly, the proposals to start Post Graduate programmes on campus full-time, a new dimension in the academic activities of the university, needs a thorough discussion by the Academic Council. It was noted in this connection that even though offering full-time regular programmes on the main campus is a new initiative, IGNOU has been conducting several face-to-face under-graduate and post-graduate programmes in specialized areas in collaboration with Government Agencies and National Laboratories. These include B. Sc in Nautical Science, Integrated M. Sc. in Physics, M. Sc in Dietetics and Food Services Management, B. Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Management (BHM), B.A. in International Administration and all the post-graduate programmes in Medicine from the School of Health Sciences.

There are numerous enquiries from industry, corporates, research institutions and

Governmental agencies to offer direct teaching programmes with openness and flexibility of ODL system by making use of their experimental facilities and physical infrastructure. The best of experts from professional bodies and research institutions also expressed their desire to participate in teaching and research activities of the University. Therefore, the University may explore the scope for networking and collaboration with such institutions to cater to the educational needs of diverse groups of the population.

Conventional Universities became duel mode universities by launching distance

mode programmes. Similarly, the major Open Universities including the U.K. Open

University, Hong Kong Open University, and Open University of Canada are conducting full-time post-graduate courses and research programmes by creating state-of-the-art laboratories and through collaboration with industrial and national research establishments.

The proposals for starting specialized post-graduate programmes in selected areas were considered in detail. The Academic Council emphasized the need of providing adequate space, infrastructure, laboratory and library facilities, and the required number of teachers to teach all the subjects. The Vice-Chancellor ensured that the Schools will be provided with sufficient number of teachers in conformity with the national norms for post-graduate teaching departments in any conventional University. In this context, it was noted that each of the Schools and major disciplines in the University have more than 7 Professors/Associate Professors/Assistants Professors, several full-time Consultants, and dozens of full-time Post-Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantships (RTAs) whose teaching capabilities can be effectively made use of for offering these programmes. It was also resolved to offer a specific number of merit scholarships to the PG full-time students. The Academic Council after detailed deliberations approved the initiative of the University to offer Campus-based full-time programmes from July, 2009 session onwards.

Then the Chairman asked the Member Secretary to present the agenda. The following agenda were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 Ratification of approval by Vice-Chancellor of proposal to offer M.A.

in Gender and Development Studies (With exit point for PG Diploma in Gender and Development Studies) in the face-to-face mode.

AC 48.1.1 The Member Secretary presented that the School of Gender and Development Studies proposed to offer Master of Arts in Gender & Development Studies in the face-to-face mode from July, 2009. The School proposed a modular programme with a PG Diploma in Gender & Development Studies after completion of the 1st year of study and Master Degree after completion of 2 years of study. The School Board of the School of Gender and Development Studies approved the proposal in its meeting held on April 6, 2009.

AC 48.1.2 Prof. Anu J. Thomas, SOGDS presented that the 1st year of study shall comprise of compulsory courses and choice based elective courses in the 2nd year of study. Wherever possible, existing courses will be packaged in the programme.

AC 48.1.3 During discussion, members expressed the view that in face-to-face mode normally there is no maximum period beyond the actual duration of the programme. In this case, minimum period of two years and maximum period of five years prescribed. The issue related to number of students to be admitted has also been discussed. The members desired to know the details of the curriculum.

AC 48.1.4 It was clarified by the Chairman that maximum of 20 students will be

admitted in the first batch. All the details of the curriculum and the programme structure will be worked out by the faculty in consultation with the experts and will be finalized by the School Board. He clarified that there is no need of approval of phase-to-phase proposals in case of face-to-face programmes, as is done for distance mode programmes. The detailed syllabus and examination procedures need to be finalized by the School Board and approved by the Academic Council.

AC 48.1.5 The Academic Council approved the proposal to launch M.A. in Gender & Development Studies by the SOGDS in modular approach by offering PG Diploma in Gender & Development Studies after completion of the 1st year of study and Master Degree after completion of 2 years of study.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form for the Diploma in Modern Office Practices.

AC 48.2.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training submitted Phase-3 Form for Diploma in Modern Office Practices. The same was approved by the 5th meeting of the School Board of the SOVET held on December 17, 2008.

AC 48.2.2 Mr. Sunil Kumar, P&DD, who is the Programme Coordinator, presented details of the programme. Members expressed the view that, in view of the decision of the 46th meeting of the Academic Council, Phase-3 Form need not be presented for its approval. The School Board concerned shall approve the Phase-3 Form and report to the AC before launching the programme.

AC 48.2.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase-3 Form for the Diploma in Modern Office Practices.

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the Master of Arts in Translation Studies.

AC 48.3.1 It was presented that the School of Translation Studies proposes to launch Master of Arts in Translation Studies from July, 2009 in the face-to-face mode. This was decided by the faculty in a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, held on 9th April, 2009.

AC 48.3.2 Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTS presented that the School proposes to admit 20 students and the programme shall be offered in semester system. He informed that an Expert Committee will develop the details of the curriculum and programme structure. He sought the approval of the Academic Council to launch the programme from July, 2009.

AC 48.3.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the launching of MA in

Translation Studies in face-to-face mode from July, 2009. The detailed programme structure shall be worked out by an Expert Committee and approved by the School Board.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve Master of Arts in Extension and Development Studies.

AC 48.4.1 It was presented that the School of Extension & Development Studies proposed to launch Master of Arts in Extension and Development Studies in face-to-face mode from July, 2009. The School sought in principle approval of the Academic Council.

AC 48.4.2 Prof. B.K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS shared the views of the faculty regarding the proposed programme. Prof. K.P. Singh asked clarification regarding the target group and the prior knowledge of the students who join the programme. Prof. Pattanaik clarified that the School proposes to offer the programme with the basic objective of covering all types of extension activities relevant to development. Therefore, graduates in selected disciplines shall be eligible for admission. It was further clarified that an expert committee will decide the detailed programme structure and the curriculum, and all the issues raised by the members will be deliberated by the Expert Committee while designing the programme. The Vice-Chancellor suggested that Prof. K.P. Singh may also be included in the Expert Committee to design the programme.

AC 48.4.3 The Academic Council considered and approved launching of Master of Arts in Extension and Development Studies in face-to-face mode from July, 2009.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the proposal to place the Discipline of Sustainable Development under the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies.

AC 48.5.1 It was presented that the Chair for Sustainable is a University level Chair, cutting across disciplines and Schools. The Chair is promoting research and education in environmental, economic, technological and social components of development programmes and policies which is the need of the hour. The eminent agriculture scientist Prof. M.S. Swaminathan is the Honorary Chair. It is proposed to create a Discipline of Sustainable Development in the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies.

AC 48.5.2 During the discussion, it was pointed out that the School is basically interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary, therefore, can very much cover any discipline, including sustainable development. The need to create a

new discipline of Sustainable Development in the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies was deliberated upon.

AC 48.5.3 The Academic Council opined that there is no need to create a new discipline of ‘Sustainable Development’.

TABLED ITEMS ITEM NO. 6 To report the Phase 3 Form for Diploma in Vocational Teacher

Education

AC 48.6.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) submitted the Phase3 Form for Diploma in Vocational Teacher Education. The basic objectives of the programme are to develop pedagogical competencies of vocational and technical teachers, inculcate positive attitude towards vocational teaching and develop skills and competencies essential for transacting vocational curriculum effectively. The Phase 3 Form was approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009. Dr. Ashok Gaba, Reader, SOVET is the programme coordinator.

AC 48.6.2 Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET explained the features of the programme in detail. During the discussion, it was pointed out by members that, as per the decision of the 46th Meeting of the Academic Council, there is no need to present the Phase 3 Form to the Academic Council for approval. The School Board concerned is empowered to approve the Phase 3 Form and report to the AC at the time of final launch of the programme.

AC 48.6.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for Diploma in Vocational Teacher Education (Annexure -1).

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ITEM No.8

To report the Phase 3 form for PG Certificate in Information and Assistive Technologies for Instructors of Visually Impaired

AND To report the Phase 3 form for Diploma in Information and Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired

AC 48.7&8.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) submitted Phase 3 forms for ‘PG Certificate in Information and Assistive Technologies for Instructors of Visually Impaired’ and

‘Diploma in Information and Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired’. The basic objective of these programmes is to provide education and training opportunities in information technology area to visually impaired persons as well as the people working with visually impaired persons. The Phase 3 Forms for these programmes were approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009. Both these programmes are likely to be launched in January 2010. Prof Vibha Joshi, SOE and Dr. Hemlata, NCDS are the joint coordinators of these programmes.

AC.48.7&8.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu explained the salient features of both the programmes. These programmes being developed in collaboration with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and Pandit Sundar Lal Central Institute of Vocational Education. Dr. D. K. Chaudhry, PVC pointed out that the details such as programme fees, detailed course contents, audio/video components, etc are not presented in the Form. The Chairman suggested the Director, SOVET to complete the details in consultation with Dr. D. K. Chaudhry who is also the PVC of the SOVET.

AC.48.7&8.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form for ‘PG Certificate in Information and Assistive Technologies for Instructors of Visually Impaired’ and ‘Diploma in Information and Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired’.

ITEM NO. 9 To report the Phase 3 form for Certificate and Diploma Programmes in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development.

AC 48.9.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted Phase 3 Form for ‘Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’ and ‘Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’. The certificate programme consists of three theory courses of 4 credits each and a project course of 4 credits. Similarly, diploma programme consists of three theory courses of 4 credits each, field training of 8 credits and project course of 8 credits. The Phase 3 Form for these programmes was approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009. Prof. C. G. Naidu, SOVET and Dr. Ram Chandra, RD are the coordinators of the programmes.

AC 48.9.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu explained the salient features and course structures of these certificate and diploma programs, and also informed that they are being developed as per the MoU signed between IGNOU and Alliance College of Management and Technology.

AC 48.9.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for ‘Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’ and ‘Diploma in

Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’ (Annexure -2).

ITEM NO.10 To report the Phase 3 form for Certificate in Hospital Administrative Assistantship.

AC 48.10.1. It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted Phase 3 Form for Certificate in Hospital Administrative Assistantship. This certificate consists of 8 credits of theory and 8 credits of practice. The Phase 3 from has been approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009.

AC 48.10.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu explained that the basic objective of this programme is to train manpower for jobs like ward secretary, front office staff, patient care executive, etc in hospitals and health care organizations. This programme is being offered under the MoU signed between IGNOU and Apollo Hospitals. The theory classes as well as practicals/hands on training will be conducted at selected branches of the Apollo Hospitals. The programme is likely to be launched in July 2009 in face-to-face mode. He clarified that the programme fee is slightly on higher side because of the 50% practical component.

AC 48.10.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for ‘Certificate in Hospital Administrative Assistantship’ (Annexure -3).

ITEM NO.11 To report the Phase 3 form for Bachelor of Vocational Education and Training (B.VET.)

AC 48.11.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted Phase 3 Form for Bachelor of Vocational Education and Training (B.VET). This programme consists of 7 courses (48 credits) with 50% weightage for practical components. The Phase 3 Form was approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009. Prof. Vibha Joshi, SOE and Prof. Pandav Nayak, SOSS are the coordinators of the programme.

AC 48.11.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET explained the salient features of the programme and informed that it is being developed in collaboration with Pandit Sundar Lal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education. The objective of the programme is capacity building of teachers and instructors in vocational and technical education or who want to work as teachers/trainers in vocational/technical education. The programme is likely to be launched in July 2010. During discussion it was pointed that the total credit weight of the programme is 48 credits as against the University norm of 96 credits for BDP. It was clarified that the eligibility for admission is minimum

graduation, and it is to some extent similar to B.Ed programme. Dr. D. K. Chaudhry, PVC pointed out that the details such as programme fees, detailed course contents, course delivery, audio/video components, etc are not presented. The Chairman suggested the Director, SOVET to complete the details in consultation with Dr. D. K. Chaudhry who is also the PVC of the SOVET.

AC 48.11.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for Bachelor of Vocational Education and Training (B.VET) (Annexure-4).

ITEM NO.12 To consider the proposal for launching M.Sc. in Actuarial Science in Face to Face Class Room Based mode from July 2009.

AC 48.12.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training submitted proposal for launching M.Sc. in Actuarial Science in Face-to-Face mode from July 2009. The programme consists of 72 credits spread over four semesters. Proposed fee is Rs. 5000 per semester. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 7th Meeting held on April 22, 2009.

AC 48.12.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu explained that, in response to the Vice-Chancellor’s suggestion to the new schools to launch at least one Master’s level programme in Face-to-Face mode from July 2009, the faculty of SOVET proposed this programme. He also explained in detail the objectives of the programme, eligibility, fees, etc.

AC 48.12.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for launching M.Sc. in Actuarial Science in face-to-Face mode from July 2009 (Annexure - 5).

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the proposal for Certificate in Digital Film Making, Diploma in Computer Generated Imagery and B.A. in 3D Animation and Visual Effects.

AC 48.13.1 It was presented that the School of Journalism and New Media Studies submitted the proposal for launching the following three programmes in collaboration with M/s. Maya Academy, Mumbai in face-to-face mode as well as distance teaching mode:

1. Certificate in Digital Film Making 2. Diploma in Computer Generated Imagery

3. B.A. in 3D Animation and Visual Effects

AC 48.13.2 Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS explained details of the

programmes. He informed that practical component is given more weightage in all these programmes.

AC 48.13.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for launching (a) Certificate in Digital Film Making, (b) Diploma in Computer Generated Imagery and (c) B.A. in 3D Animation and Visual Effects by SOJNMS in face-to-face mode as well as distance mode (Annexure - 6).

ITEM NO.14 To consider and approve the proposal for offering M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication in face-to-face mixed mode.

AC 48.14.1 It was presented that the School of Journalism and New Media Studies submitted proposal for launching M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication in face-to-face mixed mode from July 2009.

AC 48.14.2 Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS informed that the School Board at its 4th Meeting approved integration of revised structure of PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication in the first year of M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. It was further informed that the 4th meeting of the School Board held on 20th April approved the proposal for offering M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication as a full time face-to-face mixed mode from July 2009.

AC 48.14.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for offering M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication in face to face mixed mode (Annexure - 7).

ITEM NO.15 To consider and approve the proposal for offering M.A. in Electronic Media: Production and Management in face-to-face mixed mode.

AC 48.15.1 It was presented that the School of Journalism and New Media Studies submitted the proposal for launching ‘M.A. in Electronic Media: Production and Management’ in face-to-face mixed mode from July 2009. The School Board approved the proposal at its 4th Meeting held on 20th April, 2009.

AC 48.15.2

Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS explained the main features of the programme. The programme is likely to be launched in July, 2009 on pilot basis and as regular programme from January 2011. The programme will consist of four certificate programmes (16 credits each) of 6 months duration. Students will have the flexible option to complete each certificate in modular form leading to Masters Degree.

AC 48.15.3

The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for offering M.A. in Electronic Media: Production and Management in face-to-face mixed mode (Annexure - 8).

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the proposal for starting of One-Year Diploma Programme in Corporate Governance.

AC 48.16.1 It was presented that the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy proposed to launch one year Diploma in Corporate Governance from the ensuing academic year.

AC 48.16.2 Brief concept note of the programme along with statement of activities undertaken by the Centre since its inception in December 2008 is presented (Annexure - 9). The proposed diploma programme comprises five courses, which include three theory courses, one practical training and one project work.

AC 48.16.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the one year Diploma in Corporate Governance.

ITEM NO.17 To consider and approve the Phase 3 forms for MPSTC Programmes (3 Programmes)

AC 48.17.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism & Hospitality Services Management had submitted Phase 3 forms for the following three certificate programmes being offered in pursuance of the MoU between IGNOU and Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Corporation (MPSTC).

1. Certificate in House Keeping Operations 2. Certificate in Front Office Operations 3. Certificate in F&V Services Operations

These programmes were approved by the School Board at its 3rd Meeting held on April 21, 2009. Dr. Harkirat Bains, Reader, SOTHSM is the coordinator for all these three programmes.

AC 48.17.2 Dr. Sonia Sharma Director (I/c) explained the salient features of the three certificate programmes. Each of these programmes comprise of 10 credits of theory courses (3 courses), 6 credits practical training and 2 credits project work. In addition, there is an optional non-credit course. The detailed course structures of these programmes are placed at (Annexure - 10).

AC 48.17.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Forms for three certificate programmes viz., (1) Certificate in House Keeping Operations, (2) Certificate in Front Office Operations, and (3) Certificate in F&V Services Operations, in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Corporation (MPSTC).

ITEM NO.18 To report on B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration (BHM) -

change from annual system to semester system.

AC 48.18.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism & Hospitality Services Management proposed to change from annual system to semester system from 2009-10 academic session for B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration (BHM), which is being jointly offered full-time in collaboration with the National Council for Hotel Management. The same was approved by the School Board at its 3rd Meeting held on April 21, 2009.

AC 48.18.2 Dr. Sonia Sharma, SOTHSM informed that the programme is on offer on annual basis. Now the National Council for Hotel Management, the collaborating institute, had proposed to change to semester system from 2009-10 academic session, which is in line with the semester system being followed in the University. It is further proposed to offer semester system with specialization in 7 centres and a generic semester programme in the remaining centres. Accordingly, semester-wise detailed programme structure for specialization stream as well as generic stream are prepared and presented to the Academic Council.

AC 48.18.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the change over from annual system to semester system for B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration (BHM) from 2009-10 academic session, and also approved the semester-wise course structure for specialization stream as well as generic stream (Annexure - 11).

ITEM N O.19 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for B.Sc. (Hons.) in International Hospitality Administration programme.

AC 48.19.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism & Hospitality Services Management had submitted Phase 3 Form for B.Sc. (Hons.) in International Hospitality Administration Programme. This programme is being offered as per the MoU between IGNOU and Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India – Educational Trust (FHRAI-ET). The same was approved by the School Board at its 3rd meeting held on April 21, 2009.

AC 48.19.2 Dr. Sonia Sharma, SOTHSM presented the salient features of the programme. The School Board recommended to constitute an expert committee to frame the final syllabus structure after taking into account the syllabus structure proposed by FHRAI-ET.

AC 48.19.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure -12) for B.Sc. (Hons.) International Hospitality Administration

ITEM NO.20 To report on Bachelor of Arts in International Hospitality Administration

AC 48.20.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism & Hospitality Services Management had submitted the proposal to launch Bachelor of Arts in International Hospitality Administration programme internationally through the partner institutions abroad. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 3rd Meeting held on April 21, 2009.

AC 48.20.2 Dr. Sonia Sharma, SOTHSM explained that this programme was launched in 2008 in collaboration with American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AH&LEI).

AC 48.20.3 The Academic Council considered and approved launch of Bachelor of Arts in International Hospitality Administration programme internationally through the partner institutions.

programme.

ITEM NO.21 To consider and approve the launching of MSW (with specialization

in Philanthropy) in face-to-face mode and ODL System.

AC 48.21.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work had submitted the proposal for launching the ‘Master of Social Work (MSW) with specialization in Philanthropy’ in Face-to-Face mode as well as ODL system.

AC 48 .21.2 Prof. Gracious Thomas explained the proposal in detailed and informed that the programme would be offered on a face to face mode in July 2009 and subsequently it will be offered under ODL system. The first year courses are the same as the existing first year MSW/PGDSW, while the second year comprises of five theory courses (4 credits each) and 10 credits practicum. Proposed fee is Rs. 12,000 p.a. for face-to-face programme and Rs. 2,500 p.a. for ODL programme.

AC 48 .21.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for launching of ‘Master of Social Work (MSW) with specialization in Philanthropy’ in face-to-face mode from July 2009 and ODL System subsequently. The detailed programme structure and syllabus were also approved (Annexure - 13).

ITEM NO.22 To consider and approve the proposal for launching the PG Diploma in Counseling (PGDC)

AC 48.22.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work had submitted the proposal for PG Diploma in Counseling (PGDC) as a stand alone programme, as well as part of MSW second year specialization in Counselling. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 2nd meeting held on April 11, 2008.

AC 48.22.2 Prof. G. Thomas, Director, SOSW explained the objectives and structure of the Diploma programme. During the discussion it was mentioned that the existing MSW is a generic programme. The School is in the process of developing specializations to be offered in the second year of study of MSW. PG Diploma in Counselling will also constitute as second year of study of MSW. Therefore, a student who pass the existing 1st year MSW and PG Diploma in Counselling will be awarded MSW with specialization in Counselling.

AC 48.22.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for ‘PG Diploma in Counseling’ as a standalone diploma programme as well as specialization module in 2nd year MSW with specialization in Counselling.

ITEM NO.23 To consider and approve the proposal for launching the ‘Post

Graduate Diploma in Social Work among Tribals’

AC 48.23.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work proposed to offer ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work among Tribals’. As a stand alone programme as well as 2nd year specialization module of ‘MSW with specialization in Social Work among Tribals.’ The same was approved by the School Board of School of Social Work at its 3rd meeting held on March 13, 2009.

AC 48.23.2 Prof. G. Thomas explained the objectives of the ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work among Tribals’. Further it is explained that the existing MSW is a generic in nature. The School is in the process of developing specialization streams in different areas to be offered during the 2nd year of study. This Diploma is, thus, a standalone Diploma as well as to constitute 2nd year of ‘MSW with Specialization in Social Work among Tribals’. During the discussion it was pointed out that the SOCE is already offering a PG diploma programme in Counseling. Therefore, it is suggested to avoid any duplication in the nomenclature, if any, with the existing programmes of the University.

AC 48.23.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the ‘PG Diploma in Social Work among Tribals’ as standalone diploma as well as to constitute 2nd year ‘MSW with Specialization in Social Work among Tribals’. The AC further suggested Prof. Gracious Thomas to avoid any duplication in the nomenclature, if any, with the existing programmes of the University.

ITEM NO.24 To consider and approve the proposal for launching M.Phil. in Social Work.

AC 48.24.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work proposed to launch M.Phil. in Social Work with effect from July 2010. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 3rd Meeting held on March 13, 2009.

AC 48.24.2 Prof. G. Thomas, Director, SOSW briefly stated the details of the programme. The programme consists of 32 credits course work (20 credits theory and 12 credits practicum) and 16 credits dissertation. The courses prepared for M.Phil. programme will also be recommended to the Ph.D. candidates who do not have M.Phil. Degree. The Doctoral Committee would suggest appropriate courses for each Ph.D. candidate depending upon one’s academic background.

AC 48.24.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for launching M. Phil in Social Work (Annexure - 14).

ITEM NO.25 To consider and approve the proposal to offer a course on “Life Skills

and Adolescents” for MSW as an Elective

AC 48.25.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work proposed to offer a 4 credit course entitled ‘Life skills and Adolescents’, as an optional elective course in 2nd year of MSW programme. The same was approved by the School Board of School of Social Work at its 3rd Meeting held on March 13, 2009.

AC 48.25.2 Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS pointed out that a course offered by

SOHS is relevant and may be examined for adaptation. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW is advised to examine the course offered by SOHS and avoid duplication of efforts.

AC 48.25.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the four credit course entitled “Life skills and Adolescents”, as an optional elective course in the 2nd year of MSW programme.

ITEM NO.26 To consider and approve the proposal to provide admission to MPhill/Ph.D.in Social Work to students having a PG Degree from any other discipline and PGDSW of IGNOU.

AC 48.26.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work proposed to provide admission to MPhill/Ph.D. in Social Work to Post Graduates in any discipline having PGDSW of IGNOU. The same was approved by the School Board of School of Social Work at its 3rd Meeting held on March 13, 2009.

AC 48.26.2 Prof. Gracious Thomas informed that a student having a Masters Degree in any discipline is admitted to PG Diploma in Social Work (PGDSW) of IGNOU, which is the same as MSW first year. It is proposed that a student having Master Degree with 55% (50% for SC/ST/PWD) in any discipline with PG Diploma in Social Work (PGDSW) of IGNOU be admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D. in Social Work programmes.

AC 48.26.3 The Academic Council considered and approved that a Master Degree holder with 55% (50% for SC/ST/PWD) in any discipline having PG Diploma in Social Work (PGDSW) of IGNOU be admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D. in Social Work programmes.

ITEM NO.27 To consider the issue of updating Ordinance 7 on Degrees/Diploma and Certificates under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act.

AC 48.27.1 It was presented that the Clause 1 in Ordinance 7 under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act listing all the degrees, diplomas and certificate programmes being offered by the University was approved by the Board of Management at its 27th meeting held on February 8, 1992. Since then, though the University introduced several new programmes and dropped a few from time to time, the Ordinance was not modified. Therefore, the Ordinance needs to be updated to reflect actual position regarding academic programmes offered by the University.

AC 48.27.2 The AC Division had updated the Ordinance (Annexure - 15) on the basis of the advertisement being released by the SRD for admission to 2009-10

academic sessions. The Chairman asked the members to examine the modified ordinance circulated in the meeting to see whether all the programmes offered by their School/Division concerned are included or not. Accordingly, suggestions, if any, may be passed on to the Member Secretary to finalize the ordinance.

AC 48.27.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the modifications to Clause 1 of Ordinance 7 under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act updating the programmes being offered by the University currently.

ITEM NO.28 To consider and approve the recommendations of the Expert Committee for full time M.Sc. Programme in Chemistry (face-to-face mode).

AC 48.28.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences proposed to offer full time M.Sc. in Chemistry in face-to-face mode from July 2009 session. An Expert Committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor met on 21st and 22nd April, 2009 deliberated on various aspects of the programme and worked out the broad details of the programme.

AC 48.28.2 Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS, explained broad features of the programme as recommended by the Expert Committee. The programme comprises 72 credits spread in 4 semesters, common curriculum in the first three semesters and specialization in four streams viz., analytical, organic, inorganic and physical chemistry in the fourth semester. Each semester consists of 12 credits of theory and six credits of practical/project work. Around 20 students will be admitted in the first cycle and Rs. 5,000 per semester is the fee proposed. Detailed list of courses semester wise and detailed syllabus of the first semester courses were presented. Minutes of the Expert Committee along with programme structure and detailed syllabi of first semester are placed at Annexure -16.

AC 48.28.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal to offer full time M.Sc. in Chemistry in face-to-face mode from July, 2009 session.

ITEM NO.29 To consider and approve the proposal for the offering M.A (Labour and Development) and M.A (Ancient Indian History and Social Anthropology).

AC 48.29.1 It was presented that the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies proposed to offer two full time programmes viz., (1) M.A. in Labour and Development and (2) M.A. in Ancient Indian History and Social Anthropology in face-to-face mode from July 2009 session.

AC 48.29.2 Dr. Babu P. Ramesh, SOITS explained the features of both the

programmes and explained that an expert committee will prepare all the details and curriculum of the programmes. During the discussion clarifications were sought regarding the objectives and coverage of the second programme i.e., M.A. in Ancient Indian History and Social Anthropology. It was pointed out that M.A (History) and M.A (Sociology) offered by SOSS cover the subject matter proposed in the new programme. Unless it is specially focused, the proposed programme may simply duplicate the M. A (History) and M. A (Sociology).

AC 48.29.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal to offer full time M.A. in Labour and Development by the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies in face-to-face mode from July, 2009 session. The proposal to offer M.A. in Ancient Indian History and Social Anthropology will be reviewed when the School present detailed objectives and curriculum of the programme, therefore, it is deferred. It was suggested that this programme can be M.A. in Social Anthropology.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110068

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MINUTES OF THE FORTY NINTH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON JUNE 29, 2009 AT 02.00 P.M. IN THE ROOM NO. 5 FIRST FLOOR, CONVENTION CENTRE IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 246. Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 247. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 248. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 249. Prof. K. R. Srivasthan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 5. Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC - Ex-officio Member 6. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 7. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 8. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 9. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 10. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 11. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 12. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 13. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 14. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 15. Prof. C. G. Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 16. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 17. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW - Ex-officio Member 18. Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGDS ` - Ex-officio Member 19. Prof. B. K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 20. Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director, SOPVA - Ex-officio Member 21. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 22. Dr. Sushant Kumar Mishra, Director (I/c), SOFL - Ex-officio Member 23. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor, Director (I/c), SOIDTDS - Ex-officio Member 24. Dr. S. K. Arora, Librarian, - Ex-Officio 25. Prof. Subhasis Majhi, SOET - Member 26. Prof. Pitty Koul, SOHS - Member 27. Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE - Member 28. Dr. S. K. Yadav, Reader, SOA - Member 29. Dr. Jaswant Sokhi, Reader, SOS - Member 30. Shri M. P. Mishra, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 31. Dr. O. P. Sharma, Director (I/c), NCIDE - Member 32. Dr. Hemlata, Director (I/c), NCDA - Member 33. Prof. Madhu Prahar, Director (I/c), IUC - Member 34. Prof. N. Mukunda - Member 35. Prof. K. P. Singh - Member 36. Prof. George Mathew - Member 37. Prof. Mohammad Miyan - Member

38. Dr. K. V. Peter - Member 39. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy - Member 40. Prof. K. Ramamohan Rao - Member 41. Prof. Uma Alladi - Member 42. Prof. N. K. Jain, - Member 43. Shri. Ravi Kanth, EMPC, IGNOU - Member 44. Dr. V. Vennugopal Reddy, IGNOU - Member 45. Prof. N. V. Narasimham, Director, ACD - Member Secretary

Prof. M.C. Sharma, Prof. B.S. Hansra and Dr. Sonia Sharma attended the meeting as representatives of the Directors of SOE, SOA and SOTHSM. Dr. D.K. Choudhury, PVC, Prof. B.B Khanna, SOMS, Dr. Sutapa Bose, Lecturer, SOE, Sh. Z. Yanthan, Lecturer, SOSS, Sh. V.V. Subramaninam, Lecturer, SOCIS, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Dr. D.K. Dutta Majumdar, Prof. Khannan Modugalya, Prof. Devi Singh, Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Registrar, SED, and Shri K. Laxman, OSD, SRD could not attend the meeting.

Shri K. D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist the Member-Secretary. At the outset, the Chairman extended warm welcome to the members to the 49th Meeting of the Academic Council. He introduced Prof. N. Mukanda, Prof. Uma Alladi, Prof. George Mathew and Prof. N. K. Jain, who attended the meeting first time.

Then the Chairman requested the Member Secretary to present the agenda. The

following agenda were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 46th Meeting, 47th Special Meeting &

48th Special Meeting of the Academic Council and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 49.1.1 The Member Secretary presented that the Minutes of the 46th Meeting held on 13th January, 2009, 47th Special Meeting held on 28th February, 2009 and 48th Special Meeting held on 24th April, 2009 were circulated to the Members. Action Taken Report on the 46th Meeting and 47th Special Meeting were also circulated to the Members.

AC 49.1.2 It was presented that comments were received from the Director, SOS on Resolution No. AC 46.1.2 and 46.1.3 of the 46th Meeting. The comments were also received from Dr. Neerja Chadha, Reader, SOCE on Item No 22 of the Minutes of the 48th Special Meeting. The comments received from Director, SOSS and Director (I/c), SOITS on Item No. 29 of the 48th Special Meeting Meeting were also placed before the Academic Council.

AC 49.1.3 The Academic Council considered the comments and confirmed the Minutes of the 46th Meeting, 47th Special Meeting and 48th Special Meeting (Annexure 1 without appendices). The AC also noted the Action Taken Report on its 46th Meeting and 47th Special Meeting.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve amendment to Ordinance ‘5 Ordinance on

Recognition of Examinations/Degrees’

AC 49.2.1 It was presented that the Student Registration Division had proposed an amendment to the provision of Clause 1(v) of the Ordinance ‘5 Ordinance on Recognition of Examinations/Degrees (Under Section 5(1) (xiii) of the Act)’.

AC 49.2.2 The need for amendment to clause had arisen because of the bifurcation of the Student Registration and Evaluation Division (SRED) into Student Registration Division (SRD) and Student Evaluation Division (SED). Clause 1(v) of the Ordinance provides for Registrar, SRE Division, Secretary Ex-officio, which is proposed to be modified as ‘Incharge, Student Registration,Secretary Ex-officio’.

AC 49.2.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the amendment to Clause 1(iv) of the Ordinance ‘5 Ordinance on Recognition of Examinations/Degrees as per Annexure - 2.

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the withdrawal of ‘EEC-19 Indian Financial System’ an Elective Course in Economics in BDP Programme from January 2010 Academic Session.

AC 49.3.1 It was presented that ‘EEC-19 Indian Financial System’ is a 4 credit elective course in Economics in the Bachelor Degree Programme. In view of the requirement of thorough revision of the course, the Faculty of Economics Discipline proposed to withdraw this course from January 2010. The School Board of SOSS, in its 45th Meeting held on March 26, 2009, approved for suspending the course till it is revised.

AC 49.3.2 The Academic Council considered and approved withdrawal of ‘EEC-19 Indian Financial System’ an Elective Course in Economics in BDP Programme from January 2010 Academic Session.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for a new course ‘Indian National Movement’, an 8-Credit Optional Course in M.A History Programme.

AC 49.4.1 It was presented that MA History Programme consists of 64 credits,

spread in two years of study. A student has to complete 24 credits of compulsory courses and 40 credits of optional courses. The History Faculty proposed Phase Zero Form to introduce an eight credits new course entitled “Indian National Movement”, as an optional course in MA History Programme (MAH). The School Board of the School of Social Sciences had approved the Phase Zero Form at its 45th Meeting held on 26th March, 2009.

AC 49.4.2 The Academic Council approved the Phase Zero Form for a new course ‘Indian National Movement’, an 8-Credit Optional Course in M.A History Programme.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the Evaluation Methodology for Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Online Programme.

AC 49.5.1 It is presented that the Discipline of Library and Information Science has launched Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) programme online from July 2008 session. This is an Online version of the existing MLIS programme. For the online version of the programme, the Faculty proposed to have the same evaluation methodology with some deviation in the Term End Examination as follows:

1. Term End Examination 50 marks (20marks for objective questions and 30 marks for short subjective questions) to be conducted online in proctored environment in designated examination centres.

2. Term paper of 50 marks (30 marks for the write-up and 20 marks

for the viva-voce conducted online though web conferencing mode.)

The School Board in its 45th Meeting held on 26th March, 2009 approved the same in principle, with a suggestion to review the scheme after a year to take a final decision on the mater.

AC 49.5.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Evaluation

Methodology for Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Online Programme.

ITEM NO. 6 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Forms for (1) Post Graduate Certificate in Gandhi and Peace Studies, (2) Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhi and Peace Studies, and (3) M. A in Gandhi and Peace Studies in a modular structure.

AC 49.6.1 The School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS)

submitted the Phase 3 Form for the following three programmes in Gandhian Studies in collaboration with International Centre for Gandhian Studies and Peace Research (ICGSR):

1) PG Certificate in Gandhi and Peace Studies 2) PG Diploma in Gandhi and Peace Studies 3) MA in Gandhi and Peace Studies

It is a modular programme with multiple exit points at PG certificate and PG Diploma levels. These programmes are already announced in face-to-face mode from July 2009 session. They will also be offered in ODL mode in due course of time. The School Board of School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS) had approved the proposal for the above programmes at its 3rd Meeting held on October 15, 2008. The School of SOITS had conducted a series of Expert Committee meetings from time to time and finalized the curriculum for the programmes.

AC 49.6.2 The Academic Council emphasized the relevance of Gandhian and Peace Studies in the present day world and appreciated the initiative taken by the Vice-Chancellor in developing these programmes. During discussion, the following points were made: 1) There are several institutions in India and abroad working in the area

of Gandhi and Peace Studies. The possibilities for utilizing expertise and the resources of such institutions may be explored.

2) Course No. 9 “Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution” appears to be an introductory course. Therefore, it may be made a compulsory course rather than an optional course.

AC 49.6.3 During discussions, the Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU proposed for the

establishment of School of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies. He explained to the members that Indira Gandhi National Open University and Gandhi Smiriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi have come together to form a consortium to promote the Gandhian Studies and Peace Research in a big way. IGNOU with its rich academic heritage of distance education and GS&DS with its excellent infrastructure and ambience to spearhead this initiative, both have pooled their resources in this initiative. The Vice-Chancellor also informed that there are inquiries from International Institutions and Agencies regarding the availability of programmes relating to Gandhi and Peace Studies. He explained to the members that the proposed School would undertake research and develop academic programmes to interpret Gandhi to the modern world. Thus the Vice-Chancellor emphasized the need to establish the School of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies in IGNOU. This proposal was highly appreciated by the Academic Council members.

AC 49.6.4 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Forms for

(1) Post Graduate Certificate in Gandhi and Peace Studies, (2) Post Graduate Diploma in Gandhi and Peace Studies, and (3) M. A in Gandhi and Peace Studies in a modular structure.

AC 49.6.5 The Academic Council approved the proposal for establishment of the School of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies with a core faculty of one Professor, two Associate Professors and four Assistant Professors.

ITEM NO.7

To consider and approve the Phase Zero forms for revised syllabi of PHE-04, PHE-05, PHE-06 and PHE-08(L) courses of B. Sc. Programme.

AC 48.7.1 The School of Sciences had submitted Phase Zero Forms for revised syllabi of the following four elective courses in Physics in B. Sc. Programme: (1) PHE-04 Mathematical Methods in Physics - I (2 credits) (2) PHE-05 Mathematical Methods in Physics - II (2 credits) (3) PHE-06 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanic (4 credits) (4) PHE-08(L) Physics Lab-II (4 credits) The revised course structure has been approved by the School Board of the School of Sciences at its 38th Meeting, with some modifications. The suggestions were incorporated and the modified version of the Phase Zero Forms were presented for the approval of the AC.

AC.49.7.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Forms

for revised syllabi of PHE-04, PHE-05, PHE-06 and PHE-08(L) courses of B. Sc. Programme.

ITEM NO.8 To ratify the action taken by the Vice Chancellor to allow 50% concession in programme fee for the Senior Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad.

AC 49.8.1 It was presented that the International Division received a request for considering fee concession to Senior Diplomats of Indian Missions seeking admissions in IGNOU’s programmes. Indian Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad play an important role in promotion and reach of the IGNOU’s programmes to the overseas learners. IGNOU’s programmes are launched and run under the patronage and support of the Indian Missions abroad. In view of this support by the Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad, the VC approved 50% fee concession (programme fee only) to the Senior Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad.

AC 49.8.2 While appreciating the action taken by the VC, the AC opined that the fee

concession may be extended to all the Indian Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad.

AC 49.8.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice Chancellor and decided to allow 50% concession in programme fee to all Indian Diplomats posted at Indian Missions abroad.

ITEM NO. 9 To ratify the action taken by the Vice Chancellor in deciding the fee Structure for MED Programme for the International students.

AC 49.9.1 It was presented that the International Division received a request from International Centre for Academics (ICA), a Partner Institution in Kathmandu, Nepal for offer of Master of Arts (Education). The programme fee is required to be fixed for international students, as it is being offered abroad for the first time. Keeping in view the marketability of the programme and to attract reasonable number of students, the VC approved the fee structure of INR 36,000/- per annum for SAARC countries and US $ 2000/- per annum for Non-SAARC countries on equal sharing basis.

AC 49.9.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice Chancellor in

approving the fee structure of INR 36,000/- per annum for SAARC countries and US $ 2000/- per annum for Non-SAARC countries on equal sharing basis.

ITEM NO.10 To consider and approve the proposal for creation of faculty positions

in the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy (CCETC).

AC 49.10.1. It was presented that the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy (CCETC) has signed several MoUs and initiated the development of academic programmes as well as training programmes. Currently, there are no sanctioned positions even though the Centre is being assisted by one Deputy Director and one Lecturer. Therefore, the Centre has proposed for creation of faculty positions of 2 Professors on deputation, 2 Assistant Professors and for regularization of the post of Deputy Director and Senior Lecturer.

AC 49.10.2 The Academic Council discussed the various activities undertaken by the Centre and appreciated the efforts within a short period of its existence.

AC 49.10.3 The Academic Council considered and recommended creation of the positions of one Professor, two Associate Professors and two Assistant Professors for the Centre.

ITEM NO.11 To consider and approve the proposal for creation of Centre for Bhojpuri Language and Culture

AC 49.11.1 The Academic Council opined that the matter requires further examination.

AC 49.11.3 The Academic Council deferred the proposal for creation of Centre for Bhojpuri Language and Culture.

ITEM NO.12 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for Certificate in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode).

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode).

ITEM NO.14 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form for M.A. in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode).

AC 49.12-14.1 Item Nos. 12 to 14 were considered together. It was presented that the School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS) submitted Phase 3 forms for the following three programmes:

1. Certificate in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode) 2. PG Diploma in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode) 3. MA in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode)

These programmes were proposed in modular system with exit points at PG Certificate, PG Diploma and Master Degree levels. The School Board of SOEDS approved the same at its 4th Meeting held on May 22, 2009.

AC 49.12-14.2 The proposals were discussed in detail, and the following suggestions were made by the members:

1. As per the course structure proposed, the project work carries around 11% weightage. It is opined that these programmes require more practical component. Therefore, it is suggested to include empirical based or field based activities in the courses.

2. There are some relevant courses in the programmes offered by SOA and SOCE. It is suggested that SOEDS should consult SOA and SOCE to identify relevant courses and utilize them to avoid duplication.

3. The Centre for Inclusive Policy at the University of Hyderabad has some expertise in this field. The SOEDS should explore the possibility of utilizing their expertise.

4. More demand is expected in Hindi and other regional languages. Therefore, it is suggested to explore the possibility of offering these programmes in Hindi to begin with and other regional languages in due course.

AC 49.12-14.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 forms for (1)

Certificate in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode), (2) PG Diploma in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode) and (3) MA in Extension and Development Studies (ODL mode) in the modular form. Further, SOEDS is advised to consider the above suggestions.

ITEM NO.15 To consider and approve the Programme Proposal Form for M.A. in Extension and Development Studies (face-to-face mode)

AC 49.15.1 It was presented that the School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS) submitted Programme Proposal Form to offer M.A. in Extension and Development Studies in face-to-face mode as a full time programme. The School Board of SOEDS approved the same at its 4th meeting held on May 22, 2009.

AC 49.15.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Programme Proposal Form for M.A. in Extension and Development Studies in face-to-face mode as a full time programme. It is also suggested to consider the relevant suggestions made at resolution No AC 49.12-14.2.

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 13th meeting of the Research Council held on 30th March, 2009.

AC 49.16.1 The 13th Meeting of the Research Council was held on 30th March, 2009. The Minutes along with the modified Resolution No.13.5.4. were placed before the AC for consideration and approval.

AC 49.16.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes of the 13th Meeting of the Research Council held on 30th March, 2009 along with the modified Resolution No.13.5.4.

ITEM NO.17 To consider and approve the ‘revised’ Table of Pro-rata fee for re-admission to various programmes.

AC 49.17.1 It was presented that the revision of the programme fee for different programmes with effect from July 2009 admission cycle necessitated the pro-rata Re-admission fee also. The prescribed ‘Re-admission Form’, ‘Rules & Regulations’ and the proposed pro-rata fee were placed before the Academic Council for consideration and approval.

AC 49.17.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the prescribed ‘Re-admission Form’, ‘Rules & Regulations’ and the proposed ‘Pro-rata Fee’ for re-admission to various programmes (Annexure - 3).

ITEM NO.18 To consider and approve the change of nomenclature of the Programme Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management Programme (PGDISHEM) to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Industrial Safety, Health and Environment) PGDM (ISHE).

AC 49.18.1 The School of Engineering and Technology successfully launched in July 2008 the ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management Programme (PGDISHEM) in collaboration with the Institute of Industrial Management and Safety, Health & Environment, Bhopal. The School submitted the proposal for change of nomenclature of the programme to ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Industrial Safety, Health and Environment) i.e. PGDM (ISHE). The School Board of SOET approved the same at its 34th Meeting held on 17th February 2009.

AC 49.18.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the change of

nomenclature of the programme ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety, Health and Environment Management (PGDISHEM)’ to ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Industrial Safety, Health and Environment) i.e., PGDM (ISHE).

ITEM NO.19 To ratify the action taken by Vice-Chancellor in approving the Foundation course on Education of Children with Disabilities through Distance Mode and Online Mode.

AC 49.19.1 It was presented that the National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)

proposed Phase 3 Form for ‘Foundation Course on Education of Children with Disabilities’ in distance mode as well as online mode for in service teachers at any level. This programme is being developed in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) under an MoU. Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor has approved the offering of this Programme. An Experts Committee was held during May 21-22, 2009 finalised the curriculum.

AC 49.19.2 A detailed note regarding the evaluation methodology was also tabled.

AC 49.19.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in

approving the Phase 3 Form for ‘Foundation Course on Education of Children’ with Disabilities in distance mode as well as online mode. The AC also approved the proposed evaluation methodology for course. The NCDS is advised to offer this course in Hindi and other regional languages.

ITEM NO.20 To consider and approve the Phase 3 forms for various programme to be launched in collaboration with Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)

AC 49.20.1 It was presented that the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy submitted the Phase 3 Forms for the following programmes:

1. MBA Programme in Aviation Management 2. Certificate Programme in Security & Intelligence 3. Certificate Programme in Rescue & Fire Fighting 4. Certificate Programme in Airport Ramp Handling 5. Advanced Diploma Programme in Security Management 6. Advanced Diploma Programme in Airport Operations

Management These programmes are being developed at IGNOU Regional Centre, Cochin in collaboration with the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL). As per the terms of the MoU between CIAL and IGNOU, the CIAL Academy constituted Board of Studies, finalized and recommended the above academic programmes which were approved by the Joint Coordination Committee chaired by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU. All these programmes will be offered from July 2009 session in face-to-face mode by the Cochin International Airport Limited.

AC 49.20.2 After detailed discussion, the Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Forms for (1) MBA in Aviation Management, (2) Certificate in Security & Intelligence, (3) Certificate in Rescue & Fire Fighting, (4) Certificate in Airport Ramp Handling, (5) Advanced Diploma in Security Management and (6) Advanced Diploma in Airport Operations Management to be offered in collaboration with Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) in face-to-face mode from July 2009 session.

ITEM NO.21 To consider and approve the Eligibility for Admission to Management Programme

AC 49.21.1 The Academic Council at its 46th Meeting held on 13th January, 2009 has ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in maintaining parity in eligibility criteria for admission to IGNOU’s Management Programme for

the students directly seeking admission in the University as well as through Convergence Scheme.

Now the following revised admission criteria for admission into Management Programmes through Regional Centres and under Convergence Scheme is proposed:

a) Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks for General

Category and 45% marks for reserved category; OR

Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of supervisory/managerial/professional experience, or Professional Degree in Engineering/Technology/Medicine/ Architecture/Law/ Pharmacy; or Professional Qualifications in Accountancy/Cost and Works Accountancy/Company Secretary ship etc. or Masters Degree in any subject

b) Clearance of OPENMAT conducted by IGNOU. The candidates

who have successfully cleared the entrance test for admission into Management Programme conducted by institutions like CAT, MAT and State level tests need not appear in OPENMAT.

c) Non-graduates (10+2 or equivalent) with six years of Managerial/supervisory/professional experience are eligible for taking admission into Diploma in Management only after clearing the entrance test.

Explanation: ‘Experience’ means work experience of a person during or after acquiring the qualification as specified above.

Keeping in view the urgency, the Vice-Chancellor has approved the above revised admission criteria.

AC 49 .21.2 During discussion, the following points were raised and decided: i. In the case of CAT/MAT tests there is no pass or fail. Only

percentile scores are given. Therefore the modalities for cut off scores are to be worked out by the SED.

ii. Normally, the scores of some of the tests are valid for two years for admission purposes. Therefore, it is recommended to follow the same validity period for the purpose of admission to IGNOU programme.

iii. Currently, a candidate is allowed to register up to a maximum of four courses per semester. It is recommended to allow a candidate to register up to a maximum of five courses per semester, making the total programme of a minimum duration of two years.

AC 49 .21.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the revised eligibility criteria for Admission to Management Programme. In addition, the AC directed to follow the above recommendations.

ITEM NO.22 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for rounding off the

overall percentage for the students, who completed their programme before December-2008 term-end examination.

AC 49.22.1 It was presented that the ACSC at its 28th Meeting held on 4th November- 2008 approved rounding off the overall percentage in case decimal points are between .5 to .9 to the next mark, effective from December-2008 term-end examination. However, the students, on whose request the matter was placed before the ACSC, were not covered under the decision as they had completed the programme prior to December-2008 Term-end Examination. In order to mitigate their difficulties, the Vice-Chancellor accorded his approval to consider their cases.

AC 49.22.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for rounding off the overall percentage for the students who completed their programme before December-2008 term-end examination.

ITEM NO.23 To ratify the action taken be the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Standard Operating Procedure/Modalities for conduct of On Line Term-End Examination to be conducted on 28th June, 2009 for PGCPM

AC 49.23.1 It is presented that the PGCPM (Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management), on offer from January, 2009, is an online programme directly handled by the School of Engineering and Technology. Online term-end examination for the first batch of students was held on 28th June, 2009 (Sunday).The Vice-Chancellor approved the Standard Operating Procedure/Modalities (Annexure - 4) and the online TEE was conducted as per the schedule.

AC 49.23.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in

approving the Standard Operating Procedure/Modalities for conduct of On-line examination for the PGCPM programme.

ITEM NO.24 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the matters relating to offer M.Sc. in Counselling and Family Therapy from January, 2010.

AC 49.24.1 The Academic Council at its 45th meeting held on 24th October 2008 approved the Phase 3 Form for Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Family Therapy and Mediation. This programme was shifted from SOEDS to NCDS. The expert Committee opined that a Masters degree in this area would attract more learners. Therefore, the Expert Committee suggested M. Sc. in Counselling and Family Therapy in a modular system with an exit option of PG Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy

after successful completion of first year of study. The revised Phase 3 Form for M.Sc. in Counselling and Family Therapy (Annexure - 5) was approved by the Vice-Chancellor.

AC 49.24.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the revised Phase 3 Form for M.Sc. Counselling and Family Therapy in a modular system with an exit option of PG Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy after successful completion of first year of study.

ITEM NO.25 To consider and approve the proposal for adoption of IGNOU open course Guide supported Formal E-Learning Processes in IGNOU’s courses.

AC 49.25.1 Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor IGNOU presented a proposal pertaining to the widespread adoption of E-Learning related systems and processes by the University. The Working Paper on the proposed scheme is placed at Annexure 6. The salient features of the proposal are as under: 1) The ‘Open Distributed Technology Enhanced Learning’ (ODTEL) as

the future framework of IGNOU from enhancing its present printed Self Learning Materials (SLMs) and study centres managed ‘Open Distance Learning’ (ODL) education framework for all courses of IGNOU to be executed over a reasonable period of time for transition from present Open Distance Learning to the new framework of ODTEL.

2) The ODTEL as a unique file e-learning framework that effectively

arguments different modes of education ranging from (i) face to face or conventional classroom, (ii) blended learning (iii) existing SLMs based ODL, (iv) emerging paperless web-communities driven education systems. The anchor of the ODTEL is the IGNOU Open Courses Guide (IOCG) system. IOCG is an open course management framework that is built over a Wiki system with appropriate extensions. IOCG effectively provides the formal sequencing of learning activities that are designed by Course Experts and executed during the course of the conduct of the course itself. IOCG facilitates multiple modes of communicating and engaging the learners and the counselors for better conduct of learning centric course activities and associated assessment of learners’ performance. It is proposed that a disciplined and pedagogically architected IOCG is developed by the Course Team concurrently with their course design and authoring of the SLMs.

3) IOCG is backed by a suite of systems that together constitute the

ODTEL. This requires necessary strengthening and augmentation of IGNOU’s ICT capabilities, systems and services. Towards this it is proposed to establish, (i) a unified Data centre with advanced servers, storage and broadband Internet/VPN connectivity that support ‘cloud computing’, (ii) migration over a reasonable time of existing services like the Website, eGyankosh, IGNOU Online, Digital Library services, Learning Management Systems and Students Database management to the cloud computing facility. ACIIL is taking the initiative to establish the unified data center and broadband connectivity in association with the NPTEL, RailTel and developments in the National Knowledge Network.

4) IGNOU is proposing to launch courses based upon the content

developed by the IITs and IISc under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). This is available in the form of suites of Recorded Video Lecturers (RVLs) and web-content. It is proposed to launch NPTEL-IGNOU courses by following IGNOU Academic Council approved processes like generating the SLMs in e-Content form and development of the associated IOCG.

5) IGNOU needs to build up experience in the management of the IOCG

supported online mode of education. Secondly, it is important that extensive online supported courses management is used for the programs offered under the International Division.

AC 49.25.2 The matter is placed before the Academic Council for consideration and

approval of the following: i) Adoption of the ODTEL framework for all the courses of IGNOU to

be executed over a reasonable period of time for transition from the present ODL to the new frame work.

ii) Formal development of the IOCG by Course Team concurrently with

the SLM development for all new course. IGNOU’s Schools and sections that conduct courses will set up Course Management Groups for the ongoing courses who will be given the additional charge of developing the IOCG for their respective courses.

iii) Setting up of the (i) Unified Data centre with broadband OFC based

Internet and VPN connectivity with the Regional Centres and (ii) a backend Educational Informatics Laboratory to develop and build capacity in establishing and servicing of IOCG anchored ODTEL Systems. Both will be done under the overall supervision of the ACILL and executed in association with the concerned divisions and centres of IGNOU.

iv) Launch of NPTEL-IGNOU courses using the NPTEL content and the

IOCG approach. v) Establishing the School Board for NPTEL-IGNOU programme under

the purview of the ACIIL. vi) Courses under the NPTEL-IGNOU programme will be offered using

both printed SLM mode and also using the paperless eSLM hosted on a joint NPTEL-IGNOU Programme portal and augmented by the IOCG System.

vii) Direct all concerned schools offering International programmes to speedily develop the IOCG based system of ODTEL in the respective courses for such programmes.

viii) The full scale ODTEL services to be developed and deployed for the programmes managed through the ID. The Education Informatic Lab will closely work with the ID for the effective management of such programmes.

AC 49.25.3 The Academic Council discussed the proposal in detail and approved the

same.

ITEM NO.26 To report the revised target enrolment to Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) programme

AC 49.26.1 It was presented that the SOCIS projected a target enrolement of 10,000 per annum in the Phase 3 Form for the Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) programme. The School now revised the target enrolment as 3,000 per annum. This is reported to the AC for information.

AC 49.26.3 The Academic Council noted the revised target enrolment of 3,000 per annum to Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) programme

ITEM NO.27 To consider and approve the Establishment of National Centre for Local Governance

AC 49.27.1 It was presented that Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE proposed for the establishment of ‘National Centre for Local Governance’ in the University. Prof Aslam explained the rationale for establishing the proposed centre. He stressed that the establishment of a ‘National Centre for Local Governance (NCLG) will greatly help to catalyze the process of democratic decentralization. It is expected that the proposed centre will facilitate developing a clear vision and strategy to plan and provide for an appropriate educational and training intervention to meet the challenge of facilitating and expediting the silent revolution expected to be brought about by the 73rd & 74th amendments of the Constitution.

AC 49.27.2 The members raised the following points during discussion:

a) Inclusion of the word ‘National’ in the nomenclature of the

Centre. b) Possibility for collaboration and coordination with similar other

institutions like NIRD etc. c) Focus of the proposed Centre on the ODL capabilities to local self

government.

AC 49.27.3 The Academic Council deliberated and approved the proposal for establishment of the centre with modified nomenclature as ‘Centre for ODL Capabilities in Local Governance’. The AC further recommended the proposed staffing pattern for the Centre. The proposal is placed at Annexure – 7.

ITEM NO.28 To consider and approve the proposal for offering Master of Visual and Performing Arts (MVA & MPA) programmes in face-to-face mode.

AC 49.28.1 It was presented that the School of Performing and Visual Arts (SOPVA) proposed to offer the following programmes in face-to-face mode from July, 2009.

(a) MPA – Bharatnatyam Dance (b) MPA – Hindustani Classical Vocal Music (c) MPA – Theatre Arts (d) MVA – Painting (e) MVA – Applied Art (to be offered from July 2010)

The Phase 1 Form for the above programmes were approved by the School Board at its meeting held on April 29, 2009. Tecnia Institute of Dance, Music & Fine Arts, Rohini, Delhi is willing to work in partnership and provide infrastructure on per student fixed charges where as School of Performing and Visual Arts, IGNOU will support the course with Academic guidance ad supervision. Ganesha Natyalaya, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi is willing to make available its premises on rental basis for MPA.

AC 49.28.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for offering Master of Visual and Performing Arts (MVA & MPA) programmes in face-to-face mode from July, 2009.

ITEM NO.29 To report for ratification of the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor on offering B.A. in (a) Fashion Design, (b) Textile Design and (c)

Fashion Merchandising and Production programmes as face to face full time programmes in place of distance education.

AC 49.29.1 A proposal was received from the Pearl Academy of Fashion to convert B.A. (Fashion Design), B.A. (Textile Design) and B.A. (Fashion Merchandising and Production) programmes from 4 to 3 years full time face-to-face. The item was considered by the School Board in its meeting held on 22/4/2009. After detailed discussion, the School Board authorized the chairman of the School Board to constitute a committee for visiting Pearl Academy of Fashion centres at Delhi, Jaipur and Chennai and make its recommendations. A committee duly constituted visited all the three centres of the Pearl Academy of Fashion located at Delhi, Jaipur and Chennai and submitted its recommendations. On the basis of the Committee’s recommendations, the Vice-Chancellor as given his kind approval for offering the above programmes as full time face-to-face programmes and reducing the duration from 4 to 3 years retaining the courses and credits as earlier.

The minutes of the meeting of the School Board of School of Vocational Education and Training, recommendations committee to study availability of infrastructure facilities for offering full time B.A. in (a) Fashion Design, (b) Textile Design and (c) Fashion Merchandising and Production programmes at Pearl Academy of Fashion centres (at Delhi, Jaipur & Chennai) and revised course structure for the above programmes is placed at (Annexure – 8).

AC 49.29.2 The Academic Council ratified the Action Taken by the Vice-Chancellor in offering the following three programmes as face-to-face full time programmes in place of distance mode: (1) B.A. in Fashion Design, (2) B.A. in Textile Design and (3) B.A. in Fashion Merchandising and Production, along with their revised programme structure.

TABLED ITEMS ITEM NO. 30 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for the M.A. in Gender

and Development Studies (with exit point for PG Diploma in Gender and Development Studies) in the Distance Mode

AC 49.30.1 It was presented that the School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS) submitted Phase 3 Form for the ‘M.A. in Gender and Development Studies’ in a modular approach with an exit point for PG Diploma in Gender and Development Studies after successful completion of the 1st year of study. In the 2nd Year of study, the student will have

option to choose specialization according to his/her interest from a range of optional courses using a choice-based credit system. It is proposed to offer this programme in the Distance Mode. Phase 3 Form for this programme was approved by the School Board of SOGDS at its 4th Meeting held on April 6, 2009.

AC 49.30.2 Members sought clarifications regarding course structure, course contents, target group, etc, for which Director, SOGDS clarified.

AC 49.30.3 After detailed discussion, the Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure - 9) for M.A. in Gender and Development Studies with a exit point for PG Diploma in Gender and Development Studies after successful completion of first year.

ITEM NO.31 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for the Postgraduate Certificate in Gender, Entrepreneurship and Development in the distance mode

AC 49.31.1 It was presented that the School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS) presented Phase 3 Form for ‘Postgraduate Certificate in Gender, Entrepreneurship and Development’ in the distance mode. The programme would benefit the functionaries belonging to organizations involved with promotion of entrepreneurship, micro-credit and microfinance initiatives, especially to achieve gender equity and equality. The Phase 3 Form was approved by the School Board of SOGDS at its 4th Meeting held on April 6, 2009.

AC 49.31.2 After detailed discussion, the Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure - 10) for Postgraduate Certificate in Gender, Entrepreneurship and Development in the distance mode.

ITEM NO.32 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in Hindi.

ITEM NO.33 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in English.

ITEM NO.34 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in Malayalam.

ITEM NO.35 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in Tamil.

ITEM NO.36 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in Gujarati.

ITEM NO.37 To consider and approve M.Phil./Ph. D Course Work in Urdu.

AC 49.32-37.1 Item Nos 32 to 37 were taken up together as they relate to course work for M.Phil/Ph.D programmes of the School of Humanities (SOH) in Hindi, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati and Urdu languages. It was

presented that, as per criteria for admission to M.Phil and Ph.D programmes of the University, the Post Graduate students who directly join M.Phil/Ph.D programme have to complete 32 credits of course work as well as 16 credits of desertation for M.Phil and 64 credits of desertation for Ph.D. The SOH presented Phase 3 Forms for 32 credits of course work for M.Phil/Ph.D programme in six languages viz., Hindi, English, Malayam, Tamil, Gujarati and Urdu. The Phase 3 Forms were approved by the School Board of SOH at its 39th Meeting held on June 24, 2009.

AC 49.32-37.2 Prof. Renu Bharadwaj, Director, SOH explained the salient features of the proposed course work. The evaluation system for all these programmes shall comprise of two components: (1) continuous assessment with 50% weightage (two term papers carrying 30% wieghtage for theory and practical assessment through seminars etc with 20% weightage), and (2) term-end examination with 50% weightage (30% for theory and 20% for the viva-voce). It was stated that the initial admission in Hindi and English will be between 20-30 students and contact programme with the students is also being envisaged. As of now, the Programme in Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati and Urdu languages is limited to RTA scheme till regular Faculty is appointed in these disciplines.

AC 49.32-37.3 Director, SOH raised the issue of non-availability of core faculty in Indian Languages to undertake course development and M.Phil/Ph.D guidance. In this context, the decision (Resolution No 46.1.4) of the 46th Meeting of the Academic Council held on 13th January 2009 to establish a Centre of Indian Languages was reiterated. As per the decision, a separate Centre of Indian Languages with full academic autonomy like any school of studies to start academic programmes in Indian languages is to be created. The Academic Council again re-emphasized the earlier decision to establish the ‘Centre for Indian Languages’ to effectively interact with the School of Humanities (SOH) and the School of Translation Studies (SOTS). It is also suggested to create one post of Assistant Professor in each of the Indian Languages listed under the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.

AC 49.32-37.4 1. The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Froms (Annexure - 11) submitted by the School of Humanities (SOH) for M.Phil./Ph.D Course Work in Hindi, English, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati and Urdu languages.

2. The Academic Council further recommended to establish the ‘Centre

for Indian Languages’ with one Assistant Professor in each of the Indian Languages listed under the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.

The Centre shall effectively interact with SOH and SOTS.

ITEM NO.38 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in extending the 50% fee concession to the Diploma and Certificate Programmes of the School of Agriculture.

AC 49.38.1 It was presented that the School of Agriculture offers several Diploma and Certificate programmes to youth and women below poverty line from rural areas. As these target groups can not afford the full programme fee, the Academic Council already approved 50% fee concession for most of the diploma programmes offered by the SOA. While launching Certificate in Poultry Farming, the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor announced 50% fee concession for Certificate programmes also. In view of this, the SOA proposed to offer 50% fee concession to all the Diploma and Certificate programmes offered by SOA, which was approved by the Hon’ble VC.

AC 49.38.2 The Vice-Chancellor has approved the following criteria for availing the

fee concession: 1. All the candidates from rural area shall be entitled for 50% fee

concession subject to the production of domicile certificate. 2. The urban standards below poverty line shall be given 50% fee

concession subject to production of income certificate.

AC 49.38.3 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in extending the 50% fee concession for all the Diploma and Certificate Programmes offered by the School of Agriculture.

ITEM NO.39 To consider and approve the revision of Post Graduate Diploma in

Distance Education (PGDDE) and Master of Arts in Distance Education (MADE)

AC 49.39.1 It was presented that the STRIDE had undertaken the 5th revision of PGDDE & MADE as recommended by the Expert Committee in its meeting held on 4th & 5th August, 2008. As per the revised structure proposed, both the programmes are now to be integrated as MA in Distance Education with the provision for lateral entry of those with PGDDE to MADE. Subsequently, the Course Coordinators of all the 10 courses have revised the course outlines.

AC 49.39.2 After detailed discussion, the Academic Council considered and approved

the revised nomenclature, structure, duration, etc of Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (PGDDE) and Master of Arts in Distance Education (MADE). The Academic Council also approved the revised course outlines of all the 10 courses of these programmes.

ITEM NO.40 To consider and approve the modification in eligibility of the Academic Programmes having eligibility 10th and 12th – regarding.

AC 49.40.1 It was presented that 37th Meeting of the APC held on June 26, 2009 suggested to modify eligibility conditions of 10th and 12th Class for various Certificate and Diploma programmes as follows: a) Certificate Programmes: 10th pass to be replaced with Literate with

15 years of age. b) Diploma Programmes: 12th (10+2) or equivalent pass with 17 years of

age. The above suggestion of APC is now placed before the AC for consideration and approval.

AC 49.40.2 During the discussions the members felt that the eligibility criteria for admission to various certificates/diploma programmes are not uniform across the Board. The entry qualification varies from literate to graduation depending on the nature of the certificate/diploma programme. Therefore, it may not be appropriate to decide the entry qualification on a uniform basis. It is opined that the suggestion of the APC as mentioned above may be kept in mind by the School while deciding the entry qualification for certificate/diploma programmes.

AC 49.40.3 The Academic Council advised the Schools to take the above suggestions of the APC as guidelines and decide the eligibility qualification for admission to certificate/diploma programmes as per the requirements.

ITEM NO.41 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in launching of

Paramedical/Allied Health Sciences Programmes

AC 49.41.1 It was presented that the Centre for Paramedical Sciences developed Bachelor Degree, Diploma & Online Certificate Programmes in the area of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences in collaboration with CMAI, AHERF and BSS. The Vice-Chancellor approved the launching of these programmes in face-to-face mode from July 2009 admission cycle. These programmes were already announced through common advertisement.

AC 49.41.2 During the discussion it was pointed out that B.Sc in Optometry and Ophthalmic Techniques / Technology (BSCHOT) is already on offer in face-to-face mode for the past few years. Therefore, there is no need for fresh approval for this programme at this stage.

AC 49.41.3 With the above observation, the Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice Chancellor in launching Bachelor Degree, Diploma & Online Certificate Programmes in the area of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences.

ITEM NO.42 To consider and approve the launch B. Sc. (Nautical Science) Programme for the Merchant Navy Officers who serve Near Coastal Vessels (NCVs).

AC 49.42.1 It was presented that the School of Engineering & Technology (SOET) was offering B.Sc. (Nautical Science) in collaboration with DG Shipping. The programme was withdrawn by IGNOU as the DG Shipping shifted it to the Indian Maritime University, Chennai. The DG, Shipping, Mumbai has now proposed for collaboration with IGNOU to offer a revised B.Sc. (Nautical Science) for training the candidates to qualify for becoming the Merchant Navy Officers who serve Near Coastal Vessels (NCVs). A team of Navel Officers met the Vice-Chancellor and the faculty and discussed broad structure of the revised programme, as presented in the agenda note.

AC 49.42.2 Director, SOET presented the proposed modifications in the B.Sc.

(Nautical Science) programme. Further details of the proposed programme will be worked out after consulting Indian shipping companies and other stakeholders.

AC 49.42.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the launch B. Sc. (Nautical Science) Programme for the Merchant Navy Officers who serve Near Coastal Vessels (NCVs). The Faculty shall work out detail structure of the programme and discuss in the School Board.

ITEM NO.43 To consider and approve the proposal for establishment of Institute

of Higher Learning at Bangalore under IGNOU-Indian Navy Collaboration.

AC 49.43.1 It was presented that Indian Navy proposed IGNOU to set up an Institute of Higher Learning at Bangalore on land owned by Indian Navy. The primary purpose for establishing the institute is to provide avenues for quality higher professional education to naval wards who due to frequent transfers of their parents and domiciliary restrictions of states find it difficult to get admission in coveted institutes in the country. It is proposed to set up the above residential institute primarily in the field of engineering and technology at graduation level to start with. The institute will offer on-campus full time regular B. Tech. Course in Mechanical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology in addition to ODL programmes in various areas.

A Joint Committee of Experts comprising representatives from IGNOU and Indian Navy is to be constituted to work out a detailed project report.

AC 49.43.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for

establishment of Institute of Higher Learning at Bangalore under IGNOU-Indian Navy Collaboration. The SOET is directed to take further action in the matter.

ITEM NO.44 To consider and approve proposal for setting up of Flexible e-learning environment through eGyanKosh based course wise registration and assessment.

AC 49.44.1 Prof. Uma Kanjilal circulated a proposal for setting up of Flexible e-learning environment through eGyanKosh based course wise registration and assessment. The details are as under.

AC 49.44.2 eGyanKosh (www.egyankosh.ac.in) was initiated by IGNOU in October, 2005 to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the IGNOU. It has now emerged as one of the world’s largest educational resource repositories. Over 95% of the self-instructional print material of the IGNOU have already been digitised and uploaded on the repository. The video programmes are being provided through a special channel of IGNOU in YouTube with the metadata link in the repository. At present about 36,000 self-instructional print materials and over a 1,600 videos are available in the repository. After its public launch in June 9, 2008, the site already received around 486,000 hits with an average of 1,000 visits per day from all over the world. There are 40,000 active registered users of the repository. The statistics clearly

indicates the growing popularity of the eGyanKosh. It is now proposed to extend the facilities of eGyanKosh to set up a Flexible e-Learning Environment for course wise registration and assessment. The University is already offering 15 online programmes which are in closed environment through a learning management system. The proposed model will be in a complete open and flexible environment with following features:

1. Any visitor to the eGyanKosh site will have the option to register for any particular course or a full length academic programme. A modular approach will be followed wherein a registered learner can combine course credits to obtain a diploma or degree of their own choice.

2. The platform will provide self learning environment with a list of Academic Advisors/ Course Guides to act as mentors. The Personal Learning Environment (PLE) will have interactive tools like Discussion Board, Blogs, wikis, podcassting, RSS feeds etc.

3. Each course will have online assessment mechanism wherein a learner can take their exams virtually 'on demand'. However, the final exam will be in a proctored environment (exam centres have to be identified both at national and international level). The evaluation will be at three levels – diagnostic (where prior knowledge testing is required), formative and summative and will be designed by the faculty based on course requirements. Various modes of evaluation may be adopted viz. objective, short essay type, term paper, course projects, practical activities etc.

4. A complete tracking mechanism will be integrated in the platform through the e-portfolios of individual learners. E-portfolio will keep a formal record of all formal and informal studies carried out by the registered learner. Certification of the course will be based on stipulated time spent on a course (for a 4 credit a minimum of 45 days) and completion of all learning activities identified by the faculty.

The proposed enhancement of eGyanKosh will provide an opportunity for prospective learners to sample a course before enrolling and also help them in choosing courses and programmes of study. Course wise registration will facilitate offering topic specific continuing education programmes especially in skill based and professional areas. This model provides a flexible framework for Schools of Studies to identify and combine different courses already available, for offering new tailor-made need based programmes. In the long run this will help in achieving IGNOU’s objective of democratising higher education by taking it to the doorsteps of the learners and providing access to high quality education to

all those who seek it.

AC 49.44.3 The Academic Council after detailed discussion approved the proposal for setting up of Flexible e-learning environment through eGyanKosh based course wise registration and assessment.

ITEM NO.45 To report the National Launching of the 2-Year Associate Degree

Programme in Community Colleges.

AC 49.45.1 The Vice-Chancellor reported to the Academic Council the National Launching of the 2-Year Associate Degree Programme in Community Colleges by Adv. Kapil Sibal, the Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, and Smt. D. Purandewari, Hon’ble Minister of State for RD, GOI on 4th July, 2009 on the occasion of the 100th Meeting of the BOM.

AC 49.45.2 The Academic Council in its 46th meeting held on 13th January, 2009 approved the Concept Note on IGNOU Community Colleges based on the recommendations of the National Expert Committee. In pursuance of this decision “Expression of Interest” was invited through national dailies. Approximately 700 applications were received. The second meeting of the National expert Committee was held on 9th April, 2009 to discuss the modalities of implementation. All applicants were invited for an Interactive Meeting to IGNOU on 20th April, 2009. Around 300 institutions participated, presented their profiles and interacted with experts. The discussions helped in articulating the Guidelines for the Scheme. Institutions were recommended for consideration as Community College based on the criteria of:

• Track record in the field of community service and skill based education.

• Physical and human power availability. • Linkages with industry/community. • Experience in need analysis for identification of programme

sectors and the demographic spread of the institution’s reach. The Vice-Chancellor through a communication dated 9th May, 2009 elicited interest of IGNOU faculty for contributing academically and administratively to the development of the Scheme. 45 teachers and 31 faculty of Regional Services Division responded. In order to enhance regional awareness and as per the suggestions of the National Expert Committee, the First Regional Meeting was held in Chennai on 25th May, .2009 at MSSRF, Chennai in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Open University. Around 100 institutions and 20 IGNOU faculty participated. Profiles of institutions were presented and possible programmes for launch were discussed. In addition, institutions selected from the South at the National Meeting and interested in further discussions/clarifications were also invited. The meeting helped in identifying some more potential Community Colleges and provided as active forum for academic interaction with IGNOU faculty regarding:

• Kinds of programmes to be considered by institutions.

• Availability and use of existing SLM repository of IGNOU. • Programme structure. • Gazette notification of Tamil Nadu Government regarding

Community Colleges. As an outcome of these deliberations, Award letters were issued to 108 institutions. The Community Colleges have submitted and undertaking and the Community College Board, Academic Committee and Examination Committee have been formed by the respective Colleges. IGNOU representatives on all the bodies have been nominated and Visit/Community College Board/Academic Committee meetings have commenced. The Indian Centre for Research and Development of Community College (ICRDCE) of Chennai organized a meeting of its Community Colleges in collaboration with IGNOU and Tamil Nadu Open University on 22nd and 23rd June, 2009 and deliberated on the integration of Tamil Nadu Open University Community College Students into the Associate Degree programme of IGNOU. The Vice-Chancellor had an interaction with the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development on 10th June, 2009 regarding the Scheme and after detailed deliberations, it was decided to have a National Launch of the Associate Degree programme on 4th July, 2009. Presently, the Scheme receives no financial support from IGNOU and it is worth mentioning that all participation so far has been purely voluntary. A few of the Community Colleges have provision for nominal scholarship out of their Trust/Society funds and some others are making arrangements for bank loans. The Regional Meeting for the Western Region in which approximately 70 institutions have been invited is scheduled for 13th July, 2009. Meetings for further applications and other regions will be done consequently. In order to institutionalize the mechanism, decisions in respect of the following are to be made:

• Material procurement rate for Community Colleges’ from IGNOU.

• Fee slab for various programmes. Academic and administrative arrangements for the Scheme in IGNOU:

• Creation of a Community College Board. • Constitution of Boards of Studies for different disciplines by the

Board. • Unit for Quality Assurance of Community Colleges. • Material Production and dissemination. • ICT deployment and capacity building of Community Colleges.

• Training of personnel in Community Colleges.

AC 49.45.3 The Academic Council applauded the Vice-Chancellor for his leadership in designing and launching the innovative scheme of Associate Degree Programme in Community Colleges.

ITEM NO.46 To consider and approve the creation of the School of Commerce and Business Studies.

AC 49.46.1 The Vice Chancellor appraised the Academic Council that the Faculty of the School of Management Studies proposed for the establishment of the School of Commerce and Business Studies by carving out the Commerce Discipline from the existing School of Management Studies (SOMS). As of now, the SOMS comprises two disciplines viz., Management and Commerce. Both these disciplines offer a large number of programmes and courses. Over a period, they grew exorbitantly and merit separate Schools as is the practice in most of the Universities including Central Universities like Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia. Nevertheless, Commerce Discipline is striving to cater the diverging needs of business sector in development of programmes, and also taking new initiatives like Spot evaluation, for the first time in the University. The Vice-Chancellor expressed the view that the University would be able to serve the education and training needs of the different segments of the commerce, industry and trade if there are two different Schools.

AC 49.46.2 While endorsing the above view point in toto, the Members informed that Commerce and Management are two separate Schools in almost all the Universities in the country. Therefore, the Members suggested the establishment of a new School for Commerce discipline with the nomenclature as the ‘School of Commerce and Business Studies’.

AC 49.46.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for creation of the new ‘School of Commerce and Business Studies.’

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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MINUTES OF THE FIFTIETH MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 2009 AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8 IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 250. Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 251. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 252. Dr. D.K. Choudhary, PVC (I/C ACD) - Ex-officio Member 5. Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC - Ex-officio Member 6. Prof. K. R. Srivasthan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 7. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 8. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 9. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 10. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 11. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 12. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 13. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 14. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 15. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 16. Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGDS ` - Ex-officio Member 17. Prof. B. K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 18. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 19. Dr. Sushant Kumar Mishra, Director (I/c), SOFL - Ex-officio Member 20. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor, Director (I/c), SOITS - Ex-officio Member 21. Dr. S. K. Arora, Librarian, - Ex-officio 22. Prof. N. Mukunda - Member 23. Prof. K. P. Singh - Member 24. Dr. K. V. Peter - Member 25. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy - Member 26. Prof. K. Ramamohan Rao - Member 27. Dr. Srikanth Mohapatra, Registrar (SED) - Member 28. Sh. K. Laxman, OSD (SRD) - Member

Prof. N.K. Dash, Prof. B.S. Hansra and Dr. Paramita Shuklavaidya attended the meeting as representatives of the Directors of SOE, SOA and SOTHSM respectively. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC, Prof. C.Gajendra Naidu, Director, SOVET, Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS, Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW, Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director, SOPVA, Sh. V.V. Subramanyam, Lecturer, SOCIS, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Prof. George Mathew, Prof. N.K. Jain, Prof. Uma Alladi, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Dr. D.K. Dutta Majumdar, Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Prof. Kannan Modugalya, Prof. Devi Singh, could not attend the meeting.

Pending the notification of their membership of the Academic Council, Prof.

Pandav Nayak, SOSS, Prof. T.K. Jena, SOHS, Dr. Ashok Kr. Gaba, Reader, SOVET, Dr. Nehal A. Farooquee, Dr. Babu P. Ramesh, Dr. R.R. Rausaria Registrar (MPDD) attended the meeting as special invitees.

Shri K. D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist Council.

At the outset, the Chairman extended warm welcome to the members to the 50th Meeting of the Academic Council. He informed the Council that UK based Indian scientist Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with American Thomas A Steitz and Isreli scientist Ada E. Yonath. The trio was awarded for their Study of the structure and function of the Ribosome, one of life’s core processes. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was born in 1952 in Chidamabram, Tamilnadu. Dr. V. Ramakrishnan completed his Ph.D. in Physics in 1976 from Ohio University US and his work in Chemistry achieved him the highest award. He is the leader at the Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge UK. His work shows that Ribosomes produce Protein which in terms controls the Chemistry in all leaving organisms. Ribosomes are crucial to life, they are also a major target for new antibiotics. Their work showed what the Ribosomes looks like and how it functions at atomic level. In side every cell in an organism there are DNA molecules they contain the blue prints for how a human being, a plant or a bacterium, looks and functions. But the DNA molecule is passive. If there was nothing else there would be no life. The blue prints transformed into leaving matter through the work of Ribosomes. Based upon the information in DNA, Ribosomes make proteins: oxygen-transporting haemoglobin, antibodies of the immune system, hormones such as insulin, the collagen of the skin, or enzymes that break down sugar. These are tens of thousands of proteins in the body and they all have different forms and functions. They build and control life at the chemical level.

The Academic Council applauded the work done by Dr. Venkatraman

Ramakrishnan and his team, which lead to his winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and taken on record its appreciation on for the great achievements of Dr. Ramakrishnan.

Then the Chairman requested Dr. D.K. Choudhary, PVC (in charge ACD) to present the agenda. The following agenda were taken up: ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 49th Meeting of the Academic

Council and to note the action taken thereon.

AC 50.1.1 The Member Secretary presented that the Minutes of the 49th Meeting held on 29th June was circulated to the Members. Action Taken Report on the Minutes of the 48th Special Meeting and 49th Meeting are placed at (Annexure 2) & (Annexure 3) for information of the members of the Council.

AC 50.1.2 It was presented that the comments have been received from Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS (Item No: 1) Sh. K. Laxman, OSD (SRD) (Item No: 2), Prof. P.R.R. Nair, OSD & Coordinator, CCETC (Item No: 10) and Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE (Item No: 27). The Academic Council noted the comments received on Item No: 1 and Item No: 2 which were due to typographical errors in the Resolutions and accepted the amendments as mentioned in the comments for the following items: Item No: 1: Resolution No: 49.1.2 the resolution numbers mentioned

as 46.1.2 and 46.1.3 may be read as 46.14.2 & 46.14.3. Item No: 2: Resolution No: 49.2.3 the clause 1 (iv) should be

corrected to Clause 1 (v). Item No: 27: The Academic Council agreed with the modified

nomenclature of ‘Centre for ODL Capabilities in Local Governance’ to ‘National ODL Centre for Local Governance’.

AC 50.1.3 The Academic Council considered the comments and confirmed the

Minutes of the 49th Meeting (Annexure 1 without appendices) with the above modifications. The Academic Council also noted the Action Taken Report on its 48th Special Meeting and 49th Meeting.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the proposal for Creation of Additional Faculty positions in the School of Agriculture

AC 50.2.1 It was presented that the School of Agriculture has proposed for creation of additional faculty positions in the school. Prof. B.S. Hansra, explained that at the time of conceptualization of the School six disciplines viz. Agriculture Production System, Agriculture Policy and Agribusiness Management, Livestock and Fisheries Production System, Natural Resource Management, Product Technology and Value Addition and Extension and Communication System were identified. All the faculty members have been recruited and currently the School is operative under only one discipline i.e. Agriculture with the total strength of seven faculty members. The Academic Council at its 46th meeting held on 13th January 2009 approved the proposal for creation of three new disciplines i.e. i) Agriculture Production System (ii) Agriculture Economics and Extension and (iii) Food Science Technology in the School of Agriculture. Since the faculty members are working under a common discipline they are finding difficulty in handling the programmes because of specializations. The School has developed and launched one Ph.D. Three PG Diplomas, Four

Diplomas, Five Certificates and Two Awareness Programmes. It is also conducting Research Extension and Training programmes in the country. In view of the above the School proposed for the creation of positions of Professor – 1 (Crop Production), Associate Professor – 2 (Agriculture Extension (ICT Specialization) and (Horticulture one each), and Assistant Professor – 4. (Food Technology, Soil Science, Plant Breeding / Biotechnology and Agriculture Economics one each).

AC 50.2.2 During the discussion the members expressed the views that the discipline for the above posts should be Agronomy and the specialization should be defined against each of the positions in the advertisement only.

AC 50.2.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for creation of the additional positions of Professor – 1, Associate Professor – 2 and Assistant Professor – 4 in the discipline of Agronomy with above specializations in the School of Agriculture.

ITEM NO. 3 To consideration and approval of the College of Nursing as Academic Institution maintained by the University under Section 2(d).

AC 50.3.1 It was presented that the School of Health Sciences has submitted proposal for College of Nursing to be maintained as Academic Institution of the university under Section 2(d). Prof. Bimla Kapoor explained that the University has received a request for affiliation from College of Nursing of Indraprastha Medical Corporation, New Delhi for regular B.Sc. Nursing Programme. The organization had obtained approval from in the Nursing Council, Delhi Nursing Council and Directorate of Health Services Govt. of NCT Delhi for starting the B.Sc. Nursing programme. The Vice-Chancellor had constituted a core group to finalize the norms for affiliation and application form for affiliation. However, the Academic Council authorized the Vice-Chancellor to constitute the committee to examine the issue of affiliation. In the light of provisions of the IGNOU Act and Scheme of the Convergence. Accordingly a Committee was constituted under Chairpersonship of Dr. D.K. Choudhary (PVC). In the mean time the University had received the request from Apollo Hospital. After deliberations it is proposed that the Apollo Hospital be considered as Academic Institution maintained by the University under Section 2(d).

AC 50.3.2 During the discussion Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC raised the point that his name from the Committee and Core Group as mentioned in the note be removed as he was never associated in the matter. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE suggested that the University should have

a Policy in place for Affiliation/maintaining of Colleges/Institutions.

AC 50.3.3 In view of the above discussion, the Academic Council resolved that a Policy in the matter is required to be in place. It also decided that the University may sign a Memorandum of Understanding with concerned Institution/Colleges and Joint Consultative Committee of the signing Institutions/Colleges and the University should deliberate on the issues involved and for the time being the programme of B.Sc. (Nursing) in face to face mode should be offered from these Colleges/Institutions.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 14th meeting of the

Research Council held on June 23, 2009.

AC 50.4.1 It was presented that the 14th Meeting of the Research Council of the University was held on June 23, 2009. The Research Council is an authority of the University under over all supervision of the Academic Council, therefore, the Minutes of the Research Council are placed before the Academic Council for approval.

AC 50.4.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Minutes (Annexure 2 without appendices) of the 14th Meeting of the Research Council.

ITEM NO. 5 To report for ratification the commencement of Diploma in Teaching German as a Foreign Language.

AC 50.5.1 It was presented that the School of Foreign Languages (SOFL) has presented the Phase 3 form for Diploma in Teaching German as a Foreign Language in collaboration with Goeth Institute (MMB) University of Vienna. Ms. Shatabadi Ghosh Lashkar explained the salient feature of the Programme. She also apprised the members that programme will meet the need of professionals of German Language teachers in class room Management, Lesson Planning, Teaching Skills, Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation and Assessing and Motivating the students. The programme will be offered in Pilot Phase from January 2010 and will be launched in July 2011. The Course Structure for the Programme has been approved by the School Board of SOFL at its meeting held on 23.06.2009.

AC 50.5.2 The Academic Council noted and approved Phase 3 form (Annexure 3) for Diploma in Teaching German as a Foreign Language in ODL with practical components from Jan. 2010 in Pilot Phase and the same will be launched from July 2011.

ITEM NO. 6 To consider and approve the proposal to put on offer the Diploma Programme in Aquaculture (DAQ) from Jan, 2010.

AC 50.6.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences had proposed to put on offer the Diploma Programme in Aquaculture (DAQ) from January 2010 which was put on hold by the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 22nd Meeting for one/two years due to less enrolment. Prof Sunita Malhotra, Director, School of Sciences explained that of late School had been receiving the requests from students/ Study Centres for the programme.

AC 50.6.2 During the discussion, the members suggested that the University should take initiative for more clientele for the Programme by approaching different agencies such as Panchayats, Krishi Vigyan Kendras etc. It was also suggested since it is an agriculture based programme it can be offered jointly with the School of Agriculture.

AC 50.6.3 The Academic Council resolved to approve the proposal to put on offer the Diploma Programme in Aquaculture from January 2010.

ITEM NO.7

To consider and approve the proposal for allowing the students of Diploma in Meat Technology (DMT) to write the examination in Bengali.

AC 50.7.1 It was presented that School of Agriculture on the request received from the Students of Diploma in Meat Technology (DMT) of the PSC at WBUAFS, Kolkata submitted a proposal for allowing the students to write the examination in Bengali.

AC. 50.7.2 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the proposal for allowing the students to write their examination in Bengali with the condition that the University will neither provide material nor question papers in Bengali.

ITEM NO.8 To note for information the Status Report in respect of on-going activities of the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy

AC 50.8.1 It was presented that the Status Report in respect of on going activities the Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy is placed for the information of the Academic Council. Prof. P.R.R. Nair, OSD, CCETC explained the salient features of the Report and the ongoing activities of the center in detail.

AC 50.8.3 During the discussions Prof. G. Subbyamma, Director, SOMS, has raised the issue relating to the Master in Business Entrepreneurship programme and stated that the discipline of Master in Business Administration is located in the School of Management Studies and hence the programme can be offered only through the School of Management Studies. At this juncture Prof Nair, stated that the clients are not interested to go to the School with their programmes. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC, participating in the discussions suggested that the faculty of the Management discipline should be proactive and any academic programme from them is welcomed. The suggestion was made that while launching the programmes it should be ensured that there is no duplication and conflict between the two programmes. Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, PVC, stated in the present scenario all the

disciplines are inter-disciplinary and therefore, the contention of the School of Management Studies for offering the Master in Business Degree is not acceptable. There was also a suggestion to make a Committee to have more clarity in the matter so that any such disputes can be resolved before the matter is placed before the Academic Council.

AC 50.8.2 The Academic Council noted the status report on the on-going

activities of the Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy and appreciated the work done by the centre with in less than a year of its establishment in Dec. 2008.

ITEM NO. 9 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form of Certificate in PC Hardware and Networking.

AC 50.9.1 It was presented that the Computer Division of the University had proposed the Phase 3 form for a six months Certificate Programme in PC Hardware and Networking. Dr V.S.P. Srivastva, Head, Computer Division explained the salient features of the Programme. He explained that the Programme will be offered on Pilot basis initially in face to face as the programme has been more practical oriented which contains 6 credits of theory and 10 credits of the Lab/Hand on work.

AC 50.9.2 During the discussion members appreciated the efforts of the Service Division in offering the Programmes based on their experience in providing services and suggested that these Divisions may offer more such programmes in collaboration with Schools concerned. Dr. Srivastava also clarified the doubts raised by the members on Video Programmes and Evaluation Methodology of the Programme relating to the percentage of continuous assessment and TEE in both theory and practical the components. The Programme Coordinator agreed that the percentage will be rounded of to 30% and 70 %.

AC 50.9.3 The Academic Council constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof K. R. Srivathsan, PVC, with Prof. Manohar Lal, Director SOCIS and Dr. V.S.P. Srivastava, Head, Computer Division as its members to deliberate on the viability of such Programmes. The Academic considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 4) of Certificate in PC Hardware and Networking with the above suggestions to take offered in face to face mode initially from the Head Quarters and thereafter, in Regional Centres, initially from one RC in each Region.

ITEM NO.10 To consider the concept paper for Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance.

AC 50.10.1. It was presented that the Centre for Corporate Education Training and Consultancy based on the approval of the Academic Council for Diploma in Corporate Governance proposed the one year PG Diploma Programme from the ensuing academic session. A concept note

prepared by the Centre along with tentative course outline for PG Diploma was approved by the Expert Committee with minor amendment in course structure and is to be placed before the Centre Management Committee.

AC 50.10.2 The Academic Council considered and resolved that the concept note may be placed before the Centre Management Committee first and after its approval it may be placed again before it with the recommendations of the Centre Management Committee.

ITEM NO.11 To consider the issue of updating Ordinance 7 on Degrees/Diploma and Certificates under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act.

AC 50.11.1 It was presented that the Academic Council at its 48th (Special) Meeting held on 24th April 2009 considered the issues relating to updating the Ordinance on Degrees/Diploma and Certificates under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act. The Academic Council vide Resolution No. 48.27.2 desired to update the Ordinance. The Member Secretary vide its letter IG/ACD/AC-48-Spl/2009/1902 dated 23.06.2009 requested the Directors of Schools, Head of Academic Divisions to furnish the information regarding Degrees/Diplomas and Certificates for updating the Ordinance. On the basis of the information received from the concerned Schools/Divisions/Centre the Revised Ordinance is placed before the Academic Council.

AC 50.11.2 During the discussion some of the members mentioned that their programmes are not reflected in the Ordinance. The Chairman asked the members to send their programes to ACD for updation of the Ordinance.

AC 50.11.3 The Academic Council approved the updated the Ordinance on Degrees/Diploma and Certificates under Section 5(1)(iii) of the Act (Annexure 5) provisions of Clause 2 of the Ordinance which provde that the University may add new degrees/diplomas/certificates to those mentioned in Clause 1 or delete any of them, with the approval of the Academic Council from time to time.

ITEM NO.12 To consider the Academic Programme booklet for the July, 2009 and January, 2010 Sessions

AC 50.12.1 It was presented that the Academic Programme booklet giving the details of the Programmes being offered by the University for the July 2009 and January 2010 sessions along with the eligibility and other details is placed before the Academic Council for information. It was explained that the University will be offering 312 Certificate, Diploma, Degree and Doctoral Programmes comprising around 1700 courses through 21 Schools of Studies/Centres/Institutes and a

network of 60 Regional Centres, at more than 2,241 Learner’s Support Centres and 52 overseas institutions in 33 countries during July 2009 and January 2010.

AC 50.12.2 Shri Sudhir Kr. Arora, Librarian, pointed out that in the Academic Programme booklet there is no mention of the information relating to Library Services, new initiatives of the University like face to face and Community Colleges.

AC 50.12.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Programme Academic Booklet along with the Programmes mentioned in it.

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the Revised Version of the Course Globalization and Environment (MED-008) for the PG Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development (PGDESD)

AC 50.13.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences has proposed the revised version of the Course Globalization and Environment (MED-008) for the PG Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development (PGDESD). Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS, explained that the contents of Course MED-008 has been revised by the course team members and one block i.e. Block 4 (Unit 13 to 16) has been added on the suggestion of the Expert Committee. The PGDESD programme team had also suggested that the revised course may also be adopted for PGDESD programme. The School Board had also approved the revised version of MED-008 and the proposal for its adoption for PGDESD.

AC 50.13.2 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the Revised Version of the Course Globalization and Environment (MED-008) (Annexure 6) for the PG Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development (PGDESD).

ITEM NO.14 To consider the “Nomenclature of the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physics” offered by School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS)

AC 50.14.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences had submitted the proposal relating to “Nomenclature of the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physics” offered by School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS). Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS explained in detail the reasons for the proposal. She stated that at 46th Meeting when the proposal for Ph.D. in Astrophysics was being considered by Academic Council the School of Sciences had apprised the Council that the programme structure and contents for the proposed M.Sc. degree in Physics in the programme are heavily biased towards the specialized area of Astrophysics (comprising more than 50% of the contents). In contrast, the structure and course contents of M.Sc. (Physics) outlined in the model UGC curriculum and offered by the Central Universities, IITs and other reputed Universities in the country has only 25% weightage allotted to the specialized areas with 75% weightage given

to the core courses. The matter was discussed in the meeting of Expert Committee in Physics held on January 07, 2009, and it was recommended that “Master’s Degree in this program should be offered as M.Sc. in Astrophysics”. The Physics Discipline is developing the M.Sc. (Physics) programme to be offered by the School of Sciences, the Phase – 1 form for which was approved by the School Board of School of Sciences on 10.04.2007 – much before the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physics offered from SOITS was planned and proposed, and its programme structure and contents are in accordance with the UGC model curriculum and on par with the M.Sc. (Physics) being offered by other Universities and Institutes. Further, any Universities should not offer the same degree with two different programme structures and course contents. As per the recording of the Minutes of the 46th Academic Council meeting (46.14.2), the Academic Council was convinced that the programme be renamed as M.Sc. (Astrophysics). The Academic Council while ratifying the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in regularizing the matter at its 46th Meeting decided to locate the said programme in SOS if the Physics faculty so desires.

AC 50.14.2 The Academic Council deliberated in detail on issues involved and decided to defer its decision and suggested that the matter may be resolved in consultation with Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Coordinator of the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physics” offered by School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS).

ITEM NO.15 To consider and approve the proposal for launch of Certificate programme in Performing and Visual Arts in Indigenous art forms of North Eastern States (Guru Parampara Scheme, Government of India) from January 2010.

AC 50.15.1 It was presented that the School of Visual and Performing Arts had submitted a proposal for launch of Certificate programme in Performing and Visual Arts in Indigenous art forms of North Eastern States under (Guru Parampara Scheme, Government of India) from January 2010. The Certificate Programme will have 16 Credits-2 Credits for Theory (60 Study Hours) and 14 Credits for Practical having 480 study hours Counseling for 6-8 hours will be offered in face to face mode.

AC 50.15.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal for launch of Certificate programme in Performing and Visual Arts in Indigenous art forms of North Eastern States (Guru Parampara Scheme, Government of India) (Annexure 7) from January 2010 and course structure for the programme.

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the proposal for Starting of (1) Five Year Integrated Programme in Business & Entrepreneurship, leading to Award of MBE Degree & (2) Starting of Certificate Programme by M/S. Reach Technology, Bangalore.

AC 50.16.1 It was presented that the Centre for Corporate, Education, Training

and Consultancy had proposed for (1) Five Year Integrated Programme in Business & Entrepreneurship, leading to Award of MBE Degree and (2) Starting of Certificate Programmes (Credit Training Programmes and Non-Credit Training Programmes by M/S. Reach Technology, Bangalore under MoUs and collaborations. Prof. P.R.R. Nair, OSD & Coordinator, CCETC, explained the details of the proposals. He informed that the proposals were forwarded to the concerned schools and Pro Vice-Chancellors for their observations.

AC 50.16.2 During the discussion on this item a reference was also made to the discussion of item no.8. The Academic Council considered the comments and observations of the concerned Schools and Pro-Vice-Chancellors in which the School and the PVC had given the following comments: School of Management Studies observed that :

v whether IILM has the programme already existing; v what are the resources available with IILM in developing the

said programme; and v what will be the role of IILM and IGNOU The Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor observed that to ensure the quality and standard of the programmes, the same may also be assessed by the experts in the areas from all over the country

AC 50.16.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the concept note for (1) Five Year Integrated Programme in Business & Entrepreneurship, leading to Award of MBE Degree in collaboration with IILM & (2.) Starting of Certificate (Credit Training and Non-Credit Training Programmes) by M/S. Reach Technology, Bangalore (Annexure 8) in principle and suggested that the details of both programmes may be designed and assessed by the experts in the area drawn from all over the country before placing them before the Expert Committees and Statutory Bodies of the University.

ITEM NO.17 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the students of the Integrated BCA-MCA programme of he batches of July 1998 and afterwards to appear in examination up to December 2010

AC 50.17.1 It was presented that the School of Computer and Information Science had submitted a proposal for ratification of the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the students of the Integrated BCA-

MCA programme of he batches of July 1998 and afterwards to appear in examination up to December 2010. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS, explained the item and stated that the item was ratified by the Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 29th meeting held on 17th July 2009. Of late the suggestion made by SRD has been included in the Agenda and taken care by the School.

AC 50.17.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the students of the Integrated BCA-MCA programme of batches of July 1998 and afterwards to appear in examination up to December 2010 with the terms and conditions mentioned in (Annexure 9).

ITEM NO.18 To consider and approve the case of Mr. Kailash More for discussion in Academic Council.

AC 50.18.1 It was presented that the Faculty of Library and Information Science, SOSS has submitted the case of Mr. Kailash More whose request is received has been received from Regional Director, Mumbai regarding admission of the candidate in MLISc Programme of IGNOU. The candidate had already done his MLISc from Pune University which is a two year integrated programme after graduation. The minimum requirement for admission in IGNOU for Master in Library and Information Sciences is Bachelor Library and Information Sciences degree.

AC 50.18.2 During the discussion, the members of the Council were of the view that the University should not have any objection if a Student desires to study the same programme which he had completed successfully from other University.

AC 50.18.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal of the Faculty for admission of Mr. Kailash More for admission to MLISc by exempting the eligibility of BLISc in lieu of his Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from Pune University as a special case. Further, it decided that for similar other cases in future necessary provisions should be made in the Prospectus also.

ITEM NO.19

To ratify the decision taken by the Vice-Chancellor for online examination evaluation and Certification of performance of students in the VET stream.

AC 50.19.1 It was presented that the proposal is for ratification of the decision taken by the Vice-Chancellor for online examination, evaluation and Certification of performance of students in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) stream under Regional Institute of Vocational

Education (RIVET-EZ). Prof. Pandav Nayak, Coordinator of the project explained the proposal in detail.

AC 50.19.2 During the discussion Registrar (SED) raised the issues relating to the certification of the courses by the University, whether the programmes and the course structure has been approved by the Statutory bodies or not. He also mentioned that unless the programmes have been approved by Statutory bodies Certification will not be possible by Student Evaluation Division. Prof. Pandav Nayak, informed the Council that the School Board of Vocational Education and Training at its Seventh Meeting held on 22.4.2009 approved the proposed collaboration of Regional Institute of Vocational Education and Training (RIVET) for East Zone at Phulbani. . The Vice-Chancellor’s approval for the courses and online examination in the absence of regulations for on line evaluation etc. was taken.

AC 50.19.3 The Academic Council suggested that Prof. Pandav Nayak, OSD for the RIVET should discuss the matter in detail with Registrar (SED) and then submit the detailed proposal to the Vice Chancellor for consideration. It was further decided that a Committee may be constituted to look into the matter and frame a detailed policy note/ regulations for online examination by the University. The Academic Council approved the proposal in principle.

ITEM NO.20 To consider and approve the recommendations arrived at National Workshop On ‘Development of Text-books and Training Manuals for the Community Colleges’

AC 50.20.1 It was presented that National Workshop was organized during 15-17 September, 2009 on ‘Development of Text-books and Training Manuals for the Community Colleges’. It was attended by several National Experts in the area of Community Colleges and also some internal members of the National Expert Committee of Community Colleges and Senior Teachers and Academics of IGNOU. The Workshop was chaired by Hon’ble VC.

AC 50.20.2 After detailed discussions on the recommendations arrived at the Workshop, the Academic Council approved the recommendations (Annexure 10).

ITEM NO.21 To report the syllabus structure of B.A (H) International Culinary Arts -4 Years Programme

AC 50.21.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management had submitted the syllabus structure of B.A. (H) International Culinary Arts a 4 Years Programme offered as per the

MOU between IGNOU and Federation of Hotel Restaurant Association of India Educational Trust (FHRAI-ET) in face to face mode.

AC 50 .21.2 Dr. Parmita Shuklavaidya, Lecturer explained the details of the proposal. The Expert Committee re4commended to frame the final syllabus structure of the programme taking into account the syllabus as proposed by FRAI-ET. The Expert meeting was conducted on 23rd July, 2009 wherein a panel consisting of industry experts and academics deliberated on the syllabus proposed by FHRAI-ET and recommended the same.

AC 50 .21.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the curriculum design and final syllabus structure (Annexure 11) of B.A. (H) International Culinary Arts and authorize the School Board to approve the course structure for the programme after detailed discussions.

ITEM NO.22 To report the syllabus structure of B.Sc. (Hons) International Hospitality Administration – 4 Years Programme

AC 50.22.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management had submitted the syllabus structure of B.Sc. (H) International Hospitality Administration, 4 Years Programme being offered as per the MOU between IGNOU and Federation of Hotel Restaurant Association of India Educational Trust (FHRAI-ET) in face to face mode.

AC 50.22.2 Dr. Parmita Shuklavaidya, Lecturer explained the details of the proposal. She informed that the Phase 3 form for the programme had already been approved by the School Board and Academic Council at their 3rd and 48th Meetings respectively held on 21st April, 2009 and 24th April 2009. The Expert Committee Meeting held on 23rd July, 2009 deliberated on the syllabus structure proposed by FHRAI-ET.

AC 50.22.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the curriculum design and final syllabus structure (Annexure 12) B.Sc. (Hons) International Hospitality Administration – 4 Years Programme in principle and authorized the School Board to approve the course structure for the programme after detailed discussions.

ITEM NO.23 To report the syllabus structure of MBA in Hospitality Management – 2 Years Programme

AC 50.23.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management had submitted the syllabus structure of MBA in Hospitality Management – 2 Years Programme being offered as per the MOU between IGNOU and Federation of Hotel Restaurant

Association of India Educational Trust (FHRAI-ET) in face to face mode from the academic session of 2009 onwards.

AC 50.23.2 Dr. Parmita Shuklavaidya, Lecturer explained the details of the proposal. She informed that an Expert meeting was recommended by the Vic-Chancellor to frame the final syllabus structure for the programme, taking into account as syllabus proposed by FHRAI-ET. The Expert Meeting was conducted in workshop mode on 24th July, 2009 and 18th August, 2009, wherein a panel consisting of industry of industry experts and academics deliberated on the syllabus structure proposed by FHRAI-ET and suggested a final curriculum.

AC 50.23.3 The Academic Council noted and approved the curriculum design and syllabus structure (Annexure 13) structure of MBA in Hospitality Management – 2 Years Programme in face to face mode and authorized the School Board to approve the curriculum degree and syllabus.

ITEM NO.24 To report the syllabus structure of Executive MBA (Hospitality Management) – 1 years programme

AC 50.24.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism and Hospitality Service Management had submitted the syllabus structure of Executive MBA (Hospitality Management) a 1 Year Programme being offered as per the MOU between IGNOU and Federation of Hotel Restaurant Association of India Educational Trust (FHRAI-ET) in face to face mode.

AC 50.24.2 Dr. Parmita Shuklavaidya, Lecturer explained the details of the proposal. She informed that an Expert meeting was conducted in workshop mode to frame the final syllabus structure for the programme, taking into account as syllabus proposed by FHRAI-ET. The Expert Meeting was conducted in workshop mode on 24th July,2009 and 19th August, 2009 wherein a panel consisting of industry of industry experts and academics deliberated on the syllabus structure proposed by FHRAI-ET and suggested a final curriculum.

AC 50.24.3 The Academic Council noted for information the curriculum design and syllabus structure (Annexure 14) structure of Executive MBA in Hospitality Management – 1Year Programme in face to face mode in principle and authorized the School Board to approve the course structure for the programme after detailed discussions.

ITEM NO.25 To report admission of students in July 2008, January 2009 &

July 2009 cycle.

AC 50.25.1 It was presented that the OSD (SRD) has submitted the details of the students admitted during admission cycle July, 2008, January,2009 and July, 2009 respectively.

AC 50.25.2 During the discussion Dr. S.K. Moahapatra, Registrar (SED) informed there was large difference between the figures submitted by the Registrar (SRD) and number of Examination forms received December, 2009 TEE. He stressed for the better co-ordination between the Registration Division and Examination Division for the smooth functioning. The OSD (SRD) informed that there was an increase of about 1.5 lakh students.

AC 50.25.3 The Academic Council noted the report on admission of students in July 2008, January 2009 & July 2009 cycle.

At the request of Dr. S.K. Mohapatra, Registrar (SED) and Prof Sunita Malhotra, Director SOS the items relating to Decentralization of evaluataion of Answer Scripts at identified Regional Centre at (Item No. 28) and concept note for M.Sc. (Life Sciences) (Item No.30) respectively were also taken up.

ITEM NO.28 To report the Decentralization of evaluation of Answer Scripts at identified Regional Centres.

AC 50.28.1 It was presented that the University has been conducting examination twice a year i.e. in June and December every year at about 550 Examination Centres covering 1500 course in 330 programmes. The total number of answer scripts being evaluated in each TEE is about 14 lacs. It gigantic task to handle at Head Quarters alone.

AC 50.28.2 Dr. S.K. Mohapatra, Registrar (SED), explained the operational difficulties in handling the answer scripts, evaluation and declaration of results in time. During the discussion the Chairman, mentioned that due operational difficulties he had agreed to the proposal to decentralize the evaluation of answer sheets at one of the Regional Centres in each zone so that the evaluation can be completed within a maximum period of 60 day s and result can be declared before the commencement of the date of submission of Examination Forms for the next term end examination. The details of the scheme are placed at (Annexure 15)

AC 50.28.3 The Academic Council approved the proposal for decentralization of evaluation of Answer scripts at one Regional Centre of each zone as proposed in the note. It suggested that a Committee be constituted to

look into the details of the scheme for implementation from next examination.

Item No. 30 To consider and approve the face to face M.Sc. Programme in Life Sciences

AC. 50.30.1 It was presented that the Vice-Chancellor in his meeting with the faculty of Life Sciences, School of Sciences discussed the modalities of offering M.Sc. Life Sciences in face to face mode from January, 2010. After the discussions on 5th October, 2009 the faculty of Life Sciences prepared a concept note for offering the M.Sc. Life Sciences.

AC 50.30.2 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the concept (Annexure 16) of the faculty for Master’s Degree in Life Sciences in face to face mode.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110068

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MINUTES OF THE FIFTY FIRST MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 3RD MARCH 2010 AT 10.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8 IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 253. Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman 254. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 255. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 256. Prof. K.R. Srivasthan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 257. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 258. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 259. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 29. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 30. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 31. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 32. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 33. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 34. Prof. M.K. Salooja, Director, SOA - Ex-officio Member 35. Prof. C. Gajendra Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 36. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 37. Dr. Harkirat Bains, Director (I/c), SOTHSSM - Ex-officio Member 38. Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGDS ` - Ex-officio Member 39. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW - Ex-officio Member 40. Prof. B. K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 41. Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director, SOPVA - Ex-officio Member 42. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 43. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor, Director (I/c), SOITS - Ex-officio Member 44. Sh. S.K. Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 45. Prof. Manjulika Srivastava, Director (I/c), DEC - Ex-officio Member 46. Dr. Silima Nanda, Director (I/c), ID - Ex-officio Member 47. Sh. Ravi Kant, Director (I/c), EMPC - Ex-officio Member 48. Prof. Pandav Nayak, SOSS - Member 49. Prof. T.K. Jena, SOHS - Member 50. Dr. Nehal A Farooque, Reader, SOEDS - Member 51. Dr. Babu P Ramesh, Reader, SOITS - Member 52. Dr. A.K. Gaba, Reader, SOVET - Member 53. Sh. P.V. Suresh, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 54. Dr. Kamalika Banerjee, Lecturer, SOS - Member 55. Sh. Arvind Kumar Dubey, Lecturer, SOTHSM - Member 56. Prof. K.P. Singh - Member 57. Prof. Ramamohan Rao - Member 58. Dr. K.V. Peter - Member 59. Prof. Mohamma Miyan - Member

60. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy, - Member 61. Dr. R.R. Rausaria, Registrar (I/c), MPDD - Member

62. Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Director, SSC - Member 63. Prof. Pushplata Tripathi, Registrar (I/c), SED - Member 64. Sh. K. Laxman, OSD, SRD - Member

Prof. A.K. Agarwal attended the meeting as representative of Director, SOHS. Dr. D.K. Choudhry, PVC, Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC, Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET, Dr. S.K. Mishra, Director (I/c), SOFL, Prof. Anjila Gupta, SOSS, Prof. N. Mukunda, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Dr. George Mathew, Prof. N.K. Jain, Prof. Uma Alladi, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Dr. D.K. Datta Majumdar, Prof. Kannan M. Modugalya and Prof. Devi Singh could not attend the meeting.

Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE attended the meeting as special invitee. Shri K. D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist Council. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the members to the 51st meeting of the

Academic Council. He welcomed the new members of the Academic Council who were nominated by the Board of Management and attending the meeting for the first time and appreciated the contribution made by the outgoing members in the deliberations of the council whose term of membership had expired.

Member Secretary presented the Agenda. The following items were taken up:

ITEM NO. 1 To confirm the Minutes of the 50th Meeting of the Academic Council.

AC 51.1.1 The Member Secretary informed that the minutes of the 50th meeting of

the Academic Council held on 8th October, 2009 were circulated to all the Members of the Academic Council. The following comments have been received :

1) Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS sent her comments on item No.3 in respect of the recording of resolution No. 50.3.3 and suggested that instead of recorded resolution, it should be:

AC 50.3.3. “In view of the above discussion the Academic Council resolved that a Policy in the matter is required to in place after deliberations it was suggested that instead of an Academic Institution maintained by the University it can be made as one of the Programme Study Centre (PSC) and it will also be within the norms of IGNOU. Details may be discussed in the Joint-Co-ordination Committee”.

2) Prof. B.S. Hansra, SOA and Dr. K.V. Peter had forwarded their

comments on the Item No. 2 Resolution No.AC.50.2.3. As per their observation Resolution No. AC 50.2.3 Resolution should be recorded as follows “ The Academic Council considered and

approved the proposal for creation of the additional positions of : Professor -1 (Agronomy); Associated Professor -2 Agriculture Extension (ICT specialization)-1, Horticulture-1; and Assistant Professor – 4- Food Technology -1, Soil Science -1, Plant Breeding/Bio-Technology -1, Agriculture Economics-1.

The following comments were also received from Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS on recording of the resolution No. AC 50.14.2 which were circulated in the meeting:

“The Academic Council deliberated in detail on issues involved and decided to defer its decision and suggested that the matter may be resolved in consultation with Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Coordinator of the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physics” offered by School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS).

The Academic Council considered and noted the above comments of the members to incorporate in the minutes of the 50th Academic Council meeting.

AC 51.1.2 The Member Secretary informed that the action taken report on the minutes will be circulated/placed before the next meeting.

AC 51.1.3 The Academic Council confirmed the minutes (Annexure 1 without appendices) along with the above comments for incorporation of its 50th meeting and noted that the Action Taken Report will be placed in the next meeting.

ITEM NO. 2 To consider and approve the 29th meeting of Academic Council’s Standing Committee held on 17th July 2009

AC 51.2.1 The 29th Meeting of the Academic Council's Standing Committee was held on July 27, 2008. The following major items were considered and approved by the ACSC:

Phase-3 form for MBA(Tele-communication Management), MBA (Retail), MBA (Entrepreneurship), BBA (Retail Services) and BBA (Entrepreneurship), (Collaborative Programmes) from CCETC, Bachelor of Design (Interior and Furniture Design) BDESIFD, Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) (BTMLE), Diploma in Electrical Engineering (DELE), Advanced Certificate in Construction Practices (ACCP), Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) (BTELE), Advanced Certificate in electronics & Communication Practices (ACECP), Advanced Certificate in Computer Science Practices (ACCSP),Bachelor of Technology (Electronics & Communication Engineering) BTECE, Diploma in Computer Science Engineering

(DCSE), Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) (BDCD), Advanced Certificate in Electrical Practices (ACELP),Bachelor of Design (Textile and Apparel Design) (BDTAD), Bachelor of Design (Product Design) (BDPD), Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering) (BTCLE), Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DMLE), Advance Certificate in Mechanical Practices (ACMLP), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Certificate in Energy Technology and Management (CETM),Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science Engineering) (BTCSE), Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCVLE), Diploma in Electronics & Communication Engineering (DECME) from School of Engineering & Technology.

Launch of Certificate Course in Housekeeping Operations, Certificate Course in Food & Beverage Services Operations and Certificate Course in Front Office Operations from the SOTHSSM. Ratification of the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in permitting the integrated BCA-MCA programme students of July 1998 and afterwards batches to appear in examination up to December 2010.

Ratification of the approval of the Vice-Chancellor to launch on-line PG Diploma in E-Learning from January 2010 by STRIDE.

AC 51.2.2 The Academic Council after deliberations on the decisions taken by the ACSC at its 29th meeting approved the minutes (Annexure 2 without appendices).

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the ‘Fee Structure for payment to the artists for developing Educational Audio-Video material (SLM)’ at EMPC in Performing and Visual Arts for the School of Performing and Visual Arts.

AC 51.3.1 It was presented that the School of Performing and Visual Arts had submitted the ‘Fee Structure for payment to the artists for developing Educational Audio-Video material (SLM)’ at EMPC in Performing and Visual Arts. While presenting the details and reasons for the proposed fee structure, the Director of School of Performing and Visual Arts informed that there is no defined fee structure for the payment to artist invited for recording and Audio-Video (SLM) in the School. A committee was constituted with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor has designed the common fees structure after considering the needs and prerequisites of the different disciplines in the School. They are: Programmes on Dance, Music, Theatre, and Paining/Sculpture/Applied Art. The Committee had also consulted the fee structure of Prasar Bharti, All India Radio and Institute of Central Technology and NCERT etc. The detailed fee structures placed before the Academic Council for consideration.

AC 51.3.2 During the discussions the members expressed their views and suggested that the proposed fee structure requires a review and also involve the financial implications which are different from the payment norms of the EMPC / University may be forwarded to the Finance Committee for consideration. The members also requested that the matter may be referred to a committee to examine all the aspect involved and a comprehensive complete agenda item should be placed before the Academic Council. The Director, SOPVA informed the Council that some Audio-Video production of IGNOU programmes are for educational purpose, the rates suggested are lower as compared to the charges of commercial purpose. He also stated that these rates are comparative rates received from the Prasar Bharti, All India Radio and Institute of Central Technology and NCERT etc. Based on the views expressed by Mr. Ravikanth, Prof. M.K. Koul and Prof. Aslam, the members suggested that the issues involved should be deliberated in a committee and the Chairman should be authorized to take the decision in this regard.

AC 51.3.3 The Academic Council considered the matter and resolved that the fee structure suggested by the SOPVA may be considered by a committee consisting of the Director of the SOPVA, EMPC to examine the proposed rates in detail and submit to the Vice-Chancellor. The Council authorized the Chairman for taking a decision.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the Minutes of the 9th , 10th , 11th, 15th and 16th Meetings of the Research Council

AC 51.4.1 The Minutes of 09th, 10th, 11th, 15th and 16th meetings of the Research Council were held on 21st Aug., 2007, 31st Dec 2007, 9th April, 2008, 21st October, 2009 and 3rd February, 2010 respectively were presented.

The Research Council is the authority of the University under over all supervision of the Academic Council. It is, therefore, mandatory that the minutes of Research Council, which were not placed before the Academic Council earlier, are enclosed (without appendices). The Academic Council Standing Committee recommended the minutes for placing before the Academic Council for consideration and approval.

AC 51.4.2 During the discussion Prof. Parvin Sinclair raised the issues relating to submitting the proposal and progress report. She stated that the Research Unit must ensure the eligibility qualifications of the supervisor strictly as per the university norms. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE gave the brief description of the procedures for research to be followed and stressed that the norms should be followed strictly while making selection of the candidates and the supervisor and it should be ensured that there should

be no deviation from the procedures and the list of supervisors for every disciplines in the university should be updated in the IGNOU web site to enable the students to choose their supervisors. Prof. O.P. Mishra desired to expedite the matters related to the School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies regarding registration of students from northeast region. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor, Director (I/c), SOITS explained the reasons for the same and the Academic Council resolved to request the School to expedite the matter.

AC 51.4.3 Regarding the item No.RC15.23.1 the members found that one of the internal Supervisor does not possess the Ph.D qualification. The Council strongly recommended that the Supervisor must possess the Ph.D. qualification for guiding the research candidates.

AC 51.4.4 The minutes (Annexure 3 without appendices) of 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th and 16th meeting of the Research Council were considered and approved with the stipulation that the matter relating to the students from north-east may be resolved by the concerned School and Director, Research Unit and also approved to delete the names of the supervisors from the list who are not having Ph.D. qualification.

ITEM NO. 5 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form for Certificate in Value Education (CVE) – International Division - SOEDS

AC 51.5.1 It was presented that the International Division has proposed the Phase 3 forms for Certificate in Value Education through School of Extension and Development Studies. The main objectives of the programme are to orient the target group (teachers) to integrate values in their transactional process of teaching-learning molding the character and destiny of the young generation which is the primary role of a teacher, to generate an awareness and interest for inculcating positive values for parents, students and other professionals with the ultimate aim to build an enriched and better life and to build a stable society which is in consensus with the constructive approach of learning of the university. The School Board of Extension and Development Studies approve the Phase 3 form at its meeting held on 28.01.2010.

AC 51.5.2 The Phase 3 form (Annexure 4) is considered and approved by the Academic Council.

ITEM NO. 6 To consider and approve the proposal for delegation of Authority of Statute of 10 A to Academic Centres/Institutes/Chairs of the University.

AC 51.6.1 It was presented that the University had established, apart from Schools of Studies, Academic Centres / Institutes / Chairs to develop and promote the

programmes in specific domains/areas as per the demand/needs of the industry and job market as well. In order to empower these academic Centres/Institutes/Chairs to perform their Academic responsibilities for which they were set up, it requires the necessary amendments of the Statute 10A of the University by listing these Centres/ Institutes/ Chairs.

AC 51.6.2 The Chairman requested Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE to explain the item in detail and their requirement for making the proposal for delegation of authority of Statute 10(A) to the academic centers/ institutes/chairs of the university to enable them for offering their programmes like the Schools of Studies in the University. During the discussion Prof. O.P. Mishra suggested that EDNERU may also be included in the proposed revision for the Statute 10(A). The Chairman read out the Model 1 of Statute 10 (A).

AC 51.6.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposed statute by adding the Clause 1 (a) for academic centres/institutes/chairs/academic units of studies in Statute 10(A) along with the Schools of Studies and also necessary amendments to the respective clauses of the Statues wherever requires in this regard. A copy of the proposed amendement is placed at (Annexure 5).

ITEM NO.7

To ratify the approval of Phase 3 form by the Vice-Chancellor for PG Certificate Programme in “Climate Change and Sustainable Development”

AC 51.7.1 It was presented that the Chair for Sustainable Development submitted the Phase 3 form of PG Certificate Programme on “Climate Change and Sustainable Development” a 16 credit course which includes academic curricula having both theory and project work from contemporary disciplines. The project work is based on empirical research. The main objectives of the programme is aimed to capacitate the policy makers, NGO’s professional, environmental leaders, scientist and educators to develop their knowledge on Climate change and Sustainable Development, empowers to support the participants in sensitizing the Sustainable Development aspects relating to Climate Change and helps the participants in knowing the science of Climate Change.

AC 51.7.2 The Phase 3 form of PG Certificate Programme in “Climate Change and Sustainable Development” (Annexure 6) is considered and approved by the Academic Council.

ITEM NO.8 Proposal to launch MSW with focus on the North-East at IGNOU-NGA Education, Educational Project at Chuchuyimlang, Nagaland – Phase Zero Form

AC 51.8.1 It was presented that the School of Social Work submitted the Phase Zero

Form for development of three new courses. They are: MSWE-004 (Tribal Development and Social Work Practice), MSWE-005 (Peace and Development) and MSWE-006 (Health and Social Work) and 4 credits each with focus on the North-East at IGNOU-NGA Education, Educational Project at Chuchuyimlang, Nagaland. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Courses Proposer, explained that the Board of Management of IGNOU has approved the EDNERU’s proposal of IGNOU-NGA Education, Educational Project. Under this Project, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Social Work was established. This Centre proposes to start an on-campus MSW programme. The proposed programme consists of four semesters. The proposed three new courses are elective courses of 4 credit each focusing the needs of the students in the North East area. These courses are part of the programme. He also proposed to sanction the nine faculty positions in the School of Social Work as follows: 1 Professor as Project Coordinator, 2 Readers and 6 Lecturers for the proposed Centre. He also stated that the programme is scheduled to be launched from July, 2010 and the students from all over North-East including Sikkim would be enrolled. The members deliberated upon this proposal and appreciated the idea of offering these courses in MA Social Work according to the needs of the area in which the programme is being offered. During discussion, Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE suggested that these courses should not be limited to the north-east area but should also be put on offer to all the students of MA (Social Work) to give them an opportunity to exercise more options for selection of courses. Regarding creations of faculty positions the members suggested that the norms of the University for creation of core faculty positions in a new discipline, has to be followed, i.e. 1 Professor, 2 Readers and 4 Lecturers for the proposed Project in the Institute of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Social Work at Chuchuyimlang, Nagaland .

AC 51.8.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form (Annexure 7) and also recommended for the creation of faculty positions i.e. 1 Professor, 2 Readers and 4 Lecturers for the proposed programme.

ITEM NO. 9 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form of MBA in Hospitality Management of IGNOU-FHRAI (ET) Collaboration

AC 51.9.1 It was presented that the School of Tourism, Hospitality Services Sectoral Management has submitted the Phase 3 Form of MBA in Hospitality Management of IGNOU-FHRAI (ET) Collaboration. The Phase 3 Form

was approved by the 5th School Board Meeting held on 21st January, 2010.

AC 51.9.2 Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, informed that it is a face to face programme in collaboration with FHRAI a state-of-the-art Institute in the country and the School will gain in collaborating with the institute. Prof. A.K. Agarwal, SOHS supported the issue of the higher fees for the programme as this programme is heavily loaded with the practical components. It will be in the interest of the university to charge the higher fees from the elite class of students and offer the subsidy to needy students. It was suggested to work out the possibilities to provide fee subsidy to needy students. The members also suggested for identification of more Centres for the programme to enhance enrolment so as to reduce the fees. It was also suggested the fee has to be fixed rationally following a self-sustaining model. It was also explained that the SOTHSSM is financially self sufficient with the fees it is receiving from its programmes on offer.

AC 51.9.3 The Academic Council is considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure 8) of MBA in Hospitality Management of IGNOU-FHRAI (ET) Collaboration in face-to-face mode.

ITEM NO.10 To ratify the credit transfer policy from CPE to DPE Programme

AC 51.10.1. It was presented that the School of Education had received requests from Regional Directors of North Eastern states regarding the credit transfer from CPE to DPE Programme.

AC 51.10.2 Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE explained in the detail the proposal and informed that a committee was constituted to look into it and submit the recommendations. The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor approved the recommendations of the committee and the same are placed before the Council for ratification.

1. The Eligibility Criteria of CPE is “Untrained/under-trained in

service teachers who qualified Matric/HSC/10+2 standard in the new pattern of education or above & teaching at primary and elementary level (standard 1 to 8) in the recognized schools of the North Eastern States and Sikkim. The teachers should have preferably five years teaching experience at the time of seeking admission.

2. The Eligibility Criteria of DPE Programme is “Matric/HSC/+2

standard pass with minimum two years teaching experience.

3. The fee scheme of CPE Programme is Rs. 4000/-

4. The fee scheme of DPE programme is below (Module I) Rs. 1400/- (Module II) Rs. 2300/- (Module III) Rs. 2900/-

The courses for which credit transfer be granted to the students who have completed CPE Programme successfully in North Eastern States may be decided later on by the School as per the weightage of the courses already completed by the learners in CPE programme.

AC 51.10.3 The Academic Council ratified the credit transfer policy from CPE to DPE by authorizing the SOE to decide later on as per the weightage of the courses already completed by the learners in CPE Programme in North-Eastern States and Sikkim.

ITEM NO.11 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for the Diploma in Critical Care Nursing.

AC 51.11.1 It was presented that the School of Health Sciences submitted Phase 3 form for One Year Diploma Programme in Critical Care Nursing. Prof Pity Koul, Programme Coordinator, explained that the Diploma in Critical Care Nursing is a Specialty programme of 32 credits. The main objectives of the Programme is to enable nursing professionals (RN and RNRM) to develop and apply advanced nursing care knowledge, acquire proficiency in applying advanced and skills for providing comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients in intensive care settings and educate nursing professionals in Critical Care Nursing. The School Board of SOHS at its 37th and 38th meeting held on April 28th 2009 and September 11th 2009 respectively approved the Phase 3 form.

AC 51.11.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 9) for the Diploma in Critical Care Nursing.

ITEM NO.12 To consider and approve the creation of Sanskrit as a new discipline in the School of Humanities and sanction for creation of core faculty in the School.

AC 51.12.1 It was presented that the School of Humanities submitted a proposal for creation of a Sanskrit discipline in the School and also creation of core faculty positions in the Sanskrit discipline. The Director of School of Humanities informed that the School Board of the School at its 40th meeting held 25th January, 2010 on recommended for creation of Sanskrit as discipline and core faculty positions as per the university norms viz. 1 Professor, 2 Readers, 4 Lecturers. The School is running a foundation course in Sanskrit and it also has a RTA in Sanskrit. The School has also to prepared the course work for research degree programme for Sanskrit. The chairman suggested to develop UG

and PG Programmes in the discipline.

AC 51.12.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal creation of Sanskrit as a new discipline in the School of Humanities and recommended for creation of core faculty for the discipline as per university norms in the School.

ITEM NO.13 To consider and approve the creation of core faculty positions for the discipline of Urdu in the School of Humanities

AC 51.13.1 It was presented that the School of Humanities submitted a proposal for creation of core faculty positions in the discipline of Urdu. The Director of School of Humanities informed that the School Board of the School at its 40th meeting held on 25th January, 2010 recommended for creation of core faculty positions for the discipline of Urdu in the School of Humanities. She also informed that in the 2nd meeting of the Planning Board held on 10th January, 1989, at that time it functioned as AC, assigned the Urdu discipline to SOH. The School has already launched a certificate programme in Urdu. Diploma & BA Course are being launched in July, 2010 and the PG Programme is also in the process of development the School Board recommended creation of core faculty as per university norms for the Urdu discipline.

AC 51.13.2 The Academic Council considered and recommended the creation of core faculty as per university norms for the Urdu discipline in the School.

ITEM NO.14 To consider and approve the Phase 1, 2, and 3 forms for PG Diploma in Sustainability Science

AC 51.14.1 It was presented that the Chair for sustainable development submitted Phase 1, 2 and 3 forms for PG Diploma in Sustainability Science consisting of 32 credits of 8 courses with an objective to enhance awareness and impart knowledge on immediate measures to be taken to limit population explosion, unsustainable lifestyle, and generation of non-and slowly recyclable e-waste, synthetic chemicals etc., to transfer green revolution into evergreen revolution so that agriculture is no longer a destroyer of forests and biodiversity. Prof. M.K. Salooja explained in detail about the salient features of the programme and the course structure. He also stated that the programme will be launched from January, 2011.

AC 51.14.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 1, 2, and 3 forms for PG Diploma in Sustainability Science

ITEM NO.15 To consider the proposal for the Partner Institute Established at Trinity College of Education, Dehradun Under Convergence Scheme to Charge Rs. 52,400.00 from the students of B.Ed. enrolled with them – RSD

AC 51.15.1 It was presented that as per the decision taken by the University, the Partner Institutions functioning under Convergence Scheme under Model – I are being paid 50% of the programme fee received from the students enrolled at the Partner Institution for the Professional and Technical Programmes to IGNOU. The Trinity College of Education, Dehradun functioning as Partner Institute under Convergence Scheme, Model – II has proposed vide letter dated 20.02.2010 along with Government of Uttrakhand office memo dated 11.06.2008 on charging the fees from Students of the B.Ed. Programme in the State in the light of the Court’s Judgment. The Trinity College has proposed an amount of Rs. 52,400.00 (Rs. 35000.00 for Trinity College of Education + Rs. 17400.00 for remitting to IGNOU as fee of B.Ed. Programme) per student for B.Ed. Programming enrolled with them for providing regular contact classes and other academic facilities.

AC 51.15.2 During the discussion the members showed their concern about the fees to be charged by the Trinity College of the Education, Dehradun under convergent scheme from the students of B.Ed. programme read with office memo received from the Govt. of Uttarakhand in the light of courts judgement in the matter relating to the fee to be charged by the Self Financed Institution in the State and the fees proposed by Partnership Institute, Trinity College of Education for the IGNOU B.Ed. programme.

AC 51.15.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve that the Partnership Institute, Trinity College of Education, Dehradun shall be advised to function as IGNOU’s study centres / programme centre and the same pattern should be followed as in any other programme study centre is to be followed.

ITEM NO.16 To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form of a course in Horticulture for listing under Application Oriented Course for BDP – SOS

AC 51.16.1 It was presented that the School of Sciences had submitted the Phase Zero Form for the development of a new course in Horticulture and also listing it under Application Oriented Courses for Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP). The course is of 8 credits consisting of approximately 26 units. The course will be part of the BDP Programme. The School Board of the School of Sciences approved on 12th October 1989 and also the details syllabus for the course at its 39th meeting held on October 30, 2009. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS explained that it is a application oriented course for Bachelor’s Degree Programme. This course proposed to be launched in January, 2010.

AC 51.16.2 During the discussion Prof. K.V. Peter requested the School of Sciences to involve School of Agriculture in the development of the course and include the inputs from them. Prof. K.P. Singh expressed the view that the Horticulture is in demand and it requires more practical components and the course is Agriculture Oriented and should be housed in the School of

Agriculture. Prof. K.R. Srivathsan also suggested that the Directors of SOS, SOA, Course Coordinator and Dr. S.K. Yadav should have a meeting to discuss the issue of housing the course cause either in SOS or in SOA and the decision shall reported to the Chairman.

AC 51.16.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to approve the Phase Zero Form (Annexure 10) for Application Oriented Course in Horticulture and authorized the Chairman to resolve the issue of housing the course.

ITEM NO.17 To consider and approve the Phase -3 Form for “Advanced Diploma in Air Cargo Management” – CCETC

AC 51.17.1 It was presented that the CCETC has submitted the Phase 3 Form for Advanced Diploma in Air Cargo Management which was being run at Sub-Centre of Regional Centre, Cochin in collaboration with M/s Cochin International Airport Limited, (CIAL), Cochin. The Programme is running as per the terms of the MOU between CIAL and IGNOU. The CIAL Academy constituted Board of Studies, finalized and recommended the programme. The Joint Coordination Committee approved the programme.

AC 51.17.2 The members raised that the about the eligibility of the programme that since the level of the programme is UG, how the eligibility is justify as UG for the programme.

AC 51.17.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase -3 Form (Annexure 11) for “Advanced Diploma in Air Cargo Management”. Prof. P.R.R. Nair, OSD, CCETC, gave the clarification that since the programme is an Advanced Diploma, the requisite qualification was decided the UG level.

ITEM NO.18

ITEM NO. 20

To consider and approve the proposal for launching MA (Philosophy) : Phase III form

& To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor to re-locate Philosophy Programme from SOH to SOITS

AC 51.18&20.1 It was informed that Prof. Gracious Thomas, Coordinator CBCI Chair has proposed for ratification of the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor to re-locate the Philosophy Discipline from School of Humanities to School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies and proposal for launching MA Philosophy (Phase 3 Form).

AC 51.18&20.2 During the discussion the Director, School of Humanities informed that

the Philosophy discipline has been housed in the School of Humanities since 1989. Director, SOSW has narrated the communication that took place on the file among the SOSW, SOH and SOITS. After observing the developments and noting on file moment the members authorized the Chairman to resolve the issue of relocation of the philosophy discipline, which may be reported the next Academic Council. Interfering in the discussions the Chairman suggested that both the Director, SOH and Prof. Gracious Thomas, Coordinator, CBCI Chair along with Director (I/c), SOITS should meet him to resolved the issue.

AC 51.18&20.3 The Academic Council deferred the item and authorized the Chairman to resolve the matter in consultation with the Schools which may be reported to the next Academic Council meeting.

ITEM NO.19

To consider and approve the Phase Zero Form for Syriac Language

AC 51.19.1 It was presented that the CBCI Chair submitted Phase Zero Form for development of a new course on Syriac Language. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Coordinator informed that Syriac as a language is being taught in the state of Kerala in Higher Secondary Schools and Universities from undergraduate to Doctoral programme. Several study centres and BDP students including those pursuing social work and philosophy programmes have requested for inclusion of a four credit course under MIL of the BDP programme. The present proposal is a need based programme for the region from Cochin Regional Centre. The CBCI Chair proposes to develop this programme to be offered from July, 2010. Phase Zero Form was approved by the School Board of SOITS during its meeting held on February 10, 2010. Phase Zero Form is placed before the Academic Council.

AC 51.19.2 During the discussion the members appreciated the proposal and suggested that instead of offering Syriac Language in Kerala region it should be offered at National level also.

AC 51.19.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase Zero Form for Syriac Language.

ITEM NO.21 Approval of the Phase 3 Form of MA in Participatory Development (Modular Programme)

The item was withdrawn. ITEM NO.22 To consider and approve the proposal for creation of Centre for

Criminal Justice or new discipline of Criminal Justice in School of Law.

AC 51.22.1 It was presented that the School of Law submitted the proposal for Creation of Center for Criminal Justice or a new discipline of Criminal Justice in the School.

AC 51.22.2 The Director, SOL explained that the Criminal Justice is an emerging interdisciplinary area combining law, human rights and criminology that require intensive academic research to develop best practices respecting human rights and duties. The Department of Criminal Justice or Centre for Criminal Justice will undertake the teaching, research, training and advocacy realizing the values of justice, equality and good conscience embodies in the Indian Constitution. It will conduct theoretical, empirical and policy research and network with different institutions in India and abroad to mainstream research and advocacy in criminal justice. He also stated that in the recent Silver Jubilee Lecture Dr. Kiran Bedi under scored the need for setting up a Centre for Criminal Justice and to promote quality research in this area is highly required in the contemporary legal scenario in the country. The Fourth School Board of School of Law held on 14th December, 2007 emphasized the need for creating new discipline in Criminal Law.

AC 51.22.3 Prof. O.P. Mishra, expressed his view that the creation of core faculty by creating a new discipline or centre may be difficult at this point of time and he suggested the school may develop the programme in this area with the help of consultants, as the school had already taken same initiatives in development of the courses in the area of criminal justice including human rights sensitization programmes for police. He emphasized increasing demand the not only develop academic programmes but also to promote research theory and advocacy in this area for the benefit of the nation.

AC 51.22.4 The Council appreciated the initiative for strengthening the Criminal Justice system by creating a new discipline.

AC 51.22.5 After the deliberation the Academic Council resolved and approved the proposal for creation of new discipline of Criminal Justice in SOL.

ITEM NO.23 To consider and adopt the Revised Guidelines for the Scheme of Appointment / Honorarium of Guest / Part-Time Teachers.

AC 51.23.1 The Director ACD informed the council that the University Grant Commission vide its letter No. F-10-1/2009 PS February, 2010 forwarded the Revised Guidelines for the Scheme of Appointment / Honorarium of Guest / Part-Time Teachers.

The UGC has decided that the Guest/Part-Time Teachers who possess the minimum qualification for the post of an Assistant Professor should be paid Rs. 1000/- per lecturer to a maximum of Rs. 25000/- per month. Revised Guidelines for the appointment of Guest / Part-Time Teachers are as under:-

1. Guest / Part-Time Teachers may be appointed only against sanctioned post.

2. The qualifications for Guest/Part Time Teachers should be same as those prescribed for the regular teachers of Universities/Colleges in UGC’s Regulation.

3. Selection procedure for appointing Guest/Part-Time Teachers should be the same as for regularly appointed teachers.

4. Guest/Part-Time Teachers may not be treated like regular teachers of the faculty for the purpose of voting rights or for becoming the members of the boards of studies.

5. Retired teachers may also be considered for appointment for Guest/Part-Time teachers.

6. Guest/Part-Time Teachers may not be given the benefit of allowances, pension, gratuity etc.

These guidelines will come into force w.e.f. 01.01.2010.

AC 51.23.2 During the discussion the members stated that the above guidelines of the UGC are for the conventional universities and therefore the IGNOU should take appropriate decision for adopting the above guidelines as per the requirements of the University keeping in view of the ODL system and its operations.

AC 51.23.3 The Chairman expressed that a three-member committee will be constituted to examine the guidelines received from the UGC and revising the guidelines for the university. The committee will also receive and consider the recommendation of academic counselors of study centers. The Academic Council approved the adoption of the UGC guidelines in principle and implement the guidelines according to its requirements in the light of the recommendation of the above committee.

ITEM NO.24 Action Taken on Item No. 11 of 48th Academic Council regarding Phase 3

Form and credit enhancement (From 48 credits to 52 credits) of B.VET Programme – SOVET

AC 51.24.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training has submitted the Phase 3 Form for credit enhancement of (from 48 credits to 52 credits) of B.VET Programme and eligibility criteria for B.VET programme.

AC 51.24.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET explained the rationale for enhancement for credits (from 48 to 52 credits) and eligibility for B.VET Programme in detail. He also informed that the programme is professional programme and has more practical work/training content. It was approved the School Board at its 10th meeting held on 25th February, 2010.

AC 51.24.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form for credit enhancement (From 48 credits to 52 credits) and eligibility criteria proposed in the Phase 3 form (Annexure 12) for B.VET Programme.

ITEM NO.25 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form (DPR) for full time residential programme in Certificate in Firemanship - SOVET

AC 51.25.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training submitted the Phase 3 Form (DPR) for full time residential programme in Certificate in Firemanship.

AC 51.25.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET explained that this programme will endeavor to provide the right platform to the student in understanding and creating local plans for fire fighting and other emergency incidents based on the local risks. The programme comprises of 20 credits will be offered as a full time residential programme in collaboration with Institute of Fire Safety and Disaster Management (IFDM) Vadodara from July, 2010. The Phase 3 form was approved by the School Board in its 10th meeting held on 25th February, 2010.

AC 51.25.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 13) for full time residential programme in Certificate in Firemanship.

ITEM NO.26 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form (DPR) for full time residential programme in Diploma in Firemanship - SOVET

AC 51.26.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training has submitted the Phase 3 Form (DPR) for full time residential programme in Diploma in Firemanship.

AC 51.26.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET explained about the objectives of the programme in detail. It is a 40 credits programme will be offered as a full time residential programme in collaboration with Institute of Fire Safety and Disaster Management (IFDM) Vadodara from July 2010. The Phase 3 form was approved by the School Board in its 10th meeting held on 25th February, 2010.

AC 51.26.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 14) for full time residential programme in Diploma in Firemanship.

ITEM NO.27 To consider the syllabus of: (a) BPOI-006: Communication Skills, and (b) BPOI-007: IT Skills Courses for DBPO (F&A) programme - SOVET

AC 51.27.1 It is placed before the Council that the School of Vocational Education and Training submitted the syllabus for : (a) BPOI-006: Communication Skills, and (b) BPOI-007: IT Skills Courses for DBPO (F&A) programme.

AC 51.27.2 Prof. C.G. Naidu, Director, SOVET, informed the members that the Diploma programme launched on pilot basis in January 2009. All the courses in Finance & Accounting have been developed offline and e-learning material made offer to the students for the two courses BPOI-006 (Communication Skills) and BPOI-007 (IT Skills). There is a demand from the students for development of course material for the above two courses as well. The expert committee constituted for this purpose recommended the syllabus for both the above courses the same was approved by the School Board in its 10th meeting held on 25th February 2010.

AC 51.27.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the course structure (Annexure 15) for Course BPOI – 006 (Communication Skills) and BPOI-007 (IT Skills) for two new additional courses for Diploma in BPO-F&A.

ITEM NO.28 Continuation of Certificate/Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development programmes for two more sessions (Jan 2010 & July 2010) as full time programme – SOVET

AC 51.28.1 It was placed that the School of Vocational Education and Training has submitted the request for continuation of Certificate/Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development programmes for two more sessions (Jan 2010 & July 2010) as full time programme. Prof. C.G. Naidu explained that the Certificate and Diploma Programme were launched in a pilot project in July 2009 under face-to-face mode. As per the MoU the delivery of teaching and practice classes to the students and

maintenance of study centre is the responsibility of Alliance Educare & Research Pvt. Ltd. Now, since the pilot launch is over, the programme still could not be launched under the distance education mode because the course material is under development stage as per the ODL pattern of IGNOU. The collaborators Alliance Educare has proposed, now, that Self learning material will be developed and ready be December, 2010 for the January, 2011 launch. Therefore, it will be required that the CESD/DESD programmes may be allowed to continue for 02 more cycles i.e. January, 2010 and July, 2010 as a full time programmes. The proposal was approved by the School Board at its 10th meeting held on 25.02.2010 for continuation of both the programmes as full time programmes for two more sessions.

AC 51.28.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for Continuation of Certificate/Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Skill Development programmes for two more sessions as full time programme.

ITEM NO.29 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form (DPR) full time programme in MA (Fashion Retail Management)

AC 51.29.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted the Phase 3 forms for full time programmes in MA (Fashion Retail Management under MoU signed between the University and Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to develop and offer the programmes in Textile Apparel, Life Style and Retail Sectors through Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) and Apparel Training And Design Centre (ATDC). These programmes will be offered at Study Centres of the Institute of Apparel Management in Gurgaon and Navi Mumbai from July, 2010.

AC 51.29.2 Dr. Darlie Koshy representative of the Apparel Export Promotion Council and Apparel Training and Design Centre made the presentation before the Academic Council. He explained that the modern industry has contributed significantly to the economic growth globally and is one of the fastest growing and dynamic industries in the world today, with total sales of US $ 6.6 trillion. Retailing is the world’s largest private business ownership industry. The retail sector in India has emerged as one is among the top three sectors, which is shaping country’s growth & employment opportunities. Accounting for over 10 per cent of the Country’s GDP and 8 per cent of the employment, the retailing in India is a sunrise sector. Estimated at an individual number of 12 million, India is amongst one of the countries in the world with the largest numbers of retail outlets and with one of the highest retail development index.

AC 51.29.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 16) for full time programme in MA (Fashion Retail Management).

ITEM NO. 30 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form (DPR) for full time programme in MA (Apparel Production Management)

AC 51.30.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training had submitted the Phase 3 forms for full time programmes in MA (Apparel Production Management) under MoU signed between the University and Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to develop and offer the programmes in Textile Apparel, Life Style and Retail Sectors through Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) and Apparel Training And Design Centre (ATDC). These programmes will be offered at Study Centres of Institute of Apparel Management in Gurgaon and Navi Mumbai from July 2010.

AC 51.30.2 Dr. Darlie Koshy representative of the Apparel Export Promotion Council and Apparel Training and Design Centre made the presentation before the Academic Council. The manifold growth of the Indian Clothing and Textile Industry’s overwhelming economic influence is felt in every sphere of the country’s growth and progress. This Industry plays a crucial role in contributing to the industrial output of the nation and its consumption patterns, apart from generating substantial employment for the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled segments of the work force. It employs 35 million people directly and is the second largest provider of employment after agriculture; contributing 14% to the industrial production, 4% to the GDP and 17% to the country’s export earning. The projected value of Indian textile industry is currently at US $ 47 billion and is estimated to touch US $ 115 billion by the year 2015, comprising of a domestic market share of US $ 60 billion and an export market share of US $ 55 billion. With this level of envisioned growth the Indian Clothing and Textile industry will need business manager, production professionals and technologist with more in-depth and broad base of knowledge & skills relating to clothing production management and technology.

AC 51.30.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 17) for full time MA (Apparel Production Management) programme.

ITEM NO. 31 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form for full time programme in BA (Fashion Communication)

AC 51.31.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and

Training had submitted the Phase 3 forms for full time programme in BA (Fashion Communication) under MoU signed between the University and Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to develop and offer the programmes in Textile Apparel, Life Style and Retail Sectors through Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) and Apparel Training And Design Centre (ATDC). These programmes will be offered at Study Centres of Institute of Apparel Management in Gurgaon and Navi Mumbai from July, 2010.

AC 51.31.2 Dr. Darlie Koshy representative of the Apparel Export Promotion Council and Apparel Training and Design Centre made the presentation before the Academic Council. With the multitude of domestic and foreign brands, companies and designers exploding onto the Indian fashion scene, it is imperative for each one of them to develop a unique brand identify and maximize visibility through establish unique branding and promotional approach. This colossal task is made possible by fashion communication professionals, who excel in extending the design and communication strategy beyond the domain of the product to include all aspects of communication design & creating recall in consumer’s mind. The programme in fashion communication is a unique opportunity for students wishing to pursue a career in fashion & retail promotions, communications & branding, fashion journalism, event management etc.

AC 51.31.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 18) for full time programme in BA (Fashion Communication).

ITEM NO. 32 To consider and approve the Phase 3 form for full time programme in BA (Apparel Design Merchandising)

AC. 51.32.1 It was presented that the School of Vocational Education and Training submitted the Phase 3 forms for full time programmes in BA (Apparel Design Merchandising) under MoU signed between the University and Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) to develop and offer the programmes in Textile Apparel, Life Style and Retail Sectors through Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) and Apparel Training And Design Centre (ATDC). These programmes will be offered at Study Centres of Institute of Apparel Management in Gurgaon and Navi Mumbai from July 2010.

AC 51.32.2 Dr. Darlie Koshy representative of the Apparel Export Promotion Council and Apparel Training and Design Centre made the presentation before the Academic Council. He explained that in the past two decades there has been tremendous growth in the need for vocational education at the under graduate level. Most parents and students perceive that a general graduation does not equip one for long-term career success in ones chosen

area of work, especially with an increasing number of industries demanding specialist personnel. There is a need to provide specific direction to a career and to provide deeper acumen about a particular industry. The manifold growth of the Indian Fashion Industry’s overwhelming economic influence is felt in every sphere of the country’s growth and progress. The apparel industry plays a crucial role in contributing to the industrial output of the nation and world as well, and its consumption patterns, apart from generating substantial employment for the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled segments of the work force. It employs 35 million people directly and is the second largest provider of employment after agriculture; contributing 14% to the industrial production, 4% to the GDP and 17% to the country’s export earning. The projected value of Indian textile industry is currently at US $ 47 billion and is estimated to touch US $ 115 billion by the year 2015, comprising of a domestic market share of US $ 60 billion and an export market share of US $ 55 billion.

AC 51.32.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 19) for full time programme in MA (Apparel Design and Merchandising).

ITEM NO. 33 To consider and approve the Programme Design and detailed Programme structure of Certificate in Library and Information Science (CLIS) proposed by the Faculty of Library and Information Sciences – SOSS`

AC. 51.33.1 It was presented that the School of Social Sciences submitted the Phase 3 form for Certificate in Library and Information Science (CLIS). The School Board has approved the Phase 3 form at its 46th meeting held on 6th August 2009.

AC 51.33.2 Director, SOSS informed the council that the item could not be placed before the Academic Council/Academic Council’s Standing Committee in its previous meeting due to oversight.

AC 51.33.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 form (Annexure 20) programme for Certificate in Library and Information Science (CLIS) - Design and detailed Programme structure

ITEM NO. 34 To consider and approved Phase 2 and Phase 3 forms of Bachelor of Business Administration in Retailing (BBA) modular mode and ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in offering the programme from July, 2009

AC. 51.34.1 The item was presented that the School of Management Studies (Commerce Discipline) submitted the Phase 2 and Phase 3 forms for Bachelor of Business Administration in Retailing (BBA) with modular

mode approach. The modular approach as following: First year Diploma in Retailing (DIR), Second year – Advanced Diploma in Retailing (ADIR), Third year – Bachelor of Business Administration in Retailing (BBA) with two exist points at DIR and ADIR. The programme is on offer from July 2009 with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

AC 51.34.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 2 and Phase 3 forms for Bachelor Business Administration in Retailing (BBA) modular mode and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for offering the programme from July 2009.

ITEM NO. 35 To consider and approve the proposal to offer Project Report as an optional subject for the M.A Second Year students in Sociology - SOSS

AC. 51.35.1 It was presented that the School of Social Science submitted the proposal for approval of the Project Report as an optional subject for the MA Second Year students in Sociology.

AC 51.35.2 Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, informed the council that in view of the feed back from students, academic counselors and subject expects, the faculty proposes to offer Project Report as an optional course for the MA Second year students in Sociology. The School Board at its 46th meeting held on 6th August 2009 approved the proposal.

AC 51.35.3 The Academic Council approved the proposal to offer the Project Report as an optional subject for the MA Second Year students in Sociology.

ITEM NO. 36 To consider and approve the Institutionalization of Community Colleges

AC. 51.36.1 Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Nodal Officer, Community Colleges presented the proposal for institutionalization of Community Colleges. The Academic Council at its 50th meeting approved the guidelines in respect of Institutionalization Community Colleges like level of programmes and their credit, eligibility criteria, issues of evaluation and certification and also informed that thereafter, several developments have taken place and he appraised of these developments.

AC 51.36.2 During the discussions the members requested that the university in detail should define the role of community colleges regarding eligibility, admission, evaluation and other requirements. Prof. A.K. Agarwal, SOHS, raised the issue that there are mal-practices by the Community Colleges in handling the above mentioned issues and this may lead to litigation against the University. The University should also place the checks on the academic matters relating to the IGNOU Programmes being offered by these Community

Colleges in collaboration with it. All the matters relating to University’s academic programmes should be placed before the University’s Schools of Studies from which these programmes are being offered. The regular feed back should be sent to the Nodal Officer, Community Colleges, IGNOU. The University should be very pro-active while considering the proposal of the Community Colleges for affiliation or offering of the programmes. Participating in the discussions the Chairman insisted that the University should keep a strict watch on these Community Colleges and serve the legal notice for de-recognition of the defaulting colleges and suggested that there should be a special meeting of the Academic Council for a comprehensive review of the Community College system for its effective and country-wide implementation.

AC 51.36.3 The Academic Council in view of the suggestion of the Chairman decided that the activities of the Community Colleges may continue as per the approved guidelines and requested Dr. C.K. Ghosh for a comprehensive proposal on the Community Colleges for consideration at the special meeting of the Academic Council regarding Community Colleges.

ITEM NO. 41 To consider and approve the award of Gold Medals and Degree/Diploma / Certificates to students in the 21st Convocation.

AC. 51.41.1 It was presented that the SED submitted the award of Certificates and Gold Medals/Cash Awards to the candidates who have successfully completed the various programmes of the University.

AC. 51.41.2 Dr. Pushplata Tripathi, Registrar, SED informed the Council that the 21st Annual Convocation in the University is scheduled to be held on 15th March 2010. She informed that the number of candidates who are eligible for award of Certificates for various programmes and Gold Medals of the Cash Awards at the Convocation.

AC 51.41.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the list (Annexure 21) of eligible students for award of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificate at the 21st Convocation of the University and also authorized the Vice-Chancellor to award the Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates to the candidates whose names are not incorporate in the list but who become eligible for the award of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificate.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

MINUTES

of the

FIFTY SECOND MEETING

of the

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

held on

20TH APRIL 2010

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110068

IGNOU MINUTES OF THE FIFTY SECOND MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL HELD ON 20TH APRIL 2010 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8 IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068. The following were present: 260. Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor - Chairman 261. Prof. Omprakash Mishra, PVC - Ex-officio Member 262. Prof. Parvin Sinclair, PVC - Ex-officio Member 263. Dr. D.K. Choudhary, PVC - Ex-officio Member 264. Prof. K.R. Srivasthan, PVC - Ex-officio Member 265. Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC - Ex-officio Member 266. Prof. Renu Bhardwaj, Director, SOH - Ex-officio Member 267. Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, SOSS - Ex-officio Member 268. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE - Ex-officio Member 65. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS - Ex-officio Member 66. Prof. G. Subbayamma, Director, SOMS - Ex-officio Member 67. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE - Ex-officio Member 68. Prof. Bimla Kapoor, Director, SOHS - Ex-officio Member 69. Prof. Manohar Lal, Director, SOCIS - Ex-officio Member 70. Prof. Ajit Kumar, Director, SOET - Ex-officio Member 71. Prof. Srikrishnadeva Rao, Director, SOL - Ex-officio Member 72. Prof. M.K. Salooja, Director, SOA - Ex-officio Member 73. Prof. C. Gajendra Naidu, Director, SOVET - Ex-officio Member 74. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS - Ex-officio Member 75. Dr. Harkirat Bains, Director (I/c), SOTHSSM - Ex-officio Member 76. Prof. Gracious Thomas, Director, SOSW - Ex-officio Member 77. Prof. B. K. Pattanaik, Director, SOEDS - Ex-officio Member 78. Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director, SOPVA - Ex-officio Member 79. Dr. S.K. Mishra, Director (I/c), SOFL - Ex-officio Member 80. Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Director (I/c), SOTST - Ex-officio Member 81. Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapoor, Director (I/c), SOITS - Ex-officio Member 82. Sh. S.K. Arora, Librarian - Ex-officio Member 83. Prof. Pandav Nayak, SOSS - Member 84. Prof. Anjila Gupta, SOSS - Member 85. Prof. T.K. Jena, SOHS - Member 86. Dr. Nehal A Farooque, Reader, SOEDS - Member 87. Dr. Babu P Ramesh, Reader, SOITS - Member 88. Dr. A.K. Gaba, Reader, SOVET - Member 89. Sh. P.V. Suresh, Lecturer, SOCIS - Member 90. Dr. Kamalika Banerjee, Lecturer, SOS - Member 91. Sh. Arvind Kumar Dubey, Lecturer, SOTHSM - Member 92. Prof. Manjulika Srivastava, Director (I/c), DEC - Member 93. Dr. Silima Nanda, Director (I/c), ID - Member 94. Dr. George Mathew - Member

95. Prof. K.P. Singh - Member 96. Prof. Uma Alladi - Member 97. Dr. K.V. Peter - Member 98. Prof. Mohamma Miyan - Member 99. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy, - Member 100. Dr. R.R. Rausaria, Registrar (I/c), MPDD - Member 101. Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Director, SSC - Member 102. Prof. Pushplata Tripathi, Registrar (I/c), SED - Member 103. Sh. K. Laxman, OSD, SRD - Member 104. Prof. M.S. Senam Raju, Director, ACD - Member Secretary Prof. Savita Singh, Director, SOGDS, Prof. N. Mukunda, Prof. Mahendra Dev, Prof. N.K. Jain, Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Dr. D.K. Datta Majumdar, Prof. Ramamohan Rao, Prof. Kannan M. Modugalya, Prof. Devi Singh and Sh. Ravi Kanth, Director (I/c), EMPC could not attend the meeting.

Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE and Prof. Vimala Veeraraghavan,

Professor Emeritus, SOSS attended the meeting as special invitees. Shri K. D. Sharma, Assistant Registrar, ACD was present to assist the Council. The Chairman welcomed the members of the Academic Council for the 52nd

meeting and the Member Secretary presented the Agenda. The following agenda items were taken up: ITEM NO. 1

Action Taken Report on the decisions of the 50th meeting of the Academic Council held on 8th October 2009

AC 52.1.1 The minutes of the 50th Meeting of the Academic Council were circulated to the members and the observations of the members on the minutes were noted by the Academic Council at its 51st Meeting held on 3rd March, 2010. The minutes were confirmed by the Academic Council but the Action Taken Report could not be placed before the Academic Council due to shortage of time.

AC 52.1.2 The Action Taken Report of the 50th meeting of the Academic Council is placed along with the agenda note for kind information of the members of the Academic Council.

AC 52.1.3 The Academic Council noted the Action Taken Report on the decisions of the 50th meeting.

ITEMNO. 1(A)

To confirm the minutes of the 51st Meeting of the Academic Council held on 3rd March 2010

AC 52.1(A).1 The minutes of the 51st Meeting of the Academic Council held on 03.03.2010 are placed before the Academic Council for scrutiny and confirmation.

AC 52.1(A).2 The following comments were received from Dr. S.K. Arora, Librarian and Documentation Officer on Item No. 6 of the agenda and Professor M. Aslam, Director, SOCE on Item No. 4. On item No.6, Dr. S.K. Arora, Librarian and Documentation Officer observed “while in discussion regarding also inclusion of EDNERU, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor concluded stating that “Any structured academic unit of IGNOU offering or wish to offer an academic programme shall be covered”. It is desired that in view of above, the necessary modifications in statute may also be made by including Academic Divisions such as Academic-Centres/Institutes/Chairs/Units/Divisions, which shall enhance the scope for the other structured academic Units/Divisions also wishing to start programmes”. Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE made the following observations: 1. Under agenda item 1(A) on confirmation of the Minutes of the 51st

meeting of the Academic Council, the following needs to be stated:

(i) Under agenda Item No. 2 (51.2.1) which refers to the 29th meeting of the Academic Council Standing Committee held on 27th July, 2009, it was pointed out by the Director, SOCE that the Bachelor of Design (Textile and Apparel Design) programme being proposed by SOET will be a duplication because under the Discipline of Home Science assigned to SOCE, the area of textile and apparel design was being addressed. The Academic Council suggested that the Director, SOCE and Director, SOET may have a meeting and resolve the issue. The Director, SOCE pointed that the meeting has already taken place and that the issue has been resolved and it has been agreed that this area of textile and apparel design will be addressed by the SOCE with academic support from SOET (wherever necessary).

2. Under agenda item no. 4 (AC 54.4.1) the reference was made to the

minutes of the 50th meeting of the Research Council held on 21st October 2009 ( RC 15.13.2) where it was stated that the topic of the Ph.D. was not mentioned and that Research Guide was not approved by

the School Board. The Director, SOCE stated that the topic was mentioned and the Research Guide was approved by the School Board and the follow-up action was accordingly taken by the Research Council, therefore, the minutes of the Research Council needs to be amended.

3. Under agenda item no. 4, the minutes of the 30th Meeting of the Academic Council Standing Committee held on 24th February, 2010 were placed before the Academic Council for approval. The following needs to be incorporated in the Minutes:

(i) Under (ACSC – 30.40.1) on Consideration and Approval of the

decision of reorganization of Disciplines of SOCE, the Director, SOCE stated that such items where the SOCE is involved, particularly which has a direct relevance to its functioning, the concerned School Director should have been invited for a presentation to ACSC. Under (ACSC – 30.43.1) the Director, SOCE stated that if a post of Reader is withdrawn from the School, the Director of the School needs to be taken into confidence before such agenda item is brought before the ACSC for consideration. The Academic Council noted the suggestion for future compliance by the Academic Coordination Division.

Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS observed that the comments sent by her are not reflected in the Minutes. In fact, the original recording has been restated. The modifications as pointed out earlier, in 3rd March Meeting, are as under: “It is being submitted that in the 50th Academic Council meeting, it was clearly agreed that “a committee may be constituted to resolve this issue. Also, Prof. N. Mukunda, was requested to help in resolving this issue. The same is not mentioned in the recording as a part of the decision.” It was mentioned that due to oversight the name of Prof. M.S. Senam Raju, Director, ACD was not listed in the list of members present in the meeting. The Academic Council agreed for making the correction in the list of the members present.

AC 52.1(A).3 During the discussion on the minutes Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS mentioned about her comments on Item No. 50.14.1 regarding discipline of Astrophysics which is being housed in School of Interdisciplinary & Trans-disciplinary Studies. She impressed Astrophysics is a discipline of the School of Sciences and the Masters programmes are required to be housed in the School of Sciences. She also referred that in the 50th Meeting it was decided that the Committee should be constituted to look into the matter.

Participating in the discussions the Chairman stated that Astrophysics is the discipline of the Sciences and the Masters programme should housed be in the School of Sciences only and asked the Director, SOS to take necessary steps in this regard. Dr. C.K. Ghosh, Coordinator for the programme in Astrophysics explained the benefits to the students of the programme and stated that he has no objection if the discipline is housed in the School of Sciences. The Director, School of Sciences may place this item in the School Board, inform the recommendations. The Academic Council appreciated the relevance and quality of this frontier science full-time programme of the University.

AC 52.1(A).4 The Academic Council considered and noted the comments of the members and after discussion confirmed the minutes (Annexure 1) with the following changes in the minutes. Item No. 6 : “inclusion of any structured academic units of IGNOU offering or wish to offer an academic programme .” Item No. 1 of 51st Meeting : for inclusion of the following in resolution No. 50.14.2 : “ that a committee may be constituted to resolve this issue. Also Prof. N. Mukanda was requested to help in the resolving this issue”.

ITEM NO. 2 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in starting On-Demand Examination in different courses/programmes at different Regional Centres of IGNOU

AC 52.2.1 In order to facilitate to the student to choose the convenience for them to appear in the exams as per their preparedness, the university has started innovative scheme of On-Demand Examination in the following course/programmes once in a week (presently on Friday): A) Programmes/Courses in which the scheme of On-Demand

Examination Scheme has started are: CIG, COF, BPP, CTE, CAFÉ, DAFE, CTS, DTS (All Courses), BTS(Courses: - TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5, TS6 & TS7 ) and BDP (Courses:- CTE03, CTE04, CTE05, AED01, AOM01, ASP01, AMK01, AEC01, FEG01, FEG02, FST01)

B) The facility of On-Demand Examination is available at the following

Regional Centres of IGNOU. RC, Delhi –I, RC, Delhi – II, RC, Jaipur, RC, Karnal, RC, Madhuri, RC, Chennai, RC, Cochin.

AC 52.2.2 Dr. O.P Sharma explained the salient features of the scheme and informed

that for appearing in the On-Demand Examination, the eligible student of IGNOU having valid registration will have to register on line by paying

the prescribed fee for On-Demand Examination in the courses selected by him/her to appear. The scheme of On-Demand Examination will also be extended to other Regional Centre and in other courses/programmes, as soon as the required Question Bank for these programmes/courses is ready. He also invited the members of the Academic Council and faculty members for their contribution for development of Question Bank for On-demand Examination.

AC 52.2.3 The Academic Council considered and ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for starting On-Demand Examination in above mentioned courses/programmes at the Regional Centres of IGNOU mentioned in Resolution No: AC 52.2.1 and 52.2.2.

ITEM NO. 3 To consider and approve the Remuneration rates for Experts/Academics for preparing various types of Questions for Developing Question Bank for On-Demand Examination, in respect of various programmes.

AC 52.3.1 It was presented that the NCIDE has been assigned the responsibility to prepare question bank modalities and launch on Demand examination of various courses / programmes of the University. To make the project workable there is an urgent need for development of a big question bank of various types of questions which are classified in the following groups.

a) MCQ – Multiple Choice Questions - Which will have 1 Mark.

b) VSA – Very Short Answer Type - Which will have 1-2 Marks.

c) SA – Short Answer Type - Which will have 3 to 9 Marks.

d) LA – Long Answer Type - Which will have 10 and above Marks.

It was informed that there is no item-wise rates approved for VSA (Very Short Answer), SA (Short Answer) and LA (Long Answer) questions. Only the rates for the MCQ type of questions have been approved i.e., is Rs. 12/- per question for general certificate courses, which the experts (whom we invited in our meetings) expressed that the recommendation is too low for the quality of questions. Where as the approved rates of MCQ for entrance exams of IGNOU is Rs.50/- per question. The existing rates for setting of question papers are Rs. 700/- per question paper of about 10 to 15 questions items of various types and the remuneration for translation of the question paper is 50% of the remuneration for setting of a question paper.

1) Keeping in view the above it is proposed that the following remuneration may be considered for approval:

a. VSA-(1-2 Marks) @ Rs.15 per question along with marking scheme / answers

b. MCQ-(4 choices) @ Rs. 20 per question along with marking scheme / answers

c. SA-(3-9 Marks) @ Rs. 30 per question along with marking scheme / value points

d. LA-(10 Marks and above) @ Rs. 50 per question along with marking scheme / points

2) It is also proposed that the existing norm of 50% of the amount

fixed for setting of question paper/ per question be extended for translation of each of the above.

3) In order to encourage internal faculty for question bank development this is proposed that the faculty members may also be given payment at the above proposed rates for developing questions for the question bank for On-Demand Exam.

AC 52.3.2 During the discussion Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE suggested that the

Registrar, SED who is dealing with the examination of the University may be involved in working out the remuneration structure for questions and development of Question Bank of On-demand Examination. Prof. Pandav Nayak suggested for more number of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and NCIDE should conduct seminar for involving the academics and the experts in development of Question Bank. The members insisted that the university should not deviate from the pattern of remuneration being followed by the SED. It was decided that a Committee constituting of the Registrar, SED; Prof. Sunita Malthotra, Director, SOS; and representative of the F&A Division may be constituted under the chairmanship of concerned PVC/ in the absence of PVC, the VC to review the proposal and make recommendations on the remuneration for preparing various types of questions and for developing Question Bank for On-demand Examination in respect of various Courses/Programmes.

AC 52.3.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to entrust the work with the above mentioned committee and authorized the Vice-Chancellor to act on the basis of recommendation of the committee.

ITEM NO. 4 To consider and approve the minutes of the 30th Meeting of the ACSC held on 24th February 2010

AC 52.4.1 The 30th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee was held on 24th February 2010.

AC 52.4.2 Participating in the discussions on the minutes of the 30th Meeting of the Academic Council’s Standing Committee Prof. Aslam suggested that the Schools / Centres should follow the procedures before bringing the items for consideration in the Academic Council / Academic Council’s Standing Committee. Prof. G. Subbaymma, Director, SOMS suggested that the management faculty of School of Management Studies has its reservation regarding Item No. 17. The Chairman asked her to provide the circulated minutes of the School Board discipline meetings on this item and the signatures of the faculty. The Chairman also asked the Director whether the matter has been discussed in the School Board or not, and stated that this cannot be taken up on record without the approval of the School Board. It was also suggested that the programmes which were being offered by the CCETC should be reported to the Centre Management Committee and Joint Coordination Committees although the programmes were approved by the ACSC.

AC 52.4.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the minutes of the 30th Meeting of its Standing Committee held on 24th February 2010 with the above suggestions/directions for compliance.

ITEM NO. 5 To report for approval the proposal for Proposed IGNOU College of Culinary Arts

AC 52.5.1 The School of Tourism, Hospitality Services Sectoral Management has proposed for IGNOU College of Culinary Arts. Dr. P. Vidyashukla, explained the proposal and mentioned that the School Board of SOTHSSM at its 2nd Meeting has approved the proposal for setting up an Institute of Culinary Arts.

AC 52.5.2 During the discussion the members were of the view that the setting up of the Institute by the University will require huge investment on its part and the matter requires to be placed before other bodies like Finance Committee / Board of Management for examining the proposal in detail and feasibility of the project. It was suggested that instead of having an Institute of Culinary Arts it will be better to have a discipline in Culinary Arts.

AC 52.5.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved that the proposal for creation of a discipline in Culinary Arts may be brought by the School of Tourism, Hospitality Service Sectoral Management through the statutory bodies i.e. School Board for consideration.

ITEM NO. 6 To consider and approve the creation of new faculty positions for

M.Sc. (Chemistry) on campus full-time programme

AC 52.6.1 The School of Sciences has proposed for creation of new faculty positions for M.Sc. (Chemistry) on campus full-time programme. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS, explained the rationale for creation of new faculty and approval for creation of 12 new positions.

AC 52.6.2 During the discussion the members felt that the creation of 12 new faculty positions will be too much and thus not justifiable and realistic. It was also suggested that the university should go through the UGC norms for creation of faculty for the on campus full time programmes and proceed in this direction step-by-step. At this stage the proposal should not be creation of not more than seven more position as per the university norms taking the work load of the existing faculty in to account and the same should come through the statutory bodies like School Board.

AC 52.6.3 The Academic Council in view of the above discussion resolved to defer the item and suggested that the proposal should be submitted for consideration through the School Board of School of Sciences.

ITEM NO. 7 To consider and approve the detailed UNESCO syllabus for MA (JMC-F2F) Programme

AC 52.7.1 The School of Journalism and New Media Studies has proposed the modification in detailed UNESCO syllabus for MA (JMC-F2F) Programme. Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS informed that the deliberations were done in the School Committee, School Board and expert committee. The Final Course structure based on UNESCO syllabus along with the duration of the programme, the fees structure and the eligibility criteria for admission to this programme was approved by the 5th School Board Meeting held on 15th February 2010. On Approval by the School Board and approval of the minutes of the 5th School Board Meeting by the competent authorities the following is placed before the Academic Council for approval. Programme Code : MAJMC Duration : 2 years (4 Semesters of 6 months each) Credits : 64 Eligibility : Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university with 55% marks for general category and 50% for reserved category Reservations of seats as per IGNOU norms. Admission Process : Written entrance examination followed

personal interview. Fee : Rs. 80000/- (Rupees Eighty thousand only) for two years; to be paid in advance @Rs. 20000/- in each semester. Maximum In-take Per Batch : 25 Students (Including reservation as per norms)

AC 52.7.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the modified and detailed UNESCO Syllabus for MA (JMC - F2F) (Annexure 2).

ITEM NO. 8 To consider and approve the detailed syllabus, Course Structure, Fee, for MA (EMPM-F2F)

AC 52.8.1 The School of Journalism and New Media Studies has proposed the detailed syllabus, course structure, fee for MA (EMPM-F2F). Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS informed that the final Course structure along with the duration of the programme, the fees structure and the eligibility criteria for admission to this programme was placed before the 5th School Board Meeting held on 15th February 2010 for approval. On Approval of the same by the School Board and approval of the draft minutes of the 5th School Board Meeting by the competent authorities the following is placed before the Academic Council for approval. Programme Code : MAEMPM Duration : 2 years (4 Semesters of 6 months each) Credits : 64 Eligibility :Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university with 55% marks for general category and 50% for reserved category Reservations of seats as per IGNOU norms. Admission Process :Written entrance examination followed personal interview. Fee : Rs. 80000/- (Rupees Eighty thousand only) for two years; to be paid in advance @Rs. 20000/- in each semester. Maximum In-take Per Batch : 25 Students (Including reservation as per norms)

AC 52.8.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for detailed syllabus, Course Structure, Evaluation Policy (Annexure 3) and Fee for MA (EMPM-F2F).

ITEM NO. 9 To Report Phase-3 Form (Programme Design and Detailed

Programme Report) for Post Graduate Certificate in Web Journalism

AC 52.9.1 The School of Journalism and New Media Studies had submitted the Phase 3 form for Post Graduate Certificate in Web Journalism.

AC 52.9.2 Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Director, SOJNMS explained that the objective of the programme is to develop skills in web based journalism. The programme aims to give basic understanding of the technical means of creating web content as well as to provide an in-depth training in the art of being a freelance content producer for the web, for those with limited knowledge or even no knowledge of the way Web works. The Programme Details are as follows: Programme Code : PGCWJ Duration : Min. 6 months; Max. 2 years Credits : 16 Eligibility :Graduation in any discipline. Fee :Rs. 10000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) per

student Theory :70% Practical :30% The Phase-3 form of the Post Graduate Certificate in Web Journalism is approved by the School Board of SOJNMS at its 5th Meeting held on 15th February 2010.

AC 52.9.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 (Annexure 4) form for offering Post Graduate Certificate in Web Journalism in collaboration with IGNOU Regional Centre – Cochin.

ITEM NO. 10 To ratify the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for transfer of DDO-Ship of RCI-funds from SOCE to NCDS.

AC 52.10.1 The grants received from the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) were under the School of Continuing Education of the University and Dr. Neerja Chadha was DDO for two years from Jan., 2008 to Dec., 2009 and consequent upon her proceeding on EOL Dr. Rekha S. Sen designated has been DDO in place of Dr. Neerja Chadha w.e.f. March, 2009. As per the notification dated 22.04.2009 it was decided that all the disability programme under preparation in collaboration with RCI will be housed and coordinated by National Centre for Disability Studies. It was decided that the four certificate programmes except those which were

under preparation will also be taken-up by NCDS. The Certificate Programme in Early Childhood Special Education Enabling Inclusion (Cerebral Palsy) was supposed to be with SOCE till it is launched in July, 2009. All the remaining certificate programmes under development including translation work taken-up as a part of MoU with RCI stood transferred to NCDS with immediate effect. In view of the above the Vice-Chancellor approved the proposal for transferring of DDO ship from SOCE to NCDS along with the unutilized fund received from RCI.

AC 52.10.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor for transferring of DDO ship to NCDS alongwith the unutilized fund received from RCI (Annexure 5).

ITEM NO. 11 To consider and approve the proposal for Developing on-line Training Module for Academic Counsellors of IGNOU

AC 52.11.1 The STRIDE has proposed an online Training Module for Academic Counsellors of IGNOU.

AC 52.11.2 Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE explained the need and importance of the training for Academic Counsellor and the module is being developed. At present there are about 36000 Academic Counsellors engaged by the University. These Counsellors are part time functionaries of the university and they have limited opportunity to interact with the distance learners. There is no adequate provision for their professional development and this module is intended to meet their training needs through online mode with necessary flexibility. The online module has the potential to develop into a certificate programme by itself, provided the necessary components including the specific lesson plans and guidelines are developed by the discipline concerned. The credit requirements for a certificate programme will have to be worked out as per the norms of the University. The present module, when completed will have to be field tested with a selected number of academic counsellors in different parts of the country, having excess to on line and internet facilities to complete the training module. The addresses of the counsellors with access to internet facilities will be supplied by the Regional Services Division for field testing. The Chairman suggested that the STRIDE should look for developing this module into a 16 credit certificate course for the Academic Counsellors of the University.

AC 52.11.3 The Academic Council considered and resolved to accept the proposal

with the above modification and the launch of 16 Credit Certificate programme for Academic Counsellors of Open Universities and Distance Education Institutions.

ITEM NO. 12 To ratify the approval of Phase 3 form by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor for the M.Tech Embedded System (M.Tech ESD) and M.Tech Information Systems Security (M.Tech ISS) – a joint program of IGNOU with Rajagiri Educational Charitable Trust (RECT), Cochin

AC 52.12.1 The Academic Council’s Standing Committee at its 30th Meeting held on 24th February 2010 ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor in approving the Phase 3 forms for the M.Tech Embedded System (M.Tech ESD) and M.Tech Information Systems Security (M.Tech ISS) – a joint programme of IGNOU with Rajagiri Educational Charitable Trust (RECT), Cochin. The minutes of the ACSC could not be considered by the Academic Council at its 51st meeting held on 3rd March 2010 due to shortage of time and the minutes of the ACSC has been being placed before the Academic Council at Item No. 4. Meanwhile the Planning & Development Division in response to ACIIL note dated 5.02.2010 allotted the programme/course codes to the above programmes.

AC 52.12.2 The Academic Council ratified the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor and approved the details of the programme/course codes assigned by Planning and Development Division (Annexure 6).

ITEM NO. 13 To consider and approve the fee for obtaining Photocopies of Evaluated Answer Scripts by the Overseas Students

AC 52.13.1 The International Division had submitted the proposal for fee for obtaining the photocopies of evaluated answer scripts by the overseas students. Dr. Silima Nanda, Director (I/c), explained the proposal in detail. She also explained that the university offers the programmes to its international students through Partner Institute (PI) located all over the world. These Partner Institutes are private / public bodies functioning in their respective countries for the promotion of education with affiliation / or support of some or the other university (ies). The International Division functions as the nodal agency to coordinate their activities. The Academic Council at its 46th meeting held on 13th January, 2009 recommended the revision of fee for the services of National as well as International Students. But as per the circular of the Student Evaluation

Division vide their note no. IG/SED/EXAM-III/2010 dated 20.02.2010, that the fee for obtaining photocopies of answer scripts to overseas students has inadvertently not fixed. The national (Indian) students has to pay Rs.300/- per answer script for obtaining its photocopy. Accordingly, it is proposed to fix the charges @ Rs. 500/- per copy of evaluated answer script for SAARC Countries Students and Students of US$ 50 for photocopy of answer script as well as US$10 towards postage charges.

AC 52.13.2 The members suggested that the students of SAARC countries should be treated at par with the Indian students and they should be charged fees plus actual postage.

AC 52.13.3 Participating in the discussion, the Chairman viewed that the fee which is being changed for national students and the proposed fee for the students of SAARC and US is very high keeping in view of the cost involved in providing the facility. Therefore, it was proposed that Rs. 100/- fee for national student to obtain a copy of an evaluated answer script, Rs. 150/- (Including Rs. 50/- for postage) for the students of SAARC countries and $60 (including $ 10 for postage) for the other international students.

AC 52.13.4 The AC considered and approved the above proposal fee as at AC 52.13.3.

ITEM NO. 14 To consider and approve Phase 3 form for Post Doctoral Certificate in Dialysis Medicine

AC 52.14.1 The School of Health Sciences had submitted the Phase 3 form for One Year Post Doctoral Certificate Programme in Dialysis Medicine being developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) same was approved by the School Board of the School of Health Sciences at its meeting held on February 25, 2009 along with syllabus. The following are the objectives of the Programme: After completion of this programme, a student should be able to:

• Imbibe comprehensive knowledge on basics of nephrology as related to detail of haemodialysis, reasonable adequate for peritoneal dialysis and brief of renal transplant;

• Handle temporary vascular access at the time of need; • Dialyze stable patients adequately and safely on long-term basis

and anticipate potential complications; and • Recognize and handle emergencies related to dialysis and take

beside decision for management. The programme development is being funded by MOHFW for which a MoU was signed on February 2, 2010. The programme is being launched from July, 2010 session.

AC 52.14.2 The members suggested the nomenclature of the programme as Post Graduate Certificate in Dialysis Medicine instead of Post Doctoral Certificate Programme in Dialysis Medicine.

AC 52.14.3 The Academic Council considered and approved Phase 3 form (Annexure 7) for Post Graduate Certificate in Dialysis Medicine.

ITEM NO. 15 To consider and approve Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Bioethics

AC 52.15.1 The School of Health Sciences had submitted the Phase 3 Form for one year PG Diploma in Bioethics consisting of 8 courses of 32 credits. The objective of the programme is to provide concrete scientific and technical knowledge required for professionals capable of undertaking the wide range of activities connected to research, control and dispensation of pharmaceutical products, medicine, diet food, cosmetics, and other products for health care. The programme aims at the following learning objectives and will provide and develop:

• Comprehensive understanding of all ethical issues in Bio-Medical Research

• Awareness regarding requirement of Clinical Research and Ethical issues

• Understanding to use state of arts electronic media for teaching-learning process.

The Phase 3 form has been approved by the School Board of School of Health Sciences at its meeting held on 2nd March, 2010.

AC 52.15.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure 8) for PG Diploma in Bioethics.

ITEM NO. 16 To consider and approve the revised fee structure for MA in Extension and Development Studies

AC 52.16.1 The School of Extension and Development Studies has submitted the proposal for revising the fee structure for MA in Extension and Development Studies. Prof. B.K. Pattanaik explained that the School Board at its meeting held on 28.01.2010, after comparing the fees fixed by the other schools launching full time regular programme, approved to revise the fee per semester from Rs.5000/- to Rs.2500/- for the students pursuing MA in Extension and Development Studies, thus the total fee Rs.10,000/- for a full programme, per student.

AC 52.16.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for revising

the fee structure for MA in Extension and Development from Rs.5000/- to Rs.500/- i.e. (Rs.10,000/- for the full programme).

ITEM NO. 17 To consider and approve the Phase 1 and Phase 3 Forms of Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development.

AC 52.17.1 The School of Extension and Development Studies has submitted the Phase 1 and Phase 3 Forms of Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Development. Prof. B.K. Pattanaik explained the salient features of the programme and informed that the members of the expert group meeting held on 20.02.2010 suggested to change the programme as Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development instead of PG Diploma in Urban Development. The minutes of the expert group meeting held on 20.02.2010 were approved by the School Board at its meeting held on 09.03.2010.

AC 52.17.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 1 and Phase 3 Forms (Annexure 9) and the change in the title of the programmes as Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Development.

ITEM NO. 18 To consider the Proposal for Conferring D.Litt on H.H. The Dalai Lama and Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

AC 52.18.1 The Statute 22 of the University provides that “all proposals for conferment of honorary degrees shall be initiated by the Vice-Chancellor who, after consultation with the Academic Council and the Board of Management, shall submit the same to the Visitor for confirmation.” In view of the provisions of Statute 22 mentioned above the Vice-Chancellor proposed that the university may confer D.Litt on the following persons during the Silver Jubilee year of the university:

1. Nobel Laureate H.H. Dalai Lama 2. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

The brief resume of the above two persons was placed before the Academic Council for consideration.

AC 52.18.2 The Vice-Chancellor explained the procedure for conferring of D.Litt under Statute 22 of the university. He also explained that the proposal after recommendation of the Academic Council will be placed before the Board of Management and it will be submitted to the Visitor for confirmation.

AC 52.18.3 The Academic Council considered and recommended the names of Nobel Laureate H.H. Dalai Lama and Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer for conferment of honorary degree i.e., D.Litt during the Silver Jubilee year of the university.

ITEM NO. 19 To consider and approve the Proposal for Additional Clause in Ordinance on Conduct of Examination and Evaluation of Students’ Performance

AC 52.19.1 The Vice-Chancellor explained the reasons for the proposal for additional Clause in Ordinance on Conduct of Examination and Evaluation of Student’s Performance that under Section 26 (1) (b) of the IGNOU Act. It was explained that the ordinance provides for evaluation of students performance and conduct of examination by the University for its students in Part A & Part B of the ordinance respectively. The Clause 9 in Part B provides for conduct procedure of the Evaluation and Examination of student performance. There is no mention in the conduct procedures about the time limit for declaration of result by the university. To enable this it is proposed that a new sub clause (5) may be added to make it mandatory on the part of the university to declare the results of term-end-examination within forty five days of the completion of term end examination.

To facilitate the declaration of results with in the stipulated time mentioned above it is proposed to include the following new sub clause (5) in Clause 9 Conduct Procedure:

“(5) The declaration of results of the term-end-examinations shall be done within 45days of the completion of the examinations. The Examination Committee shall ensure the monitoring of evaluation and result declaration process is completed with in the specified period.”

AC 52.19.2 The members appreciated the proposal of initiative being taken for

declaration of result of Term End Examination with in 45 days from the date of completion of TEE.

AC 52.19.3 While discussion on the issues for strict implementation, the Chairman proposed monitoring committee comprising. The Vice-Chancellor, one PVC, Registrar, SED and the concerned programme co-ordinator.

AC 52.19.4 The Academic Council approved the proposal for additional clause in the ordinance on conduct of examination and evaluation of student performance. A statement showing the existing Clause, new additional clause and the ordinance of the amendment is placed at (Annexure 10). The Council also approved he proposed committee to monitor the implementation of the new clause. It was also resolved to recommend to the BOM and Finance Committee to decentralize the examination system by creating appropriate systems in place.

ITEM NO. 20 To consider and approve the Phase-3 Form of : 1) Certificate in Tele-centre/Village Knowledge Centre Management & 2) MA in Participatory Development.

AC 52.20.1 It is presented that the Centre for Extension Education has submitted Phase 3 form for 1) Certificate in Telecentre/Village Knowledge Centre Management & 2) MA in Participatory Development.

AC 52.20.2 Director, Centre for Extension Education explained the objectives of the both the programmes in detail alongwith admission eligibility and fee structure. CEE will be offering certificate programmes in collaboration with (IDRC) and MA in Participatory Development (Modular Programme) with Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA). The Extension Council, CEE had approved the Phase 3 form of the two programmes in its meeting held on 26.03.2010.

AC 52.20.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 forms (Annexure 11) of 1) Certificate in Telecentre/Village Knowledge Centre Management & 2) MA in Participatory Development.

ITEM NO. 29 With the approval of the Council, this item was taken up as a priority item. To consider and approve the award of Certificate/Diploma/Associate Degree to the Army Personnel Registered under Army IGNOU Community Colleges

AC 52.29.1 IGNOU has entered into a MOU with the Indian Army for certification for providing lateral entry into the final year of IGNOU’s academic programmes. This project titled “Gyan Deep” was dedicated to the nation by the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on 19th November, 2009 at the launch of Silver Jubilee Year of IGNOU. The syllabus of the Academic Programmes under Indian Army-IGNOU Community Colleges as per the recommendations of the expert committee was approved in the 30th Meeting of Academic Council’s Standing Committee held on 24th February, 2010. The recommendations emerged out of the meeting are:

1. The operationalisation of the process of registration into the

Army Community Colleges has been worked out by SRD and PDD and a brief demonstration was given.

2. A clarification was provided that IGNOU will do the

certification and the Degrees/Diplomas will be regular as other degrees of IGNOU which have the due approval of the Statutory Authorities.

3. A separate brochure for the scheme will be prepared by IGNOU.

4. Apart from programmes mentioned by Indian Army, there

will be provision for Masters and Ph. D. programmes also. The scheme will also be applicable to members who retire after registering for the programme.

5. The final choice of discipline will be made in the last semester of Associate Degree. There is no upper time limit laid down for completion of this programme.

6. In the framework of the curriculum designs provided by Indian Army reference will be made only to number of credits and not hours as the equivalence pattern is not uniform.

7. For Engineering degrees a separate course design will be

made. 8. For non 10+2 a bridge course comprising Basic Military

Training programme (of 16 credits) was suggested by Indian Army and accepted by the committee. This will not be taken into consideration for calculation of the credits towards award of Certificate / Diploma / Associate Degree / Graduate Degree for non 10+2. For award of Certificates, 16 credits, for the Diplomas, 32 Credits, Associate Degree, 64 credits and Graduate degree, 96 credits will be required. Requirements of credits will be accounted for by clubbing courses other than the bridge courses. Any recognized diploma/credits earned by the members outside this programme will count for equivalent credits accrual.

9. The completion of technical training will lead to an equivalent

of ITI Diploma. IGNOU will decide as to which School will award what Cert / Diploma / Degree.

10. Army will provide records of students who are to be awarded

Certificate / Diploma / Associate Degree / Degree on a periodicity to be decided by them. Due vetting will be done at their levels. All interactions will be through AG’s branch Army HQ.

11. The overall training package of Indian Army is equivalent, as

per IGNOU terms to four Certificates, two Diploma and one Associate Degree.

12. The details regarding duration, content of the technical based and Health Science related programmes would be finalized respectively in consultation with SOET and SOHS.

13. There will be a GYANDEEP Portal with a separate logo. 14. A special convocation will be held to provide

Degrees/Diplomas to the awardees under the scheme. The Army-IGNOU Academic Committee which met on 5th April, 2010 considered and approved the award of Certificates/Diplomas/Associate Degree to the first batch of 308 students at a Convocation of the Army Community Colleges scheduled for 21st April, 2010. The recipients will be awarded completion certificates as per the evaluation scheme followed by the Army. As the Scheme operates through a credit accumulation process, the education and training of the personnel throughout their entire career (prior learning) is reckoned with for purposes of certification.

AC 52.29.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for award of Certificates/Diploma/Associate Degree to Army personnel.

The Chairman then requested Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Pro Vice Chancellor to Chair the Meeting as he has to attend the urgent meeting in MHRD.

ITEM NO. 21 To consider and approve the Proposal for Commencement of an MBA Programme in Transportation Management (A Collaborative Effort of IGNOU & Institute of Rail Transport, Ministry of Railways)

AC 52.21.1 The Centre for Corporate Education and Training Consultancy has proposed for offering MBA programme in Transportation Management (collaborative effort of IGNOU and Institute of Rail Transport, Ministry of Railways) under MoU signed between the University & Institute of Rail Transport on 04.08.2009.

AC 52.21.2 During the discussions one of the member Prof. Uma Alladi requested for the procedures being followed by the University for collaborations with Institutes and Private Players for offering the joint programmes. At this juncture the Chairman explained that there is no formal norms are available. However, the university examines the credentials of the institute and look into the value of programmes before entering into any agreement. Prof. M.L. Koul, Director, SOE stated that it is the two way process in which both the institute and the university is involved. The university signs agreement / MoU with the Institutes and offer the collaborative programmes.

AC 52.21.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal.

ITEM NO. 22 To consider and approve the Proposal for Starting of Certain Awareness Programmes in Collaboration with M/s. Everonn Skill Development Ltd. (ESDL), Chennai

AC 52.22.1 The Centre for Corporate Education & Training Consultancy had submitted the proposal for starting of certain awareness programmes in collaboration with M/s. Everonn Skill Development Ltd. (ESDL), Chennai.

A list of the programmes is as given below: S.No. Programme Duration Expected

Enrollment 1 Certificate course in Food &

Beverage Service 5 months 40

2 Certificate in quick Restaurant Service

2 months 40

3 Certificate course in Cellar Management

2 months 40

4 Certificate course in Industrial Service Operations

2 months 40

5 Certificate course in Cake Preparation & Decoration

2 months 40

6 Certificate course in Bakery & Confectionary

2 months 40

7 Certificate course in South Indian Cookery

1 month 40

8 Certificate course in North Indian Cookery

1 month 40

9 Certificate course in Continental Cookery

1 month 40

10 Certificate course in Oriental Cookery 1 month 40 11 Certificate course in Carving 15 days 40 12 Certificate course in House Keeping 1 month 40 13 Certificate course in Front Desk

Operations 1 month 40

14 Certificate course in Event Management

2 months 40

15 Certificate course in Retail Management

2 months 40

16 Certificate course in Food Safety & Hygiene

1 month 40

17 Certificate course in Coffee & Café Operations

1 month 40

18 Certificate course in Commercial Cookery

2 months 40

19 Certificate course in Hospitality Communication

2 months 40

AC 52.22.2 After deliberating on the programmes the Academic Council was of the

view that these programmes are to be placed before the JCC for consideration. The CCETC was requested to place the programmes in next Academic Council meeting after clearance by the JCC.

ITEM NO. 23 To consider and approve the Proposal for Commencement of a BBA Programme in Banking & Financial Services and an Executive MBA Programme in Collaboration with M/s. NIIT Limited

AC 52.23.1 The university has recently signed an MoU with M/s. NIIT Ltd. to have a collaboration to develop the following Academic Programmes:

1. BBA in Banking and Financial Services, and 2. Executive MBA

It was also informed that the School of Vocational Education and Training, School of Computer Information Sciences, Campus Placement Cell and CCETC are involved in the development of the proposed Academic Programmes in collaboration with M/s NIIT Limited. The Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor had scheduled two meetings which were attended by several Heads/Directors of the Schools/Divisions/Centres and Top Executives of the NIIT. The programme structure fee schedule duration etc. will we worked out and decided by Expert Committee to be appointed for the purpose. The Academic Council also considered the minutes of the various expert committee meetings.

AC 52.23.2 The Academic Council deliberated up on the proposal and suggested that the courses, structure, codes, title of the courses, credits etc. should be in line with the IGNOU regulations. A comprehensive proposal including the courses, title of the courses, credits etc. should be placed before the JCC, as mentioned in the MoU S.No. 4 strict adherence to the clauses in the MoU, School/Centre Board resolution be ensured. The copies of the minutes and MoU with NIIT are placed at (Annexure 12).

ITEM NO. 24 To consider and approve the Enhancement of duration and payment norm for the Internship programme (Course MFNP-011) of the M.Sc.(DFSM) Programme

AC 52.24.1 The School of Continuing Education has proposed for the Enhancement of duration and payment norms for the Internship programme (Course MFNP-011) of the M.Sc.(DFSM) Programme. It was informed that the enhancement of internship duration and enhancement of payment norms for the course internship (MFNP-011), which is part of the M.Sc. (DFSM) programme was taken up in the 39th School Board Meeting held on 27th July 2009. The Board approved the item in principle, however, it was suggested that these issues be discussed by an Expert Committee

constituted for the purposed and the report of the committee to be submitted for the consideration of the School Board. The Expert Committee Meeting was held on 16th February, 2010 to discuss the issues related to enhancement of internship duration and the payment norms. The deliberations and the decisions taken during the expert committee meeting included:

1. The present Internship duration (8 credits i.e. 240 hours) of six weeks (8hour/s/week for 6 weeks) in the M.Sc. (DFSM) Programme should be enhanced to three months (16 credits – 480 hours i.e. 8 hours/week).

2. A three months internship will be mandatory for the M.Sc. (DFSM) Programme and P.G. Diploma in Dietetics and Public Nutrition Programme (which is an option provided to learners of M.Sc. (DFSM) Programme who would like to exit the programme after completing the 30 credit course work plus the 16 credit internship).

3. The Total credit weightage for the M.Sc. (DFSM) Programme would increase from 64 credits (54 credit course work plus 8 credit internship) to 72 credits (56 credit course work plus 16 credit internship),

4. The payment norms for the internship is enhanced from Rs.300/- to Rs.500/-.

The minutes of the Expert Committee meeting approved by the 41st School Board Meeting held on 18th February 2010.

AC 52.24.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for enhancement of duration, credits load, exit flexibility and payment norms for the internship of the course MFNP-011 for M.Sc. (DFSM) programme.

ITEM NO. 25 To consider the re-imbursement of Advertisement Expenditure to the International Partner Institutions

AC 52.25.1 The International Division submitted a proposal for the re-imbursement of Advertisement Expenditure to the International Partner Institutions. To Director (I/c) informed that the University offers the programmes to its international students through Partner Institutions (PI) located all over the world. These Partner Institutions are private bodies functioning in their respective countries for the promotion of educational programmes of IGNOU. The International Division functions as the nodal agency to coordinate their activities. At the third Annual PI Coordinators Meet held during 11th-13th August, 2008, it was resolved that the advertisement

expenses of the PlS should be reimbursed as they are also promoting the programmes of the University in their respective countries on behalf of IGNOU. It was also informed that the Division has been receiving proposals from various Partner Institutions who intend to collaborate with IGNOU for promotion of University’s programmes resulting in increase in the number of Partner Institutes. In order to give wide publicity of University’s programmes through such institutions the advertisement expenditure sought in the third Annual PI Coordinators Meet 2008 needs to be reviewed and the modalities for reimbursement of such expenditure needs to be approved by the competent authority. Hence, it is proposed that:

• The Partner Institute will get the design and content of the advertisement approved by the University (through the International Division) before publishing in two dailies / national newspapers.

• Such expenditure will be reimbursed only once in a financial year. • The expenditure will not exceed INR 20,000/- (or equivalent

amount in US$) or 50% of the advertisement expenditure whichever is less and the rest is to be met by the PIS.

• Once the proposal is approved by the Competent Authority, a clause in the prospective MoUs may be incorporated accordingly.

AC 52.25.2 The Academic Council deliberated upon the report of Annual

Coordinators Meet, 2008 of International Partner Institutes (Annexure 13) and the issues involved in Re-imbursement of Advertisement Expenditure to International Partner Institutions and approved the proposal.

ITEM NO. 26 To consider and approve the proposal of Creation of “Sustainability Sciences” as a discipline in the School of Agriculture

AC 52.26.1 The Centre of Sustainable Development has submitted a proposal for creation of Sustainability Science as a discipline in the School of Agriculture was presented. Prof. M.K. Salooja explained the justification for the creation of Sustainability Sciences as a discipline.

AC 52.26.2 Dr. Latha Pillai, PVC informed that Sustainability Science is a new emerging field can be described by as ‘‘improving society’s capacity to use the earth in ways that simultaneously meet the needs of a much larger but stabilizing human population, sustain the life support systems of the planet, and substantially reduce hunger and poverty.’’

Sustainability science includes global, social, and human systems in its purview. It is a practical problem-solving oriented discipline, which is based on the integration of natural social sciences with ethics, economic

sustainability, social sustainability and governance. Educational programmes of Sustainability Science have to be based on real life examples. It helps understanding the diverse issue associated with sustainability in a holistic manner and to propose vision and methods toward the development of sustainable society. Many Institutions across the globe have already established ‘Sustainability Science’ as a separate discipline.

Globally the issues of sustainability are diverse in nature and the first step is to look it under regional or country level. The major emerging issues in India are poverty, employment and rural development. India being an agrarian economy focuses agricultural sustainability as a core issue in the policy, planning and programmes.

The Chair for Sustainable Development is developing different programmes under the framework of Sustainability Science giving major attention to agricultural sustainability and rural development.

The Programmes under development by the Chair are as follows:

1. P G Diploma in Sustainability Science 2. P G certificate in Climate Change and Sustainable Development 3. Appreciation Programme on Sustainability Science 4. Leadership Programme in Nutrition Security and Sustainable

Development 5. Appreciation Programme on Population and Sustainable

Development 6. Appreciation Programme on Biodiversity and Sustainable

Development 7. Appreciation Programme on Wetland Management and

Sustainable Development 8. Appreciation programme on Sustainable Management of Ganga 9. Appreciation Programme in Himalayan Ecosystem and

Sustainable Development 10. Appreciation Programme on Sustainability Audit

AC 52.26.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for Creation

of Sustainability Science as a discipline in the School of Agriculture.

ITEM NO. 27 To consider and approve the proposal for Two Certificate Programmes in Apparel Marketing & Merchandising and Apparel Production & Quality Management and MBA (on campus programme) with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management (SVPITM) under Ministry of Textile, Coimbatore

AC 52.27.1 The Centre for Corporate Education & Training Consultancy had submitted the proposal for Two Certificate Programmes in Apparel Marketing & Merchandising and Apparel Production & Quality Management and MBA (on campus programme) with Sardar Vallabhbhai

Patel Institute of Textile Management (SVPITM) under Ministry of Textile, Government of India, Coimbatore. These proposals have been received from Regional Director, IGNOU.

AC 52.27.2 The Academic Council after deliberating upon the proposal resolved that an MoU / agreement be signed by the University with the SVPITM, Coimbatore and the proposal routed through JCC for consideration by Academic Council.

ITEM NO. 28 To consider and approve the proposal for Academic Programmes from Sh. Sanskar School of Etiquette and Career Development

AC 52.28.1 The Centre for Corporate Education & Training Consultancy had submitted the proposal for Academic Programmes from Sh. Sanskar School of Etiquette and Career Development. The request has been received from the following Academic Programmes:

1. BBA Retail Services, 2. Diploma in Hospitality & Travel Management, 3. Diploma in Housekeeping, 4. Diploma in Front Office, and 5. Diploma in Food & Beverage Service.

AC 52.28.2 The Academic Council suggested that as some of the programmes with

similar nomenclature are being offered by the University from some other schools of studies, it has to be carefully evaluated in order to avoid duplication. After the discussion, it was decided that all the proposal for offering the above mentioned courses should be placed before the Academic Council after discussion in the Joint Coordinator Committee (JCC) and enter into an MOU with the Sh. Sanskar School of Etiquette and Career Development.

ITEM NO. 30 To consider and approve the proposal for Creation of Five Disciplines at NCDS

AC 52.30.1 The National Centre for Disability Studies had submitted a proposal for Creation of Five Disciplines in the NCDS. Dr. Hemlata, Director (I/c) informed that the National Centre for Disabilities Studies is offering 21 programmes in various areas of disabilities ranging from Masters level to Certificate level. At present, only three faculty members are available at NCDS for maintenance and implementation of the programmes. Many academic programmes are in the process of development including the Ph.D. in Disability Studies.

AC 52.30.2 During the discussions the members were of the view that creation of five

disciplines in the centre will be justifiable and the proposal requires to be re-looked. It was also suggested that a committee may be constituted for examining the issues involved in Creation of the Faculty Positions for the Centre under the Chairmanship of Prof. Pravin Sinclair, PVC. The other members of the committee suggested are Prof. P.R. Ramnujam, Director, STRIDE, Prof. M. Aslam, Director, SOCE and Prof. Uma Alladi member of Academic Council.

AC 52.30.3 The Academic Council deferred the proposal for want of details regarding financial implications and other academic/administrative setups.

ITEM NO. 31 To consider and approve the proposal for Eligibility Criteria of Students of Diploma in Aquaculture (DAQ) as 10+2

AC 52.31.1 The School of Sciences has submitted the proposal for revising the Eligibility Criteria of Students of Diploma in Aquaculture (DAQ) as 10+2. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS informed that the Diploma in Aquaculture was put up on offer from Jan. 2010 with the approval of the Academic Council at its 50th Meeting held on 8th October, 2009. The eligibility for the programme was 10+2 with science. Meanwhile, the students from non science background also started making queries for admission in the diploma programme. Since this is a vocational course and offers career opportunity in the field it was decided to relax the qualifications for seeking admissions in the diploma. The School Board, School of Sciences approved the proposal at its 40th meeting held on 10th March, 2010.

AC 52.31.2 The Academic Council approved the proposal for Eligibility Criteria for Admission to Diploma in Aquaculture as 10+2 pass.

ITEM NO. 32 To consider and approve the Phase 3 Form for Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Nanoscience

AC 52.32.1 The School of Sciences presented the Phase 3 Form of PG Certificate Programme in Nanoscience. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS explained the objectives and salient features of the proposal and informed that the Phase 3 Form was approved by the School Board, School of Sciences at its 40th meeting held on 10th March, 2010. The School Board suggested that the following should be included as eligibility for enrollment to this programme in the Phase 3 Form point no. 10: “B.Sc. – General with Physics as one of the subjects”

AC 52.32.2 The Academic Council approved the Phase 3 Form (Annexure 14) for PG Certificate Programme in Nanoscience with the above addition in the eligibility criteria.

ITEM NO. 33 To consider and approve the Methodology for Practical Term-End-Examination for Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics (PGCE) and Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantoloy (PGCOI)

AC 52.33.1 The School of Health Sciences submitted the Methodology for Practical Term-End-Examination for Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics (PGCE) and Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantoloy (PGCOI). Dr. Ruchika Kuba, Programme Coordinator explained the methodology for conducting the examination of PGCE and PGCOI in detail and informed the matter was placed before the School Board but it was deferred.

AC 52.33.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposed Methodology for Practical Term-End-Examination for Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics (PGCE) and Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantoloy (PGCOI), subject to the approval of the item in School Board, School of Health Sciences.

ITEM NO. 34 To consider and approve the structure of the on-campus full-time mode Master’s Degree Programme in Life Sciences, its detailed curriculum, mode of entry of students, evaluation methodology, list of paper setters, moderators and evaluators for the entrance test of the programme.

AC 52.34.1 The School of Sciences has submitted the course structure of the on-campus full-time mode Master’s Degree Programme in Life Sciences, its detailed curriculum, mode of entry of students, evaluation methodology, list of paper setters, moderators and evaluators for the entrance test of the programme. Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, SOS informed that the Academic Council in its 50th meeting held on 8th October 2009 considered and resolved to approve the concept paper by the faculty for Masters Degree in Life Science in Face-to-Face mode. The Expert Committee meeting was held and the recommendations of the Expert Committee regarding entry criteria, structure of M.Sc. (Life Sciences) programme, detailed curriculum and the scheme of examination are placed before the Academic Council.

AC 52.34.2 The Academic Council after deliberation on the proposal decided that the

curriculum, mode of entry of students, evaluation methodology, list of paper setters, moderators and evaluators for the entrance test etc. falls with in the jurisdictions of the School Board and it may be considered and deliberated in detail in the School Board. The Academic Council approved the proposal subject to compliance of the suggestions of the School Board.

ITEM NO. 35 To consider and approve the proposal for Revision and up-gradation of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC) programme

AC 52.35.1 The School of Health Sciences submitted a proposal for Revision and up-gradation of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC) programme. It was informed that the programme was launched in 2006 in 16 PSCs with 113 enrolled students. At present, 50 PSCs have been notified across the country. The course material of the programme has been written during 2005 before launching of the programme. The course materials need to be revised/re-written/edited to maintain the quality. Besides, the Programme Coordinators as well as the PICs/ACs (cardiologists) also feel that the implementation as well as evaluation strategies of the programme need to be revised.

Annual Enrolment in the Programme over last three years

An Expert Committee Meeting and Advisory Committee Meeting was held for the revision & updation of the Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC) programme at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi on 20th & 21st February 2010. Almost all the PICs participated among the 44 PICs from across the country. In these two days meeting the following agenda were discussed and agreed by the group of experts:

1. Revised Criteria for the establishment of a PSC of PGDCC Programme

Year Number of the students Enrolled

Number of the students successfully completed this Programme

2006 113 82 2007 136 91 2008 253 - 2009 254 -

2. Provision for the Guest Lecture.

3. Revised Eligibility criteria for the PIC and Academic Counsellors

4. Revised Minimum and Maximum number of students in each PSC

5. Improvement of the quality of the training by improving continuous training

6. Creation of a Question Bank for the PGDCC Programme

7. Revised Posting Schedule for the PGDCC Programme

The same recommendation of the Expert Committee Meeting and Advisory Committee Meeting was approved by School Board (Agenda Item No 40.8) of School of Health Sciences held on 30th March 2010. Phase Zero Form of the PG Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC) programme also has been approved by the School Board at its 40th meeting held on 30th March, 2010.

AC 52.35.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the proposal for revision and updation of the PG Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC)

ITEM NO. 36 To consider and approve the Objectives, Work Plan, Science Communication Initiatives and Ph.D. Programme in Science Education and Mathematics Education under the Raman Chair

AC 52.36.1 The Raman Chair under Prof. P.T. Manoharan was established in the School of Sciences. The Objectives, Work Plan, Science Communication Initiatives, Ph.D. Programme on Science Education and Mathematics Education under Raman Chair are placed at Annexure 15.

AC 52.36.2 The Academic Council considered and approved the Objectives, Work Plan, Science Communication Initiatives, Ph.D. Programme on Science Education and Mathematics Education and other initiatives by Raman Chair.

ITEM NO. 37 To consider Phase 3 Form (DPR) for full time on campus programme in Diploma in Fire, Safety and Disaster Management

AC 52.37.1 The School of Vocational Education and Training has submitted Phase 3 Form for PG Diploma in Fire, Safety and Disaster Management. The programme consisting of 40 credits will be offered by IGNOU as full time on campus programme in collaboration with Security Skills Council of India (SSCI).

AC 52.37.2 During the discussions, it was brought out that the PG Diploma

programme in Disaster Management is being offered by the School of Social Sciences. The Academic Coordination Division may ensure that any academic item placed before the Academic Council for its consideration and approval is first discussed and approved by the concerned School Board before it is brought to the Academic Council. The Academic Council agreed with this suggestion. The Academic Council also resolved that all programmes/Courses shall be considered by the Planning Board and/or its Standing Committee regularly.

AC 52.37.3 The Academic Council considered and approved the Phase 3 Form (DPR) for full-time on campus programme in Diploma in Fire, Safety and Disaster Management subject to the condition that there is no conflict/duplication with any other programme

It was resolved to take up the remaining items in an early meeting of the

Academic Council’s Standing Committee. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

(V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai) Chairman

Annexure (To Resolution no. AC 52.33.3)

1. PROPOSED PROCESS OF CONDUCTION OF PGCE EXAMINATION The process of conduction of the term end practical examination will be in the decentralized mode as is for the other medical programmes of IGNOU like PGDMCH and PGDGM. The Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics programmes, has a term-end practical component which is conducted separately from theory examination. The PSCs will act as the examination centres and the PIC will act as the Examination Superintendent. Two examiners will get involved i.e. one external and one internal. The examination for both the courses MDTL001 and MDTL 002 will be held together on the same day. The Counsellors of other subject experts involved in PGCE Programme currently or in the past and having minimum 5 years of teaching experience are eligible to become the examiners. The internal examiner will be identified by PIC. The external examiners would be identified by the Programme in-charge of the respective centre and get the names approved by the programme coordinators in the School of Health Sciences as pr the following guidelines:

• The expert fulfills the criteria for being an examiner • Expert is external to the Programme Study Centre where the examination is being

conducted • In case another state is chosen, the External examiners will be preferable

identified from the neighboring states to minimize the expenses on TA/DA • No one should become an examiner to the same PSC on more than two

consecutive occasions • Attempt should be made to give opportunity to become examiner to as many

counselors as possible to give them a sense of involvement As per the decentralized process-

• The PIC would provide the date of examination, and name of internal examiner. The names of the external examiner will be proposed by the PIC and approved by the Programme Coordinator. The Programme In-charge will also provide the number of students expected to appear in the examination.

• The Regional Centre will provide an advance to the PSC as per the budget calculated according to the approved norms (approved by the 58th and 59th meetings of Finance Committee of their revised rates in future), provide examination stationery and issue letters to examiners (internal and external) appointing them as the examiner at the specified PSC.

• The PIC will get the examination conducted and then submit the award list along with examination bills for adjustment to the Regional Centre. The PIC will also send a copy of the award list to Programme Coordinator for record.

2. PROPOSED PROCESS OF CONDUCTION OF PGCOI EXAMINATION The process of conduction of the term end practical examination will be in the decentralized mode as is for the other medical programmes of IGNOU like PGDMCH and PGDGM. The Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantology (PGCOI) programme, has a term-end practical component which is conducted separately from theory examination. The PSCs will act as the examination centres and the PIC will act as the Examination Superintendent. Two examiners will get involved i.e. one external and one internal. The examination for both the courses MDTL004 and MDTL 005 will be held together on the same day. The Counsellors of other subject experts involved in PGCOI Programme currently or in the past and having minimum 5 years of teaching experience are eligible to become the examiners. The internal examiners will be identified by PIC. The external examiners would be identified by the Programme In-charge of the respective centre and get the names approved by the programme coordinators in the School of Health Sciences as per the following guidelines:

• The expert fulfills the criteria for being an examiner • Expert is external to the Programme Study Centre where the examination is being

conducted • In case another state is chosen, the External examiners will be preferable

identified from the neighboring states to minimize the expenses on TA/DA • No one should become an examiner to the same PSC on more than two

consecutive occasions • Attempt should be made to give opportunity to become examiner to as many

counselors as possible to give them a sense of involvement As per the decentralized process-

• The PIC would provide the date of examination, and name of internal examiner. The names of the external examiner will be proposed by the PIC and approved by the Programme Coordinator. The Programme In-charge will also provide the number of students expected to appear in the examination.

• The Regional Centre will provide an advance to the PSC as per the budget

calculated according to the approved norms (approved by the 58th and 59th meetings of Finance Committee of their revised rates in future), provide examination stationery and issue letters to examiners (internal and external) appointing them as the examiner at the specified PSC.

• The PIC will get the examination conducted and then submit the award list along with examination bills for adjustment to the Regional Centre. The PIC will also send a copy of the award list to Programme Coordinator for record.