UGC HRDC
of Gujarat University is one of the oldest HRDCs of India. It was known as Academic
Staff College earlier. It was established in 1987. We are ranked 16 amongst 66
HRDCs of India by NAAC. We are the first in Gujarat. We have organised more than
700 Professional Development Programs including Gurudakshta, FIP, FDP, OP, RC,
STC, Winter School, Summer School, Seminar, Workshop, Symposia, Ph D Course
Work etc. We have imparted training to more than 20000 research Scholars, academicians
and administrators working in Colleges and Universities of India.
UGC
HRDC has been the pioneer, created history and benchmarks by organising the
following under the able leadership of it is director Prof Dr Jagdish Joshi:
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The
first of its kind Online Refresher Course in India in the year 2018-19 with more
than 2100 participants have attended it.
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The
first of its kind Online Annual Refresher Program in English Language Teaching
(ARPIT) with record break 8900 participants in the year 2019-20
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The
first-ever Online Short Term Course on E-Content Development during the lockdown
and unlocks. 118 courses with about 5000 participants have successfully
completed. The participants are from across the country.
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The
first Online Professional Development Program for the Administrative Staff of
Universities were organised during lockdown with 105 participants.
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The
first of its kind Ph D Course work for all the registered Ph D Scholars of
Gujarat University has been organised since 2016.
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The
first of its kind Ph D Course work in blended mode (mix of online and offline)
for all the registered Ph D Scholars of Gujarat University, BKNM University-
Junagadh, KSKV Katch University-Bhuj is planned from July 2020.
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HRDC
GU is coordinating the Online E-Content Creation Training for all the professors
of the colleges and universities of Gujarat along with Department of Higher
Education, Commissionerate of Higher Education and Knowledge Consortium of
Gujarat in 2020
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The
first, of its kind, UGC Sponsored Online Gurudakshta Faculty Induction Program in
2020. 4 courses with about 400 participants from across the country.
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MHRD
funded UGC HRD GU under RUSA Grant of Rs. 3.33 Crores. It is one of the very
few HRDCs which have very fruitfully and successfully organised the programs
under it. It has collaborated with IIMA, SPIPA, IIT Delhi and Mumbai, JNU,
Delhi University, The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration (LBSNAA)-Mussoorie, Mumbai University, Narsinh
Mohanji Institute of Management, INFLIBNET, SNDT Mumbai University, St.
Xaviar’s College-Mumbai, NIEPA, NCERT and UGC etc.
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The
website of UGC HRDC GU is very dynamic.
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The
journal of UGC HRDC GU is indexed in CrossRef and has Digital Object
Identifies (DOI)
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It
invites international resource persons
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It has
MOU with the UK and Canadian Universities
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It
provides consultancy
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It is
very innovative and established training institute
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Video
feedback of the participants are collected and kept on the website