AICTE- Technical University Joint Training Programs for Librarians
Ministry of Education
About This Scheme
AICTE- Technical University Joint Training Programs for Librarians, launched by the All India Council for Technical Education, aims to provide financial assistance in conducting training for Librarians to prepare them for being successful and effective in a knowledge society. Objectives: The objectives of the program are; - To provide a dynamic and quality user centered library and information services that enhance teaching, learning and research while inculcating life-long learning skills and fostering human development. - To bring high quality, scholarly information resources and services to the University through Library. Duration/Type/Participants: The AICTE – technical university will be of five days residential training program with minimum 25-30 participants. Number of Programs: The university shall conduct one such training program in a financial year. Training on moral values: Minimum one session of 3 hours in the program for Librarians may be kept for training related to Moral Values, Ethics, Behavioral Sciences & Attitude etc. Infrastructure: Being a residential program, the university shall have requisite infrastructure viz. guest house and dining hall etc. Role and responsibilities of technical university: - The university shall conduct the joint training program for Librarians strictly in accordance with the provisions of the scheme document. - The university will do the certification of these programs jointly with AICTE. It shall be ensured by the university that the certificates shall be issued only to those participants, who qualify the test to be necessarily conducted at the end. - The university will act as the facilitator for the operation of the training program. - The university will be accountable for finance/ grants sanctioned under the scheme and shall abide by the terms and conditions stipulated by AICTE for financial grants. - The university will constitute a Project Monitoring committee for effective implementation of the scheme. AICTE will provide its representative as a member on that committee. - The university shall submit, yearly report, detailed statement of expenditure and Utilization Certificate, in the prescribed format for sanctioned grants, within a month after the end of each financial year duly audited by a certified Chartered Accountant firm. The accounts shall be open to inspection by the officials of AICTE and an audit by the Statutory Auditors. - After conduct of each of the training program, the documents shall be submitted by the university to AICTE.
Eligibility
1. AICTE approved institutions.
Benefits
The maximum total expenditure for conduct of one training program will be ₹ 3,00,000/- (or the actual amount expended) to be shared 50:50 by AICTE and Technical university. - AICTE: Will release a grant of ₹ 1,50,000/- to Technical university for the training program to meet the expenditure or the actual expenditure, whichever is less on (i) TA/DA/ Honorarium to Resource Persons (Honorarium not to exceed 20% of the total expenditure incurred on conduct of one such training program), (ii) TA to outstation participants and (iii) Course material to participants.- Technical university: Will meet from its own funds, the expenditure to the extent of ₹ 1,50,000/- or the actual expenditure, whichever is less, to cover all items of expenditure such as (i) Boarding & lodging of participants, (ii) Honorarium to Program Coordinator (not to exceed 1% of the total expenditure incurred on one such training program) and (iii) Working expenses (tea/coffee/stationary/certificate/printing etc.).
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