IGNOU New Online Programme in Human Rights

IGNOU New Online Programme in Human Rights

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to develop a new online Advance Programme on Human Rights for the Police Personnel and update/ revise the existing course contents of Basic Programme on Human Rights and Training of Trainers Programme on Human Rights for the police personnel.


The new awareness generation programme will be developed jointly by NHRC and IGNOU for judiciary, police personnel, public servants, parliamentarians, universities, colleges and common people.

Commenting upon how the learners will be able to study the course, Prof. Ravindra Kumar, VC, IGNOU, said that, “IGNOU’s Inter University Consortium (IUC) platform and SWAYAM portal will be used for disseminating information on Human Rights to the proposed target groups. IGNOU’s regional centers will be used as training centers for spreading human rights education. The material developed will be in the form of e-books and printed books.”

The six units of the existing online programme on Human Rights for the Police Personnel shall be updated along with the e-content on the IGNOU portal. The units will be more interactive and multimedia tools will be used to make it simple and interesting for the constables to sub-Inspector level which constitutes 80 per cent of the Police Force.

Training material will be developed for conducting training programmes for the Trainers Training for another existing programme on Human Rights for the Police Personnel.

For more information visit : http://www.ignou.ac.in/

NPTEL Online Courses in Engineering

NPTEL Online Courses in Engineering

National Programme on Technology enhanced Learning-NPTEL Online Courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities streams

A Joint Initiative of IITs and IISc

NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams. The mission of NPTEL is to enhance the quality of Engineering education in the country by providing free online courseware.

Over 600 courses were available online. The course videos are available in streaming mode, and may also be downloaded for viewing offline. The video files are also view-able via the IIT Channel in Youtube.

IITs and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have worked together to develop web and video based material for basic undergraduate science and engineering courses in order to enhance the reach and quality of technical education in India.

For more information visit : http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/

IIFT Online Certificate Programmes 2012

IIFT Online Certificate Programmes 2012

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade-IIFT Online Certificate Programmes Admissions 2012

* Certificate Programme in Export Management (online)

* Certificate Programme in Capital & Financial Markets (Online)

The special features of the Programme are as follows:
Classes are held only on week-ends (Saturday afternoon + Sunday) after contact sessions at IIFT for 4 days.

Class sessions can be attended from any location (home, office, etc) as long as there is access to a good wired internet connection.

All class sessions are live and facilitate two-way interaction between participants and faculty.

Participants can see the faculty and the slides and also raise and answer questions
Lectures are thoroughly backed by research which the Institute regularly conducts for both trade & industry and the government.

Comprehensive case studies on each aspect characterize class-room sessions.

Regular evaluation ensures that the participant has, indeed, imbibed both the knowledge and its applications.

Last Date for sale & receipt of filled-in application form: 28th of February 2012

For more information visit : http://www.iift.edu/

Madras & UK Universities Joint Online PG Programmes

Madras & UK Universities Joint Online PG Programmes

University of Madras and UK Universities Joint online Post Graduate Programmes.

* M.Sc International Environmental Management
(with University of Northampton, UK)

* M.Sc Sustainable Development for Urban Environments
(Joint Award with Staffordshire University, UK)

Applications are invited for two new part-time Masters Degrees, delivered via on-campus workshops and the Internet (on-line courses) starting in February 2011. The degrees are part of a series of International Masters co-delivered by University of Madras. in co-operation with UK Universities supported by the UK - India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).

Full course details and applications procedures are available online at : http://www.unom.ac.in/geographyukieri.html

Applications Deadline : 6th December, 2010

for further information pl. contact (Email) : geographyukieri@unom.ac.in; geographyukieri@gmail.com