Y.S.Rajashekhara reddy (CHIEF MINISTER)
Our late beloved chief minister Y.S.Rajashekhara reddy's manasaputrika, that is idupulapaya.in idupulapaya he had given a place to built {APIIIT}[rajiv gandhi university of knowledge technologies].
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Thank U sir
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Thank U sir
Educational block of senior campus IIIT
Boys hostel of APIIIT campus
Girls hostel of APIIIT campus
Mess for students in IIIT
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RGUKT Educational Objectives
Founding of RGUKT
The top 1% of rural graduates is around 6,000 to 7,000 per year. Thus, the three campuses would need residential accommodation for about 36,000 students for the six year integrated program.
At present, most universities in India and in Andhra Pradesh follow the affiliated college structure model where the main role of the university is to set the curriculum and conduct examinations to ensure that the students have indeed learned the material prescribed in the curriculum. Most colleges have an entering class of 100-300. Having an entry class of 6,000 students leads to issues of scale. This is unique to RGUKT and is being attempted for the first time in India. In the US, several of the larger universities do have enrolments of 20,000 to 30,000. However not all of them tend to be residential universities. Thus RGUKT, as a green field university, represents a unique experiment in the educational arena.
The assumption is that ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), will permit the scaling of the learning environments by one to two orders of magnitude is currently possible.
Another key educational objective of RGUKT is to use advances in learning sciences and explore the use of modern cognitive science tools in education and learning.
Phrases such as “Learning by Example”, “Learning by Doing”, “Problem-Based Learning”, “Self-Paced Learning”, etc become facilitated when every student can be assured to have a personal computer that does not have to be shared with anyone else.
Jim Gibbons at Stanford has demonstrated the effectiveness of the use of mentors as part of the tutored video process instead of conventional lectures in a classroom and demonstrated the superiority of tutored video learning methodology.
At RGUKT, the students go to school for three semesters a year. During two of these semesters, students learn the same material that students in other universities are expected to learn. However, the third semester is used to broaden the educational experiences of every student.
Premature specialization of subjects begins at present in the pre-university courses such as MPC or BPC specializations. It is the intention at RGUKT that students would be exposed to Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts in the extra time available. Thus in six years, it becomes possible to include materials that would normally have taken nine years in any other educational environment.
More than learning specific material in individual subjects, the emphasis at RGUKT is in “Learning to Learn”. The basic goal is that every person should be taught the skill of “Learning to Learn” since after graduation from universities one does not have access to teachers for the remaining 80+ years of their life. The second important underlying skill that every graduate should have is the ability to apply knowledge to solve problems. In the past, emphasis has always been on demonstrating that you understand concepts and not in the ability to apply concepts using knowledge to solve problems. And finally, the skills needed for day to day living and survival are also deemed to be important skills. These include topics such as stress management, time management, anger management negotiation, personal finance, personal law and personal health and hygiene. Usually such topics are not part of any university curriculum today. RGUKT believes this is a very important aspect in growing to be a productive citizen, a productive parent and a productive family member.
--> Objectives of the University
Every student is provided with a personal computer (usually a laptop) from day one and much of the educational experience is complier-mediated. Since getting high quality teachers has always been a problem given the lower salaries the lectures are provided on line by world class teachers and classroom support is provided by domain specialists and home room tutors who play the role of an instructor and teaching assistant in a conventional environment handling a smaller group of students.
It is expected that all the text books for all the subjects will be online and each problem will be hyperlinked back to the specific content in the textbook so that the student can quickly review the material needed to solve the problem at hand. Every learning unit has one hour of problem solving to reinforce the concepts they have a learned during that period. However not all students are able to solve all the problems within a one hour period. If they are stuck, immediate help is available from the Domain Specialist and Home Room Tutor. Instead of the conventional homework assisted by an untrained parent, the use of immediate help by an expert who knows the problem at hand and can instantaneously provide guidance eliminates much of the wasted effort in following dead end paths.
In an IT-rich environment, it now becomes possible to do several things that would not have been practical in a traditional educational system. It is now possible to track the progress of each student while he/she solves the problems and see what distinguishes very good students from the students who seem to be struggling. It also becomes possible to get instantaneous feedback from all the students to a wide range of questions from the quality of the food to the quality of the education and quality of the mentors, permitting mid-course correction which is not practical in a conventional classroom environment.
In an ICT-intensive environment, it now becomes possible to administer all the examinations online and provide immediate feedback including an analysis of the errors they made during the test.
--> Why RGUKT?
A person born into a low income, rural family in India can’t really aspire to study at an IIIT or aim to be selected into the IAS. This is true is many cases. The reason for this is because they start with many inherent disadvantages such as:
The other issue RGUKT is attempting to tackle is the issue of “Early Specialization”. In most cases, once a student goes into a Junior College for a pre-university program, he gets routed through coaching factories that drill them to get the top ranks in entrance tests which will enable him to secure a seat in a good college or university. This kind of intensive coaching makes students uni-dimensional with very little understanding of anything other than what they have been coached in.
Once students get into professionals colleges, they don’t get any exposure to Humanities and Social Sciences for the rest of their lives. RGUKT attempts to deal with this issue by giving students direct admission into a 6-year integrated program after class X. Here, they are not subjected to two years of torture preparing for entrance tests. Since these students are already gifted and belong to the top 1%, it is expected that they will do well naturally and don’t need other entrance tests. However, the reservation system, based on the Affirmative Action Program of India, requires that students belonging to the weaker sections of society be given at least 50% of all the available seats. Many of these students, due to their backgrounds, are likely to be less educated and less trained even though they might be the best in their sub-group. Thus, the student body entering RGUKT will have a diverse educational level. What is common is that they are selected because they are the best in that community. Medium of instruction is almost always Telugu. This in turn brings about the need for remedial programs to be developed so that all students can go through an educational program with English as the medium of instruction.
In Andhra Pradesh, over a million students pass the class X state wide exam yearly. Of these, the top 1% or about 10,000 students are probably brilliant but their educational levels of achievement are diverse and disparate based on their schooling and quality of education. Since admission into RGUKT is based on a “Local Best Model” and uses the rule of reservation as put forward by the government of India, this top 1% has a wide diversity of marks. 60-70% of the students come from rural backgrounds and will have the opportunity to study in a world class institution.
Education at RGUKT is based on the intensive use of Information Technology. Every student has access to a laptop and education uses the latest advances in Learning Sciences such as Learning by Example, Learning by Doing and Problem-based Learning. Online lectures are provided and lectures are followed by problem solving sessions that reinforce what has been covered in each lecture.
- The idea to create IIITs in Andhra Pradesh came in April 2007, at the request of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was dissatisfied with the opportunities available to the rural youth and wanted to set up at least three IIITs in the three regions of Andhra Pradesh which would ensure better opportunities for rural students.
- A Task Force was created under the Chairmanship of Prof. K.C. Reddy. This Task Force produced a report to the government recommending the structure and functioning of the proposed institutions.
- In March of 2008, the AP Government created RGUKT by an act of the Legislature as a full-fledged university which would initially admit roughly the top 1% of the rural students into the three residential campuses.
- The first batch of about 6,500 tenth class graduates was admitted into a six year integrated program in August of 2008. The initial selection was based on the local best model where students receiving the top marks in every subject were selected
The top 1% of rural graduates is around 6,000 to 7,000 per year. Thus, the three campuses would need residential accommodation for about 36,000 students for the six year integrated program.
At present, most universities in India and in Andhra Pradesh follow the affiliated college structure model where the main role of the university is to set the curriculum and conduct examinations to ensure that the students have indeed learned the material prescribed in the curriculum. Most colleges have an entering class of 100-300. Having an entry class of 6,000 students leads to issues of scale. This is unique to RGUKT and is being attempted for the first time in India. In the US, several of the larger universities do have enrolments of 20,000 to 30,000. However not all of them tend to be residential universities. Thus RGUKT, as a green field university, represents a unique experiment in the educational arena.
The assumption is that ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), will permit the scaling of the learning environments by one to two orders of magnitude is currently possible.
Another key educational objective of RGUKT is to use advances in learning sciences and explore the use of modern cognitive science tools in education and learning.
Phrases such as “Learning by Example”, “Learning by Doing”, “Problem-Based Learning”, “Self-Paced Learning”, etc become facilitated when every student can be assured to have a personal computer that does not have to be shared with anyone else.
Jim Gibbons at Stanford has demonstrated the effectiveness of the use of mentors as part of the tutored video process instead of conventional lectures in a classroom and demonstrated the superiority of tutored video learning methodology.
At RGUKT, the students go to school for three semesters a year. During two of these semesters, students learn the same material that students in other universities are expected to learn. However, the third semester is used to broaden the educational experiences of every student.
Premature specialization of subjects begins at present in the pre-university courses such as MPC or BPC specializations. It is the intention at RGUKT that students would be exposed to Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts in the extra time available. Thus in six years, it becomes possible to include materials that would normally have taken nine years in any other educational environment.
More than learning specific material in individual subjects, the emphasis at RGUKT is in “Learning to Learn”. The basic goal is that every person should be taught the skill of “Learning to Learn” since after graduation from universities one does not have access to teachers for the remaining 80+ years of their life. The second important underlying skill that every graduate should have is the ability to apply knowledge to solve problems. In the past, emphasis has always been on demonstrating that you understand concepts and not in the ability to apply concepts using knowledge to solve problems. And finally, the skills needed for day to day living and survival are also deemed to be important skills. These include topics such as stress management, time management, anger management negotiation, personal finance, personal law and personal health and hygiene. Usually such topics are not part of any university curriculum today. RGUKT believes this is a very important aspect in growing to be a productive citizen, a productive parent and a productive family member.
--> Objectives of the University
- To impart to each student broad skills of Learning to Learn, Learning to Think and Learning to Live
- To reinforce core values of integrity, respect for all, and care for environment
- To disseminate and advance knowledge in the emerging fields such as Information Technology, Nanotechnology, etc
- To make special provisions for integrated courses including Humanities, Social Sciences and other interdisciplinary areas to impart broad-based education including soft skills.
- To function as a resource center for knowledge management and entrepreneurship development in the emerging technologies.
- To establish close linkage with industry to make teaching and research at the institutes relevant to the needs of the economy, at national and global levels.
Every student is provided with a personal computer (usually a laptop) from day one and much of the educational experience is complier-mediated. Since getting high quality teachers has always been a problem given the lower salaries the lectures are provided on line by world class teachers and classroom support is provided by domain specialists and home room tutors who play the role of an instructor and teaching assistant in a conventional environment handling a smaller group of students.
It is expected that all the text books for all the subjects will be online and each problem will be hyperlinked back to the specific content in the textbook so that the student can quickly review the material needed to solve the problem at hand. Every learning unit has one hour of problem solving to reinforce the concepts they have a learned during that period. However not all students are able to solve all the problems within a one hour period. If they are stuck, immediate help is available from the Domain Specialist and Home Room Tutor. Instead of the conventional homework assisted by an untrained parent, the use of immediate help by an expert who knows the problem at hand and can instantaneously provide guidance eliminates much of the wasted effort in following dead end paths.
In an IT-rich environment, it now becomes possible to do several things that would not have been practical in a traditional educational system. It is now possible to track the progress of each student while he/she solves the problems and see what distinguishes very good students from the students who seem to be struggling. It also becomes possible to get instantaneous feedback from all the students to a wide range of questions from the quality of the food to the quality of the education and quality of the mentors, permitting mid-course correction which is not practical in a conventional classroom environment.
In an ICT-intensive environment, it now becomes possible to administer all the examinations online and provide immediate feedback including an analysis of the errors they made during the test.
--> Why RGUKT?
A person born into a low income, rural family in India can’t really aspire to study at an IIIT or aim to be selected into the IAS. This is true is many cases. The reason for this is because they start with many inherent disadvantages such as:
- The educational level of the parents
- The quality of teachers and the schools they go to
- The ability to pay for coaching classes, and
- The time on task devoted to study the material
The other issue RGUKT is attempting to tackle is the issue of “Early Specialization”. In most cases, once a student goes into a Junior College for a pre-university program, he gets routed through coaching factories that drill them to get the top ranks in entrance tests which will enable him to secure a seat in a good college or university. This kind of intensive coaching makes students uni-dimensional with very little understanding of anything other than what they have been coached in.
Once students get into professionals colleges, they don’t get any exposure to Humanities and Social Sciences for the rest of their lives. RGUKT attempts to deal with this issue by giving students direct admission into a 6-year integrated program after class X. Here, they are not subjected to two years of torture preparing for entrance tests. Since these students are already gifted and belong to the top 1%, it is expected that they will do well naturally and don’t need other entrance tests. However, the reservation system, based on the Affirmative Action Program of India, requires that students belonging to the weaker sections of society be given at least 50% of all the available seats. Many of these students, due to their backgrounds, are likely to be less educated and less trained even though they might be the best in their sub-group. Thus, the student body entering RGUKT will have a diverse educational level. What is common is that they are selected because they are the best in that community. Medium of instruction is almost always Telugu. This in turn brings about the need for remedial programs to be developed so that all students can go through an educational program with English as the medium of instruction.
In Andhra Pradesh, over a million students pass the class X state wide exam yearly. Of these, the top 1% or about 10,000 students are probably brilliant but their educational levels of achievement are diverse and disparate based on their schooling and quality of education. Since admission into RGUKT is based on a “Local Best Model” and uses the rule of reservation as put forward by the government of India, this top 1% has a wide diversity of marks. 60-70% of the students come from rural backgrounds and will have the opportunity to study in a world class institution.
Education at RGUKT is based on the intensive use of Information Technology. Every student has access to a laptop and education uses the latest advances in Learning Sciences such as Learning by Example, Learning by Doing and Problem-based Learning. Online lectures are provided and lectures are followed by problem solving sessions that reinforce what has been covered in each lecture.
Role of ICT in the learning process
The fundamental assumption at RGUKT is that the students will learn more effectively if each of them has a laptop connected to the Internet and have been given the skills for accessing and using the resources of the Internet. For example, the lectures and the text book content and problems to be solved including example problems, are all made available on a server and the student can go back and re-listen or re-reference the material repeatedly, unlike a lecture which can only be heard in real time once. This ability to re-listen provides a great deal of help for those people who are struggling with understanding the lessons because they are missing some basic concepts. The ICT environment also makes it possible for students to work on problems at an individual pace without being left behind in a classroom environment and being lost forever.
Every student is provided with a personal computer (usually a laptop) from day one and much of the educational experience is complier-mediated. Since getting high quality teachers has always been a problem given the lower salaries the lectures are provided on line by world class teachers and classroom support is provided by domain specialists and home room tutors who play the role of an instructor and teaching assistant in a conventional environment handling a smaller group of students.
It is expected that all the text books for all the subjects will be online and each problem will be hyperlinked back to the specific content in the textbook so that the student can quickly review the material needed to solve the problem at hand. Every learning unit has one hour of problem solving to reinforce the concepts they have a learned during that period. However not all students are able to solve all the problems within a one hour period. If they are stuck, immediate help is available from the Domain Specialist and Home Room Tutor. Instead of the conventional homework assisted by an untrained parent, the use of immediate help by an expert who knows the problem at hand and can instantaneously provide guidance eliminates much of the wasted effort in following dead end paths.
In an IT-rich environment, it now becomes possible to do several things that would not have been practical in a traditional educational system. It is now possible to track the progress of each student while he/she solves the problems and see what distinguishes very good students from the students who seem to be struggling. It also becomes possible to get instantaneous feedback from all the students to a wide range of questions from the quality of the food to the quality of the education and quality of the mentors, permitting mid-course correction which is not practical in a conventional classroom environment.
In an ICT-intensive environment, it now becomes possible to administer all the examinations online and provide immediate feedback including an analysis of the errors they made during the test.www.rgukt.in
Every student is provided with a personal computer (usually a laptop) from day one and much of the educational experience is complier-mediated. Since getting high quality teachers has always been a problem given the lower salaries the lectures are provided on line by world class teachers and classroom support is provided by domain specialists and home room tutors who play the role of an instructor and teaching assistant in a conventional environment handling a smaller group of students.
It is expected that all the text books for all the subjects will be online and each problem will be hyperlinked back to the specific content in the textbook so that the student can quickly review the material needed to solve the problem at hand. Every learning unit has one hour of problem solving to reinforce the concepts they have a learned during that period. However not all students are able to solve all the problems within a one hour period. If they are stuck, immediate help is available from the Domain Specialist and Home Room Tutor. Instead of the conventional homework assisted by an untrained parent, the use of immediate help by an expert who knows the problem at hand and can instantaneously provide guidance eliminates much of the wasted effort in following dead end paths.
In an IT-rich environment, it now becomes possible to do several things that would not have been practical in a traditional educational system. It is now possible to track the progress of each student while he/she solves the problems and see what distinguishes very good students from the students who seem to be struggling. It also becomes possible to get instantaneous feedback from all the students to a wide range of questions from the quality of the food to the quality of the education and quality of the mentors, permitting mid-course correction which is not practical in a conventional classroom environment.
In an ICT-intensive environment, it now becomes possible to administer all the examinations online and provide immediate feedback including an analysis of the errors they made during the test.www.rgukt.in
Education at the RGUKT IIITs:
Features of Six – Year Integrated Course: The program offered by the RGUKT consists of a six year integrated course after 10th class examination leading to a B.Tech. degree. The first part of the six-year course is a two-year Pre University Course (equivalent to (AP) Intermediate) followed by a second part of four-year Engineering Course. At present the pre-university part of education offers premature specialization in tracks such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Life sciences (equivalent to MPC + BiPC). By bringing students in to the University at an earlier stage we hope to impart a broad based education including humanities and liberal arts to students.
The Pre University Part: This is equivalent to the two year Intermediate (AP) education. The program provides a qualitative plus two education in itself and further lays a stronger foundation for the technical and professional courses ahead. It has an inbuilt system for remedial education for the students who are relatively weak. In addition, there is a foundation course in IT, preparing students to make full use of the Information Technology and Communication resources provided by the RGUKT in its novel model of teaching learning. There is a permitted exit after Pre-University if the student chooses to go for a career in other professional programs. The program also provides short-term courses in humanities and social sciences so that the students emerge as confident, energetic, enthusiastic youngsters seeking challenges in their university education and life.
Curriculum
Regulations
Degree Programs at IIITs: Upon completion of 6 years of education, each year consisting of 3 semesters, and the prescribed requirements, the graduates will be awarded a B.Tech. degree in any one of the following engineering disciplines given below
Curriculum
Regulations
Employment Prospects: It is expected that the employment prospects of graduates of RGUKT (IIITs) will be comparable to the other world class universities in India. It is also anticipated that the broad-based education including soft skills will provide a strong foundation for national competitive examinations. Appropriate placement guidance and awareness programs will be conducted to prepare the students for private and public sector opportunities. Students also learn entrepreneurship and other skills that can help them to set out on their own.
Tuition Fees: As a government sponsored university, the tuition fees at Rajiv Gandhi University are highly subsidized by the AP government. The annual fee (for AP students) for the first two years (Pre University program) is Rs.36,000/-. This includes tuition, lodging and boarding.
Integrated 6 Year Educational Program The program consists of a six year integrated curriculum after 10th grade examination leading to a dual degree in IT and a domain specialization. At Present 11th and 12th grade education has narrowed into specialized tracks such as Mathematics, Physics, Life sciences and Chemistry. All other subjects such as History, Culture, Arts, and Literature have disappeared from the curriculum.
Features of the Pre-University Education The Pre-University Course is of 2 years duration. The program provides for remedial education for the students who are relatively weak. There is a foundation course in IT, preparing students to make full use of the Information Technology and Communication resources provided by us in this education. There is a permitted exit after Pre-University if the student chooses to go for a career in other professional programs. The program also provides short-term courses in humanities and social sciences so that the students emerge as confident, energetic, enthusiastic youngsters seeking challenges in their university education and life.
Teaching Methodology--> Focus on Liberal and Professional Education Including Soft Skills: The program at RGUKT (IIITs) is built on a new model of liberal professional education creating future leaders with a broad understanding of the world. A structured environment of broad based education including basic skills of communication, teamwork and leadership is provided. It aims at making students well equipped with life skills and confident problem solvers rather than over specialized engineers who just know the theory. It prepares the student to meet the demands of the work place and society as he or she navigates through life. It stresses lifelong learning through learning to learn, and learning to live.
The program uses the learning-by-doing paradigm of education using personalized mentors and intelligent tutoring systems. The program adapts self-paced learning with variable duration to reach the mastery level outcome. Highly qualified and meritorious faculty will be participating in teaching, learning and research. Many of them are being drawn from the world class institutions such as IITs.
There will be a focus on all-round development with emphasis on personality development and education in Humanities and Social Sciences to make students responsible world citizens. The program is intensive with emphasis on physical training, sports and soft skills. About 30% of time is devoted to soft skills.
Life in a Residential Campus: As a fully residential program, all students will stay on the campus. The program is intensive and runs for 3 semesters of 16 weeks of 6 days a week each. Only 6 weeks of vacation is permitted: 1 week in Dasara, 1 week during Sankranthi and four weeks in summer. While the program appears intensive, it is also designed to help absorption by making students apply concepts right-then-and-there in class.
All education is mediated through the use of Information and Communication technologies. The academic complex is being connected by high speed LAN which extends to each student’s desk and a laptop is provided to each student right from his or her first year. Each class of about 50 students will have mentors who will conduct a discourse and discussion around a prerecorded expert lecture. The best part of this learning paradigm is that students will have time in these class sessions to receive the lecture, ask questions, discuss with the help of mentors and apply the concepts to problem solving. A good student would have no homework!
To keep up with this program and life in general, time is set apart for physical fitness activities. During the first two years all students would attend physical training and exercise each morning and participate in sports in the evening. The daily academic program will consist of 4 periods of just less than 2 hours duration each from 8 AM to 4PM with a lunch break. During the evening after dinner, there will be programs in soft skills, reading classics, and viewing selected movie programs from 7.30PM to 10.30PM. This will be a more relaxing and a quiet learning time. Students get to explore their talents in art, drama and music as well. Subsequent year will offer greater flexibility in individual daily schedule.
Separate and secure hostel facilities will be provided for girls and boys. Food and dining facilities will be according to modern standards.
The Pre University Part: This is equivalent to the two year Intermediate (AP) education. The program provides a qualitative plus two education in itself and further lays a stronger foundation for the technical and professional courses ahead. It has an inbuilt system for remedial education for the students who are relatively weak. In addition, there is a foundation course in IT, preparing students to make full use of the Information Technology and Communication resources provided by the RGUKT in its novel model of teaching learning. There is a permitted exit after Pre-University if the student chooses to go for a career in other professional programs. The program also provides short-term courses in humanities and social sciences so that the students emerge as confident, energetic, enthusiastic youngsters seeking challenges in their university education and life.
Curriculum
Regulations
Degree Programs at IIITs: Upon completion of 6 years of education, each year consisting of 3 semesters, and the prescribed requirements, the graduates will be awarded a B.Tech. degree in any one of the following engineering disciplines given below
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science Engineering
- Electronics & Communications Engineering
- Materials Science Engineering and
- Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum
Regulations
Employment Prospects: It is expected that the employment prospects of graduates of RGUKT (IIITs) will be comparable to the other world class universities in India. It is also anticipated that the broad-based education including soft skills will provide a strong foundation for national competitive examinations. Appropriate placement guidance and awareness programs will be conducted to prepare the students for private and public sector opportunities. Students also learn entrepreneurship and other skills that can help them to set out on their own.
Tuition Fees: As a government sponsored university, the tuition fees at Rajiv Gandhi University are highly subsidized by the AP government. The annual fee (for AP students) for the first two years (Pre University program) is Rs.36,000/-. This includes tuition, lodging and boarding.
Integrated 6 Year Educational Program The program consists of a six year integrated curriculum after 10th grade examination leading to a dual degree in IT and a domain specialization. At Present 11th and 12th grade education has narrowed into specialized tracks such as Mathematics, Physics, Life sciences and Chemistry. All other subjects such as History, Culture, Arts, and Literature have disappeared from the curriculum.
Features of the Pre-University Education The Pre-University Course is of 2 years duration. The program provides for remedial education for the students who are relatively weak. There is a foundation course in IT, preparing students to make full use of the Information Technology and Communication resources provided by us in this education. There is a permitted exit after Pre-University if the student chooses to go for a career in other professional programs. The program also provides short-term courses in humanities and social sciences so that the students emerge as confident, energetic, enthusiastic youngsters seeking challenges in their university education and life.
Teaching Methodology--> Focus on Liberal and Professional Education Including Soft Skills: The program at RGUKT (IIITs) is built on a new model of liberal professional education creating future leaders with a broad understanding of the world. A structured environment of broad based education including basic skills of communication, teamwork and leadership is provided. It aims at making students well equipped with life skills and confident problem solvers rather than over specialized engineers who just know the theory. It prepares the student to meet the demands of the work place and society as he or she navigates through life. It stresses lifelong learning through learning to learn, and learning to live.
The program uses the learning-by-doing paradigm of education using personalized mentors and intelligent tutoring systems. The program adapts self-paced learning with variable duration to reach the mastery level outcome. Highly qualified and meritorious faculty will be participating in teaching, learning and research. Many of them are being drawn from the world class institutions such as IITs.
There will be a focus on all-round development with emphasis on personality development and education in Humanities and Social Sciences to make students responsible world citizens. The program is intensive with emphasis on physical training, sports and soft skills. About 30% of time is devoted to soft skills.
Life in a Residential Campus: As a fully residential program, all students will stay on the campus. The program is intensive and runs for 3 semesters of 16 weeks of 6 days a week each. Only 6 weeks of vacation is permitted: 1 week in Dasara, 1 week during Sankranthi and four weeks in summer. While the program appears intensive, it is also designed to help absorption by making students apply concepts right-then-and-there in class.
All education is mediated through the use of Information and Communication technologies. The academic complex is being connected by high speed LAN which extends to each student’s desk and a laptop is provided to each student right from his or her first year. Each class of about 50 students will have mentors who will conduct a discourse and discussion around a prerecorded expert lecture. The best part of this learning paradigm is that students will have time in these class sessions to receive the lecture, ask questions, discuss with the help of mentors and apply the concepts to problem solving. A good student would have no homework!
To keep up with this program and life in general, time is set apart for physical fitness activities. During the first two years all students would attend physical training and exercise each morning and participate in sports in the evening. The daily academic program will consist of 4 periods of just less than 2 hours duration each from 8 AM to 4PM with a lunch break. During the evening after dinner, there will be programs in soft skills, reading classics, and viewing selected movie programs from 7.30PM to 10.30PM. This will be a more relaxing and a quiet learning time. Students get to explore their talents in art, drama and music as well. Subsequent year will offer greater flexibility in individual daily schedule.
Separate and secure hostel facilities will be provided for girls and boys. Food and dining facilities will be according to modern standards.
