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Accordingly, a capacity building Programme for faculty and HEIs is being started on Design
and Entrepreneurship under the aegis of Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme
(MMTTP) to address the key elements of NEP with a specific focus on design and
entrepreneurship development.

Objectives

The objective of this programme is to enhance the capacity of faculty and HEIs for creative
transformation with a specific focus towards design and entrepreneurship development.

Mentors for Participating Institutions

It will be achieved through one-to-one mentoring of faculty and promoting generative dialogue
among faculty, student teams and HEI partners by a pool of expert mentors.
Each participating HEI will be assigned a maximum of three mentors for a period of two years.

Each mentor will devote about 40 person days to mentor 8-10 faculty members and an
equivalent number of student teams from 3 and 4 year UG, 2 year PG and advanced years
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of PhD for one year.
Eligibility Criteria for Participating Institutes

Public funded HEIs can apply for this Programme as per the following criteria:

1. The public funded HEI must be in the top 200 in the NIRF ranking 2022 & 2023 in any of the
NIRF categories.
2. HEI must be enrolled in the National Innovation & Startup Policy (NISP) and allocated
funds to the tune of at least 1% of their annual operating expenditure towards student
innovation.
3. HEI must have at least 3 academic departments offering UG, PG and PhD Programmes,
with potential for developing a multidisciplinary foundation for UG Programmes.

Responsibilities of Participating Institutes

The participating HEIs are expected to leverage this Programme to intensify their design and
entrepreneurship development initiatives by making the following key interventions:

1. Create common slots in the curriculum and academic calendar for UG, PG and PhD
Programmes in at least 3 departments (3 hrs per week + 3 days per semester for a hackathon
+ 3 weeks in a year for field work) from the academic year 2024-25.
2. The common slot of 3 hrs per week may be used to –
a. Introduce a sequence of service learning or product design courses, one in each semester

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for the first and second year UG students, and 1 year PG and PhD students. The HEIs
may redesign existing courses or create new ones. The courses must strictly follow the
pedagogy of learning-by-doing (individual and group), continuous assessment of
activities, and promote empathy and discovery of real-world problems.
b. Introduce open electives focused on specific domains to encourage promising teams of
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students in their 3 and 4 year UG or 2 year PG or advanced years in PhD to pursue
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detailed design, prototyping and entrepreneurial activities. Involving PG and PhD

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