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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

Annexure-1

Faculty and Staff Requirements for running Online Programmes
1. Centre / Cell for Online Courses or Programmes:

(1) The Higher Educational Institutions intending to offer the Online Courses or Programmes
may create a separate Centre or Cell for effective coordination among its Departments
or Schools of Studies offering the Course or Programme, Admission or Registration
Unit, Examination Unit and Technology Support Unit.
(2) The Centre or Cell shall maintain and administer, in collaboration with the technology
support Unit ofHigher Educational Institution, the Centralised Data Base of all the
online Courses or Programmes.
(3) The Centre or Cell shall have the following academic and administrative staff, namely,-
(a) Director- (i) who shall be responsible for the overall coordination of the Online
Courses or Programmes offered by the Higher Educational Institution and shall
have the Qualifications and Experience as specified for Professor under the
relevant University Grants Commission regulations as amended from time to
time.
(ii) He/she should have experience or training in the e-content or Online
Courses or Programmes or MOOCs development and essentially having
basic information and communication technology skills (word processing,
spreadsheet and internet communication) as well as familiarity with Online
Courses or Programmes, instructional design and Learning Management
Systems (LMS).
(b) Deputy Director (e-Learning & Technical).—(i) who shall be responsible for the
technical coordination including maintenance of Learning Management System
(LMS), student data and overall instructional design of the Online Courses or
Programmes.
(ii) He/she shall be responsible for providing technological support and
facilitate the faculty in Department or Schools of Studies offering Online
Courses or Programmes.
(iii) He/she shall have the Qualifications and Experience as specified for
Professor or Associate Professor under the relevant University Grants
Commission regulations as amended from time to time.
(iv) He/she shall be an e-learning expert with experience in technical
coordination for modules development and Learning Management System
(LMS) and if full-time expert is not available, part-time consultant may be
taken on consultancy basis.
(c) Assistant Director – (i) Having qualifications and experience as specified for
Assistant Professor under the relevant University Grants Commission regulations
as amended from time to time, initially one, who shall coordinate with Departments
or Schools of Studies offering Online Courses or Programmes.
(ii) He/she shall have basic information and communication technology skills
(word processing, spreadsheet and internet communication).
(d) Assistant Registrar or Section Officer – (i) Having qualifications and experience
as specified for Assistant Registrar or Section Officer under the relevant University
Grants Commission regulations as amended from time to time, who shall assist
the Director in all administrative work of the Centre or Cell.

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