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

(ii) Initially one Assistant Registrar or Section Officer may be appointed.
(iii) He/she shall have basic information and communication technology skills
(word processing, spreadsheet and internet communication).
2. Academic Staff:
(1) (i) The Departments or Schools of Studies shall be the academic home of the Online
Courses or Programmes offered by Higher Educational Institutions.

(ii) The involvement of the full-time permanent faculty of the Departments or
Schools of Studies of the Higher Educational Institution in an Online Course or
Programme shall be in the following capacities, namely:-
(a) Programme Coordinator (One per Programme) : (i) A full-time Faculty
shall be the Programme Coordinator for each of the Online Course or
Programme offered through online mode.
(i) The Course or Programme Coordinator shalll be at the level of
Professor or Associate Professor or Assistant Professor in the subject
area of the concerned Programme.
(ii) The Programme Coordinator shall be responsible for overall
coordination of the development, delivery and assessments of the
learners in an Online Programme.
(b) Course Coordinator (One per Course): (i) An Online Programme may
have more than one Course. In such a case, one full-time Faculty shall be
a Course Coordinator for each of the Courses of an Online Programme.
(i) The Course Coordinator shall be at the level of Professor or Associate
Professor or Assistant Professor in the subject area of the concerned
Course.
(ii) He/she shall be responsible for all academic issues including
coordination of academic support services to be provided to the
students pertaining to the particular Course.
(iii) The Course Coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating the
development, delivery and assessments of the learners in the Course.
(iv) To assist the full-time faculty (Programme or Course Coordinator)
in making the teaching learning effective in an online environment,
(c) Course Mentor (One per batch of 250 learners): (i) He/she shall assist
the Programme or Course Coordinator in providing academic support to
learners and also in managing virtual teacher learner interaction groups
(i) He/she shall have the relevant qualifications and experience as
specified for Assistant Professor under the relevant University
Grants Commission regulations as amended from time to time.
(ii) The Course Mentor shall be paid appropriate honorarium as per the
policy of the Commission from time to time.
(d) Examiners: The Higher Educational Institution shall appoint examiners
for the assessment of the online learners in a Course from among the
qualified faculty from within the Institution or from other Institution and
they shall be paid appropriate honorarium as per norms of the Higher
Educational Institution.

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