Academic Staff College

The objectives of the Academic Staff College (ASC) are to enable newly appointed Lecturers to:

a) understand the significance of education in general, and higher education in  particular, in the global and Indian contexts;

b) understand the linkages between education and economic and socio-economic and cultural development, with particular reference to the Indian polity where democracy, secularism and social equity are the basic tenets of society;

c) acquire and improve art of teaching at the college/university level to achieve goals of higher education;

d) keep abreast of the latest developments in their specific subjects;

e) understand the organization and management of a college/university and to perceive the role of teachers in the total system;

f) utilize opportunities for development of personality, initiative and creativity; and

g) promote computer literacy as well use of ICT in teaching and learning process.