The Centre has given the green light to a new plan - the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) - in higher education that will facilitate tapping eminent scientists and entrepreneurs from abroad for tieups with institutes in the country. The coordinating institute for this programme would be IIT Kharagpur.

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"The programme would be implemented by GIAN implementation committee chaired by Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Now, IIT Kharagpur will lead the GIAN programme to bring international faculty to India. Visits for 500 courses have been planned in 2015-16. An amount of Rs 35 crore has been set aside for this," said prof PP Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur.

GIAN is an evolving scheme which will initially include participation of foreign faculty for delivering short or semester-long courses. For earning one credit during a course, a student will need to cover 10 to 14 hours over a period of at least one week covering five working days.

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