AICTE-Margdarshan scheme
State: Central
Ministry: Ministry of Education
Department: Department Of Higher Education
Category: Education & Learning
Beneficiary Type: University / Institution

Margdarshan Initiative has been introduced by All India Council for Technical Education in 2018 for facilitating the technical institutes in order to improve the quality of technical education as a whole through accreditation by providing access to the facilities available in host institute.

Benefits:
> **For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI):**

- The Council has made provisions of a token grant in aid of ₹ 3,00,000/- per MBI. Hence a maximum  ₹ 30,00,000/- can be sanctioned to an MI for conducting activities under the Margdarshan Scheme for 10 MBIs altogether.
- Suitable honorarium to staff (Chief Coordinator, supporting persons, etc.) engaged in running the scheme. Such expenditure should be booked under the Heads &#39;Honorarium for MI Staff&#39;. The maximum honorarium shall, however, be limited to 4% of the overall grant as allotted.

ItemFor any Serving/Retired Academician as Internal Experts of MIs.RemarksTravel Allowances (TA)(1)AC 2 tier accommodation / Chair Car when travelling by train                      (2) By own car / taxi limited to maximum of the prevailing rates of taxi notified by Central / State Government as applicable in the area from time to time.Payment of TA charges &amp;amp;amp;amp; honorarium will be done through respective MIs. Out of grant-inaid released by AICTEHonorarium₹ 3,000/- per day-Local SupportLocal support includes utilities such as local lodging, boarding, secretarial support, working office, other utilities etc. shall be provide by the host MBI when such experts visit the institute.-<br>

**Note:** It is clarified that overall expenditure shall not exceed the funds sanctioned/ allotted to the MI. No reimbursement shall be made for expenditure exceeding the given amount.
> **For Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI):**

- All activities should be mutually coordinated between the MIs and the associated MBIs to derive maximum benefi and for the betterment of the MBIs to a standard for seeking accreditation. A suggested list of activities is as follows:
- **General:**

1. Workshop on Accreditation process, SWOT analysis for MBIs.
1. FDPs/ Workshop on generation &amp; submission of infrastructure project through various state/ central schemes.
1. Workshop on Promoting Research, Consultancy, Industrial Projects etc.
1. Guest lectures on Faculty motivation
1. Institutional visit at MI or other Accredited institutes
1. Benchmarking exercise with discussion on programme/department wise target for achieving Accreditation.
1. Guest lectures on Innovation, start-up &amp; entrepreneurship environment for faculty and students.
1. Workshops on modifications of curriculum, new teaching- learning process etc that aids in OBE.
1. Mapping of the activities with the Graduate Aptitudes must be clearly done.
1. Workshops on various initiatives of AICTE for spreading awareness for better development of institution, faculty and students.
1. FDPs/ Workshops on parameters of NIRF ranking.

- **Institutional Reforms:**

1. Implementation of curricular reforms and development.
1. Improve student performance and evaluation.
1. Implement performance appraisal of faculty by students.
1. Facilitating Guest/Special lectures.
1. Assisting institute to organise faculty development programmes.
1. Research interaction and innovation with faculty &amp; students.
1. Focus on Technical and life skill encouragement.
1. Assist faculty in enhancing Outcome based education.

- **Quality Improvement:**

1. Improving student learning.
1. Improving student employability.
1. Increasing faculty productivity and motivation through professional development.
1. Increase in the average score of students participating in tests designed to measure technical and critical thinking skills.
1. Percentage of sanctioned faculty positions in participating institutions submitted by regular or contract faculty as per AICTE norms.
1. Increase in number of Faculty Trained in either their subject domain, pedagogy or management.
1. Participation of institutes in newly designed research-hub related activities.
1. Increase in average satisfaction level of the Student, Staff and Faculty.

Eligibility:
> **For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI):**

  - The institution, i.e. university, institute, college should have been approved by AICTE. AICTE approval is not mandatory in case of Central Funded Institutions wherever applicable.
  -  In case of AICTE approved institutions, MI must have got accreditation for consideration under the scheme. The Accreditation status for such programs should be valid for at least 6 moths from the date submission of the proposal.
  -  **Institutions with other programmes:** AICTE approved institutions other than those of engineering like Management, Hotel Management, the accreditation status should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of making the application.  - **Institutions with Diploma Courses:** An institute exclusively running the diploma courses can also submit the proposal for MI. There should be minimum four diploma courses running in the institute with valid accreditation status for at least 6 months from the date of making the application.&gt; **For Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI):**

  - Only AICTE approved institutes are eligible to receive mentoring from MIs.
  - They have never been enrolled as Mls by AICTE.
  - They have never been mapped as MBI with any other MI.
  - None of their programs were accredited in the past ten years.

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Application Process:
[Offline]
Step 01: An institute seeking MI status will be required to forward an application signed from head of the institute along with the detailed project report (DPR).
Step 02: Verify that every page of the application form has the signature and stamp of the Head of Institute.
Step 03: Attach all the essential documents along with the filled application form.
Step 04: Kindly ensure all the information is correct and then send the Application form along with all the essential documents to the concerned address mentioned in the circular released by the AICTE from time to time.

Documents Required:
Below are the endorsing checklist that should be enclosed in the Application cum Detailed Project Report:
Basic Details of the institute
Number of MBIs proposed in the etailed Project Report (DPR)
Consent of all MBIs proposed in DPR
Programme wise (Diploma/UG/PG) Pre-Qualifiers for each MBI
Self-undertaking enclosed
Details of Proposed Activities enclosed
Mandate form