The University of Burdwan

Applications on prescribed form only obtainable from Burdwan University website (www.buruniv.ac.in) duly forwarded by the Principal of the College/Head of the Department, Dean of the Faculty, Registrar are invited from College/University Assistant Professors (GR I , II & III), Associate Professors for the following Refresher Courses (21 days), Orientation Programmes (28 days), Summer & Winter Schools (21 days) and Short Term Courses (2 to 6 days).Faculties working in the Universities and Colleges , which are included under section 2(f) of the UGC Act, even though may not yet be fit under 12 (B) of the UGC Act are eligible to participate. It has also been decided that the teachers of colleges, which do not come within the purview of Section 2(f), but are affiliated to a University and serving at least two years uninterruptedly, are permitted to participate. However, they won\'t be paid TA/DA and other allowances for attending these courses. The temporary , ad hoc , part time and contractual teachers (also from Private colleges) who have been teaching for at least three academic sessions in an institution which is affiliated to a university for at least two years may be allowed to participate in the Orientation Programme / Refresher Course / Summer & Winter Schools to enhance their skills. Refresher Courses (RC) are open for participants having an Orientation Programme (OP) as pre-requisite qualification. However, in exceptional cases, a teacher may be allowed to complete a RC prior to completion of an OP. Also there should be a minimum gap of one-year between two courses subject to relaxation as per UGC rules. Orientation Programmes (OP), are open for newly appointed teachers having an experience of six years of continuous service and all those teachers who require orientation programme for getting higher grade may also apply. Summer & Winter Schools are open to all teachers (i.e. permanent, temporary, ad-hoc, part-time and contractual) whosoever is willing to participate subject to stream variation for either a Summer or a Winter School (Science/Arts/Humanities). According to UGC guidelines, the certificate issued to the participants will be considered equivalent to one Orientation Programme or one Refresher Course for CAS. Short Term Courses are open for only senior faculty members having at least 10 years of teaching experience.

The UGC-Human Resource Development Centre has built-up a small useful library for the use of participants as well as university teachers and research fellows. It has 3179 volumes of books and some useful periodicals. The reading room consists of internet enabled computer facility which is well connected with the Central Library. Access to E-Journals and Databases can be available under the INFLIBNET's UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. Emphasis is given on the use of peer reviewed open access resources available in the web and different lectures are conducted by the Academic Staff College for this purpose. Participants have access to the Central Library on the main campus of the university also. The Wi-Fi Connectivity in the library enables the user to browse the internet without any interruption.