MHRD: Government unveiled LEAP programme for higher education faculty

MHRD: Government unveiled a LEAP programme for higher education faculty: Details, Aim, Highlights

Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has unveiled new initiatives Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) for higher education faculty.

LEAP is 3 weeks flagship leadership development training programme for second level academic functionaries in higher education institutions,

About Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP)

LEAP is three weeks (2 weeks domestic and 1-week foreign training) flagship leadership development training programme for second level academic functionaries in publicly funded higher education institutions. Its main objective is to prepare the second tier academic heads who are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future.

LEAP will make Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) perform their roles of developing better students who will be future torch bearers. It will provide senior faculty required leadership and managerial skills including skills of problem-solving, team building work, handling stress, communication, conflict management, understanding complexity and challenges of governance in HEIs and general administration.

LEAP will be implemented through 15 National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) top-ranked Indian Institutions namely, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IISER Kolkata, NIT Trichy, JNU; IIT (BHU), Delhi University, TISS Mumbai, University of Hyderabad, NIEPA, Jamia Milia Islamia, BHU and AMU.

The foreign universities identified for training collaboration are also within top 100 in world global rankings. It includes University of Michigan, Harvard University, Oxford University, University of Cambridge, Purdue University, University of Chicago, NTU Singapore, Monash University, University of Pennsylvania and University of Virginia.