The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched a major and unique initiative of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM.
 
In the first phase, 75 discipline-specific National Resource Centres have been identified which are tasked to prepare online training material with focus on latest developments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, pedagogical improvements and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.
 
A varied set of institutions such as, Centres under the Ministry’s Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) located in Central Universities, IISc, IUCAA, IITs, IISERs, NITs, State Universities ; UGC’s Human Resource Development Centres( HRDCs), National Institutes for Technical Teachers Training (NITTTRs), IIITs, Open Universities have been notified as NRCs.
 
These NRCs cover wide ranging disciplines of Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Humanities, Language Teaching, Commerce, Management, Education Planning and Administration, Public Policy, Leadership & Governance, Library & Information Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Assessment and Evaluation, Pedagogy and research methods , cutting edge areas of Nano-sciences, Internet of Things, etc.

Under this initiative, all in-service teachers, irrespective of their subject and seniority will have an enabling opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments in their disciplines through the technology based online refresher course.

The NRCs will develop the Refresher Module which will include the latest trends in their earmarked discipline by 15th June each year.

The training materials will be uploaded and made available through SWAYAM to all the teachers w.e.f. 1st October each year and based on the response, the course can be repeated in the following January. NRC will publish the list of the faculty who have been certified by 31st December, 2018. UGC will issue order/regulations for the purpose of Career Progression and APIs.

Faculty can benefit from this initiative as it is highly flexible and can be done at one’s own pace and time. The NRCs will revolutionize professional development of faculty by catering to massive numbers by leveraging ICT and online technology platform of SWAYAM.
 
List of discipline-wise National Resource Centres (NRCs)
 
S. No. Name of Institution/University Discipline
  1.  
 National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) Educational Planning and Administration
  1.  
 RIE Mysore Teacher Education
  1.  
 Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar (M.P.) Social and Rural development
  1.  
 Central University of Kerala Curriculum design & e- Content Development 
  1.  
 Central University of South Bihar Education
  1.  
 Central University of Jammu Human Resource Development
  1.  
 Central University of Haryana Personal-Emotional Development and Counseling 
  1.  
 Banaras Hindu University Indian Culture & Heritage Studies
  1.  
 Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Hindi Literature &  Linguistics 
  1.  
 Aligarh Muslim University Teacher Education in collaboration with RIE Mysore
  1.  
 IISc, Bangalore
  •  
  1.  
 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune Climate change
  1.  
 NIT Warangal
  •  
  1.  
 Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Electrical engineering
  1.  
 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER, Bhopal) Information and Communication Technology in Science and Maths Teaching
  1.  
 Tezpur University Mass Communication and Journalism
  1.  
 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu Design and Manufacturing
  1.  
 Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi
  •  
  1.  
 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Mechanical Engineering
  1.  
 IIT Patna IoT (Internet of Things)
  1.  
 IIT Madras
  •  
  1.  
 IIT Bombay Energy systems engineering
  1.  
 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapeeta, Delhi Methodology of teaching Sanskrit
  1.  
 Ramanujan College, New Delhi Human Rights, Environment and Ethics
  1.  
 Savitribai Phule Pune University Leadership and Governance
  1.  
 Central University of Rajasthan Public Policy/Administration
  1.  
 Coimbatore Institute of Technology Structural Engineering
  1.  
 National Institute of Technical Teacher's Training and Research, Bhopal* Assessment & Evaluation
  1.  
 Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune Astronomy & Astrophysics
  1.  
 Banasthali Vidyapith
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  1.  
 Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Tourism and Hospitality Services Management
  1.  
 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Advances in materials for health and energy
  1.  
 National Institute of Technology, Silchar Water Resources
  1.  
 Mizoram University Educational research
  1.  
 University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad - 500 046 Research Methodology for Social Sciences
  1.  
 Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur - 492 010
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  1.  
 Guru Ghasidas University GGU Campus, Bilaspur - 495 009 Life Sciences
  1.  
 University of Delhi, Delhi -110007 History
  1.  
 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi - 110025 Gender/ Women Studies
  1.  
 Goa University, Teleigao Plateau, P.O. Bambolim, Goa - 403 202 Marine Science
  1.  
 Gujarat University, Nairangpura, Ahmedabad - 300 009 English Language Teaching (ELT) 
  1.  
 Saurashtra University, University Road, Rajkot - 360 005 Language & Literature (Gujrati-Hindi)
  1.  
 Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra - 132 119 Law
  1.  
 Guru Jambheswar University of Science & Technology Hisar - 125 001 Pedagogical innovations and Research Methodology
  1.  
 Ranchi University, Morabadi Campus, Ranchi - 834 008 Tribal and Regional Language
  1.  
 University of Kashmir, Hazarat Bal, Srinagar - 190 006 Arts and Humanities
  1.  
 Karnatak University, Pavati Nagar, Dharwad - 580 003
  •  
  1.  
 Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar - 470 003 Zoology
  1.  
 Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur - 482 001 Political Science
  1.  
 Dr. B.A. Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431 004 Science & Technology
  1.  
 University of Mumbai, Vidya Nagari, Mumbai - 400 098
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  1.  
 Nagpur University, Amba Vihar, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur - 400 022 Disaster Management
  1.  
 Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati - 444 602 Skill Development 
  1.  
 Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneshwar - 751 004 Anthropology
  1.  
 Pondicherry University, Lawspet, Puducherry - 605 008.
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  1.  
 University of Madras, Centenary Building, Chepauk, Chennai - 500 005 Political and international Studies
  1.  
 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 001 Urdu
  1.  
 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221 005 Earth Science
  1.  
 Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221 005 Agricultural & Veterinary Education
  1.  
 University of Calcutta, 92, A.P. Chandra Road, Calcutta- 700 009 Mathematics & Statistics
  1.  
 NIT Durgapur Chemical Engineering
  1.  
 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad  Biomedical Imaging
  1.  
 IIT Ropar Manufacturing
  1.  
 IIT Kanpur Aerospace Engineering
  1.  
 IIT Roorkee Architecture
  1.  
 IIITD & M Jabalpur Design
  1.  
 IIITM Gwalior Operations management, Project management, Innovation Management
  1.  
 IIIT Dharwad Information Technology
  1.  
 IIIT Pune Electronics & Communication & Computer Science Engineering
  1.  
 NITTTR Bhopal Assessment & Evaluation
  1.  
 NITTTR Chandigarh Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  1.  
 NITTTR Chennai Civil & Environmental Engineering
  1.  
 NITTTR Kolkata Mechanical Engineering
  1.  
 Mohanlal Sukhadia University Biotechnology
  1.  
 IGNOU Library & Information Science
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