Our Services
Comprehensive Academic Mentoring:
Includes situation analysis by way of Institutional Quality Survey on seven parameters; discussion with the stakeholders for burnishing the vision, values, mission, strategy, and activities; appraising the gaps for improvement; mapping protocol and timelines for institutional development; capacity-building faculty and admin staff towards vision and quality practices; monitoring the progress indicators on timelines and performance indicators and feedback for course corrections; program evaluation and further improvement planning.
Institutional Assessment & Reporting:
Includes situation analysis by way of Institutional Quality Survey on seven parameters; discussion with the stakeholders for burnishing the vision, values, mission, strategy, and activities; appraising the gaps for improvement; suggesting appropriate course of action for quality improvement.
Anchoring quality norms:
Quality is a way of life for academic excellence. Mainstreaming quality culture into the institutional values and practices can be achieved by conscious attempts to create awareness and then internalise the specific acts that establish as institutional norms. Influenced by the Baldridge criteria, Learning Organisation, and other paradigms, this mentoring is a specific and deeper activity that can be scaled beyond the academic mentoring, so as to promote best institutional practices.
Preparing for accreditation:
Accreditation by bodies such as NAAC, QCI, NBA, NIRF for national standards and the international bodies such as Quacquarelli Symonds, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities, add the brand profile of institutions among prospective students, and the industry for better placement opportunities. AIM can handhold and walk-the-institution through the entire process from planning to presentation.
Faculty Development Programs:
Capacity-building teachers in educational methodology, academic performance indicators, research methodology, academic writing and publishing. Orienting administrators in leadership and management, and regulatory compliances.
The capacity-building programs include:
Foundation Course in Educational Methodology (online / onsite) for orienting the teachers and post-graduates in the basics of educational methodology to understand the basic principles of noticing learner profile and needs; recognising that learning objectives would be in different domains and various levels; acknowledging the diversity of instructional strategies and assessment approaches as context and situation specific.
This is a three-hour presentation with multiple sessions, and functional interactivity during the sessions, followed by a session of Q & A to address the lingering unfamiliarity with the concepts. The optimal audience size is 50 – 100.
Basic Course in Educational Methodology (only onsite) for developing basic functional capacity of teachers to understand the learner profile and their learning needs; recognise learning objectives in the three domains, and different levels in each domain; identify the teaching – learning methods and media for the given domain and context; perceive the purpose of student assessment, determine the appropriate assessment approach and tool as pet the context and domain; make further efforts to improve their professional competence.
This is an intensive two-day workshop-based interactive learning activity that builds the confidence, capacity, and competency of the teachers to be able to plan the curriculum implementation including the annual academic plans, lesson plans, question paper setting, and compliance with the quality parameters of competency-based education. The optimal audience size is 26 – 30.
Foundation Course in Research Methodology (online / onsite) for orienting the faculty and post-graduates in the fundamentals of need for conducting research in academic settings, the temperament and characteristics for research environment, ethical perspective of research, philosophy of research to suit the different needs and contexts, steps of conducting research, essentials of literature search and the literature analysis, common research methods, sampling models, basics of statistics, analysis of research outcomes.
This is a three-hour presentation with multiple sessions, and functional interactivity during the sessions, followed by a session of Q & A to address the lingering unfamiliarity with the concepts. The optimal audience size is 50 – 100
Curriculum Design
Curriculum design is an intensive activity that conflates the institutional purpose with the program on offer, so that the training that is provided and competencies that are built reflect the real needs of the industry and profession. The curriculum document would be designed in consultation with, and by enabling the Subject Matter Experts to envision the professional and personal outcomes.
Establishing Learning Management System (LMS)
LMS is the virtual learning platform that affords anytime learning. This platform has become a necessity for all institutions, especially as a disruptive consequence of the COVID pandemic. The establishment of LMS requires multi-professional teamwork of Subject Matter Experts, technology experts, multimedia professionals, and the project management team. We have the experience of establishing LMS for multiple academic entities that have reached learners across the country. Our partners for e-learning services, and the platform for LMS is www.shikshax.com
Cultivating leadership culture:
Leadership is estimated to be the single most influential factor for turning any organisation as successful. The culture of leadership envisions, articulates, embraces, mentors, and celebrates the collaborative capacity of the entire institution. This project enables the institution to transform as a learning organisation, and every human unit as a situational leader.