Scheme

LEAP & ARPIT 

Union Human Resource Development minister launched Leadership for Academicians Programme(LEAP) and Annual Refreshers Programme in Teaching(ARPIT) under Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. 

LEAP 

It is a three week leadership development training programme(2 weeks domestic and one week foreign training) for second level academic functionaries in public funded higher education institutions. 

To build higher managerial capabilities of existing higher education leaders and administrators and to draw talent into the management of higher education systems 

ARPIT

It is major and unique initiative of online professionals development of 15 lakh higher education faculty using Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) platform SWAYAM. 

For implementing ARPIT, discipline specific National Resource Centre(NRCs) are identified which are tasked to prepare online training material with focus on latest developments in the discipline, new and emerging trends.