Objectives
This innovative Academic Programme “SANDHAN” through BISAG, intends to benefit more than 1130 colleges across the state imparting education in the stream of Arts, Science and Commerce, Home Science, Education and Law.
It benefits approximately 5, 00,000 students across the state. The objective behind the set up of such an innovative academic programme is to facilitate direct teaching and discussion of various subjects by known experts of that particular subject.
It aims at aiding direct teaching being done in colleges by lectures. It also aims at facilitating the students with direct access to the best known experts in the field.
SANDHAN is creating a platform which provides an excellent opportunity for the use of the Audio-Visual medium for the telecast of lectures in a very innovative and interesting manner. SANDHAN aims at providing a very creative base for Faculties and Students to fulfill the need for having the Audio-Visual Aids for imparting education in the Higher Education. It is therefore imperative that an innovative scheme like SANDHAN continues and becomes the baton for changing the educational scene in the state.
Vision & Mission
SANDHAN visions to promote Distance Education and to take technology to the classroom in 1032 colleges of the state of Gujarat by enabling the students to have access to lectures by leveraging technology optimally and also functions to provide a platform for facilitating academic interaction with all students and teachers simultaneously to disseminate ideas, information and training relevant to higher education.
SANDHAN (AGIC) offers an extensive platform for the use of Audio Video tools, multi media to teach in an innovative and interesting manner. Through the phone-in facility, webcam, internet, Two way Communication Software Roobaroo; SANDHAN, missions to be beyond the traditional ‘Chalk and Talk Method’ of teaching by bringing standardization, increasing access and helping quality enhancement in Higher Education; by making students across the state, to be advantaged with enhancing and exploring the new directions of gaining knowledge through (audio-visual lectures).
SANDHAN has proven to be the finest platform even for the lecturers across the state to come up with the vibrancy, vividness and brilliance in their own teaching manner by applying the methods of PowerPoint presentations, using Teletop and several other active and student centered multimedia techniques to utilize the Technology at its best. It helps familiarize with such methodology which is globally prevalent, cost effective, updated and simple to use but at the same time gives an opportunity to use the current methods, to stay connected with the world’s best practices and make ICT more acceptable to the Academic Fraternity.