Scholarship
AICTE-Margdarshan scheme(AMS)
Eligibility
The institution, i.e. university, institute, college should have been approved by AICTE. AICTE approval is not mandatory in case of Central Funded Institutions wherever applicable.
Region
All India
Award
In Kind
By Expertie Editorial Team · Expertie editorial desk
Overview
About AMS
The AICTE-Margdarshan scheme is a mentoring programme run by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). On the myScheme portal it sits under the Ministry of Education, with AICTE as the implementing body. The aim is to raise the quality of technical education by helping approved institutions work toward accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
It works through two tracks. Under the institutional route, a well-established AICTE-approved institute acts as a mentor, or Margdarshan institute, and guides a set of nearby technical colleges. Separately, senior academicians, serving or retired, can be nominated as individual mentors, called Margdarshak, to advise beneficiary institutes. Mentors give access to facilities at the host institution and run activities such as faculty development programmes, expert talks and career guidance.
For the technical institutes it targets, and the students behind them, the help arrives as mentoring and access to facilities rather than a cash scholarship. The beneficiaries are AICTE-approved institutes that want to lift their standards and secure NBA accreditation, along with the mentor institutions that guide them, which receive grant support to run the work. Students do not apply to it directly, though the stronger teaching and facilities it is meant to build are intended to reach them.
Sources: AICTE - Margdarshak / Margdarshan bureau · The FELA - AICTE's Margdarshan scheme empowers technical institutions
Who runs it
Provider
Ministry of Education
Central Government
Department Of Higher Education
At a glance
Key details
| Level | Central |
| Scheme type | Central Sector Scheme |
| Category | Education & Learning |
| Beneficiaries | University / Institution |
| Benefit type | In Kind |
| Application mode | Offline |
Calendar
Important dates
Across all open application cycles.
| Cycle | Stage | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current | Applications open | 2018-01-01 |
Who can apply
Eligibility criteria
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | The institution, i.e. university, institute, college should have been approved by AICTE. AICTE approval is not mandatory in case of Central Funded Institutions wherever applicable. |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | In case of AICTE approved institutions, MI must have got accreditation for consideration under the scheme. The Accreditation status for such programs should be valid for at least 6 moths from the date submission of the proposal. |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | Institutions with other programmes: AICTE approved institutions other than those of engineering like Management, Hotel Management, the accreditation status should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of making the application. - Institutions with Diploma Courses: An institute exclusively running the diploma courses can also submit the proposal for MI. There should be minimum four diploma courses running in the institute with valid accreditation status for at least 6 months from the date of making the application.> For Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI): |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | Only AICTE approved institutes are eligible to receive mentoring from MIs. |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | They have never been enrolled as Mls by AICTE. |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | They have never been mapped as MBI with any other MI. |
| For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) | None of their programs were accredited in the past ten years. |
Who cannot apply
Exclusions
- For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI): AICTE approved institutions having break in extension of approval or no admission in the institute for any reason, whatsoever, in the last 10 years shall not be considered.
- An institution cannot submit more than one project proposal for MI scheme.
- Department wise nomination is not acceptable.
- An institute having common management/board/parent trust will not be eligible for MI if another institute under the same parental control is already functioning as MI.
- The proposals of institutes having only UG courses accredited shall not be considered for mentoring of MBIs seeking accreditation of PG programs.
- For Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI): Any institute functioning under the same board/management/ trust as that of MI is not permitted for adoption as MBI under the scheme.
What you get
Award & benefits
- For Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI): The Council has made provisions of a token grant in aid of ₹ 3,00,000/- per MBI. Hence a maximum ₹ 30,00,000/- can be sanctioned to an MI for conducting activities under the Margdarshan Scheme for 10 MBIs altogether.
- Suitable honorarium to staff (Chief Coordinator, supporting persons, etc.) engaged in running the scheme. Such expenditure should be booked under the Heads 'Honorarium for MI Staff'. The maximum honorarium shall, however, be limited to 4% of the overall grant as allotted.
- ItemFor any Serving/Retired Academician as Internal Experts of MIs.RemarksTravel Allowances (TA)(1)AC 2 tier accommodation / Chair Car when travelling by train (2) By own car / taxi limited to maximum of the prevailing rates of taxi notified by Central / State Government as applicable in the area from time to time.Payment of TA charges & honorarium will be done through respective MIs. Out of grant-inaid released by AICTEHonorarium₹ 3,000/- per day-Local SupportLocal support includes utilities such as local lodging, boarding, secretarial support, working office, other utilities etc. shall be provide by the host MBI when such experts visit the institute.-
- Note: It is clarified that overall expenditure shall not exceed the funds sanctioned/ allotted to the MI. No reimbursement shall be made for expenditure exceeding the given amount.
- For Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI): All activities should be mutually coordinated between the MIs and the associated MBIs to derive maximum benefi and for the betterment of the MBIs to a standard for seeking accreditation. A suggested list of activities is as follows:
- General: Workshop on Accreditation process, SWOT analysis for MBIs.
- FDPs/ Workshop on generation & submission of infrastructure project through various state/ central schemes.
- Workshop on Promoting Research, Consultancy, Industrial Projects etc.
- Guest lectures on Faculty motivation
- Institutional visit at MI or other Accredited institutes
- Benchmarking exercise with discussion on programme/department wise target for achieving Accreditation.
- Guest lectures on Innovation, start-up & entrepreneurship environment for faculty and students.
- Workshops on modifications of curriculum, new teaching- learning process etc that aids in OBE.
- Mapping of the activities with the Graduate Aptitudes must be clearly done.
- Workshops on various initiatives of AICTE for spreading awareness for better development of institution, faculty and students.
- FDPs/ Workshops on parameters of NIRF ranking.
- Institutional Reforms: Implementation of curricular reforms and development.
- Improve student performance and evaluation.
- Implement performance appraisal of faculty by students.
- Facilitating Guest/Special lectures.
- Assisting institute to organise faculty development programmes.
- Research interaction and innovation with faculty & students.
- Focus on Technical and life skill encouragement.
- Assist faculty in enhancing Outcome based education.
- Quality Improvement: Improving student learning.
- Improving student employability.
- Increasing faculty productivity and motivation through professional development.
- Increase in the average score of students participating in tests designed to measure technical and critical thinking skills.
- Percentage of sanctioned faculty positions in participating institutions submitted by regular or contract faculty as per AICTE norms.
- Increase in number of Faculty Trained in either their subject domain, pedagogy or management.
- Participation of institutes in newly designed research-hub related activities.
- Increase in average satisfaction level of the Student, Staff and Faculty.
What to prepare
Documents required
Below are the endorsing checklist that should be enclosed in the Application cum Detailed Project Report :
Basic Details of the institute
Number of MBIs proposed in the etailed Project Report (DPR)
Consent of all MBIs proposed in DPR
Programme wise (Diploma/UG/PG) Pre-Qualifiers for each MBI
Self-undertaking enclosed
Details of Proposed Activities enclosed
Mandate form
Step by step
How to apply
- 1Apply offline
See the official links below for the application portal.
Source
Official links
Questions
AMS – FAQ
Margdarshan Initiative has been introduced by All India Council for Technical Education for facilitating the technical institutes in order to improve the quality of technical education as a whole through accreditation by providing access to the facilities available in host institute.
This scheme is managed by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Margdarshan scheme was introduced in 2018.
Margdarshan Initiative intends to improve the quality of technical education as a whole through accreditation by providing access to the facilities available in host institute, spread awareness about various initiative of AICTE and also provide guidance and support for achieving better NIRF ranking.
A well-established AICTE approved institute/Centrally Funded Institutes such as IITs/NITs /IIITS/IISc/ISERs/IIMs etc. referred to as Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI).These institutes are supported with an objective to mentor up to 10 nearby institutes in achieving accreditation.
A mentee beneficiary institute (MBI) shall be facilitated by the MI by sharing the best practices, guidance for initiating project proposals, achieving outcome based education and other related aspect.
Margdarshan Institute or Mentor Institute(MI) and Mentee Beneficiary Institute (MBI) both are the beneficiaries.
The institution, i.e. university, institute, college should have been approved by AICTE. AICTE approval is not mandatory in case of Central Funded Institutions wherever applicable
Only AICTE approved institutes are eligible to receive mentoring from MIs. Institutes approved by other regulatory bodies such as PCI, CoA etc. are thus not eligible.
An MI Shall be allowed to function with maximum of 10 MBIs.
The duration of the nomination as MI along with necessary grant shall be for a period of three years.
The Council has made provisions of a token grant in aid of ₹ 3,00,000/- MBI. Hence a maximum ₹ 30,00,000/- can be sanctioned to an MI for conducting activities under the Margdarshan Scheme for 10 MBIs altogether.
The MIs can encourage MBIs to organize activities at their respective institutes with resource person(s) invited from MI to deliver the contents.
Disclaimer
Scheme details are compiled from myScheme, the Government of India’s official scheme-discovery platform, and are reproduced without alteration. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility change between cycles — always confirm on the official links above before applying. Expertie does not process applications or charge fees.
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