About GIAN
The Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) is a program of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is designed to tap the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of higher education in India so as to augment the country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India's scientific and technological capacity to global excellence.
Guidelines and Forms
Frequently Asked Questions for Course Coordinators
Frequently Asked Questions for Local Coordinators
Frequently Asked Questions for Foreign Faculties
Frequently Asked Questions for Course Participants / Students
Completed Courses
| Phase | # | Course Co-ordinator | Course No. | Course Title | Duration | Foreign Faculty | No. of Students Participated | Faculty | Industry | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | ||||||||||
| I | 1 | Dr. S. Arumugam | 166008M03 | Physics of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems | 19.12.2016 | 23.12.2016 |  Chihiro Sekine, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan |
45 | 5 | 3 | 53 |
| I | 2 | Dr. S. Arumugam | 166008M04 | Materials under Extreme conditions-Enabling Technologiesand Applications | 26.12.2016 | 30.12.2016 |  Yogesh K. Vohra, University of Alabama, USA |
34 | 14 | 1 | 49 |
| I | 1 | Dr. P. Muruganandam | 176008M04 | Complex system modeling and analysis | 11.12.2017 | 15.12.2017 |  Fernando Fagundes Ferreira, Univ od Sao Paulo,Brazil |
50 | 8 | 0 | 58 |
| II | 2 | Dr. P. Chellapandi | 176008H01 | Microbial processes for lignocellulosic biofuel production | 18.12.2017 | 28.12.2017 |  Rajesh K Sani South Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
30 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| II | 3 | Dr. G. Archunan | 176008H03 | A Recent Trend in Life Science Research with Special Reference to Molecular imaging, Proteomics and Metabolomics | 12.02.2018 | 16.02.2018 |  Prarasuraman Padmanabhan, Deputy Director, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
38 | 3 | 1 | 42 |
| II | 4 | Dr. S. Arumugam | 176008M01 | Crystal Growth of Functional and Exotic Materials | 06.08.2018 | 10.08.2018 |  Geetha Balakrishnan, University of Warwick, UK |
94 | 9 | 0 | 104 |
| II | 5 | Dr. P. Ilango | 176008N03 | Teaching Research to Social Work Students: Creating Enthusiastic and competent Practitioner Researchers | 24.09.2018 | 28.09.2018 |  Nonie Harris, James Cook University, Australia |
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| II | 6 | Dr. D. Ramesh | 176008C01 | PALEOCLIMATE EDUCATION USING GEO-SPATIAL METHODS: GEOLOGICAL PAST TO ANTHROPOCE | 03/12/2019 | 07/12/2019 |  Priyadarsi Debajyoti Roy, Mexico |
49 | 8 | 0 | 57 |
| II | 7 | Dr. Nagarajan Loganathan | 176008B01 | Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism in Transition Metal Chemistry | 07/01/2019 | 11/01/2019 |  Ola F Wendt, Lund University, Sweden |
99 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| II | 8 | Dr. A. Antony Joseph Velanganni | 176008H02 | Molecular Oncology and Modern Treatment Stratergies | 18.02.2019 | 22.02.2019 |  Appu Rthinavelu, Nova Southeastern University, USA |
42 | 5 | 0 | 47 |
| III | 9 | Dr. M. Angkayakan Vinayakaselvi | 19600F01 | Objects and Commodities | 19.12.2023 | 23.12.2023 |  Minoo Moalleum, University of CA, USA |
22 | 7 | 2 | 31 |
Local Coordinator
| Local Coordinator (Phase - I and Phase - II) | Dr. R. Babu Rajendran Professor (Rtd.), Department of Environmental Biotechnology Bharathidasan University |
| Local Coordinator (Phase - III and Phase - IV) | Dr. S. Narkunaraja Professor, Department of Biomedical Science Bharathidasan University nshanmugam@bdu.ac.in, gian@bdu.ac.in |