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5. Elective living in constructive and creative way with competence and confidence;
life skills including elective communication, decision making, problem solving,
creative thinking, critical/ scientific thinking, interpersonal skills, self awareness,

empathy, equanimity, coping with stress and resilience.

6. Building a bond with faculty and mentoring.

7. Institutional rules and regulations, norms, academic and administrative structure
and learning resources.

8. Institutional culture ethos, etiquettes and manners and value system.

9. Available internal and external sources (curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular)
for all-round and holistic development.

10. Sports, cultural, creative, counselling, welfare activities pursued by the institution.

11. Emerging career opportunities and challenges.

12. Introduction and importance of subjects/courses of study selected by the students.

13. Awareness about the institutional mechanism that exists with regard to anti-ragging,
prevention of sexual harassment, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, anti-intoxicants
awareness etc. (Only selected items be taken in the Induction Programme.)

14. Health/ hygiene/ yoga/ time management, etc.

15. E-learning resources, application of ICT and social media for making education
employable.

A.1.4. Preparations before Induction

Induction should be a well planned process of introducing the new students to higher
education, and the institutional culture. Before it is conducted, it is essential to plan all the
activities in advance. The following preparations are recommended:

1. A hyper link on Induction of new students is to be created on the website of the
institution having information about the induction, detailed schedule, provision
for daily reporting, feedback, etc.

2. Joint meeting of all the partners involved in influencing the process of education.

3. Full support from head of the institution and top management.

4. New students be informed that the Induction is mandatory non-credit course for which

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