Jaipur National University

The School of Distance Education and Learning (SODEL) of Jaipur National University was established in the year 2008-2009. In Sept, 2009 the University got approval from DEC and the Joint Committee of AICTE-UGC-DEC accorded its approval to start various programs of studies at under graduate and post graduate level. Quality assurance and maintenance have been the motto of the School of Distance Education & Learning, and has all along maintained parity with education offered to regular students in colleges and universities. The students are provided quality study material in Self Learning format and in addition to this counseling is provided by well educated and experienced academic counselors at the place near to their doorstep. One of the great advantages of Distance Learning is that it provides a viable and affordable alternative to conventional mode of education, especially for those, who for several socio-economic, family and geographic constraints, could not get education despite their high motivation and genuine aptitude for studies, and also for those who do not have time for education through conventional mode because of their personal, professional and family obligations.

Characteristics of Distance Learning:

• Age No Bar
• Flexibility in rules and regulations.
• Special facility to bring the dropouts in the main stream by condoning break in studies.
• Admissions twice a year, in calendar year (January batch) and academic year (July batch).
• Quality print material is provided by the university in SLM format only in English language.
• Well defined minimum and maximum duration of each programme
• Study based on credit system and students are at ease to accumulate credits as per their convenience and availability of time.
• Evaluation of students on the basis of Internal assignments (30% weightage) and Term-End-Examination (70% weightage).

Characteristics of the Study Material:

• States clearly objectives and learning outcomes.
• Contents broken in to various headings and sub-headings that cover each learning objectives.
• Self Learning Exercises and check your progress questions are inbuilt in the study material.
• Unit structure has been given in the beginning of the unit.
• Provides plenty of examples, charts, graphs, tables and equations wherever necessary
• At the end of each unit summary, glossary has been provided.

Advantages of Distance Education:

• Learning at your own pace, speed and convenience.
• Just-in-time learning; more opportunities to learn the latest and the updated study materials.
• Reaching the unreached; reaching those with restricted mobility (dropouts, housewives, handicapped, elderly people).
• Accessibility for those with family responsibilities (parents with young children at home).
• Exposure to telecommunication technology and access to media-rich learning environment.

NIMS UNIVERSITY

Vision

To Provide Outstanding Learning Experience for Excellence in Education, Healthcare and have a transformative impact on Society through continual innovation in Education, Research and Entrepreneurship.

Mission

• To provide affordable education to the society in all walks of life.
• To provide modern technical, medical and other Professional courses with emphasis on developing value based ethical career orientation.
• To carry out cutting-edge research and development for the benefit of society
• To produce skilled and competent manpower with commitment to societal needs.
• To develop employability and entrepreneurship of stakeholders.

Core Values

Academic Excellence:

Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur understands and values the importance of Quality Education in shaping the future of our Nation and therefore is determined to create an environment where the academic excellence flourishes to its fullest.

Global and Quality Education:

Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur is determined to spread  quality education throughout the world and hence facilitates students from world over, no wonder Students from more than 25 countries study here.

Integrity & Ethics:

No society or Nation can progress without integrity of character and high moral ethics. NIMS University therefore pays utmost attention in instilling these two core-values in its students and staff.

Social Responsibility:

A University should be a reflection of the society where it is situated. NIMS University understands and acknowledges its social responsibility and therefore endeavours to take measures that can benefit society as a whole.

Functional Transparency:

In order to maximize the involvement and participation of its staff and students in the University’s goals and achieving mission Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur follows a policy of functional transparency in its operations.

Environmental Responsibility:

To create a cleaner and safer environment for all remains as one of the most important aspects of the core philosophy of the University

Health for all:

The education loses its significance if the society is not in good health. Being a medical University we acknowledge this and therefore work relentlessly to create healthy and educated masses.

Gender Equality:

Gender bias remains as one of the gross root problems that has time and again hampered India’s progress. Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur is therefore determined to give its due contribution in eliminating Gender bias from India

Diversity:

Keeping consistent with the diverse cultural background of India, the University facilitates quality education to all sectors of the society. Inter-disciplinary approach: Most of the world changing discoveries happens at the inter-phases where two disciplines meet. Nims University Rajasthan therefore promotes and patronizes interdisciplinary approach as a core value.

Directorate of Distance Education

J.R.N Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be-university),Udaipur Rajasthan 

(Declared Under Section no 3 of the UGCACT,1956)

• Promote education for the masses up to higher stage through its adult and continuing education programmes; provide educational facilities specially to under-privileged 'Working People' to enable them to improve their functional efficiency as also their social and economic up liftmen, and development literature for Adult and continuing education programmes in consonance with the Linguistics, Cultural and Development needs of the region.
• Promote the study of Rajasthani Culture, Language and History, and make special provision for the study of the Cultural, Educational, Social, Economic and Developmental needs of the Tribal's of the region,
• Prepare teachers and through them the students who may be conversant with the problems, needs and aspirations of the rural masses, and involve them whole heartedly in the rural development task in and effective manner,
• Conduct research in the fields of Education, Rajasthani Culture, Rajasthan History, Language and Literature, Problems of the working class, tribals, harijans, low-income group and other under-privileged sections of the Society, and organize extension programmes in the above fields, and
• Conduct the activities to be taken up under the Udaipur School of Social Work, Manikyalal Verma Shramjeevi College, Dabok, which are the constituent Colleges of the Vidyapeeth located at Udaipur.
• The eduactrional concerns have expanded over the years and now include the areas of medicine, computer and management eduction.
• It was also realized that reaching out to the masses for education leading to their upgradation in difficult situations was the need of the hour. To concretize the objective, the institution brought revolution in the field of Distance Education.