Experiential Learning
H.S. Nainawatee
hnainawatee@gmail.com
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Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness &
Development Yojana
(READY)
 One year composite programme for RAWE,
In-plant training and EL
 Credit and time allotment:
o Experiential Learning (20 credits) – 24
Weeks
o RAWE (10 credits) – 10 Weeks
o In-plant training/Industrial attachment (10
credits) – 10 Weeks
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Objectives
To promote professional skills,
entrepreneurship, knowledge and
marketing skills through meaningful hands
on experience and working in project mode
To build confidence through end to end
approach in product development
To acquire enterprise management
capabilities including skills for project
development and execution, accountancy,
national/ international marketing, etc.
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Experts for Experiential Learning
1. Agri Engg
Dr. T.C. Thakur
2 Home Sci
Dr. Sharada Devi
3. Dairy Tech
Dr. G.R. Patil
4. Forestry
Dr. S.D. Bharadwaj
5. Horticulture
Dr. R.C. Sharma
6. Agriculture
CoA Deans of UAS-B, UAS-D
& ANGRAU
Dean, FC & RI, TANUVAS
7. Fisheries
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Economics of ELs
Apparel production
Food processing and
production development
Rs 69.30 Rs 17,325
lakh
Rs 41.00 Rs 13,080
lakh
Teaching Learning Material
for early childhood
education programmes
Rs 28.10 Rs 26,625
lakh
Product design and value
addition
Rs 57.00 Rs 22,500
Lakh
Designing and development Rs 40.70 Rs 22,500
of information material
lakh
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Distribution of 20 Credits of
the EL Activity
1. Developing Business Plan/Project
Proposal (1 credit)
2. Plan for the Production (1 credit)
3. Production (15 credit)
4. Sales (2 credit)
5. Documentation, Report
Presentation & Evaluation (1credit)
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Programme of work
Activity
Days
Orientation
Developing Business Plan
Training in Advanced Skills
Plan for the Production
3
10
10
10
Production & Sales
Documentation & Reports
Presentation & Oral Examination
135
10
2
Total
180
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Eligibility
Students should have completed all
the courses successfully
Without any backlog/ repeat course
Choice of EL on merit at the end of
V semester
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Attendance
Minimum attendance required is 85%
Attendance of students will be
maintained at the EL unit
In the event of shortage of
attendance, the student has to
reregister the EL when offered next
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Registration and Orientation
Registration and orientation on the first
day
Orientation on enterprise management in
following aspects:
 Concept of EL
 Objectives
 Organizational aspects
 Plan of work
 Records to be maintained
 Reports to be submitted
 Attendance requirement
 Discipline
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Developing a Business Plan/Project
Proposal
 Identification of the product to be
manufactured
 Market survey
 Analysis of existing status of the
identified product and targeted market
and customer
 Innovativeness and creativity
 Preparation of the project proposal with
supply chain of inputs, personnel plan,
production plan, finance plan, etc.
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Plan for the Production
Organization of resources
Organizing utility
Sequential grouping of activities
Packaging and storage
Product pricing- physical inputs,
man-hours, depreciation, etc.
Time management
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Production
Regularity in production
Adhering to production plan
Product quality assessment
Maintenance of production records
Team work
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Experiential Learning Modules
Developed
i. Apparel production
ii. Food processing and production
development
iii. Teaching Learning Material
(TLM) for early childhood
education programmes
iv. Product design and value
addition
v. Designing and development of
information material
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Sales
Sales strategy
Sales volumes
Assessment of sales performance
Profit generated including C/B ratio,
payback period, etc.
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Documentation, Report Presentation &
Evaluation
Personnel management
Preparation of final report
Oral performance
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Evaluation
Sr.
Description
Marks
1
Business planning & designing
10
2
Planning for production
10
3
Organization of production, quality 120
& schedule adherence
4
Sales
20
5
Students performance (Class
assessment, regularity, etc.)
10
6
Report writing and records
10
7
Oral Examination (External)
20
Total
200
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Profit Sharing
1. Students
75%
2. Department
10%
3. Faculty/ Manager & other staff 15%
involved in the ELU execution
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Grant of EL Unit
 For each EL unit, at least four core
faculty members in the department.
One of them would be the Manager.
 EL unit be given to only those
universities/ colleges which provide
evidence of having trained technical
staff for manning the EL unit.
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Recommendations
 In Home Sci, a maximum of three units per
college will be given considering 2 years of
entrepreneurship development in UG course
curriculum. The other two units will be
provided after performance assessment of the
three units.
 Any module adopted under EL programme
should have minimum potential of about Rs.
10,000/- income per month per student as well
as engage the student for 8 hours a day for the
entire duration.
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Organizational set up
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
(Associate Dean/ Dean of College)
(up to Rs. 1,00,000 each time)
MANAGING DIRECTOR
(Head of the Department)
(up to Rs. 50,000 each time)
MANAGER
(In-Charge Faculty)
(up to Rs. 25,000 each time)
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CEO
 Arrange for registration and general
orientation of the EL programme
 Approve the arrangements made for
training students in advanced skills
 Assess feasibility of the business plans
developed in all units in coordination with
experts in the field
 Monitor enterprise activities of each unit
on monthly basis
 Render help in solving administrative
problems of the unit
 Convene meetings with MDs of all EL units
and advisors of students in the college to
ensure profitability of EL units
 Approve schedule of the examination
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MD
 Orientation of students for EL activities
 Identify resource persons in the relevant
field
 Scrutiny of business plan/ project proposals
and submission to CEO
 Monitor EL programme of their unit twice a
week
 Issue letters of correspondence for
interaction with other enterprises/ institutes
 Conduct of examination and evaluation
 Scrutiny of EL unit records
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Manager
 Conduct primary assessment of the business plan
and give report to the MD
 Help in development of production plan
 Guide in production
 Guide for quality analysis
 Lead for marketing and sale of products
 Monitor all enterprise activities daily
 Guide for record keeping & enterprise economics
 Inform MD and CEO about the progress of EL unit
 Propose examination schedule and organize
evaluation & examinations.
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Manager
• Arrange to coordinate all pre-EL activities timely
• Orientation of the EL activities of their discipline
to the students
• Record attendance of students and ensure their
participation for 8 hours per day
• Identify the resource persons in the relevant
field and arrange for guest lectures
• Identify and arrange for student’s training in
entrepreneurial advanced skills after approval
from CEO
• Guide students in developing business plan/
project proposals
• Plan for survey and accompany students for
receiving effective market information, if needed
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Guest Faculty/ Lectures
 Guest lectures on topics having direct
relevance of the EL activity by those who
have run a commercial unit (public or
private) for a minimum of five years.
 Honorarium up to Rs. 2000/- for a session
of three hours otherwise Rs. 1000/- will be
paid to the Guest Lectures.
 A provision of Rs. 50,000/- per EL unit for
the first year. In subsequent years, the
provision may be met out of the income of
EL unit.
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Faculty Training
Orientation-cum-training in project
development business plan development,
managing project, marketing and
agribusiness strategy at one of the
premier business schools like IIM.
Provision of Rs. 1.00 lakh be made in the
first year per EL unit exclusively for
training of faculty. In subsequent year,
such training may be arranged out of the
Department share of income of EL unit.
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Revolving Fund
 For each EL module: Rs. 4.00 lakh
 More than Rs. 4.00 lakh have to be refunded after
completion of two years of release of fund.
 Revolving fund provided in the first year.
 In subsequent two years, the grant for maintenance of
equipment purchased for the EL programme
 @ 7% of the equipment cost per year.
 The requirement of more funds should be met out of
the 10% share of the department out of the income
generated from the EL unit.
 Revolving fund shall not be used for any purpose other
than EL unit. In case of misuse of fund, the
Development Grant of ICAR may be stopped.
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 Revolving fund will be used exclusively for
meeting expenditure only for EL unit.
 ICAR would have right to call back revolving
refund.
 Revolving fund and entire budget shall be at
the disposal of CEO of the unit and total
devolution of power as indicated in the
general guidelines will have to be followed.
In case there is no devolution, no funding
support from the council be provided.
 Department’s share of any amount earned out
of ELU will be used exclusively for EL faculty
and students capacity building, participation
in seminars etc., and for no other purposes.
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Recommendations
 Assessment of EL units to be based solely on
production, quality and income generated.
 Best performing EL unit shall be given Rs.
1.00 lakh additional support which be utilized
exclusively for capacity building of the
faculty
 In case the college finds any research institute or
private sector industry which can extend the EL
programme to the students, the financial support
will be considered to that institute/ industry for
operationalization of the programme.
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“For the things we have to
learn before we can do them,
we learn by doing them.”
Aristotle
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Thank you
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