I want to do RC (Refresher Course) in Library and Information Science from University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal and looking for details about admission and course so please provide me the same? Also give me contact number of University of North Bengal?

University of North Bengal was established in 1962 with a goal to disseminate knowledge to fulfil growing socio-economic and technical manpower needs in 6 North Bengal districts and the neighbouring state of Sikkim.

Refresher Courses

Refresher / Second Level Programmes:
These mainly focused for those faculty members who have already undergone through the Orientation/First Level Programme in an identified broad area.

The programme is discipline specific with advanced developments in an identified subject under the concerned broad area.

Adding up, there are Refresher Programmes, geared towards emerging cross discipline advanced studies to enable one of relevant disciplines to work together or contemporary application of new knowledge for industrial and social development and other allied aspects.

The goal would be to equip and motivate the participants with advanced knowledge to accept challenges of quality teaching and research.

Eligibility:

For the Refresher Courses, participation in the Orientation Programme is a prerequisite for admission. However, in exceptional cases a teacher is allowed to complete a Refresher Course prior to completion of an Orientation Programme.

Also, there should be a minimum gap of one year between two courses, though it may be relaxed if an adequate number of participants are not available or it is essential for the teacher to fulfil eligibility conditions for career advancement.

If one fails to complete the requisite contact hours in a programme, one may be permitted to make up for the backlog hours at own cost in another programme by the RCCB and HRDCs concerned.

Part time/ Ad hoc/temporary/ contract teachers who have been teaching for minimum 3 academic sessions in an institution which is affiliated to a University for minimum 2 years is permitted to participate in the Orientation Programme/ Refresher Course to enhance their skills.

Universities and colleges must allow interested teachers to attend UGC -RCCB and HRDCs programmes based on the eligibility otherwise valid reasons have to be intimated to the teacher concerned in writing.


Contact Detail:
University of North Bengal,
P.O. North Bengal University, Siliguri, Dist
Darjeeling, West Bengal, Pin: 734013.
Phone : (0353) 2580174 / 2004641
Mobile: +91- 9832521224, +91 – 9749899509, +91-9434887860
Fax : (0353) 2580173