AIACHE

All India Association for Christian Higher Education , New Delhi, India

 

Mission  

AIACHE aims at the renewal and growth of member colleges as well as the promotion of the quality, value-orientation and social relevance of Indian higher education in general.

Vision

Based on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ the Christian service of education as a process of formation for transformation is inspired by a vision of human kind and the rest of the creation and its destiny drawn from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The vision gives Christian institutions a recognizable character and sets before their managements, staff, students, parents and the community high ideals of life and service which will inspire them continuously to strive to meet emerging needs and challenges. Moved by this vision the Christian Church in India has been active in the field of education serving the nation in the context of its plurality of religions and diversity of cultures. The member colleges aim at an integral and personalized education of the young.  They strive to produce intellectually competent, morally upright, socially committed, spiritually inspired citizens in the service of India and the world of today and tomorrow. 

Aims and Objectives

• To promote, in general, sound education in all institutions of higher learning in India in keeping with the heritage and aspirations of the country and the needs of national development.
• To promote gender equality at all levels.
• To promote and undertake research, pure and applied, bearing upon education and the needs of human and national development.
• To undertake on its own and/or to enable  member colleges to carry out or assist any programmes for promoting  the welfare or the uplift of the people in any rural areas and to undertake or assist any programmes of rural development and to train the personnel for implementation of rural development;
• To collect and circulate useful and worthwhile information, to publish journals, books and other literature and to arrange for meetings, seminars and workshops etc.
• To co-ordinate the work of member colleges at the national, regional and local levels and to promote mutual help and support among member colleges;
• To serve as a channel through which member colleges can unitedly contribute to the formation and execution of the national  educational policy and to interpret to the public the role of member colleges in national life.

To collaborate, wherever possible, with other institutions and associations concerned with higher learning in these and other matters as may be approved from time to time by the Executive Board of the Society.

Structure / Constitution

Membership in the AIACHE Society shall be open to all Universities and University-related institutions under Christian management in India, number 350, represented by their respective Heads/Vice Chancellors/Principals.  The General Body meets every three years to elect the Executive Board and the office bearers.  The management of the Secretariat is vested in the General Secretary who is the Chief Executive of the Association.  

Executive Board - AIACHE

There are 16 members on the Executive Board.  Out of which 4 are women.  office bearers and other members of the Executive Board for the current triennium (January 2009 to December 2011) are:

Activities /Programmes
Programme Units

The programme units of AIACHE are the following:

Vikasini -  Centre for Women’s Studies and  Development

Institute of Value Education

All India Institute for Human Resource Development

All India Academy for Minorities’ Education

Institute for International Higher Education

Library and Information Centre.

Institute for Peace and Interfaith Education

Lokabodhan Publications

All India Council for Christian Educational Institutions

International Forum of Associations of Christian Higher Education

National Committee on ‘Educational and Socio-Economic Status of the Christian Community in India.

The Association also provides services to colleges (liaison, information visits, advocacy, institutional evaluation, legal aid, project assistance, consultancy etc.)  AIACHE organizes national, regional and college-level courses, conferences and workshops in various parts of India on topics such as:

• Improvement of College Administration
• In-service Training of Teaching and Non-teaching staff
• Curriculum Development
• Effective Teaching and Evaluation Methods
• Research Methodology
• Faculty  Motivation and Self-Renewal
• Remedial Education for Under-achieving Students
• Value Education
• Gender Justice and Studies
• Interfaith Dialogue   
• Counselling Skills
• Development and Environmental Studies
• Soft Skills
• Leadership and Managerial Skills
• HIV/AIDS Awareness
• Science and Spirituality
• Minority Educational Rights
• Adolescent Education
• Campaign against Foeticide and Infanticide
• Women’s Education
• Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
• Combating Child Labour
  
  

Gender Resource Centre (GRC)

Under the aegis of the GRC social development programmes for the girl children, youth and women of the neighbouring villages and slums are regularly organized – such as skill training and personality development programme for women; non-formal education for illiterate and dropout girl children; personality development and sports activities for the youth and a family counselling centre  for women.

Publications

Journals

• Christian Higher Education – AIACHE Electronic newsletter
• Vikasini – Journal of Women’s Empowerment - quarterly
• New Frontiers in Education – quarterly
• Journal of Christian Higher Education
• Margadarshini (Hindi) – Half yearly

Books

• Autonomous Colleges : History, Performance and Future
• Changing Track
• Combating Trafficking in Women and Children
• How to start and manage Women’s Development and Research Centers
• Development of Personalities (three volumes)
• Resource Book on Value Education
• Directory of Church-related Colleges in India
• My Rights (Women and Law)
• Combating Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
• Understanding HIV/AIDS
• Judgements on Minority Rights (4 volumes)

 

Contact Details


General Secretary
All India Association for Christian Higher Education
Ecumenical Centre, 39, Institutional Area
D-Block, Janakpuri
New Delhi – 110 058, India
Phones : 91-11-28524752, 91-11-28521190 Mobile : 0-9810149087
Fax : 91-11-28525033
Email :  renyjcb@yahoo.com
 Website: http://www.aiache.net