[Section-4 (1)(b)(xi)]
ANNUAL PLAN 2005-2006
PLAN : RS.1520.00 LAKHS NON-PLAN : RS.313.00 LAKHS
1 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Rs.228.00 lakhs
1.1 Support to teacher training centres Rs.60.00 lakhs
The duration of the Diploma in Special Education (Mental Retardation) has been made from 1 year to 2 years. Presently 13 teacher training centers are given financial assistance. The financial assistance for the 2 year programme comes to Rs.4.30. One training Centre viz. Dr.T.M.A.Pai College of Education, Udupi has discontinued the course from the current year. Hence the financial assistance need to be given to only 12 training centers which comes to Rs.51.60. There are 53 centres conducting DSE (MR) programme, which are affiliated with NIMH.
Our Institute extends financial support to the tune of Rs.2.55 lakhs to one DVTE (MR) training centre at Chennai and similarly another center at Chennai for running DECSE course provided financial assistance of Rs.2.92 lakhs. There are 5 centres conducting DVTE programme which are affiliated with NIMH.
In addition to the financial support, an expenditure of Rs.2.99 lakhs will be incurred towards coordination and examinations of the diploma programmes at all the centers. Thus the total expenditure for running these Diploma Courses is estimated as Rs.60.00 lakhs.
1.2 Long Term ourses 140.00 lakhs
1.2.1 On going programmes
Presently 15 long term professional programmes are conducted at NIMH headquarters as well as Regional Centres as shown below:
DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India
|
Centre |
DSE (MR) |
DVTE (MR) |
DECSE |
TOTAL |
|
NIMH headquarters |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
RC, New Delhi |
1* |
- |
- |
1 |
|
RC, Calcutta` |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
RC, Mumbai |
1* |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
* DSE (MR) except at RC, Kolkata will be discontinued, as this programme is presently run at 53 centres in the country. However, continuing this programme at RC Kolkata will provide us evaluation inputs for technical guidance to other centers.
|
Name of the Course |
NIMH headquarters |
RC, New Delhi |
RC, Kolkata |
TOTAL |
|
BRS(MR) IV year |
1 |
- |
- |
1 (Final batch) |
|
BRT |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (MR) (Regular) |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
B.Ed. Spl.Ed. (Distance) |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
PGDEI |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
M.Phil – Rehab. Psychology |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
M.Ed. Spl. Ed. (MR) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
MDRA |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
6 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1.2.2 Proposed programmes
It is proposed to undertake the following new programmes during the year 2005-06 subject to clearance by RCI and University concerned.
|
Name of the course |
Duration |
Centre
|
|
DVTE (MR) |
1 year |
Regional Centres,New Delhi and Mumbai |
|
DECSE |
1 year |
Regional Centres, New Delhi and Kolkata |
|
B.Ed. Spl. Edn. (MR) |
1 year |
Regional Centre, New Delhi and Mumbai |
|
PGDEI |
1 year |
Regional Centre, New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata |
|
PG Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology |
1 year |
Regional Centre, Kolkata |
|
Masters in Disability Studies (Early Intervention) |
2 years |
NIMH headquarters |
|
Master in Vocational Training and Employment |
2 years |
NIMH headquarters |
In total 25 long term programmes will be conducted in the year 2005-06. For running the additional courses, a proposal for creation of 44 positions in the faculty was included in the SFC of Ministry. An amount of Rs.140.00 lakhs (inclusive of Regional Centres) is projected towards establishment expenditure on the additional posts. Till sanction for creation of posts is received, the Institute will engage the faculty and other professionals on contract basis. In order to run these courses, the Institute in addition to the expenditure on the faculty and other resources, will incur expenditure on the following items:
(a) Special Education Centre 5.00
(b) Vocational Training Centre 5.00
(c) Part time faculty 10.00
(d) Lab & workshop equipment & materials required for practicals 10.00
(e) Educational tours 3.00
(f) Admission notifications 4.00
(g) Administrative support required for coordinating technical 5.00
guidance and conduct of examinations
(h) Prescribed and reference books and journals 10.00
(i) Extension and outreach lab 5.00
Total Rs.57.00 lakhs
The amount of Rs.57.00 lakhs is included in the total estimate of Rs.140.00 lakhs for long term courses.
1.3 Professional development programmes Rs.28.00 lakhs
1.3.1 Study fellowship (Ph.D programme) Rs.20.00 lakhs
During the year, 2004-05, five research associates have been engaged. In the year 2005-06, it is planned to engage 15 Research Associates (10 research associates for three Regional Centers and 5 for HQs.) and they will be paid fellowship at the rate of Rs.8,000/- on the lines of UGC Study Fellowship, besides incurring expenditure on materials, documentation, etc. The expenditure is estimated as under:
|
Description |
Amount |
|
Fellowship per Research Associate |
Rs.8000/- per month |
|
Annual fellowship per Research Associate |
Rs.8,000 x 12 months = Rs.96,000/- |
|
No. of Research Associates engaged in 2004-05 |
5 |
|
No. of Research Associates to be engaged in 2005-06 |
15 |
|
Total No. of Research Associates |
20 |
|
Estimated fellowship for 20 Research Associates |
20xRs.8,000x 12 =Rs.19,20,000/- |
|
Estimated expenditure on advt., brochure, postage, training material |
Rs. 80,000/- |
|
Total estimated expenditure |
Rs.20.00 lakhs |
1.3.2 Short term courses 4.00 lakhs
During the year 2004-05, 70 short term training programmes have been planned, which would work out to 200 training days and 700 trainees. During the plan year of 2005-06, the number of training days and trainees is estimated as 300 and 1000 respectively.
For the short term programmes as per the policy an amount of Rs.200/- per day for residential and Rs.100/- per day for non-residential as charges are collected from the participants. The estimated income by running the short term programmes `of 300 training days for 1000 trainees is Rs.5.10 lakhs as per the calculations given below: Rs.
|
The estimated income by way of course fees is as under: |
|
|
Course fee per participant per training day Residential Course fee per training day non-residential |
Rs.200.00 Rs.100.00 |
|
Estimated No. of residential participants |
700 |
|
Estimated No. of non-residential participants |
300 |
|
Estimated income (700 x Rs.200 + 300 x Rs.100) x 3 days |
5,10,000.00 |
The estimated expenditure for these training programmes will be as under:
|
Estimated expenditure per trainee day |
60.00 |
|
Estimated expenditure for 3000 trainee-days |
1,80,000.00 |
|
Estimated expenditure on Training Materials, postage, stationery, Printing per trainee |
220.00 |
|
Total expenditure for 1000 |
2,20,000.00 |
|
Total estimated expenditure for all The short term training programmes |
4,00,000.00 |
1.3.3 Certificate Courses: Rs.4.00 lakhs
A total of ten certificate courses of one month duration each will be conducted. Though an income of Rs.5.00 lakhs is estimated by way of collection of course fee of Rs.5000/- from each participant, the institute will incur an expenditure of Rs.4.00 lakh as per the details given below:
|
No. of Certificate courses |
10 |
|
No. of participant per course |
10 |
|
Total No. of participants |
50 |
|
Expenditure per participant(Rs.60/- per participant/day x 30 days) |
Rs.1800/- |
|
(a) Total expenditure for 100 participants |
Rs.1,80,000/- |
|
Expenditure on training material (Rs.1000 per participant x 100 participants |
Rs1,00,000/- |
|
Expenditure on brochures/printing/ Postage/logistics (Rs.12000 per course) |
Rs.1,20,000/- |
|
(b) Total expenditure |
Rs.3,20,000/- |
|
Grand total (a) + (b) |
Rs.4.00 lakhs |
2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Rs. 50.00 lakhs
Road-mapping of research and development is done by adopting the following strategies:
1. Annual NIMH conferences on various topical themes of the key functional disciplines.
2. Inputs from the feedback of various short term training programmes and certificate courses.
3. Inputs generated from the services meant for practicals of the long term programmes.
4. Findings and implications of the research studies.
5. Government policies and programmes.
6. International mandates.
7. Directives from Executive Council and General Council
8. Recommendations of the Research Committee, Academic Council and Ethics Committee
9. Proceedings of the Faculty Meetings, Course Coordinators Meetings and Administrative Coordination Meetings.
10. Findings and Implications of the research studies published in national and international professional and scientific journals.
The research policy of the institute is to continuously update the research need matrix that basically covers (a) the life-cycle needs of the persons with mental retardation (b) the holistic development of the persons with mental retardation including therapeutic interventional needs, family support, resource support, capacity building needs, and (c) public policy and enabling society.
Prioritizing of the research needs is guided by the immediacy of reaching the state of the art services to the persons with mental retardation in the pursuit of empowering them that puts the order of research as under:
1. Developmental research
2. Functional/problem solving research
3. Basic/Fundamental research
Currently, the following research projects are going on, which have been initiated in the previous years:
1. Support to children with disabilities
2. Educational programming for students with severe and profound mental retardation.
3. Project guidelines for community based rehabilitation services for persons with mental retardation
4. Development of tool for assessing the functions of the organizations in the area of disability and their utilization of funds
5. Drool control and tongue thrust therapy for the mentally retarded.
6. Respite care for persons with mental retardation
7. Development of adaptive devices to improve locomotor functions and skills
8. Development of education service models for children with mental retardation and autism.
9. Communication patterns in adults with mental retardation.
10. Early intervention to infants and toddlers with disabilities in rural areas
11. Development of manual on vocational training for persons with mental retardation
12. Research in mental retardation in India - A study
13. Emotional recognition for children with intellectual disabilities
14. Transition from early intervention to inclusive preschool programme
A provision also will be made in the budget to take care of the technical overseas exchange programmes and building capacities in research area.
2.1 Preparation of textbooks Rs. 10.00 lakhs
As planned in the year 2004-05 action plans have been drawn to prepare the following text books as identified based on the priorities.
1) Rehabilitation Psychology
2) Special Education
3) Early Childhood Education
4) Early Intervention
5) Teaching Learning Materials
6) Vocational Training
This will continue in the plan year also in addition to the preparation of few more books after identifying the need as per the priorities. For preparing text books a provision of Rs.10.00 lakhs has been kept which will also cover printing.
2.1.1 NIMH Journal on Disability Rehabilitation Rs.5.00 lakhs
A provision of Rs.5.00 lakhs has been kept for publishing NIMH Journal on Disability Rehabilitation which is scheduled to be released by February 2005. This journal will be published on 6 monthly basis.
3. DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS OF CARE AND REHABILITATION 25.00 lakhs
3.1. Service Models Rs.12.00 lakhs
The services will continue to be given in the afternoon also for which the consultant faculty will be engaged either on honorarium or on contract basis as per the need for which a provision of Rs.12.00 lakhs was kept.
The Institute has been regularly supporting sports and cultural programmes at the national level. A provision of Rs.1.00 lakhs has been kept during the year 2005-06.
3.3. Medicines Rs.12.00 lakhs
Children with mental retardation visiting the general services require medication for epilepsy and hyperkinetic behaviour. In order to make available the cases for practicals of the professional students of long term courses and master level training programmes there is a need to increase of the case load. For this, a budgetary provision of Rs.12.00 lakhs has been made for the year 2005-06.
4.0 CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO VOLUNTARY
ORGANIZATIONS Rs.20.00 lakhs
4.1. National level workshops/programmes Rs.11.00 lakhs
Each year the Institute conducts national level seminar in mental retardation in partnership with leading voluntary organizations. A national meet of registered parent associations is held annually. Similarly, special employees national meet is held every year to promote self advocacy. All these programmes are conducted in cooperation with voluntary organizations. A budgetary provision of Rs.11.00 lakhs has been kept for such annual programmes.
a) National seminar on mental retardation Rs.3.00 lakhs
b) National meet of parent organizations Rs.2.75 lakhs
c) Special employees national meet at NIMH Rs.1.50 lakhs
d) National level workshops Rs.2.25 lakhs
e) Employers’ Meet Rs.1.50 lakhs
4.2 Consultancy to voluntary organisations 9.00 lakhs
NIMH is quite often asked by voluntary organizations as well as Government bodies to extend technical guidance and resource support to establish services after proper education of the community, orientation of the grassroot level workers and extending organisational guidance, support for organizing Districts/State/National level conferences/seminars/workshops. These activities are very vital in understanding the needs of the field and strengthening the community infrastructure including the human resource development for state-of-the art services to be made available to the persons with mental retardation. Establishing early detection and early intervention in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa will be taken up as per the EC resolution in its 72nd meeting held on 28.09.04. For this, orientation programmes and workshops will be organized, in addition to extending technical guidance continuously to the State and District level health professionals and others. A budgetary provision of Rs.9.00 lakhs has been made in this regard.
5. DOCUMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION Rs.30.00 lakhs
5.1. Creation of awareness Rs.5.00 lakhs
One hundred (100) orientation programmes will be organized in schools and colleges to make the students aware about the disabilities and the rehabilitation programmes. Orientation programmes will also be organized for people working in corporate sector and public. Preparation of materials for public awareness particularly to cater to the rural areas will be taken up.
5.2 Information technology Rs.5.00 lakhs
To feed backup data of past 18 years, we need computer operators and also in order to maintain the LAN and computerization, System Administrators and System Analysts will be required which will be outsourced through ECIL.
5.3 Library books Rs.5.00 lakhs
A provision of Rs.5.00 lakhs will be required during the year 2005-06 in order to meet the requirement of reference books and journals for the new courses proposed.
5.4. Documentation and dissemination Rs.5.00 lakhs
The Institute brings out two periodicals, one is bimonthly publication called Mentard. This publication gives information about research articles published in various journals. It is directed towards professionals. Another publication is NIMH Newsletter magazine for parents, NGOs and related professionals.
5.5. Publication of books Rs.6.00 lakhs
The Institute has published nearly 85 books for professionals, parents and public. It is proposed to bring out 5 new publications during the year 2005-06 each approximately 1000 copies.
5.6 TV/Video films/CD forms Rs.4.00 lakhs
The old books and journals need to be converted into CDs for easy access and use and also for occupying less space in the library. Hence a budget provision of Rs.4.00 lakhs has been made.
6. EXTENSION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES Rs.112.00 lakhs
Presently NIMH has established district centres at the following districts.
1. Madurai, Tamilnadu 9. Kozhikode,Kerala
2. Wardha,Maharashtra 10. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
3. Thoothukudi,Tamilnadu 11. Mandya, Karnataka
4. Trivandrum,Kerala 12. Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
5. Gulbarga,Karnataka 13. Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
6. Thrissur, Kerala 14. Satna, Madhya Prades
7. Bastar, Chattisgarh 15. Indore, Madhya Pradesh
8. Damoh, Madhya Pradesh 16. Jashpur, Chattisgarh
In order to ensure sustenance and provide services to the people in these districts, the centres need manpower and operational support, for which an amount of Rs.112.00 lakhs will be required during the year 2005-06.
7. PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE Rs.950.00 lakhs
7.1. Buildings Rs.905.00 lakhs
The construction of buildings for NIMH Model Special Education Centre (formerly known as (MSMDC) and RC, New Delhi has been app