new delhi global initiative of academic networks gian the muchtouted programme to attract foreign faculty to teach for a term in india is slowly finding its feet but primarily in iits nits and techical education only in four institutesnit patna jamia millia islamia iit kharagpur and iit gandhinagarforeign faculty is teaching nonscience courses in nit patna a course on conservation and architectural heritage of 19th and 20th century is being taught by a foreign faculty in jamia a course on religious fundamentalism in a global perspective islam christianity and judaism will start from next week in iit kharagpur a course is already underway on planning and management of cultural heritage sites in gandhinagar a course is being taught on 3d digitisation for cultural heritage overall 297 courses have been approved by the apex body to be taught by foreign faculty proposal for 140 courses sent by various institutionsuniversities have been rejected as of early february 88 courses were sent for review an integral component of gian is to make available courses offered by foreign teachers and 21 of them have been uploaded for wider dissemination in case of 32 courses confirmation to spend one term in india is awaited from foreign teachers while in five cases foreign faculty has declined to come the centre will spend 8000 on each teacher for a term twelve courses are being taught by foreigners in iit kharagpur on subjects ranging from orthopaedic biomechanics to robotics among iims the ones in ranchi and kozhikode have attracted foreign faculty while students of iim ranchi are taking a course on sports and entertainment marketing in kozhikode a course is being taught on impersonal interpersonal and hyperpersonal communication at work universities like hari singh gour vishwavidyalaya an mp university tezpur university and central university of gujarat have also opted for foreign faculty