Things you should know about GIAN..!

## it stands for Global Initiative of Academic network (GIAN).

## it is a short-term teaching programme under which scholars abroad will be invited to teach in India.

## It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet education project to rope in eminent scholars and scientists abroad to teach students at IITs and central universities.

## Eminent Indian-origin Mathematician and Fields medalist recipient Manjul Bhargava to lead this project.

## He is the first Indian origin person to win the coveted mathematical honour – Fields medal.

#‪#‎He‬ met HRD Minister Smriti Irani and agreed to ‘recruit’ scientists in the US and across the world to participate in the Global Initiative of Academic network (GIAN).