With the awakening of national consciousness in the early years of the last century, a few notable efforts were made in British India to improve the system of education prevalent in India during that time. Gujrat vidyapeeth, started by Mahatma Gandhi, aimed at preparing youth to serve and uplift the rural masses; Shantiniketan tried to bring the cultures of the East and West into Universal harmony; Jamia Milla tried to educate the Muslims in keeping with the needs of the main Stream of National life; and the Gurukul Kangdi aimed at preserving the cultral heritage of the nation keeping with the requirements of the modern age. Inspired by the same spirit Pandit Janardan Rai Nagar established ‘Rajasthan Vidyapeeth’ in 1937 to uplift the down-trodden common man inthe feudal state of Mewar. Started as a night Study Centre for the Elementary, secondary and Advanced Courses in Hindi, our national language, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth has grown into a large complex of more than 50 institutions spread over several districts of Rajasthan.
Historically, Rajasthan has been a paradise for knowledge seekers, as it has a rich cultual heritage in the form of manuscripts, historic documents, icons epigraph and monuments. Late Maishi Pandit Janardan Rai Nagar’s initiative and vision led him to start the Prachin Sahitya Shodh Sansthan in 1941 to preserve, edit, translate and publish old manuscripts. Probably, it was a unique Institute of its kind in Rajasthan, which as established for the conservation of cultural heritage.
After the historic event of the unification of Rajasthan, ‘Hindi Vidyapeeth’ added new dimensions to its basic objectives. It became a leading Non-Government Organisation during the course of its journey and the founder Pandit Janardan Rai Nagar renamed it as Rajasthan Vidypeeth.
Early sixties proved to be the landmark in the history of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth when it decided to meet the challenges, which started springing up after independence. The first Prime Minister had deep faith in democracy and he decided to spread the message of sharing responsibilities at the grass-root level. As a result the Panchayati Raj institutions came nto existence. Rajasthan Vidyapeeth also decided to join hands with the GOI to share this responsibility and established Community Centres Department and Janta College during the Second Five-year plan. The objective was to provide benefits to the people of remote villages. It was the beginning of the full-fledged Institute of Adult & Continuing Education. During this period, Vidyapeeth started the new unit, which is called JANPAD, with the objective of propagating the knowledge of day-to-day local and national affairs for the urban society through black-board / broadcast service mass communication being the aim.
With the dawn of independence, there was a dire need to provide opportunities for higher education to the underprivileged section of the society, specially in the Tribal belt. The Evening College (Shramjeevi College) was the outcome of this idea. The basic objective of establishing the Evening (Shramjeevi) College was to admit the students who worked during day-hours and wanted to educate themselves for better job opportunities. During this period Rajasthan was also emerging as a potential state of Union Government of the India. Availability of trained professionals for industry / business was the urgent need of the time.
Keeping this in view Vidyapeeth initiated a Postgraduate course in the discipline of Social Work (MSW). Today, a large number of its alumni are working in various positions in Personnel and Management field throughout the country.
A number of other institutes likes Higher Secondary School, Secondary School, Post-basic School and the Centre for Fine Arts were also started by Vidyapeeth to provide education to all the sections of the society. The College of Teachers’ Training was another major event on the path of progress of Vidyapeeth during the seventies.
A special features of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth administration is what we call the ‘Janatantriaya Shilanyas’ (Democratic Foundation), i.e. its democratic way of life and work. Vidyapeeth is organized and run entirely by its workers and its basic philosophy is to provide.
Opportunity of participation to each worker in the decision making process through various constituent bodies. The entire administration is Divided into three-spheres has its own elected or nominated leader and body for the management of its affairs.
The prestige enjoyed by it during all these years is reflected in the fact that eminent personalities like Late Shri Bhopal Singh, Maharana of Mewar, Dr. Karan Singh of Kashmir, Shriyut Srimannarian, Mahapandit Shri Rahul Sankrityanan, etc. have graced the chair of Chancellor of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth. The eminent persons, who visited Vidyapeeth, include Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, Jai Prakash Narain, Vinoba Bhave, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Dr. Radha Krishnan. Col. Tod completed his historic book ‘ Annals and Antiquities of Rajputana’during his stay in the campus of this institution.The year 1987 was the landmark in the history of Vidyapeeth when the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and the University Grants Commission granted it the status of a deemed-to-be-University. Since then, a number of different types of courses, including professional ones, for the benefit of the society, have been launched. Its guiding objectives have invariably been to provide research based qualitative education to community through preservation and conservation of our socio-cultural values.
The institution is not only spreading its wings of education in the country itself but has also entered into the area of international studies through academic exchange of its students and faculty members of Slippery Rock University a prestigious University of USA. This is a step forward to the academic excellence and towards providing opportunity to the students and teachers of Rajasthan Vidyapeeth.
1. Candidates shall abide by the Rules & Regulations in force and those that may be issued by the University from time to time.
2. False declaration of Age, Qualification etc. by the candidate will disqualify his/her admission to the University.
3. Candidates who have not completed their qualifying exams, or who have appeared in the final exams and awaiting results can also enroll for the University Programme. However, the results should be submitted to the University before the first semester exam.
4. Incomplete admission form in any respect and without requisite fee will be summarily rejected.
5. Candidate seeking admission should pay the Programme/Tution, Registration and Examination fees in full at the Centre of the university. Please enclose, a set of photocopies of marks cards, Certificates, date of birth certificate and other documents with the application form duly filled-in and submit the same on or before the due/last date as mentioned in the advertisement at the Study Centre of the University.
6. The University does not take the responsibility for postal delays or loss of any document or letter in transit.
7. Candidates have to submit attested photocopy of all the documents relevant to education qualification (Xth onwards) and the date of birth proof duly attested by Gazetted Officer/Principal of School or college. The attested photocopy should be verified with original and signed & stamped by Centre Head of the Study Centre of the University.
8. The University reserves the right to change the course currculum whenever it will be felt that the change/modification could besty serve the interest of students and the potential employers from time to time.
9. In case of change of address, the RSD, Mumbai should be informed at least four weeks in advance to avoid any misplacement of the study material and any other correspondence.
10. The information given is an indication of the University’s plans as on date of publication of this document. Details can be modified from time to time for academic and operational reasons. The students will be governed by latest regulations applicable to them during academic year.
11. In the event of any inconsistency in the rules framed for admission or in the event of any clarification with respect to the above said rules/instructions the matter shall be referred to the Vice Chancellor for interpretation and the interpretation given by the Vice Chancellor shall be final. The Vice Chancellor is also competent to remove any inconsistency and decide as to which provision shall take precedence over the other.
12. The University will not refund fees once paid to the eligible candidates under any circumstances. However, refund of fees is permissible only when an applicant is ineligible due to any reason. The fees paid by such candidate shall be refunded after deduction of 25% of the total amount paid by him/her with the approval of the Director of the University.
13. No application form for admission received after the last specified for the pupose will be entertained. However, in case the last date of receipt of application is a holiday or that day is declared holiday by the University, the next working day will be considered as the last date for the purpose.
14. Money orders, IPO, or any other mode of payment directly to the University will not be accepted. The University will not be responsible for any loss through such mode of payments. All the fees should only be paid to Study Centres of the University.
15. Students are required to preserve carefully the fee paid receipt for all payments made to the University, as it is the only valid document accepted. They will have to produce this copy at the time of obtaining examination admission ticket, marks cards or relevant documents at the Study Centre.
16. Identity Card bearing Permanent Enrollement number, will be issued to every student after the admission is finalized.
17. In all correspondence with the University the students shall quote his/her Enrollement No., programme and name of the Study Centre where they have enrolled.
18. Medium of Instruction and Examination shall be English.
19. For Registration and Examination purposes, for the entire course, migration certificates will not be required.
20. Extension in the last date of submission of Registration form shall be decided only by the University.
21. In case a paper is dropped from the course of study as a result of any revision the Institute would indicate a suitable paper in lieu thereto.
22. If any student wants to obtain bonafide certificate from the University, they have to give request in writing along with photocopy of I-Card and Enrollment slip. The application should be forwarded through the Study Centre and Regional Service Division, Mumbai of the University.
23. All legal disputes, if any, shall come under the jurisdiction of Court in UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN.
Self Learning Material (slm)
The Study Materials are prepared in self learning format. The SLMs are different from the text books. As per guidelines of DEC, New Delhi, The Programs are divided into a Course and the Course is subdivided into Blocks. Eack Block has 3 to 5 Units and each Block covers 1 credit which is equivalent to 30 hrs. of study by a dtudent comprising all activities i.e.; Reading and comprehending the print material, listening watching CDs, attending counselling session and writing assignment responses.
Theory Counseling
The University has its own network of Program Study Centers all over India. For the convenience of learners the Program Study Centers are provide Theory Counselling and Library facilities to the learners.
Practical & Training Work
University has its own set up of Work Centres all over India, which are attached to the Program Study Centers as per requirement of the learners. The Work Centers is provides Practical Counselling to the learners.
1. Students who have passed Diploma in any branch of Engineering from State/Central Govt. recognised Technical Board/Institution/University or BSc. in any stream with subject as Mathematics shall be allowed direct admission in 2nd year i.e. (IIIrd semester) of B.Tech. Such candidate may also change their branch of study at B.Tech level.
2. 12th Technical or I.T.I. or M.C.V. or N.C.V.T. or Certificate course from RVD, Udaipur or equivalent can join any branch in the 2nd year (III semester) of Diploma irrespective of their trade.
3. Exemptions may be granted in paper(s) or semester(s) depending on the subject(s) cleared by the candidate by actually passing of the subject(s) and successfully completing the exam, which include those subjects from the recognized Institution/Colleges/University. Exemptions if eligible are not to be taken for ‘granted’ but must be asked for while submitting the Registration and Exam form along with the attested copies of relevant certificates, mark sheets and exemption fee. Exemptions granted will be shown only in the mark list of the examination sent to the candidates. No separate individual intimation will be given.
4. The students who are doing similar courses from a recognized University/Board of Education/Institution will be allowed to join the next semester for the same course but in this case the student shall be appearing for the paper which were not covered in the previous semester but the student has to study at least for two years in the University for the award of certificate.
1. Examination fees should be paid along with the registration form.
2. Only in case of resitting candidates, examination form will be filled.
3. There will be semester system of examination, i.e. examination for all the courses shall be held twice in a year i.e. in the months of June and December every year or on such dates as may be fixed by the University.
4. Each candidate shall be examined according to the scheme of examination and syllabus as approved by the University, the copy of the syllabus, student shall collect from the Study Centre or they can download the same from the University website at www.rvduniversity.com
5. The first year examination shall be open to a candidate who Satisfied the following requirements.
a. Has passed the qualifying examinations (as mentioned under the eligibility criterion) of a statutory Board/University.
b. Has been on the rolls of the Study Centre through out the semester preceding the examinations.
c. Has attended a minimum of 75% lectures delivered to the class in each paper for which the candidate wishes to appear.
6. Each paper shall consist of 100 marks for theory paper. For the subjects which are practical oriented extra practical examination will be conducted for 100 marks for the same paper.
7. Evaluation system shall have Internal Assesment as well as Final Examination as given below:
Internal assessment (Continuous Evaluation) : 25 marks
* The term end Eaxamination schedule of examination center shall be informed through the admit card and also through the website: www. rvduniversity.com the examination center will be different from learning center & eligible students will be given admit cards to appear the examination.
The System of Evaluation for Distance Education Students is as per rules of DEC, New Delhi.
University has Three-Tier of Evaluation
1. Self Learning Material with in each unit of the SLMs.
2. Continuous evaluation, mainly through Assignment Tutor Marked (TMAs) or Computer Marked (CMAs) for throry as well as practical or each course and Seminar/Project/Workshop/Training.
3. The Term End Examination for theory, practical & viva as per rules or the University.
Marks Distribution and Minimum Passing Marks
1. A candidate shall be declared passed in the examination, if he/she secures at least 40% marks in internal assignment and external examination separately and 50% marks in the aggregate including practical and project.
2. Candidates are required to pass in Theory as well as in Practical subjects separately. A candidate who secures above 50% marks and below 60% marks will be awarded grade C and above 60% and below 75% marks grade B and above marks Grade A in the Final Semester/Year.
3. No grace marks shall be awarded individually in Assignment, Practical and Project. The grace marks will be awarded only on aggregate marks of the Theory papers upto 1% maximum of two Papers. No Grace marks will be awarded in due papers.
Theory Examination (Term End Examination)
Each Theory Exam of each course (paper) is of 75 marks and minimum passing percentage is 40% or 30% marks.
Practical Examination (Term End Examination)
Each Practical Exam of each year/semester is of 75 marks and minimum passing percentage is 40% or 30% marks.
The distribution of marks for Practical Examination is:
Written test based on Practical : 25 marks
Actual Laboratory Practical : 25 marks
Viva : 25 marks
Examination for the concerned course within the duration of the course plus two years from the date of his/her admission to the Ist semester of the course, failing which he will be deemed to be unfit for the concerned course.
* If a student fails in a subject(s), he will be given only 2 more chance to clear the subject.
1. Eight weeks after the completion of examination or as soon as possible thereafter, the University shall publish the result will be published on www.rvduniversity.com and the marks card will be sent to the respective Study Centre. Candidates who have successfully cleared all the papers shall be awarded a degree.
2. Successful candidates who obtain 60% or more of the aggregate of all the semesters examination taken together shall be placed in the first division, those who obtain 50% marks or more but less than 60% in the second division. Successful candidates who obtain 70% or more marks in the aggregate shall be placed in the first division with distinction.
3. For any student failing in some paper, if they pass in re-sitting, fresh mark list showing the marks obtained in previous semester as will as present semester will be issued to them.
1. Student shall be promoted to the next semester irrespective of number of papers failed but the student shall clear all the previous pending paper before enrolling for the final semester.
2. The student can enroll for the next semester before the announcement of the result.
3. A candidate who fails, remains absent in one or more papers or complete semester will be eligible to reappear for both the examination i.e. previous as well as present to be conducted by the University.
1. Normally the change of Study Centre is not encouraged by the University but in some exceptional cases the change of Study Centre by the student may be entertained.
2. The candidates will not be allowed to change their Study Centre in the same city, but in exceptional cases student will have to take NOC from the Study Centre and the University.
3. Change of Study Centre in mid session is not allowed under any circumstances.
4. Under abnormal condition if the student wants to change the Study Centre outside the city of there present Study Centre then they have to first obtain the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the existing Study Centre and has to submit the same along with the re-registration form to the center where they want to join but before doing so they have to first obtain the permission from the University.
