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Centre for Academic and Professional Support

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Overview

Who We Are

Centre for Academic and Professional Support (CAPS) is an independent student-led initiative at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, focused on enhancing academic and professional excellence.

Through our “learning while working” approach, we nurture leadership, encourage peer mentoring, and empower students, faculty, and researchers to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital world. CAPS serves as a dynamic hub for growth, where individuals refine their skills, gain industry insights, and collaborate for meaningful impact.

The Centre for Academic and Professional Support (CAPS) is dedicated to fostering holistic skill development by providing resources and structured support systems that enhance learning experiences in both fundamental and applied knowledge domains.

The Centre offers opportunities for growth through training, mentoring, and peer support, extending its services to students, faculty, and non-teaching staff.

Purpose and Scope
Purpose

To provide academic and professional skill support to students and faculty through peer trainers from the student body, fostering knowledge exchange, collaboration, and expertise development.

Scope

CAPS aims to reach all students, scholars, teaching faculty members, and other staff of the University through structured initiatives and professional development programs.

Vision

To be the benchmark in the global academic circles in providing professional and academic-based solutions to in-house as well as external customers. 

Mission

To provide not only a shared platform for the entire university, but also to exchange knowledge and experience, in order to harness expertise in the academic as well as professional sphere. 

Mission

Objectives

    • To promote the spirit of volunteering through peer training initiatives.To transform the traditional classroom learning setup into an interactive, personalised, 24x7 learning system led primarily by peer trainers. To support and foster learning that focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach to critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, teamwork, etc.To introduce experiential, holistic, integrated, inquiry-driven, student-centred, discussion-based, flexible learning and teaching experiences.
    • To build character and enable learners to be ethical, rational, compassionate and caring while, at the same time, preparing them for gainful and successful employment.
    • To create awareness of the importance of academic and professional skills for excellence in academia and professional workspaces.
    • To provide academic and professional support that empowers students in areas of academic writing, research formatting, professional submissions, placement preparation, and managerial presentations.
    • To complement and fill the gaps in the existing curriculum and provide the required skills for the holistic growth of individuals to suit the dynamic employment landscape.
    • To provide effective channels of interaction using the existing resources and harnessing expertise (dynamism of the student community and experience & competence of the teaching fraternity) to share and communicate knowledge.
       
CHRIST
(Deemed to be University)

Christ University Road, 30 Valor Court At Post: Dasve Lavasa,Taluka: Mulshi Pune 412112, Maharashtra

Tel: 1800-123-2009

Email: mail.lavasa@christuniversity.in

Web: https://lavasa.christuniversity.in

Vision

EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE

Mission

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is a nurturing ground for an individual's holistic development to make effective contribution to the society in a dynamic environment.

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