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“BITS Pilani, RV College of Management, Amity University, NSIT, Sharda University, Poornima University, Jaipuria School of Business, JIMS and 72 more eminent institutes of India have the faculty/institute seeking consultancy from Prof Sharma. We continue to create success stories with our consultancy. Simply put, we are worth your trust”

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It all began in the year 2009 with Prof JR Sharma, accepting an assignment to teach civil services’ senior officers, mostly IRS and IAS officer at the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM a leading centre for excellence- financial management institute under Ministry of Finance with Union Finance Minister as its Chairman). He aptly realized that there was a compelling need for the institute to re-structure its programs and bring-in faculty which would be capable of imparting knowledge through top international, well-formed case studies, project-based self learning and has a relevant industry experience. It set into a motion an idea to start an initiative that resonates on global best practices in teach-learning. Later on joining City Innovates, a highly credible IT Company as its CIO and Director, he initiated a vertical on HEIs accreditations that later flourished into an agency by its name Higher Education Accreditation and continues to be one of the leading accrediting agencies in India.

‘STEMVOGEL Consultancy (OPC) Private Limited’ incorporated under Company’s Act 2013 was established in HSR Layout, Bangalore to meet a very large accreditation demand of HEIs in the South region of India which currently and decidedly has a cut over the North in yearning for the quality academics. STEM denotes Science, Technology, Engineering, Management and VOGEL denotes the bird that carries the STEM in its flight. With Prof Sharma as its sole Managing Director and Principal Consultant, it envisions to meet the aspirations of HEIs on accreditation, particularly in the South and South-West States of India. Backed by years of consulting the faculty and programs of over 82 universities and colleges in India personally, he is well poised to make deep inroads into meeting the education and skill needs of the HEIs in various fields of STEM and thus contribute to the society at large in establishing deep routes of global best practices in India.

International News: Interview with the Managing Director

Prof. JR Sharma is a distinguished academic luminary who has left an indelible mark on the development of higher education in India. With a diverse knowledge and expertise he has brought about significant changes in teachinglearning methodologies and academic governance. His profound impact has not only shaped the minds of future administrators but has also empowered faculty and academic leaders across the country. Having served as a professor at the esteemed National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Prof. Sharma has mentored some of the brightest minds in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), and Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS). His vast experience both in corporate and academics has significantly stood the civil servants in good stead in reflecting their learning to the service of the society. Through his mentorship and guidance, he has transformed the teaching practices of faculty members, enabling them to create remarkable learning experiences for their students.

Prof. Sharma’s deep understanding of both Indian and international education systems has placed him as a thought leader in the field. His work not only celebrates India’s intellectual heritage but also opens up new avenues for cross-cultural learning and collaboration. Here’s the Excerpt of the Interview taken by our special correspondent Khushboo Agrahari.

Can you tell us about your journey and what inspired you to become an academician and education reformer?

I owe it majorly to my childhood grooming by Dr. Ram Chand, my uncle, a medical graduate from Lahore in the pre-partition era. I was barely 9 years young when he began to prepare me for the world. He would write for me a 10-minute daily talk on our ancient culture, values, ethics, current affairs to be delivered during the daily morning prayers slot to nearly 500 students of the school, most of those being my seniors. It was here that a seed of passion was sown to gather knowledge and deliver it with an impact. I had barely stepped into the higher education that the war between India and Pakistan seemed imminent. Overwhelmed by the national fervor and extremely excited to enter
the war, I joined the Indian Army as an officer and served the nation in various ranks and as a Commanding Officer in insurgencies, fierce battles and wars with Pakistan. Prior to hanging my boots, I once again changed my focus to scholarly pursuits in academics and subsequently joined a lucrative corporate senior leadership as Chief Executive of a MNC that had higher education as one of its flagship verticals. I later went on to teach some of the brightest minds of India the senior civil services officers at the prestigious National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM). I soon learnt that a large number of higher education institutes in India were struggling in delivering a top-quality education. The quality of teaching-learning was rudimentary and learning practiced in health sciences institutes in the area of diagnosis was significantly obsolete, discovery of drugs laborious, and resulting treatment and surgery was not digitally fully optimized. I found the world going speedier than India. I stepped in to play my part and contribute to make teachers up-dated with the domain knowledge and contemporary teaching-learning so that they could stay relevant.

Article Source from : https://asianlite.com/2023/interview/enriching-higher-education-a-journey-of-academic-transformation-and-empowerment/

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The workshop was very informative about Cos, POs and PEOs. It will help us in the preparation of documents for NBA and NAAC. It will also helps us in the quality improvement of department and institute.

It was very informative and crisp. Specially the formats prepared/developed for documentation were very detailed and useful. It further helped us to elaborate new ideas and methodology. Thanking you and your team members.

Very innovative session. Highlighted many major points for NBA Accreditation. I wish to have more sessions of this type.

It's quite good. If it had happened little earlier then it would have been more beneficial in recent NBA inspection.

This FDP workshop has made me aware of a standard which needs to be adopted and implemented as the familiarity with such process for NBA to our department was nil. It has added to our knowledge how the process works and it is an input to our existing knowledge. Thanks to Prof. Sharma for his guidance and supervision.

Good and in depth introduction of NAAC and NBA. It will help us in applying for it. Detail process needs to be understood.

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