Present-day students are far more sensitive. Take good care
1. Words can be hurtful as physical abuse. Don’t ever say a student, useless. 2. Overbearing pressure on a student doesn’t improve performance or creativity. Instead, choose to become a part of a student’s learning journey. Think honestly, how can you help, and then help. 3. Discipline, a Big YES. If left completely free of […]
Institutes should dare to implement the NEP-driven and UGC notified reforms
There were some institutions in India like BITS Pilani who showed the way on how to dare and implement education reforms. BITS went on to launch WILP programs decades ago what MIT did in the USA. I learnt this only when I started reviewing and revising BITS WILP programs 6 years ago that it had […]
Grossly ignored Academic priorities in some Private Universities requiring improvements
A number of institutions fed on unfair practices have grown into big fat universities. No less, some of the meat exporters in global markets are amongst the richest in India. You must be wondering why am I drawing a parallel as this ! All I want to say is that people do succeed even when […]
A compendium to save and dovetail it with IDP if you so consider.
☄️ AI is not a bubble but a growth engine, and perhaps the biggest disruptor ever. Therefore, know what would it take us to make our students AI literate and proficient to become better employable and better entrepreneurs. Conducting national/international conferences on AI for students or setting up a Centre of Excellence for the sake […]
Who is your University Compliance Officer ?
Receiving regulations, notification from the State Education Councils, UGC and host of other regulatory bodies, accreditation and ranking, AISHE etc.? Often these communications are addressed to the VCs who assign these to the Registrars or Dir IQACs for compliance. Sometimes, VCs are at loss to understand who would be the right person. A pushover Registrar […]
State, State Private and Central Universities’ Technical programs don’t require AICTE annual e-Approval ?
Background AICTE is a standard setting and regulatory body like BCI, ICAR, NCTE, MCI but poor thing, can’t exercise control over its technical programs being run in universities. It must be feeling the pain of having been deprived of the power by the Hon’ble Supreme Court since 2001. While other regulatory bodies enjoy sending their […]
Wonder why NAAC has assigned Function of collection and analysis of Students Feedback to IQAC ?
IQAC Functions clause (d) provides -“Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes”. Well in my opinion, Feedback on curriculum, syllabus and teaching-learning (an academic quality related process) should be kept out of IQAC preview. Obtaining Students Feedback is an academic executive function. A program-specific feedback on mid-sem and end-sem is […]
NAAC, NIRF and HEIs Role in Creating jobs for the Students
Jobs are few in the market but students graduating are far too many and mounting. The fissure is almost scary. The government, education regulators, accrediting n’ ranking bodies as also the HEIs must rise quickly to fix it. One of the patent solutions lies in the HEIs building capacity in Entrepreneurship and enable Startups with […]
Visionary Vice Chancellors and Principals build culture ; not just drive academic compliances to meet institute’s core purpose
You want to be a trailblazer, a run-away institution builder ? Build culture in your college or university. I’m sure the Founders of your institute also want you to do so. Nothing can drive institute’s personnel and environment better than its well-embedded work culture. Culture builds class which is permanent. It leads accomplishments with a […]
Turn to Academic Quality and be “Better than the Most”
Two and quarter years ago, in one workshop on quality in a university, I was asked, how would I define ‘quality’. I said, I wasn’t some philosopher, but I can try answering you from my experience. I feel that if you are able to deliver a product a service or personal conduct better than the […]
