Clarity on how to serve neighbourhood community
If in governance of an institute you are boasting about serving neighbourhood community, boast not. Just do your “Karma”. But do you know what karma you should do ? Check if your list is more empowering and relevant than the following:- 1. Introducing 2-credit courses in curriculum on the related subjects like saving environment and […]
NEP 2020 implementation: FAQs
Q.1 We lack clarity. Can we delay implementation of NEP 2020 by one more academic year ? Ans : If yours is not a NEP compliant institute so far, this inaction is potentially damaging and risking students’ career. The affected students won’t be able to (a) avail flexibility in ‘entry and exit’ options at Certificate, […]
Are you NEP 2020 Compliant HEI ?
In any accreditation or 12 (b) visit, it is almost given that a visiting team would require you to demonstrate implementation of NEP 2020. Leave alone a visit or a perceived fear of facing it on this count, it is an inescapable for any higher education institute to go along the grain or else, it […]
The short and long of IQAC
The Role of IQAC is assurance and promotion of quality. Assurance is to do all it can to help attain, well-developed quality standards set by the Management through IQAC by showing the way to (a) what are quality standards (b) what quality processes and practices would work better in attaining the set standards (c) periodic […]
Five Criteria essential to identify a best of best NAAC Consultant for your institute
Five Criteria essential to identify a best of best NAAC Consultant for your institute Criterion 1: Institutes should fact-check credentials of a Consultant and engage only an academician who is well-versed with various nuances and best practices in academics, particularly in the major disciplines/programs run by the institute. For example, a professor of engineering or […]
Are you growing or sinking as a higher education institute? Fact check your coefficient of disruption
NEP 2020 gives a world of opportunities to multi-disciplinary learning and skill-building. Are we leveraging some of those in our colleges and universities? What after all, holds our institutes from not shaking themselves enough from the status quo ? Is this a reason that some institutes leadership simply doesn’t think disruptively or is not capable […]
The Role and Certification of NAAC Consultants
The Role and Certification of NAAC Consultants NAAC quite recently received a massive jolt from the print media, particularly TOI, when it exposed questionable grades awarded to some undeserving universities and colleges. All chinks in the so -called armour were badly exposed. However, the fissures couldn’t be removed as NAAC scrambled to set the house […]
Clarity on NAAC Infra related Metrics- Budget Planning & Expenditure
Clarity on NAAC Infra related Metrics- Budget Planning & Expenditure * NAAC seeks expenses incurred by HEI over the 5 years, year-wise under 3 budget heads as under:- 1. Development & Augmenting of infra :- optimum benchmarked at 40% of the total expenses (minus salary payouts) 2. Library : Books, e books, journals, e journals […]
How you should begin implementing NEP 2020
How you should begin implementing NEP 2020 * There are a few initiatives, your University/college can take now and be ahead of others in implementing NEP-2020. 1. If yours is at least “A”NAAC or within 100 NIRF rank institute, plan your programs to be delivered in 2022-23 now, to be uploaded on the Academic Bank […]
NAAC process or high benchmarks can’t intimidate if you build a strong academic quality foundation
Let me cover one practice of laying a quality foundation for an academic governance of your institute Academic governance, we know, is like a partly explored deep, dark and huge jungle of Amazon. You barely succeed in cutting through some way into it, but continuously need to keep looking at your back and clearing the […]
