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UGC, MHRD organises a Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY–2020

UGC, MHRD organises a Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY–2020

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Friday, 7 August 2020

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Friday, 7 August 2020

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UGC, MHRD organises a Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY–2020

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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION

 MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

 

Conclave

on

 

Transformational Reforms in Higher Education

under 

NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY–2020

Friday, 07 August, 2020

10:00AM - 11:45 AM INAUGURAL SESSION

 

 

10.00-10.10 AM

Welcome Address

Prof. D.P. Singh

Chairman, UGC

10.10-10.20 AM

Opening Remarks

Shri Amit Khare

Secretary, HE

10.20-10.35 AM

Key Note Address

Dr. K. Kasturirangan

Chairman,

Committee for draft NEP

10.35-10.45 AM

Address

Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre

Hon'ble Minister of State for HRD

10.45-11.00 AM

Address

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development

11.00 onwards

Inaugural Address

Shri Narendra Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

12.00-01.00 PM

SESSION I

HOLISTIC, MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND FUTURISTIC EDUCATION

 

 

 

Chair:

Prof. D. P. Singh,  Chairman, UGC

 

 

 

 

Speakers:

  1. Prof. M.K. Sridhar,

Member, Committee for draft NEP

 

  1. Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

 

  1. Prof. E. Suresh Kumar,

Vice-Chancellor, EFLU Hyderabad

 

Observations of Participants

 

 

BREAK

02.00-02.45PM

SESSION II

CATALYSING QUALITY RESEARCH

 

 

 

Chair:

Prof. K VijayRaghavan Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

 

 

 

 

Speakers:

1. Prof. Manjul  Bhargava

Member, Committee for draft NEP

2. Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan,

Vice-Chairman, UGC

3. Prof. Anurag Kumar

 Former Director, IISc Bengaluru

 

Observations of Participants

 

 

02.45-03.30 PM

SESSION III

EQUITABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR BETTER REACH IN EDUCATION

 

 

 

Chair:

Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE

 

 

Speakers:

1. Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi

Director, IIT-Madras

 

 

2. Prof. Nageshwar Rao

Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU Delhi

 

3. Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas,

Director , NIT, Trichy

 

Observations of Participants

 

03.30-04.00 PM

CONCLUDING SESSION

 

3.30-3.35 PM

Welcome

Prof. Rajnish Jain,

Secretary, UGC

3.35-3.40 PM

Address

Shri Amit Khare,

Secretary, HE

3.40-3.45 PM

Release of UGC Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions to offer Apprenticeship/Internship embedded Degree Programme

 

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development

3.45-3.55 PM

Address

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development

03.55-4.00PM

Closing Remarks and vote of thanks

Prof. D.P. Singh

Chairman, UGC

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

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