Strategies for Strengthening Inter-Institute Interaction

Seema Shah-Principal, VIT

Agenda

• Establish a Consortium of colleges• Share best practices among Institutes• Initiate interaction among institutes at– Institute level– Institute level– TPO level– HoD level

As a nation:

• We are not a third world • Developing nation • We have loud clear footprints in terms of technology developments technology developments

• World is getting flatter • People are:– Networked, net ziens with net vices

– Cloud Commune 2010

Scenario today• The technological revolution:

– New types of jobs for graduates– Changed nature of the classroom because of Internet/ mobile devices

• The information explosion• The information explosion– Huge and rapidly increasing quantity of information widely available

– Lack of review and control of information quality– Shift from remembering facts to finding and evaluating information

Expectations from Graduates-1• Education today is undergoing a new cycle of profound change worldwide as students prepare to participate in the global economy.

• Graduates today need to possess: – Creativity, – Problem-solving, – Communication – Analytical thinking

Expectations from Graduates-2

• Must now develop the attitudes and skills necessary to functionglobally, right from the time they first enter the workforce

• Empowered through the mastery of intellectual and practicalskillsInformed by knowledge about the natural and social worlds and• Informed by knowledge about the natural and social worlds andabout forms of inquiry basic to these studies

• Responsible for their personal actions and for civic values.

Education reform Initiative• Strategic plan for reforms in education • Proposed and are implementing PanchRatna to achieve global scale and quality through: – Excellence in research by promoting innovation and entrepreneurshipentrepreneurship

– Focus on faculty development and technology usage– Learning from showcased initiatives and global collaborations– Conducive policy and governance environment

– PanIIT Summit Report

Networking

• Resource sharing

• Performance

• Synergy

Inter Institute Networking• Openness at all tiers (Principals, HoDs, TPOs and faculties)• Tech savvyness (ICT in education)

• Sharing Best Practices to focus on:– Improving employability of students– Improving employability of students– Inculcating R & D culture among faculty – Industry Institute interaction

Best Practices

• Varieties of Excellence – Quality of curriculum – Quality of teaching– Research– Research– ‘Responsiveness’ or relevance to ‘service’ activities such as research contracts or consultancies

Strategies • Develop Institute level database for resource sharing (faculty expertise, Learning resources)– Interaction of Subject experts– Sharing of Project ideas and inputs from Project guides

• Research projects – collaboration • Research projects – collaboration • Conferences for inculcating R&D culture • STTPs and Workshops for faculty development (Teachers as Learners )

• Syllabus Orientation Programmes for academic competency for delivering curriculum

The Learner for 21st century!

• The technical skills, the people skills, and the innovation skills• Has the capability:

– Knows everything– Can do anything– Works with anybody anywhere– Works with anybody anywhere– Imagines and can make the imagination a reality

Reference: The Engineering Profession in the 21st Century – educational needs and societal challenges facing the profession by Diran Apelian

Conferences and STTPs at VIT

• National Conference: Innovations in Electronics,Computers and IT in March 2011

• STTPs in January 20111. Information Storage Management & Disaster Recovery (IMSDR):1. Information Storage Management & Disaster Recovery (IMSDR):

Jointly Organized by EMC Corporation & VIT2. Trends on RF and Microwave Engineering” by Electronics and

Telecommunication Department3. Teaching Methodologies for Contemporary Environment by

Humanities Department

Strategies for Strengthening Inter-Institute Interaction

Summarization 1. Interaction with Industry to understand future IT job market

demands 2. Awareness about Introduction of a new subject : ‘Information

Storage Management and Disaster Recovery ‘ and its relevance in the industry – Plans to make faculty ready for this new subject

3. Establish a Consortium of colleges across Mumbai and those affiliated to the University of Mumbai: – Share best practices among institutes at Institute level, TPO level and HoD

level •

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