IEP Chandigarh, October 16
A national conclave on ‘revolution in higher education’ was held at Chandigarh campus of SVKM’s NMIMS, a deemed-to-be-university at Sarangpur. During the conclave, experts from education and industry reviewed current education practices and deliberated upon the challenges. The deliberations consisted of experts panels addressing issues like a prologue on higher education, engineering –a pathway to innovation, contemporary business practices, focus on service industry/start-ups in higher education and empowering service industry for Indian economic growth.
Addressing the conclave, Prof. (Dr.) Jaskiran Kaur, campus director spoke on the need for innovation and technology upliftment.
Speaking during a panel discussion, Dr. Satish Kumar, chief scientist Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Sensors and Systems (ISenS) said, “Engineering students should learn science and vice-a-versa which can lead to the emergence of multi-disciplinary technologies. Innovating from mind to market is also part of the innovation process. Edge computing, AI, and quantum computing require deeper penetration and one should have expert knowledge in one area.”
Prof. (Dr.) G S Bajpai, VC Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Patiala stressed upon the role of the credit-based system, NEP, and steps taken by higher education bodies nowadays, especially for law students. He stressed the usage of digital resources, MooCs, swayam, and national knowledge resources for law students and faculty members.
Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Inder Singh, finance professor at University Business School, Punjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana , Ansul Khera, head of special projects, TIDE Platform and Major Dr. Gulshan Kumar, director general, ICSI also spoke during the occasion.
