Jaipur, A round table conference on “A Roadmap for Higher Education in Rajasthan” being organized at Puskhar on August 31 and September 1, 2013 will highlight the challenges in the field in the state and evolve strategies for improving the quality and creating skilled workforce through ingenious steps and innovations.
The Rajasthan State Planning Board (SPB) and the Central University of Rajasthan (CUR) are jointly organizing the two-day event at Ananta Spa & Resorts, Pushkar. The conference will be conducted under the chairmanship of Prof. V.S. Vyas, Deputy Chairman, SPB & Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Eminent scholars from across the country are being invited for taking part in this significant brainstorming dialogue.
SPB Member and Chairman, Working Group on Education, Prof. Ashok Bapna, said here today that the youths must be given necessary skills which can help them get meaningful employment. “To harness demographic dividend of the young population, we need an education system that can deliver quality and create skilled and industry-ready workforce,” he said.
Though the growth of higher education sector in India as well as in Rajasthan has been phenomenal in last one decade both in terms of growth of number of institutions as well as increase in student enrolments, the quality of students passing out of institutions is a serious concern. This will be a significant issue to be addressed by experts during the round table.
The findings of some ongoing studies in IIM Udaipur, Central University of Rajasthan, RajasthanTechnicalUniversity and other reputed institutions will also be presented in the conference.
These studies will include “Corporate Sector Participation in Rajasthan’s Higher Education”, “Innovative Applied Research in Technical & Higher Education in Rajasthan”, “Role of Universities in Empowerment of Socio-Economically Challenged Sections of Rajasthan”, “Bridging the Employability Gap”, “Faculty Engagement in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities”, and “Challenges in Implementation of the RTE in Rajasthan: Policy Implications”.
Researchers will also present the results of a study undertaken by the Working Group on Education on attracting and retaining good faculty in institutions. Prof. Bapna said Innovation and Research, Culture of Higher Education Institutions, Challenges in Attracting Faculty, Challenges in Retaining Faculty, Importance of and Satisfaction with Functions, and Faculty Engagement in terms of Distribution of Time were prominent dimensions for understanding anatomy of the system.
Prof. Bapna pointed out that the studies would provide sound base to carry forward the dialogue. Some of the leading educationists participating in the event will include Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Padma Vibhushan Prof. M.M. Sharma, Mr. T.V. Mohandas Pai, Dr. S.S. Mantha, Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Prof. Yogesh Atal and Dr. Narendra Jadhav.
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