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Manipal Academy of Higher Education ‐ the Only Private Indian University Featured in the QS World Rankings for Medicine & Pharmacy Subjects DNYANA GANGA D.M's College and Research Centre Library E-Bulletin Date: 12/03/2019 Vol. No.10 Issue No. 01 Compiled By: Dr. Jayaprakash Librarain Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Centre, Assagao, Bardez, Goa – 403 507 About this e-bulletin It is a compilation of information from different sources which would be of interest to professionals, academicians and students. While adequate care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of links provided, we do not accept any liability. If you have any interesting information to share or to provide feedback, pl. write to [email protected] O.P. Jindal Global varsity, University of Wollongong ink strategic partnership India's O.P. Jindal Global University and the University of Wollongong (UoW) in Australia's New South Wales have signed a strategic partnership/memorandum of understanding through which students and faculty members from each institution can spend time at the other in short or longer term exchange programmes. The objective is "not only to begin a solid partnership between JGU and UoW but also to provide a strong platform for engagement between the two Universities that would qualitatively impact the learning and growth of students and faculty alike," a UoW statement said. Welcoming the JGU delegation, UoW Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings said: "We are delighted with this first step ‐‐ in what we hope will be a long term friendship with a very fine Indian higher education institution. JGU, though a young university, has already made a solid name for itself in many areas of teaching, research and community engagement. We view this partnership as a strategic development to help us ‐within a higher education context ‐‐ further strengthen the social, cultural and economic links between Australia and India. We feel that JGU is an ideal institution through which to enable that development." Apart from student exchange opportunities, faculty and researchers at both universities can conduct joint research and joint teaching, while encouraging collaboration in international publications. "This collaborative spirit exemplifies the noteworthy work conducted by JGU's Centre for India Australia Studies (CIAS), headed by Professor Shaun Star. The CIAS was founded by Professor Star three years ago and is the first and only Centre with a focus on the India‐Australia bilateral relationship embedded within an Indian Higher Education Institution. The CIAS has hosted hundreds of Australians in India since the Centre's inauguration; and continue to be a strong site for building awareness of Australia in India, while fostering very solid ties in the bilateral relationship," the statement said. Noting that JGU celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, Vice Chancellor Professor C. Raj Kumar said: "As the youngest Indian university to break into the QS Asia and QS BRICS rankings, (this) signing reflects JGU's genuine commitment to fostering partnerships of mutually beneficial value with leading global universities." "As part of this, we are especially keen to deepen our ties with Australian higher education institutions. And so I am particularly pleased that JGU students will have the unique opportunity to learn at the University of Wollongong, one of the best modern higher education institutions ranked within the top 250 global universities," he added. Speaking on the occasion, Professor Colin Picker, UoW's Dean, Faculty of Law, said: "Wollongong is delighted with the partnership and we look forward to it as a step toward strengthening collaboration with the leading set of Indian‐and indeed Asian universities, including JGU." Professor Star also remarked that the partnership reflects the vision of the Vice Chancellors of JGU and UoW that collaboration in higher education leads not only to stronger institutional ties but bridges the gap between Australia and India. "This partnership will create stronger people‐to‐people linkages and research collaborations between students and faculty in India and Australia. This can only be a good thing for both nations," he added. Source: https://www.business‐standard.com/article/news‐ians/o‐p‐jindal‐global‐varsity‐ university‐of‐wollongong‐ink‐strategic‐partnership‐119030400289_1.html Govt to ease norms for technical institutes from coming session • Better performing schools can increase their class size and offer new courses in keeping with demands • The move looks to be an extension of the human resource development ministry’s initiative to relax regulation in higher education NEW DELHI: The Union government will reduce inspection, curb over‐regulation and allow a degree of autonomy to technical institutions, including business and IT schools. The new rules will come into force from the coming academic year and once in place, will allow better performing schools to hire teaching staff from abroad without government approval. It will also allow these schools to increase their class size and offer new courses in keeping with market demands, said Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman of the All India Council of Technical Education or AICTE, the technical education regulator of the country. “We have debated the issue for several months and have decided to go ahead. We want to play a facilitator’s role for all those institutions who are established and doing well," Sahasrabudhe said. The move looks to be an extension of the human resource development ministry’s initiative to relax regulation in higher education. The government gave significant autonomy to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to run almost independently through their board. It has also allowed a certain amount of autonomy in academic and administrative matters to universities. “...AICTE recognizes that autonomy is pivotal to promoting and institutionalizing excellence in higher education and that the regulatory framework needs to facilitate better performing institutions towards excellence in higher education," the regulator said in the rules it has shared with institutions.Over‐regulation has been a constant problem for the Indian education system. It has been long argued by educators that education regulators in India should be facilitators of quality education rather than inspectors. However, to be eligible to enjoy the benefit, courses offered by such technical institutions need to be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). They need to have a score of 700 and above in a scale of 1000. Institutions falling in the top 500 ranks globally too will have an added advantage as per the rules. HarivanshChaturvedi, director of the Birla Institute of Management and Technology in Greater Noida, welcomed the step and said it was long overdue. “There has long been a demand for reduction of unwanted paperwork, yearly approvals and run‐around to the offices of AICTE. We have met the authority several times... The AICTE move will encourage institutions to perform better and encourage standalone institutions to go for NBA accreditation,"saidChaturvedi. Institutions having a score of over 750 in the NBA accreditation scale can hire— without AICTE permission—20% foreign faculty from top 500 universities in the world on a contract or tenure basis.“Stand‐alone institutions shall be free to admit foreign students on merit, subject to a maximum of twenty percent, over and above of the strength of their approved domestic students. Stand‐alone institutions would be free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without any restriction," the rules said, a copy of which has been reviewed by Mint. Such institutions will be allowed to build in an incentive structure to attract talented faculty, with the condition that the “incentive structure shall have to be paid from their own revenue sources and not from AICTE or government funds".Though the institutions will be free to design their incentive structures, they will need to inform the regulator within 30 days of their management board approving the structures. Institutions with a score of less than 700 in the NBA accreditation process will be offered two windows every year to prove that they have improved their quality standing. Source:https://www.livemint.com/ MPs, MLAs can be allowed to teach: UGC The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended that teachers who are members of Parliament or legislative assemblies be allowed to teach and do research when their respective House sessions are on, according to two commission officials familiar with developments. The higher education regulator held discussions on the matter on a reference from Rajya Sabha regarding the salary and perquisites given to such MPs, one official said. At least two Rajya Sabha MPs — Rakesh Sinha of BJP and Manoj Jha of RJD — are teachers in Delhi University. According to the recommendations, such teachers may draw their salaries from the university they are teaching in and their allowances from the parliamentary or legislative secretariat. They should be marked “on duty” when they attend House sessions or undertake any parliamentary or legislative assignments. Moreover, the university/college should appropriately assign their workloads to ensure their teaching assignments do not suffer, the recommendations, which will shortly be placed before the Rajya Sabha secretariat, said. However, such teachers should not hold any administrative position in the university/ college during their term as MPs/ MLAs so their legislative work does not suffer, the first UGC official said. According to the second official, the UGC has opted not to go into matters relating to office of profit and suggested that they be looked into and decided by the parliamentary or legislative secretariat. According to Articles 102(1)(a) and 191(1)(a) of the Constitution, an MP or MLA is barred from holding an office of profit as it can put them in a position to gain a financial benefit. Two years ago, former PM Manmohan Singh — an RS MP from Assam — had sought clearance from the parliamentary panel on office of profit to accept a teaching offer from Panjab University. The panel gave him clearance, noting that teaching in educational institutions would not attract office of profit provisions.
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