Vol-1 July 2015 No.3 PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¸ÀPÁðgÀ Government of Karnataka E-¸ÀÄ¢Ý ¥ÀwæPÉ e-News Letter G£ÀßvÀ ²PÀët E¯ÁSÉ DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION rd Siddaramaiah for yoga as optional subject 33 Annual convocation of Mangalore University. st rd Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on 21 June 2015 Sunday On the eve of 33 annual convocation of Mangalore th suggested yoga could be an optional subject in schools and University held on 17 June 2015, His Excellency colleges acros s the State and the Karnataka State Higher the Chancellor of the University and Governor of Karnataka Education Counci l (KSHEC) has taken a step in that direction. Shri. Vajubhai Vala ji, the Registrar and the Registrar Speaking during the first International yoga Day Celebration, (Evaluation), along with the recipients of Honorary Mr. Siddaramaiah said that yoga stood for peace and harmony, Doctorate Prof. Govardhan Mehta, Prof. B V K Choudhary and that school and college students would benefit from practicing yoga. According to him, as many as 12000 have been and Shri. Shashikiran Shetty ICT intiatives in Universities trained by the state Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy ,Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) Department. Educational Institutio ns have Physical Education as a subject and recently a five member committee appointed by KSHEC has moved yoga as a mandotary subject under UG Courses. SmartSmart KEYKEY KA ED A TA UC N The meeting of Vice Chancellors, Registrars, Finance TA R O I A N K officers and IT coordinators of all the Universities held on 8th June 2015 in the conference hall of KSHEC under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, to discuss about the KEY for Successor Success - KEY for - KEY Bright for Future Bright -Future KEY for - KEY All for All implementation of ICT activities in the Universities. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION 6th FLOOR, M.S. BUILDING, Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU-560001 www.spfukarnataka.in the meeting of all the Vice Chancellors, Registrars, Finance officers and IT coordinators of the Vol.1,No 3, July 2015 Contents Recruitment of Assistant Professors For Government First Grade Sl Page No Colleges in the State. Particular No Karnataka Examinations Authority Vide notification of even no. Readers’ Comments, India Lagging dated 22-01-2015 and 03-03-2015; has invited applications for recruitment of 2160 posts of Assistant Professors in Karnataka 01. Behind with 20% Gross Enrolment 03 Ratio (GER) in Higher Education Government First Grade Colleges through Competitive Examination, as per the provisions laid down in Government Worldwide Notification No. ED 300 DCE 2013 (Part-3), Bangalore dated 06- 02. 04 Students’ World, Job Portal. 11-2014 and Er 254 r¹E 2013 ¢£ÁAPÀ 26-02-2015 and “Karnataka Education Department Services (Collegiate Education 03. Teachers’ Class 05 Department) (Recruitment) (Special) Rules, 2014”. The examination process was temporarily kept in abeyance due to Activities of Visvesvaraya Technological 04. 06 technical reasons. Now the said 2160 posts of Assistant Professors University. revised post wise allotment list has been hosted by KEA on its Activities In Department of Collegiate Website http://kea.kar.nic.in for the information of candidates / 05. 07 Education. concerned. Therefore, interested eligible candidates can apply ‘online’ only from 22-07-2015 to 05-08-2015 and the last date to Activities in Department of Higher 06. 10 pay the prescribed fees is 06-08-2015. The candidates who have Education Council. already applied through online need not apply once again. Offline applications / applications in hard copies shall not be Activities in Department Of Technical 07. 12 accepted. The schedule for the Competitive Examination will be Education. notified shortly. (Sushama Godbole IAS) Executive Director. Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2015 Sir, Thank you very much. Innovations for Skills Development for the Future, Shri. B. G. Nandakumar, IAS, Don’t miss the deadline! In the first call for nominations for the 2015 Wenhui Commissioner for Collegiate Education, Bangalore has been Award, we asked you, what sort of skills are needed to posted as Secretary to the cope with continuous changes, and how can these skills Department of Kannada, Culture and be developed? The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Department of Information. The provided some answers. According to a recent survey, Education Department wishes him senior business executives agree that the top three skills great success in all his future their companies need are problem solving (50%), team endeavours. working (35%) and communication (32%). Of some Shri. B.G. Nanda kumar has initiated number of new and concern, however, is the perception of skills gap in the innovative programs and has paved way for reforms in the workplace by 52% of the executives. Even among the department - The department extends heartfelt thanks to him. 18-25 year olds surveyed, 56% believe that their Sir, Hearty welcome to you. education system is not providing them with the skills they need to enter the workforce, a view supported by Shri. Chakravarthi Mohan, IAS has 44% of teachers. The EIU report concludes that assumed charge as the Commissioner th education must concern itself more with the development for Collegiate Education on 26 June of skills and to respond to rapidly changing situations. 2015. The Department heartily Therefore, UNESCO Bangkok is calling for nominations welcomes Shri. Chakravarthi Mohan of innovative educational approaches that have helped to and wishes him great success. develop the skills needed for the 21st century in line with the theme of the 2015 Wenhui Award, Innovations for Anil Sahasrabudhe is the new AICTE chairman. Skills Development for the Future .All applications must Shri. Anil Sahasrabudhe, a B.Tech in reach the Award Secretariat by 29 July 2015. Details Mechanical Engineering from the BVB about the Award are available at College of Engineering and Technology, http://www.unescobkk.org/ education/ apeid /wenhui Hubballi and a doctorate from Indian Institute award/ wenhui-award-2 015 Important dates Closing of Science, Bangalore, date for nominations: 29 July 2015 Selection of shortlisted nominations: Early September 2015.Final selection and has been appointed chairman of the All India Council for announcement of winners: End of September 2015, Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. At present, Award ceremony: To be confirmed Sahasrabudhe is the director of the College of Engineering. For further information, contact: Wenhui Award, Earlier, he has served as a faculty at IIT, Guwahati, and the Secretariat. UNESCO Bangkok North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and 920 Sukhumvit Road, Prakanong Bangkok 10110, Thailand.Tel: (66-2) 391-0577 Fax: (66-2) 391-0866 Technology, Arunachal Pradesh. www.spfukarnataka.in 02 Vol.1,No 3, July 2015 CAREER MANAGEMENT To develop a skilled workforce, vocational training should be Career and succession management is undergoing a made a part of the curriculum from the school level. This calls fundamental change largely due to skill shortage and also as for anticipating competencies for future needs, a sustained young employees prefer varied working experience to dialogue between employers and educational institutions and coordination with the government entities. However, there is a traditional linear career growth, a study says. According to Top Employers Institute, which identifies top general lack of awareness among students and non-availability performers in the field of human resources, it is no longer of proper channels to provide relevant skill-training. possible for HR managers to try and hold on to top performers, Developing skills from a young age will direct students to applying the traditional set of incentives. proper channels with the right job opportunities at hand. A “What is needed is a broader approach to employee student’s career path should ideally be charted out from an development with greater awareness for the changed needs and early stage so that there is no wastage of talent. Compiled by Manohar G. Nayak values of the younger workforce. HR managers have to move away from being talent hoarders to playing their part as talent producers,” Top Employers Institute CEO David Plink said. READERS COMMENTS The study noted that to successfully cope with retention Funny spelling mistake challenges, strategic workforce planning had to be closely Sir, linked to career and succession management. The e- newsletter June 2015 2nd page contains a sub- “If you want people to stay long term, and not to go anywhere else, then they need to know why they are staying, and that is heading which reads like this. Karnataka CET Sheet very much a performance discussion, but more importantly a matrix announced. Kindly avoid such mistake in future career discussion,” said Antoinette Irvine, HR Vice President at as it is published by Karnataka Higher Education. Unilever. Thanking you, The most common career and succession management practice K. NAGABHUSHANA is an online personal development plan with as many as 85 per cent of top performing companies have this in place, followed ªÀiÁ£ÀågÉÃ, by competency models (79 per cent), and employee profiles G£ÀßvÀ ²PÀët E¯ÁSÉAiÀÄÄ E-¸ÀÄ¢Ý ¥ÀwæPÉAiÀÄ (¸ÀA¥ÀÄl-01, (75 per cent). ¸ÀAaPÉ-02) «£Áå¸À vÀÄA¨Á DPÀµÀðPÀªÁVzÉ. CAvÉAiÉÄà ªÀiË®åAiÀÄÄPÀÛ The employability quotient in India is marked by a demand ¯ÉÃR£ÀUÀ¼ÀÄ, G¥ÀAiÀÄÄPÀÛ ªÀiÁ»wUÀ¼ÀÄ EªÉ. «zÁåyðUÀ½UÉ, CzsÁå¥ÀPÀjUÉ F supply gap with a sharp disconnect between what is taught and ¥ÀwæPÉ vÀÄA¨Á ¸ÀºÀPÁjAiÀiÁVzÉ. £ÀªÀÄä PÁ¯ÉÃf£À ¸ÁzsÀ£ÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥ÀæPÀn¹¢ÝÃj. what the industry needs. £ÀªÀÄä PÁ¯ÉÃf£À ¸ÀªÀĸÀÜgÀÆ ºÀµÀðUÉÆArzÉÝêÉ. ¸ÀA¥ÁzÀPÀ ªÀÄAqÀ½UÉ Ninety percent of the jobs in India are skill-based and only six C©ü£ÀAzÀ£ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ. gÀºÀªÀÄvï f. percent are equipped with the right skill sets. Only two percent of the total Indian students in the 15-25 years age group ¸ÀºÁAiÀÄPÀ ¥ÁæzÁå¥ÀPÀgÀÄ undergo vocational training.