Seminar on \u2018Diversity, Inclusion and Internalization: Comparative Perspectives\u2019 and Launch of Report on \u2018Diversity and Inclusion: Towards Building a Diverse, Equitable and Global University\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Delhi, 19th<\/sup>\nMarch 2019: <\/strong>In\na nation which celebrates unity in diversity in every aspect of life, its\nindeed a responsibility of its education system to embrace the same. And\nprecisely, that has been the goal of O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU) since\nits inception. A report on \u2018Diversity and Inclusion: Towards Building a\nDiverse, Equitable and Global University<\/strong>\u2019 was launched on the occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As\nthe university completes a decade in its journey, this idea of retaining\ndiversity through the process of inclusion has been considered a key to its\nsuccess. Distinguished educationists on \u2018Diversity, Inclusion and\nInternalization: Comparative Perspectives\u2019<\/strong> marking the 10th<\/sup>\nanniversary of the institution, all the speakers thus praised this approach and\ninitiative towards higher education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nreport is an endeavour of JGU\u2019s journey so far, its vision and creating an\ninclusive education system that embraces the vast diversity present in the\nstudents, faculty and subjects taught. As pointed out the report, the 16 key\nindicators that JGU takes into account to reach this scenario are: national\norigin, state origin, gender parity, age, religion and caste, education and\nprofessional background, disability, academic offerings and interdisciplinary,\npedagogy, Research and disciplinary diversity, international collaborations and\npartnerships, governance and leadership, student financial inclusion, inclusive\nteaching and learning, gender identity and sexual orientation, and community\noutreach and engagement. These indicators have helped JGU achieve an\nenvironment which boasts of sustaining the diverse flavours and perspectives in\nequality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nconference brought in multiple voices of stakeholders of global higher\neducation: Professor (Dr.) Virander S. Chauhan<\/strong>, Chairman, National\nAssessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC); Professor (Dr.) Stephen P.\nMarks<\/strong>, Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human; Professor\n(Dr.) Shiv Visvanathan<\/strong>, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School; Hon’ble Ms.\nJustice Sabrina S. McKenna<\/strong>, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA and Hon’ble\nMr. Justice Michael D. Wilson,<\/strong> Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According\nto Professor (Dr.) C Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor<\/strong>, JGU, the idea\nof this unique pluralism is deeply embedded in India\u2019s philosophy. And the\nunique characteristic binds the nation is indeed its diversity in terms of\nreligion, caste, language, festivals, dressing styles, culinary etc. \u201cThis same\nphilosophy is the basis of this institution,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor\n(Dr.) Virandar S. Chauhan, Chairman, National Assessment and Accreditation\nCouncil (NAAC<\/strong>),\nsaid, \u201cA lot of universities which are celebrated in India are\nmono-universities and they hardly have any notion of diversity. Why can’t our\nmanagement institutes start having basic courses in Economics, Financial\nMathematics and so on? That’s what you’re trying to do at Jindal Global\nUniversity, the university is outstanding and it should be spread in whichever\nway, this has to be understood in IIT, IIM, IISERS- now there are several\nIISERS, each IISER only teaches 2000 students, it\u2019s an extremely expensive\nproposition but if you will not find a historian, a political scientist or a\nphilosopher in any of those institutes that I mentioned, and I find the future\nof universities has to be the way you’re growing. You have to have diversity in\nfaculty, in the subjects that you offer\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\ncited the example of John Neumann from Oxford and Humboldt, who started Berlin\nUniversity, one of the basic three pillars was the diversity, \u201cthat people\nshould come to you from all walks of life, you should learn inside and outside\nthe class and you should be able to interact in the evening in the common rooms\nin a university which allows different ideas, opinions, allows you to accept\nsomebody else’s ideas and so on. I think\nthat mono universities, while they produce really good students, but I wonder\nif that is the education. The future of universities, in my heart, will have a\ncomplex university where you have huge diversity of students, of faculty, of\nsubjects you teach, of research you’ve done\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talking\non the report on the other hand, Princy Marin George<\/strong>, Director, Office\nof Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Research & Executive Director,\nCentre for Global Higher Education Features, JGU explained, \u201cThe idea was to\nprovide a taste of the journey that creates a holistic experience both inside\nand outside the classroom to aim at inclusion of the diversity in our\napproach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking\nthe narrative ahead, Professor (Dr.) Shiv Visvanathan<\/strong>, Professor &\nVice Dean, Jindal Global Law School remarked, \u201cDiversity is a kind of\nresponsibility to preserve the imaginations of groups with diverse\ncharacteristics. It can be called a pilgrimage through that variety of\nlanguage, cast and religion, traverse and discover the uniqueness of each\nvariety.\u201d JGU attempts to do the same, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Higher\neducation institutions in particular necessitate that a plurality of approaches\nbe adopted in their academic, operational and functional spaces. These relate\nto a multiple aspects including socio-economic backgrounds, gender, age,\ngeographical origin, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, cast and\nabilities. In this particular case of higher education institutions, this also\nextends to pedagogical approaches, interdisciplinarity, academic offerings and\ninclusivity within leadership & governance structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seminar on \u2018Diversity, Inclusion and Internalization: Comparative Perspectives\u2019 and Launch of Report on \u2018Diversity and Inclusion: Towards Building a Diverse, Equitable and Global University\u2019 New Delhi, 19th March 2019: In a nation which celebrates unity in diversity in every aspect of life, its indeed a responsibility of its education system Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}