{"id":1253,"date":"2017-03-18T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2019-11-07T08:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:38:45","slug":"president-shri-pranab-mukherjee-inaugurates-universities-of-the-future-an-international-conference-hosted-by-jindal-global-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2017\/03\/18\/president-shri-pranab-mukherjee-inaugurates-universities-of-the-future-an-international-conference-hosted-by-jindal-global-university\/","title":{"rendered":"President Shri Pranab Mukherjee Inaugurates \u2018Universities of the Future\u2019, an International Conference Hosted by Jindal Global University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sonipat, March 18<\/strong>, 2017:<\/strong> Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India today inaugurated an international conference themed \u201cUniversities of the Future: Knowledge Innovations and Responsibility\u2019 \u2019at O. P.\u00a0 Jindal Global University (JGU). The 3-day conference hosted by the university will be held from 18-20th<\/sup> of March, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference is being organised by the International Institute\nfor Higher Education Research and Capacity Building (IIHEd), O. P. Jindal\nGlobal university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana; Shri\nManohar Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana; Shri Rambilas Sharma, Minister of Education,\nGovernment of Haryana; Smt. Kavita Jain, Minister for Women and Child\nDevelopment; Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Member of Parliament, Sonepatand\nother distinguished guests also graced the inaugural ceremony.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Naveen Jindal, Founding Chancellor, JGU, welcoming the first\ncitizen of India to JGU campus, \u201cWe feel immense pride and honour in having the\nPresident to inaugurate this conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has inspired several generations of Indians and the country\u2019s\npublic servants, and it is such a rare fortune for us at JGU to have him the\nsecond time at our campus. His first visit was during March 2013 for the\nConference on \u2018The Future of Indian Universities,\u2019 a moment vividly remembered\nas one of the most memorable ones in our institution\u2019s history\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With thirteen thematic panel sessions, the conference seeks to\nexamine the future of the Indian universities in the twenty first century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It recognises that while individual scholars have reached global\nexcellence, the Indian university, as an institution requires essential reforms\nto acquire the intellectual status and eminence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about institution building as a potent tool of nation\nbuilding, Mr. Jindal said, \u201cWe are living in a world that is undergoing rapid\ntechnological changes which is also transforming education. Of particular\nrelevance are the structures of universities and in their future, rests\nthe future of the nation. As intellectual thought spaces, universities have to\nassume a far more responsible role in shaping knowledge through innovation.\nMost Indian universities unfortunately have not been able to shine at the\nglobal level barring some honourable exceptions. We need to change this\nsituation. If India wants to achieve a higher growth rate and also improve our\nposition in the Human Development Index, the education sector needs to be\ncarefully nurtured\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent effort of Niti Ayog and other organs of the\ngovernment aim to seek fundamental reforms in higher education. The debates\nabout global rankings of universities generated by the President of India\u2019s\nrecent speeches have evoked wide response. In this light, the conference is an\nattempt to focus on this problem by bringing the world of scholarship and\npolicy making from India and abroad to examine the various challenges before us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Jindal further added that universities of the future must\nbecome central pillars of growth and development of a nation that churn out\nintelligent minds for the 21st<\/sup> century. \u201cThis is what we strive\nto work towards at O.P. Jindal Global University. The global here stands for\nglobal pedagogy, global faculty, global affiliations, global interaction,\nglobal outlook and global research. This I believe, is a model for the future\u201d,\nMr. Jindal added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about the pertinent need of the conference, Professor(Dr)\nC. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, JGU said \u201cThe Indian higher education\nsystem is facing many challenges, as issues related to quality, quantity,\naccessibility and equity are simultaneously being addressed.  While there has been an effort to address the\nchallenge of expansion and provide opportunities to access higher education, a\nlot more needs to be done. O.P. Jindal Global University aims to overcome these\nchallenges in a sustained manner to become a truly world class institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a defining for the Indian Higher Education with the\npolitical leadership aligned with institutional aspirations. With substantive\nand sustained regulatory reforms, and significant funding made available to the\nIndian Higher Education sector, we can realistically hope that the next decade\ncan have a few Indian Universities to become truly world class\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conference is a culmination of a range of ideas and\nperspectives that aims to shape India’s aspirations of building world-class\nuniversities through comparative and international dimensions. It is a\nrecognition that the future of Indian universities and their ability to seek\nglobal excellence will depend on three critical paradigms, first, need for\ncreating a vision for higher education that will focus on research and\nknowledge creation, institutional excellence and global benchmarking as the\nindicators for standard-setting; second, the need for pursuing substantial\nreforms relating to policy, regulation and governance of higher education; and\nthird, is the need for investigating a paradigmatic shift for promoting\ninterdisciplinary in higher education with a stronger and deeper focus on the\npedagogy of teaching and learning in different fields of inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a series of perspectives from noted academics and\nscholars from around the world, the Conference will attempt to discuss these\nthree strings of thought across various sessions, including sessions on\nresearch and innovation, regulation and policymaking, financing of\nuniversities, internationalisation of higher education and subject specific\nsessions on science and technology, medicine, law, management, social sciences\nand humanities, journalism, international affairs and public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is also to create higher education opportunities that\nwill enable the future generations of students to pursue world-class education\nin world-class universities in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About IIHEd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Institute for Higher Education Research &\nCapacity Building (IIHeD), O. P. Jindal Global University(JGU) conducts\nresearch and offers advice on all aspects of higher education with a strong\nfocus on research and knowledge creation system; promotion of scholarship and\nbuilding research capacities; developing international collaborations;\nbenchmarking and assessments of institutions; and for providing institutional\nsupport on law; policy and regulations relating to higher education. The vision\nof IIHEd is to contribute towards institution building for nation building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About JGU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jindal\nGlobal University(JGU) is a non-profit global university established by the\nHaryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU is established\nin memory of Mr. O.P. Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of Mr. Naveen\nJindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University Grants Commission has accorded\nits recognition to O.P. Jindal Global University. The vision of JGU is to\npromote global courses, global programmes, global curriculum, global research,\nglobal collaborations, and global interaction through a global faculty. JGU is\nsituated on an 80-acre state-of-the art residential campus in the National\nCapital Region of Delhi. JGU has over 220 full time faculty members and more\nthan half of its faculty members are graduates of the top fifty universities of\nthe world as per the latest Times Higher Education Rankings. More than 20% of\nits faculty members are distinguished scholars from 20 different countries. In\nfact, JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:15\nfaculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from different parts of the\nworld with outstanding academic qualifications and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JGU has established six schools: Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global Business School, Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities and Jindal School of Journalism & Communication. The University has recently been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with an \u201cA\u201d grade – the first and only university in the state of Haryana, India to be given such a distinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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