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India as a knowledge superpower HIGHER education is important for developing the manpower which has potential to develop cutting edge technology. Our country is dominated with young people and if such a vast potential is remained untapped, it will be a sheer wastage of our human resources. Presently, there are about 400 universities in our country and more than 20,000 colleges. There are some universities which have to manage as many as 300 colleges. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, if we have to increase the enrolment of the students in the higher studies to 30 per cent, the country needs more than 600 universities and 35,000 colleges. The National Knowledge Commission has underlined the need for 1,500 new universities in the country. However, the enrolment rate of 13 per cent is little more than the average for developing countries, which is 11 per cent. But it is too low compared to the world average of 23 per cent, 36.5 per cent for countries in transition and 54.6 per cent for developed countries. A large number of institutions and colleges are producing more than 3.2 million science students. This is extremely inadequate in a country which has an important asset of about 550 million youth below the age of 25. One of the critical issues facing India is the gulf between the academic world and the industry. There is a widespread view that the entire university system needs an overhaul to cater to the needs of development and the industry. According to Dr R. A. Mashelkar, Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India produce 5,000 PhD degree holders in science a year, whereas there is need for producing more than 25,000. The government spends only $6 billion a year on research and it still has fewer scientists per head of population than China or South Korea. China is producing more than 15,000 PhD degree holders and few years back, the number was almost same to India. In India, there is funding problems and other constraints in the running of some universities, particularly those run by state governments. According to a recent regulatory report, 25 per cent of teaching positions nationwide are vacant, and 57 per cent of Professors lack required qualification of PhD and other equivalent degrees. Already up to 75 per cent of India’s 4,00,000 annual technology graduates and 90 per cent of its 2.5 million general college graduates are unable to find work. According to the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), this is not due to lack of jobs, but it is due to lack of skills due to poor quality of education. Today, India requires more than 27,000 additional institutions of higher learning to meet the ambitious target of Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 30 per cent for 2020. By the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan, the government seeks to reach 15 per cent GER. The figure of 27,000 institutes includes 14,000 colleges of general higher education, 12,775 additional technical and professional institutions and 269 additional universities. Many state governments have taken initiatives by inviting private individuals to run such institutions. This expansion will have to be achieved by greater participation of public spending on higher education. There is need for substantial increase in spending by the Centre and the states. Of course, the Centre has given a new momentum to investment in higher education by opening 30 new central universities, eight new IITs, seven IIMs, five Indian Institutes of Science Education and 20 new institutes of information technology. Among the 30 proposed central universities, 14 world-class central universities are being set up in Pune, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vishakhapatnam, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Patna, Bhopal, Kochi, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati and Greater Noida. The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has suggested that these universities should follow the policy of “needs-blind admission” to ensure that an applicant’s ability or inability to pay should not influence admission decisions. The NKC also advocated for revision of the syllabi of these institutes every year to keep up with the changes and current developments in different disciplines. The investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates that if India gets everything right, it will have the third largest economy in the world by 2050, after China and the US. India stands on the threshold of becoming a knowledge superpower and we can achieve it early with quality higher education. The writer is Senior Scientist at Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan
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Reading enhances teens’ career prospects Oxford University academics have found that 16-year-olds who read books at least once in a month were significantly more likely to be in a managerial or professional job at 33 than those who did not read books at all. No other activity, from sport to socialising with friends, going to museums and concerts, or doing practical activities such as cooking or sewing, affected their careers, unless they were also reading. Education experts said the findings were proof of the importance of reading. “Reading makes children more empathetic and helps them socialise,” the Daily Mail quoted Sue Palmer, child development expert and author of Toxic Childhood, as saying. “It actually changes the architecture of their brain. “Not only are they more academically able. But they are also better at relating to other people and therefore more capable of holding managerial positions in the workplace,” added Palmer. Speaking to delegates at the British Sociological Association annual conference, lead author Mark Taylor, of Oxford, said: “According to our results there is something special about reading for pleasure.”
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two-day national-level conference on "Emerging Trends in Hospitality and Tourism" was organised recently by the Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management (IHTM) of the university. Dr Ramesh Kapur, CMD, Radisson Hotel, Delhi, was the chief guest on the occasion. He said hospitality business was connected with the masses and as such practises should be people-centric in this sector. He exhorted the students of IHTM to develop people-centric skills, including human touch, yearning for learning, humility, observant nature, IT proficiency and related activities to succeed in the profession. Tracing the journey of hotel industry in India, he underlined the importance of enterprise resource planning in the hospitality sector. In his address, international fame corporate chef Manjit Singh Gill of the ITC Welcome group said rural tourism, wedding tourism, medical tourism were the emerging areas in the tourism sector. Stating that cuisine was the manifestation of culture, Gill said the Indian cuisine was now a universal gastronomic delight. He advocated wide propagation of rich culinary cuisine of India at the global level. Manohar S. Nirody, Vice-President (Hospitality), GMR IGI Airport, New Delhi, said the hospitality sector must inculcate culture of quality. He gave valuable tips on hospitality project management. Dr R. P. Hooda, Vice-Chancellor, MDU, in his presidential address said the hospitality sector must strive to provide "homeliness" in its services so as to attract more customers. About 150 delegates, including well-known experts in this field from India and abroad, took part in the conference. Seminar on community
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A national seminar on "Community Health Psychology: Research and Applications" was organised by the Department of Psychology on the university campus recently. In his inaugural address, Prof. S.S. Sangwan, Vice-Chancellor, Pt. B.D.S. University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, said community health psychology should play a pro-active role in spreading health consciousness in society. He lambasted sedentary lifestyle, including fast-food culture, alcoholism, smoking, and couch potato syndrome, for rising health problems. He also acknowledged the role and efficiency of positive psychology in healing. In his keynote address, noted scholar Prof. Girishwar Mishra said psychologists must try to understand community beliefs, demystify them, adopt appropriate psychological interventions, and choose effective health communication strategies to create pro-health behavior in society. He said individualism must be shunned and communitarian approach be inculcated for establishing positive health psychology effectively. Promilla Batra, Head, Department of Psychology, and Prof. Rajbir Singh, convener of the seminar, also spoke at the inaugural session, which was conducted by Dr Sarvdeep Kohli. Annual arts exhibition held
The Department of Visual Arts of MDU organised its three-day annual arts exhibition recently. The exhibition was inaugurated by the wife of MDU Vice-Chancellor, Vedwati Hooda. Artworks of about 53 students of the department were put on display in the exhibition. The works included landscape, portraits, still life, abstract, sketches, etching, print work, clay modeling, etc. Computer training programme
A 20-day computer training course for senior citizens was organised on the university campus recently. The training programme was organised by the Senior Citizens Council, Rohtak, and the Regional Research and Training Centre on Ageing (ANUGRAHA), New Delhi. As many as 20 senior citizens of Rohtak were provided training in the basics of computer. Pt. B. D. Sharma University of
Health Sciences, Rohtak The Department of Urology, PGIMS, Rohtak, will organise an "International Live Operative Workshop on Female Urology, Laser Prostatectomy and RIRS" from April 16 to 17. This workshop will be part of the ongoing celebrations of the Golden Jubilee Year of the PGIMS. According to Dr. Santosh Kr. Singh, organising secretary and head, Department of Urology, the workshop will have live demonstration from operation theatre with a two-way communication between the audience and operating surgeons. The recent developments in urology have led to more and more use of laser and endoscopes making the surgeries less invasive and less painful. The Department of Urology is providing all types of endoscopic urological surgical facilities on its premises. This workshop will be focusing on female urinary incontinence, BPH, kidney stone, and its latest, advanced and minimal invasive treatment.
— Contributed by Bijendra Ahlawat
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