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Education and Leadership: Role of Indian Universities and Colleges in Nurturing Future Leaders
Author
B M Naik
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9788126927999
  • year : 2019
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
The book identifies several challenges facing higher and technical education in India. Some of them are: Why universities and colleges need revamping? Why universities can no longer be "ivory Towers"? Why India needs world-class universities and colleges? Why should Indian universities produce leaders of global standards? How can governance and leadership of universities and colleges be improved? What are the changing roles of institutions in changing times? Why is research vital to effective teaching? What are the risks in privatization and how to guard against them? Why and how to make universities enterprising? Why India needs international standards in accreditation? Why thousands of students go abroad? What is a research park, and how it improves the quality of education? How to use autonomy effectively? The book addresses these challenges. It prescribes nurturing an ambience of innovation, entrepreneurship, excellence and integrity to transform India into a developed nation by 2020. It is essential to have on campus a multifaceted infrastructure like entrepreneurship centre, innovation centre, patent and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) centre, research park, knowledge transfer centre, continuation education centre, alumni house, etc. But, how to establish such centres? You will get the answer in this book.