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5 Key Characteristics of Vibrant Varsities
- February 8, 2017
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No CommentsTo say that the Indian higher education sector has been remarkably doing its balancing act of preserving its traditions and meeting the challenges of disruptive innovation, would not be an understatement in the present scenario. From a waterfall process model to a centralized learning unit and bureaucratic span of control to participatory academic leadership, the
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Cross the Bridge: A Practical Guide to Building Vibrant Culture
- February 8, 2017
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Many Indian universities have started recognizing the need of being flexible and responsive to befall their academic goals with the trends of the global higher education. In fact, quite a few of them have started defining goals and strategies in this regard. However, what these institutions, perhaps, may not realize is that there is an
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Emerging Need for Management Consulting in Indian Higher Education Sector
- February 8, 2017
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The pivotal role of higher education in the emerging scenario of knowledge economy has been discussed and established as most crucial for any country in general and India in particular. But with nearly 140 million people in the college-going age, India is faced with major issues like entrée, impartiality, inclusion, internationalization, value, privatization, technology and financing
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Is Your Corporate Relations & Placements Team Aligned With the Institutional Goals?
- February 8, 2017
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Academic institutions are gradually evolving in developing countries like India; however it’s unlikely to expect the institutions to be absolutely departmentalised where roles need to be defined perfectly. However, looking at the limitations of resources, Indian institutions operating with results-oriented performance culture system is prospecting into more formal education sectors. And until, well-defined roles and
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Student Exchange Programs – How the Universities Benefit?
- February 8, 2017
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With near open border concept slowly taking shape and the geographies world-over merging into one another there is a lot of transformation in the traditional way of doing things be it economic tie-ups, infrastructural dependence to beat competition, trans-cultural blend of art and many more. The latest sector where a recent surge in international sharing
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10 Steps to Institution Assessment & Strategic Planning
- February 8, 2017
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Higher educational institutions have been managed without any planning for long. Then started a new trend where many new institutions started coming up. This was attributed with a rise in demand of highly educated workforce with more than graduation degree. With mushrooming of institutions, there was a decrease in placements of students in certain institutions
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Foreign faculty in Indian institutes – Globalization of class rooms
- February 8, 2017
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The recent phenomenon of appointing international faculty in higher education institutions in India is circumstantially due to globalization and partially due to the extreme paucity of qualified quality teaching professionals for Indian institutions. With reports suggesting that 30-40% of faculty position in Indian institutions are lying vacant compounded by complacency rampant among the teachers, appointing
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How Faculty Exchange programs can transform Indian Institutions
- February 8, 2017
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The incidence of faculty-staff exchange programs, both international and inter institutional, is one way Indian higher education institutions can ascertain and sustain quality education. These programs are mutual, inter-institutional arrangements through with the proficiency and services of one institute’s faculty are exchanged with the other institution for time-limited periods. The primary aim of an academic
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5 Strategies to Transform Your Institution from Dull to Dynamic
- February 7, 2017
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In our first part of the series ‘ Vibrant Varsities’, we discussed the need for the Indian higher education sector to become flexible and what factors can lead to this transformation. We also reinforced how this is an opportune time for our universities to contribute to the knowledge and economy of our country. But, the
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Indian Higher Education : Opportunities for Global Institutions
- February 7, 2017
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India, with its changing demographics and socioeconomic development, is at the cusp of reforms in the education sector. India is currently the youngest economy with a significant demographic dividend with over half of its population under 25. However, this also poses a great responsibility for the country to educate and equip the youth with globally
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