BIMTECH Spearheads In EU-Funded Project For Inclusive And Digitised Management Education

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), will play a pivotal role in the €719 953 EU-funded project, “AIDEdu”. This transformative initiative aims to establish a teaching and learning centre of excellence for accessible, inclusive and digitised management education in higher education institutes (HEIs) of India and Nepal.

Funded by the European Union under the ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE programme, this project aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4, 10 and 17, focusing on quality education, reduced inequalities and global partnerships. The alliance intends to achieve partnership goals of HEIs to be more internationally recognised and competitive. It envisions training programmes for staff for better quality teaching in an inclusive environment and helps them adopt new learning methodologies like flipped classrooms, blended teaching, adaptive learning and outcome-based learning.

Within this 36-month-long project, BIMTECH will lead Work Package (WP) three and WP five for capacity building for Centers of Excellence and designing COEs for efficient implementation of a digital platform with innovative teaching and learning methods with respect to inclusive and technology-driven education respectively. BIMTECH will also lead the preparation of a Report on integrated SDG indicators of the project and on assessment of the implementation of best practices through a digital learning platform and its effect on SDGs aimed in the project.
Under WP five, BIMTECH will coordinate and participate in an eight day workshop at the University of Alicante, Spain and leading HEIs of Cartagena and Valencia focusing on pedagogy topics like flipped classrooms, outcome-based teaching, blended teaching and case-based education for project coordinators from each AIDEdu partner institute. The workshop means to exchange knowledge on quality education and teaching practices between Indian, European and Nepali partners, resulting in detailed activity plans and work schedules for the Centers of Excellence at each partner institution.

Recently Himanshi Tiwari, Project Lead, BIMTECH and Shreya Mishra, Project team member, BIMTECH along with other partners from India and Nepal attended a Train the Trainer Workshop for the digital, inclusive and quality education at RIGA Technical University, Latvia and FH Joanneum Institute of Applied Science, Graz from June 17 to June 28, 2024.

Leaving its deep-rooted impact on future educational institutions, this project will bring these institutions up to international standards with modern ICT tools. The strategic collaboration will enhance the skills of technical, administrative and managerial staff, modernising teaching practices. Further, it will also improve teaching quality and inclusivity by training educators and promoting the exchange of best practices with European universities. VESIM, Mumbai, Project Coordinator, FH Joanneum Institute of Applied Science, Graz, Austria, University of Alicante, Spain, Riga Technical University, Riga, Kathmandu University and Global College International, Nepal are some of the other partners of the project. Updates in teaching methods, planning tools, and assessments will consequently create more opportunities for students, enabling the adoption of new approaches like micro-credentials and making educational achievements more comparable and visible. Hence, students will gain new skills in collaboration, team building and project management. Another feather in the cap will be enhanced student exchanges with EU countries, fated to provide valuable international experiences, contributing to the project's overall success.