Can we extend fundamental right of freedom to operate Institutions? In this context is real autonomy possible? Or is it a myth?
Read MoreConferred with a 5 Star rating by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rating System in the area of Teaching, Facilities, Social Responsibility and Inclusiveness, Manav Rachna University is highly focused on the student. Chhavi Bhargava Sharma discusses how they make and send out good people.
Read MoreTechnology and globalisation are driving changes and transformations at levels never seen before. What awaits future generations is a world of automation and digitally enabled technologies. To cope with this ever-changing world, the most important skills required are the ability to think through problems, to understand and critically analyse situations and opportunities logically and rationally, and to be able to create solutions that create an impact.
Read MoreAlthough he shares his name with a super-hero of the Indian film industry, Salman ‘Sal’ Khan is no less super-hero when it comes to reimagining education. Giving classes and sharing his knowledge started casually over a Yahoo! Doodle notepad in 2001, later taking shape of this huge online learning resource platform ‘Khan Academy’. Sal, Founder of Khan Academy predicts the future of online education along with its risks in his email chat with BW Education’s Sreerupa Sil.
Read MoreWay back in 1981, a decade before liberalization of Indian economy, he started NIIT Technologies. NIIT University was imagined, envisioned and eventually established by Rajendra Singh Pawar, Chairman and co-founder of NIIT group, in 2009. Reformative, as his ideas always are, Pawar speaks to Sreerupa Sil of BW Education on the immediate needs in the education sector, the three reforms and note for higher education leaders.
Read MoreFilms remain a dominant medium of communication in our lives and have the unique quality of communicating and illustrating complex issues in a simple manner. A film’s narrative can be used to teach various management theories and can bring in a novel approach to management education, by supplanting existing pedagogical methods. The use of films in the classroom can become a tool for enhancing the process of learning and knowledge assimilation, if used effectively in the classroom situation.
Read MoreWith class 12th Boards already over or on the verge of so, the entire focus shifts towards the upcoming entrance exams. Several Aptitude tests (CLAT, AILET, DU-JET, IPM, SET, IPU-CET, MH-CET etc.) are now lined up with invitations from several coaching institutes. What all must you check to choose the right one?
Read MorePast few years have been extremely eventful in the education eco space of this country. However, this year offers little prospect for relief. The top issues of 2017 will undoubtedly include cost, Workforce development, creating an environment for competency based education, accreditation, assessment, Quality Assurance, Skills based education, leadership crisis, and the challenges of online education. The new education policy would do well to address these issues.
Read More