Association of Indian Universities

North Zone Vice Chancellors’ Meet 2016-17

CELEBRATING SUCCESS IN

HIGHER EDUCATION-BEST PRACTICES

Hosted by

Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP)

Sector – 125, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida, UP - 201313

December 22 – 23, 2016

Report for the first day sessions

10:00am – 11:30am Inaugural Session I2 Moot Court

Dignitaries on Dais:

1. Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, AUUP; Professor, Entrepreneurship

and Leadership

2. Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities

3. Guest of Honour, Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri

4. Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Education Group and Chairman

AKC Group of Companies

5. Prof. D.S. Chauhan, President, Association of Indian Universities and Vice

Chancellor, GLA University, Mathura

6. Dr. Chanderdeep Tandon, Director, AIB & Programme Coordinator, AIU North

Zone Vice Chancellors’ Meet 2016-17

Welcome address by Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, AUUP and Professor,

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

The august gathering was addressed by Hon‟ble V C, Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla. She started

by congratulating Dr. Ranbir Singh who had been elected as full time member of Asia and South

Asia for a period of 4 years. She highlighted the various challenges faced by Indian Universities

like developing partnerships, financing higher institutions, lack of gainful employment, lack of

partnership between Academia and Industry.

She laid stress on the fact that India, where Universities like Nalanda and Takshila were an

epitome of higher education, today not even a single Indian University is ranked amongst the top

200. This probably is due to the fact that we, as an institution, imparting knowledge are missing

out on key points of great importance. We need to include programmes that can provide gainful

employment. She highlighted some of the excellent practices that should be followed like

research innovation, leadership development, industry interaction and industry academia

collaboration.

She hoped that this 2 day VCs meet will lead to sharing of best practices as rather than

reinventing the wheel we should learn from one another and these two days should be a learning

for all. She thanked our Visionary Founder President Sir, Dr. Ashok. K. Chauhan for his never-

ending support and guidance.

Address by Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities

On behalf of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) he thanked Amity University for hosting

North Zone Vice Chancellors‟ Meet 2016-17 on the theme: CELEBRATING SUCCESS IN

HIGHER EDUCATION-BEST PRACTICES. He also thanked 87 Vice-Chancellors from

various central, state, deemed, private universities and institutions which participated in this

meet.

Dr. Qamar, hoped that the deliberations that would follow would lead to a positive change in the

existing scenario. He stressed on the fact, that during such meets we discuss problems and

difficulties faced by us rather than focusing our energies on talking about our accomplishments

and successes. He said people outside India have immense regard as far as what Indian

Universities have accomplished. He laid stress on the fact, that we should document everything

we have achieved till date. Female participation and inclusion of all social and economic groups

is still a daunting task. He focused on the need to create right environment and ecosystem for

education in India.

Dr. Qamar said, though in India number of publications per faculty is much less as compared to

western countries, but we should be proud of the fact that the extent of plagiarism is much less as

compared to many other universities outside India. Impact factor of the papers published per

faculty is also reasonably higher as compared to other countries.

Another very important point mentioned by Dr. Qamar was that 5% of the top Universities

around the world, which is approx. 900 Universities, 35 are Indian Universities. We should

capture and look at the success that we have achieved in Education and not just address the

problems.

Another very important issue addressed was, the understanding of why students of Indian origin

are able to do well abroad rather than in India. This scenario also needs to be discussed and

documented. Support staff in some Universities of International repute is at a ratio of 3:1 (staff:

faculty). These support staff help faculty members in publication, report writing, project writing

etc, and the faculty has enough time to work on other important academic issues.

At the end, Dr. Qamar stressed on creating the right kind of environment for sustainable growth

Lighting of the lamp by all dignitaries on dais followed by chanting of Gayatri Vandana and

Saraswati Vandana.

Formal welcome was conducted by presenting a Tulsi Sapling symbolizing growth and

purity, to the esteemed dignitaries on the dais.

Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan welcomed Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy and Prof. D.S. Chauhan

Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla welcomed founder president Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan

Dr. Chanderdeep Tandon welcomed Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla

Keynote Address by Guest of Honor, Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Raksha

Mantri .

Dr. Reddy started by welcoming all the dignitaries on and off the dais. He informed the audience

that he was the first engineer from his village, but today every house has one. Scenario has

changed and 80% of them are employed in great jobs as well as doing well for themselves. He

emphasized on how Indian universities have contributed towards the success of India.

He focused on synergy creation between academic universities and government department

through various mechanisms like grants and project allocations. PSLV, GSLV and chandrayan

are successes owing to the support and collaboration of Academic Institutions. He spoke about

the vision of Late Dr. Abdul Kalam, Hon‟ble President of India. RCI was proposed to have 9

cottages with all facilities for professors and academicians to live and mingle with the scientist.

Proper synergy between academic institutions and R and D is necessary for delivering world

class results. He focused on global trends of universities. He said that universities are slowly

becoming the platform for innovation and research. He talked about startup and innovative

manufacturing centers through need assessment, documentation. He informed the gathering

about technology development fund for students, faculty and institutions with innovative

projects/ ideas that has potential for development.

He emphasized on industry and academia collaboration for research and development. He

pointed 4 major areas (hypersonic cruise vehicles, innovative manufacturing, cyber and space)

where research and development are important for prosperity. He also stated that if India wants

to export products we need to focus on contemporary technology development. He also

suggested that Indian universities should have at least 30% research component. He said in order

to flourish and excel, universities should develop centre for excellence in different departments.

They should also develop and work hard on developing mechanism and strategies for technology

development and enhancement.

Few thoughts by Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Education Group and

Chairman AKC Group of Companies

Dr. Ashok. K Chauhan spell bound the audience through his motivational speech. He said that

the potential of universities success lies in their Vice- Chancellors. He said confidence is greater

than capabilities. He urged the audience to focus on outcome as everything is futile without it.

Founder President thanked Dr. Furqan Qamar and Dr. D.S Chauhan for giving AUUP the

opportunity to host this meet. He stressed on the fact that Indian brain is unparalleled. Indians

have high intuition and high capability. We should know where we want to reach and work

towards it. In the next 5 years, Amity will have campuses in all Indian states and 50 campuses

overseas.

He told the gathering, that with our Hon‟ble PM‟s leadership we have the capability to make

India a super power. He emphasized on the importance of Universities in nation building and

how he is passionate about taking Amity to greater heights of excellence and success.

Presidential Address by Prof. D.S. Chauhan, President, Association of Indian Universities

and Vice Chancellor, GLA University, Mathura

Dr. D. S. Chauhan started by welcoming all and raised a very pertinent issue that VC post has

gender discrimination and we need to have more female participation in this area. He hoped that

the coming 2 days would be all about success and positivity.

He focused on the problem being faced by Vice-Chancellors like lack of government support,

lack of corporate training to VC. He suggested that Indian universities face certain problems like

absence of alumina record, lack of permanent faculties and crunch of money. In order to focus

more on research faculty needs academic support staff. AIU is a platform where VC can

contribute and raise their concerns. He said that in all foreign universities the strength of Indian

population is very high. The money and intellectual capital is going abroad. This is probably due

to the feeling among students that Indian Degrees do not carry much importance in other

countries.

He also stressed on issues like low salaries of Teachers and the need to have more permanent

teachers in govt. Educational Institutions /Universities.

Finally, Dr. Chauhan summed up by saying that AIU is a platform that will hear all problems and

issues raised by Vice Chancellors.

Release of Special Issue of the University News

The University News special issue was released by the dignitaries on the dais.

Felicitations

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President Amity University felicitated Guest of Honor Dr. G.

Satheesh Reddy with a memento

Dr. Balvinder Shukla felicitated Prof. D.S. Chauhan and Prof. Furqan Qamar with a memento

Vote of thanks by Dr. Chanderdeep Tandon, Director, AIB and Programme Co-ordinator,

AIU North Zone VCs’ Meet 2016-17

Dr. Tandon thanked all the sponsors, participants, speakers, on and off dais, dignitaries and

emphasized that the event was made successful through lot of hard work, dedication and constant

support of Hon‟ble Founder President, Chancellor and Vice Chancellor.

National Anthem

The Emcee invited all for tea in the foyer area.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Plenary Session – 1:

Fostering Quality through Curriculum

Innovation for Developing Global Talent

F-3 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Dr. R. C. Sobti, Vice Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,

Lucknow

Dr. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open University & Vice Chancellor,

Kumaon University, Nainital

Dr. Y.D.S Arya, Pro Vice Chancellor, Invertis University, Bareilly

The session opened with a presentation by the Hon‟ble session chair Dr. R.C. Sobti, Vice

Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. His presentation was focused

on “Global Talent”.

He emphasized that India is truly a hub of talent and hence there is a need to transform the

Higher Education System and make it globally relevant and competitive. He stated that, “We

cannot live in isolation. We need to have talent which is internationalized.” His presentations

highlighted the following:

Indian v/s American Education System

Indian v/ Japanese Education System

Indian v/s German Education System

In countries like India, teachers do not want to change the traditional pattern of teaching. This is

the biggest issue in development. We must overcome the barriers in identifying the talent at a

global level. “If you behold talent you can go in interdisciplinary study but in India it is not in

trend.”

Further, he talked about determinants of curriculum like education advancements, professional

requirements, MHRD guidelines, societal demands, available resources, social/industrial

progress, and state employment generation policy.

In his presentation, entitled „The impact of innovation curriculum’, he focused on the

following:

Effects and customized learning

Pool of reflexive and thoughtful learners

Graduates with independent and critical thinking skills

Innovation capability & entrepreneurship

Skilled/talented workforce adaptive to the dynamic work environments

He summed up his presentation by highlighting the limitations which are ailing the Indian

education system. He posed the following thought provoking questions:

Since everything is available on the internet so what new thing can be taught?

Are we allowing a child to think in an innovative way?

“Teacher is not a teacher he is a facilitator”

Dr R.C. Sobti had some prior commitments so he requested Dr. Nageshwar Rao, Vice

Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open University & Vice Chancellor, Kumaon University, Nainital

to be the session chair.

Dr. Alka Munjal and Dr. Sanjeev Bansal felicitated Dr. R. C. Sobti

Dr. Y. D. S. Arya, Pro Vice Chancellor, Invertis University, Bareilly ignited the minds on

„Outcome based education system‟.

He explained the relevance of designing the vision and the mission statement. The main aim of

the Indian education system is to contribute at the global level through excellence in scientific

and technical education. Intensive Research is the soul of education that can lead to the

development of innovative minds to serve as a valuable resource for industry and society.

His presentation highlights were as follows:

Question paper should be from simple to complex format.

Innovative things should be added which are not found in traditional papers.

Expectation from a graduate of any discipline

The next presentation was delivered by Dr. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Open

University & Vice Chancellor, Kumaon university, Nainital. He focused on „Fostering Quality

through curricula Development in Higher Education’.

The following key aspects were discussed:

The Curriculum needs to integrate the knowledge, skills and Values.

The Curriculum development should capitalize on teaching, Research (analytical and

probing skills) and Extension Activities.

Curriculum and Development: Measure to Equitable Access to Quality Education.

He also discussed various strategies for fostering quality through curriculum development. These

are given below

Involvement of faculty

Strengthen learner support system

Regular and structured feedback and cooperative learning

Steering curriculum committees

Intensive use of OERS.

Curriculum should provide flexibility

Curriculum should integrate problem solving and logical reasoning approach.

Curriculum should foster learning ability.

Real life case studies need to be incorporated

Pedagogy review inclines with creativity, innovation and global curriculum reforms.

Curricula should be purposive and clearly focused on the planned learning outcomes.

Further he also discussed the key issues that impact the curricula development revisions.

The Plenary Session- I was concluded by Dr. Nageshwar Rao. The forum was made open for

discussion post lunch in order to maintain and adhere to the schedule.

Dr. Nageshwar Rao was felicitated by Dr. Abha Singh and Dr. Sujata Khandai. Dr Y.D.S.

Arya was felicitated by Dr Sanjeev Bansal and Dr Chanderdeep Tandon, bringing a

successful close to the intellectually stimulating Plenary Session – I.

02:15 pm- 03:50 pm Technical Session – 1a:

Best Practices in the Use of ICT for Promoting

Flexibility in Higher Education – Challenges and

Strategies.

F-3 Seminar Hall

The session commenced by greeting the session chair, speakers and the delegates to this post

lunch session by the master of the ceremony. The eminent speakers for the session were

Session Chair: Prof. P.B Sharma, Vice Chancellor Amity University, Haryana

Prof. Dinesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, YMCA , University of Science and Technology,

Faridabad,

Prof. K. K. Bhutani, Director NIPER, Mohali and

Prof. Vijay Gupta Vice Chancellor Sharada University Greater Noida.

In his opening remarks, the session chair Prof. P.B Sharma, Vice Chancellor Amity University,

Haryana enlightened the audience on the importance of ICT. He laid stress on the fact that

quality of students is going down and we need to impart quality education. He emphasized on the

flexibility of learning, effectiveness of learning and enhancing capabilities to learn better through

ICT. Highlighting the issues about curriculum design and delivery, he proposed the agenda for

the discussion. The session chair expressed his concern that providing quality education at

University level and ensuring availability of vital facilities is a major challenge being faced and

needs to be addressed at all levels. He said that we need to move towards team teaching where

experts from industry, Alumni, teachers all should work and impart lectures, rather following

older ways of single faculty classroom session delivery.

Prof. Dinesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, YMCA

Prof. Kumar introduced 360 degree feedback which focuses on continuous improvement by

incorporating all stakeholders‟ perspective.

During his address he emphasized on evaluating the usefulness of the tools for effective

administration. The crux of his deliberation was to spend on pocket friendly tools. Introducing

his University to the audience, by way of a presentation he discussed the 360 degree feedback

ie., feedback from all stakeholders: students, faculty, parent, peers, industry experts and teachers

being collected in his University. He talked about a Grievance Portal for students where students

can share their feedback with regard to any issue that had been introduced in his organization to

promote the use of ICT. The university has introduced an online feedback system that has

worked very well. Student feedback for instance is taken both student wise and program wise.

Exit survey from students is also taken where a large amount of data is analysed. This data helps

in identifying problems including grievances. These are later worked out at various levels.

The session chair raised a concern that action points and agenda items should also be populated

from the data generated through feedbacks. Prof. Dinesh Sharma concluded his address with

discussion on Innovative practices that included social, technical and administrative initiatives.

Prof. K.K. Bhutani, Director National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

(NIPER)

He talked about Pharmacy Education and Industrial Pharma in India. He gave an overview of

NIPER and its programmes. Dr. Bhutani started by addressing the fact that there is less

uniformity in pharmacy education and the syllabus in this programme needs much modification

and improvement. He said that the sector has grown mostly in generic medicines. He emphasized

on India‟s pharmaceutical evolution, the golden period and the growth of pharmaceutical

industry along with the required Industrial linkages of higher pharmaceutical education. He

expressed his concern with regard to discovery of new drugs and the challenges faced in terms of

extensive research and funds. Most of the pharmacy colleges were govt. funded but today many

private players have risen in this area. He emphasized that India still needs to go a long way

before we can launch a new drug into the market. But, was happy that research is going on in the

field of TB, Malaria and HIV. He said that time has come when the pharma industry should also

give importance to translational research rather than working in isolation, if we want India to

excel in the area of new drug discovery.

Talking about the drawbacks of the Herbal drugs, the speaker mentioned that herbal formulations

are not standardized and the concentration of active constituent in these formulations is not

constant. The method of standardization of herbal formulation and guidelines should also be

regulated. The discussion on herbal and modern medicine caught the interest of the august

gathering and paved a way for an interesting, interactive session.

With his remark “Discover the treasure; it is in nature”, the chair then invited the next worthy

speaker

Prof. Vijay Gupta, Vice Chancellor Sharada University, Greater Noida.

Prof. Gupta discussed about the initiatives taken by him at Sharda University. He said the use

and implementation of technology is of any use only when the faculty knows how to bring about

its best use. He spoke about various ICT enabled systems at the university such as individual

laptops for undergraduate students, adoption of Learning Management System (LMS), app based

attendance system and web based progress monitoring system.

LMS has revolutionised the system as Sharada as it is used for posting all notifications, study

materials, quizzes, and forums including evaluations. Students use LMS extensively. He said that

the university has also introduced App based attendance system. It is very user friendly where

the registered students present in a class are verified just by switching the wifi mode on their

smart phones. They have also introduced tracking systems for course delivery. It has helped to

track the delivery of each module in a class for each subject.

Discussing the benefits of web based monitoring systems Prof. Gupta emphasized that freedom

and accountability must go hand in hand. The session was much appreciated.

Prof. P B Sharma, the chair of the session thanked all the worthy speakers and concluded that

Universities of today and tomorrow must put ICT in the front end for both governance and

teaching. The outcome of the session was that great days are ahead for enhancing the learning

and flexibility of learning through proper use of ICT. The effective utilization of ICT can be

realized by making wise use of every single minute. In the end of session, the esteemed panelists

were felicitated with a token of appreciation and gratitude.

02:15 pm– 03:50 pm Technical Session – 1b:

Mind to Market:

Research, Innovation, IPR and Technology

Transfer in Higher Education – Best Practices

F-1 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University,

Aligarh.

Dr. Sheel Nuna, director, South Asia, Queensland University, Australia

Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President, ASTIF, DG, ADSI, Amity University U.P

Dr. Apoorv Sharma, President and Co-Founder, Venture Catalysts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Dr. Neeraj Sharma, advisor and head technology development and transfer and policy

research cell department of science and technology, Ministry of Science and Technology

Dr. S. Rajarajan, Vice Chancellor, SRM University

The session started with the talk by Session Chair, Lt. Gen. Zamaer -ud-din Shah, VC, Aligarh

Muslim University.

Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah discussed about the quality of research. He stated that “necessity is

the mother of invention”, without it there is no point of research. He thinks that the teacher must

have burning passion on research and we have to find a way to light a fire and promote it. He has

experienced that by giving promotions as incentives, researchers are encouraged to get into

research and perform better. This strategy resulted in rise of registration of PhD scholars at

AMU. He focused on the points which we need to concentrate in our innovation which includes

scarcity of food, water and energy. AMU is working on water purification of Ganga and

Yamuna. He discussed about the ongoing innovative researches on nano-material and gave an

example of using nano-material to improve food material and fertilizers. He said it‟s the time for

Nano revolution. And they observed that the plant grow three times more when treated with

nano-materials. He highlighted the problems faced by farmers to store the produce for a long

time.

According to him, our government needs to protect the IPR of researchers for the safe transfer of

innovations to commercial scale. We have to lay stress on research that can help mankind. He

stated that research is vital and stated that „Publish or Perish‟ should be replaced by „Invent or

Perish‟.

Dr. Sheel Nuna, director, South Asia, Queensland University, Australia

Dr Sheel Nuna presented his views and ideas on research & innovation and spoke about unity

between research innovation and commercialization. According to him, innovators should target

the research. Mostly he found that researchers have been asking the questions regarding their

doubt on taking next step. Young researchers have understood the importance of IPR and are

filing more patents. He highlighted the challenges faced by researchers to align and focus their

research. He focused on the key priorities for QUT which are secured environment, better health

for all, sustainable agriculture and bio-energy, smart cities. Lot of emphasis should be given to

IPR. Queensland University have set a company within University that looks at all the

parameters of commercialization at University scale. The main fields to be worked on are

research and its commercialization. He also agreed with what Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin shah said

about the IPR. He further discussed about the organization of QUT Blue Box which is a

commercialization company. He feels that international research collaboration is required.

Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President, ASTIF, DG, ADSI, Amity University U.P, Noida

Dr W Selvamurthy discussed about the innovation model of Amity and technology transfer in

higher education. He talked about the ideal university which is built with the cooperation of high

quality teaching, research and innovation. He focused on the exponential growth of India on

education which states that approximately 1 out of every 4 graduate in the world will be Indian

in 2030. Hence there is a great responsibility on research and innovation and we should focus on

it.

The focus should be on the university rather than institutions and government labs as universities

are full of young innovators, have flexible ecosystem and the process of knowledge exchange

and transfer. He emphasized that Amity University model which comprises of research,

innovation and technology transfer plays a major role in creating innovation ecosystem.

Translation of knowledge is very important. We need necessary infrastructure for carrying out

desired innovation. He expressed the need for organized IPR cell and innovation incubator which

has ensured many successful patents, commercialized products and new start-ups at Amity

University. He also highlighted the contribution of Amity University in research and innovations

in present scenario like LPG sensors, herbal mosquito repellent formulations and biodegradable

plastics.

Dr. Apoorv Sharma, President and Co-Founder, Venture Catalysts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Dr Apoorva Sharma discussed about the commercialization and the deep impact of the university

administration in establishing successful start-ups. He spoke about the great innovation driven

culture that Amity University inculcates. Google, IDL and other great corporate are the end

result of successful start ups.

He talked about the innovation incubators which can boost research and help in promoting

innovation. He highlighted the role of partnerships between universities/ academia and industry

which can lead to successful start-ups and business. By giving example of Google which was

started by Stanford University students and later sold at a gain of $336 million.

He focused on the incubation industry which holds 120 incubators and 40 accelerators. He

focused on the start up of Indian economy like Unicon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and Ola.

He said that without high risk there cannot be high return. Finally he asked the audience that

whether we are ready for innovation and commercialization?

Dr. Neeraj Sharma, advisor and head technology development and transfer and policy

research cell department of science and technology, Ministry of Science and Technology

Dr. Neeraj Sharma agreed with Dr. Apoorv Sharma that the starts up of companies are started

from new ideas. According to his perception major roles are played by building science

technology and innovation capacity and capability. He said that all research would fructify and

give desired result in 10 years and that no research carried out ever goes waste.

He talked about the fact that 75-80% of funds for research and innovation is funded by the

government and we need to encourage the private sector to participate and invest in science and

technology.

He shared lots of facts and figures with the audience on the S and T scenario of our country.

0.88% is the total GDP spent on R and D in the year 2011 which may have been raised to 0.91%

in this fiscal year. India is ranked 9th in full time registered researchers and Ph.D Scholars where

around 2 lakh scholars are full time registered with Indian University. India is 6th

in

publication/year where around 1 lakh papers and journals are published. We are 10th

in the world

to file for US patent.30% scientists awarded grants under extramural grant scheme are women.

India has one of the top biotech capabilities.

He also raised some challenges faced. First was the hope that research spending would hopefully

be increased to 2% of the GDP, out of which 50% would be funded by private industry and 50%

by the government. He said MSME and SME should also participate.

Government plays a major role in growth of research and development funding and used to

collaborate with private sector and private investments. He focused on STI policies and DST

website and talked about the new challenges regarding science and technology innovations. The

other focus areas that S and T are funding are Make in India, Swatch Bharat, Start up India.

Dr. S. Rajarajan, Vice Chancellor, SRM University

Dr. S. Rajarajan stressed on the position of the country in the world describing innovations from

India and wanted to share some of the best practices worked upon by his university.

He emphasized on the importance of research, socially relevant topics and Industrial relevance

He said that one of the benchmark in rating a university is by the number of Nobel laureates the

University has produced. In India we have produced only 5 Nobel scholars as compared to Korea

that has 25. He said that the focus of research should be problem solving. We need to work on

relevant societal topics like drug for Dengue, or Chickungunia. Patience is very important to R

and D. Screening of PhD enrollment is necessary. It is not about just getting a degree. Identifying

students with real talent and devotion is important.

According to him a research should be multi-disciplinary and universities should ensure relevant

experts are connected which can ensure better research outcomes. He stated that patience is

required during research which a good researcher should develop and talented students with

good observational power should be nurtured. There are no boundaries in research and it has to

be at a global level. Collaboration is important at both national and international level.

Technology has helped people work faster and PhD can now be completed in 3-4 years rather

than 5 years. He also stressed on the fact that if a research has IPR possibility, than the researcher

should refrain from publishing his findings and go first for filing the patent.

Our innovations should be patented first and then published. Lastly he stated that our innovations

needed to be recognized globally.

The session ended with presenting the speakers with Tulsi sapling and mementos.

04:00 pm– 05:30 pm Plenary Session – 2:

Best Practices in Industry Academic

Collaborations

F-3 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Mr Paramjit Jaswal, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

Prof. D.V.Rai, VC, Shobhit University, Meerut

Dr. Rajesh Kher, Head Outsourcing partnership Management, IDHAR, Jansen R&D

Noida

Prof. Ram Chandra, VC, Monad University Hapur

Mr. S.R. Soni, VP, India Glycols Ltd

Prof. Atul Khosla, Pro VC, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences

Mr. Arvind Pacchapur, South Asia Head, Clarivate Analytics

Mr Paramjit Jaswal, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

The session commenced with the felicitation of session chair Mr Paramjit Jaswal. Mr. Jaswal

felicitated all the panel members with Tulsi sapling and declared the session open with opening

remarked that the need of hour is to have a practical approach in teaching rather than just

theoretical teaching. This can happen only with increased Industry Academic interactions and

collaborations.

Prof D.V.Rai, VC, Shobhit University, Meerut

Dr. Rai started by Thanking the chair for giving him the opportunity to present his views. He

said that Universities in rural set up face more challenges than urban ones because of low

students enrollment as well as monetary constraint. He said innovation is pertinent. Industry

should support research as more industry academia partnership is needed. University has to

improve on the following qualities: excellence, modernization, collaborations and self reliance. 3

targets which according to Dr. Rai were of great pertinence were:

Knowledge, development and growth

Quality and democratic development

Linking industry as a partner in research, infrastructure development and support services

He said benefit of academia is benefit of industry as one cannot work without another

Prof. Rai discussed the present scenario of universities emphasizing on development of

infrastructure and globalization of innovations. He discussed the elements to improve quality

through- excellence, modernization, collaboration and self reliance. He talked about Targets for

collaboration, knowledge development and growth, quality education and democratic

development.

He also discussed types of links between academia and Industry through research partnerships,

research service and shared infrastructure. He concluded his talk by emphasizing the significance

of industry-Academia collaboration through skill.

Dr Rajesh Kher, Head Outsourcing partnership Management, IDHAR, Jansen R&D

Noida

Dr. Kher started by saying that Prof. Rai has covered most of the points and issues. He said

Academia plays a vital role in pharma development but there may be some road blocks towards

collaboration. Collaboration between Industry and Academia should be innovation driven.

Patients need innovative medicines. Today we have IT, Big data and Cloud to help us in getting

patient data to understand the need in pharma sector. Translational research will lead to better

drugs. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. Better interdisciplinary research leads to faster

discovery. Pharma giants like Merck and GSK spend more than $ 1.5 billion and it takes15-20

years to get a drug into the market. However, having better collaboration we can reduce this time

leading to faster output. Drugs for cancer, arthritis are costly and beyond the reach of so many

people. These areas should be looked into.

He also discussed the challenges in academic-pharma collaborations – and emphasized that lack

of business acumen in academic researchers, distrust between pharma industries and researchers

and also non availability of universal template or guidelines for collaborations are the major

roadblocks in collaborations.

Prof. Ram Chandra, VC, Monad University Hapur

Discussing the current scenario of universities Prof. Chandra stated that the gap between

industries- and academia is because the universities are not producing industry specific man-

power, students have bookish knowledge and there is a gap between demand and supply. He

stated that there is a strong need to develop teachers training programs in universities,

development of good and specific credit system and reformation of examination. Students are

now going for job oriented courses rather than opting for basic courses. We need more trained

teachers to cater to such high student population.

Mr. S.R. Soni, VP, India Glycols Ltd

Mr. Soni presented the case study of 2G Ethanol Demonstration Plant. He showed a movie on

how academia and industry together with the help of government agency BIRAC developed a 2G

Ethanol Demonstration Plant in Kashipur. He mentioned that researchers from DBT-ICT-Centre

for Energy Biosciences, developed protocol for producing alcohol from lignocelluloses, BIRAC-

played as interface agency and India Glycol Kashipur, established a 2G Ethanol Demonstration

Plant.

Prof. Atul Khosla, Pro VC, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences

Prof Khosla discussed Industry-Academia Alliances. He mentioned that industry academia

alliances fail because of lack of research opportunities and gap between industry and academia.

He shared five key learning‟s from his experience for making alliances work – initiate few but

deeper alliances, be specific in program structure, have clear team structure with appropriate

trainings, maintain focus and build partner company profile and brand image of the university.

He also discussed the Genpact- Shoolini partnership and shared his experiences.

Mr. Arvind Pacchapur, South Asia Head, Clarivate Analytics

Mr. Pacchapur discussed innovation drivers for building industry-academia collaboration, and

stakeholders in research and innovation. He discussed the global scenario of Industry

collaborations showing graphs and numbers and pointed out that India lacks in Pharma and

toxicology which are the major industries abroad. The graphs of innovation output depicted that

Machinery, Digital Computation, Transportation and Construction and Mining are the current

trends that are growing. He concluded his talk saying India can have great results if it develops

high research capabilities, infrastructure and culture; focus on area of interest and senior leaders

give explicit support.

The Chair of the session concluded the session by congratulating all the panel members on their

expertise and knowledge sharing. A few questions were asked on development of industry-

Academia collaboration. The session was closed by felicitation of all the panel members.

Report for the Second day sessions

Following Panelists were present for the session:

Session Chair - Prof. (Dr.) J.N. Kaul – Vice Chancellor, HNBGU University, Srinagar

Prof. (Dr.) Mehraj Uddin Mir – Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar

Prof. (Dr.) Gurmohan Singh Walia – Vice Chancellor, Sri Guru Granth Sahib

World University, Punjab.

Prof. (Dr.) R.S Grewal – Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh

Prof. (Dr.) P.B. Sharma – Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Haryana.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Srivastava – Vice Chancellor, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad.

Prof J.N Kaul started the session by addressing the gathering and outlining that India will have

to outshine in terms of providing research based and entrepreneurship based education system.

However he also mentioned that there are certain contradictions in achievement of higher

education excellence in terms of availability of trained teachers, resources, employability of

students and upgradation of curriculum. He said that there is much emphasis on technology in

higher education institutions but there are its counter effects too. The jobs created through new

technology are high end jobs and require specialized skill sets. He emphasized that in the

existing scenario we are not ready for that and we need to work on the resources available to the

academia. He also shared there is not much autonomy available to the Vice Chancellor‟s in

Indian Universities when it comes to decision on resource allocation. He also emphasized that

Vice Chancellor‟s should be given autonomy along with accountability.

Prof. Mehraj Uddin Mir underscored that India did not figure in first 200 Universities of the

world and stressed that Higher Education Institutions need to focus on Technology, Tolerance

and Talent. He also emphasized that the quality of research should be improved. The HRD report

09:30 am– 10:45 am Technical Session – 2a:

Developing Organization Culture & Values for

Change through Professional Development of

Academic Leadership –Best Practices.

F-3 Seminar Hall

and NAAC team made observations that higher education institutions need to improve on the

quality of research and consultancy. He also flagged that Teachers are at the Centre stage of any

academic model and their welfare aspects should be taken care of. The basic mandate of

Academic policy should be research and innovation oriented.

Prof. (Dr.) Gurmohan Singh Walia, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Punjab.

talked about the tenets of the Book –Being Vice Chancellor asking for the trouble. He talked of

depending on our own values system rather than following the western culture to be a developed

nation. He mentioned that there is a need to recognize and celebrate the talent in Indian

Universities. We need to recognize our student and teachers who are performing well and reward

them on the basis of their merit. He also stressed that we need to learn discipline and

institutionalization from our western counterparts , stop the culture of criticism and honor the

experience embedded in faculties, value professional development and target student retention

and learning.

Prof. (Dr.) R.S Grewal talked about the culture, imperatives to create culture and best practices

at Chitkara University. We need to come up with definitive aim, vision and mission. He said that

unless and until we change the outlook, things will not change. Culture is the personality of the

organization which needs to be shared widely amongst all employees of the institution. He said

that for culture to embed in higher education institutions, it needs to be defined (put into writing),

lived (implemented) , measured (measured by making cultural elements a reality) and rewarded.

Our pedagogy should be learning centric rather than teaching or exam centric. We should be

more liberal in our teaching methodologies and go beyond curriculum. He said it was also

important to identify and work upon the cultural gaps. Persistence to mend is the key and also

allow culture to evolve. He said that at Chitkara there is an emphasis on acquisition of

knowledge and not just degrees. They believe in the model of liberal education i.e beyond

curriculum and encourage research and innovation. They also rely on bloom‟s taxonomy and

project assisted learning and emphasis on courses through MOOC‟s.

Prof. (Dr.) P.B. Sharma focused on the need to develop a culture of nurturing talent , culture of

collaboration, culture of synergy, culture of skills and a culture of collaboration and partnership.

Quality is a matter of critical importance in imparting education in universities. He said that

Quality, Relevance and Eminence are hallmarks of Indian Universities and there are many

Higher Education Indian Institutions such as IIT‟s which are a hallmark of Indian Education

System. He said that there needs to be a vital shift from mediocrity to meritocracy. Finally, Dr.

Sharma summed up by saying that we need to reform ourselves to increase our visibility and

make India an educational hub.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Srivastava highlighted two critical factors that his University emphasizes on

which were employability index of students and communication gym for faculty and students at

different levels.

09:30 am– 10:45am Technical Session – 2b:

Accreditation, Rankings & Benchmarking in

Higher Education – Leadership Challenges &

Strategies.

F-1 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor and Professor,

Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Amity University Uttar Pradesh

Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head IET – India

Dr. Ashok Kumar Raghav, Vice Chancellor, AP Goel Shimla University

Ms. Anamika Chaurasia, Head – Professional Service at Clarivate Analytics

Mr. Nishit Jain, Special Advisor, Asia - EFMD

Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor and Professor, Entrepreneurship and

Leadership, Amity University Uttar Pradesh

The session started with the talk by Session Chair, Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla. At the outset,

she thanked all for being there on a nice cold morning. She said that the topic was chosen

keeping in view the importance of ranking in today‟s scenario. She said that today the

universities are not just serving the needs locally but are producing global talent. Indians are

contributing immensely to this global scenario and hence we need to produce graduates of high

standards.

She talked about how much importance was given to accreditations and benchmarking, about

credit transfers to the Universities in UK and the challenges that Amity University PGDM

students faced while applying to foreign universities for higher education and for jobs in foreign

countries. She informed gathering that after acquiring various accreditations, Amity education

systems have significantly improved. It helped Amity to get its policy, guidelines and systems in

place. She spoke about the introduction of uniform course coding that was introduced in the

university during QS accreditation. Most of the accreditation bodies have a student centered

approach where the stress is laid on progressive teaching and learning curve, rather than the end

result only. This has changed the approach of the universities as well. By having a defined

process, assessment and analysis of the learning outcomes thereby focusing on student progress

and success and stakeholder satisfaction. Ranking and benchmarking is important for greater

visibility among peers and industry. Today, she said that students from all around the country

apply for admissions at Amity.

She highlighted that the way ahead to get international accreditation is through identifying the

gaps that exist and filling them up. The strategy is to document all academic activities and

maintain record of all important data. She emphasised on the fact that ranking and benchmarking

is very important and shapes the framework of the institution.

Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head IET – India

Mr. Sanyal started his session by introducing IET to the forum stating that it is the top 5

technical publishers in the world. The aim of his organization is to help make the world a better

place through engineering. He said that today, the challenge is to produce world class engineers.

80% of students coming out of class 12th

hope to become engineers in India as compared to 20-

30% in other countries. Hence we are catering to the needs and aspirations of a lot of students.

We need to innovate and improve on problem solving and analytical thinking and approach. He

highlighted that there is a huge talent pool of engineers in India and that quality of engineering

education has to be given utmost importance. He also talked about planning a 2 day workshop

regarding changes, paper work and importance to accelerate the accreditation process and to

educate the 2nd

tier of academicians who would be taking up this uphill task in a university set

up.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Raghav, Vice Chancellor, AP Goel Shimla University

Dr. Raghav talked about functions that should be performed by the universities. He spoke about

the challenges faced such as cost, limited resources for research and high resistance to change

and he lay stress on rankings and the importance of it for all universities. He said ranking and

benchmarking systems are being used to acquire accreditations. He provided statistics of the

Indian scenario as per other world class university. He emphasized on the NIRF, NAAC and

NBA rankings and accreditation system

Ms. Anamika Chaurasia, Head – Professional Service at Clarivate Analytics.

Ms. Anamika Chaurasia started by talking about the impact of research on institutional ranking.

She emphasized that the areas of improvement in research should be identified and abridged. She

talked about fostering a culture for quality research as research contributes a total of 30% to the

accreditation framework. Indian university should aim at published high quality research in

highly cited journals as it imparts far greater visibility in the scientific world. She laid emphasis

on the fact that global ranking take the research output, patents and consultancy projects into

account while benchmarking a university. To reach to the top it is prerequisite that we do quality

work and publish quality journals. For this, universities should plan strategically, play to its

strength and foster research culture. She spoke about benchmarking, collaborations with

institutes and identification of top journals for publication purposes to enhance quality research.

Mr. Nishit Jain, Special Advisor, Asia - EFMD

Mr. Nishit Jain talked about EFMD, a global enabler in management space. It is highly

accredited and he spoke about creating an interface between academic space and corporate space

through accreditation. He spoke about research driven innovation and the degree of autonomy

that an institute enjoys after accreditation. He heavily laid emphasis on four pillars – respect for

diversity, responsible management, international dimension and corporate connections.

The hon‟ble chair thanked the speakers and the forum. The session ended with presenting the

speakers with Tulsi sapling and mementoes.

10:45 am– 12:00 pm Technical Session – 3a:

Governance and Financing Higher Education

F-3 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities

Prof. H.L. Verma, Vice Chancellor, Jagan Nath University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana

Prof. Mushahid Hussain, Vice Chancellor, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

Prof. (Dr.) Raj Singh, Vice Chancellor, Rayat-Bahra University, Mohali, Punjab

Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Prof. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, Association of Indian universities

Prof. Furqan Qamar welcomed all the distinguished speakers of the session, other distinguished

Vice Chancellors / Directors of various Institutions participating in the session and all other

attendees of the session. Prof. Furqan invited speakers for presenting their viewpoints on

Governance and Financing issues in Higher Education.

Prof. H.L. Verma, Vice Chancellor, Jagan Nath University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana

Professor Verma, a specialist in the field of finance, started the session by saying that

“Everything starts with money and ends with money”. According to him, in a changed scenario it

is expected from every Vice Chancellor to have some knowledge of finance along with other

academics. In the university system, not much innovation has taken place so far as the financial

management task practice is concerned. In the case of public sector, Government aid acts as a

source of finance. On the other hand, in case of private sector, it is the student fee which majorly

contributes to the source of fund. He gave an example of a particular university in New York and

its financial structure. That university finances itself by preparing a budget which consists of four

parts : first 25% is financed through student‟s fees, next 25% is financed through Government

since it is a state university, next 25% is financed through faculty by undertaking research

projects thereby generating money and the final 25% is financed through Vice Chancellor,

president and the administration. The conclusion from above point is that a country like USA

which has a higher per capita income spends just 25% of its income on the education and rest is

generated through other sources. In case of self-financing institutions, the financial burden of

100% cost plus profits is transferred to the students. Keeping in mind the socio-economic

conditions in India, This is not sustainable. In the long run, there is question of affordability for

the middle class. Therefore, we need to find alternative sources of funding and not just rely on

students‟ fees. Adequate finance is must for growth and for providing quality education to

achieve our objectives.

Distinguishing between objectives of education and higher education, he said that the objective

of education is to empower a person against ignorance and the objective of higher education is to

promote skills and is based on a person‟s choice. Benefits of higher education are more to

individuals than to society. Therefore it needs to be self-financing. Also, the main focus should

be to innovate alternative ways to generate funds for which extensive research is required.

Prof. Mushahid Hussain, Vice Chancellor, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

The speaker first talked about financing structure in his university. This university is financed

through students‟ fees, examination fees and also, they encourage their faculty members to bring

projects under various schemes. The second aspect is governance which is through e-governance

system in their university. E-governance is applied in case of registration, examination etc. In

general, one of the important aspects is finance and the other is research. The state government is

not providing enough funds and grants to carry out the research work. Now a days, most of the

projects undertaken by the students are based on extensive computerization, simulation and

modelling. This is mainly because well-developed laboratories are lacking in schools and

universities. The speaker concluded by emphasizing on having well developed laboratory

system.

Prof. (Dr.) Raj Singh, Vice Chancellor, Rayat-Bahra University, Mohali, Punjab

The speaker commented on our current education system by saying that the “glorious past has

been lost”. He stated that the gross enrolment ratio from 1992 to 2016 has been increasing and

will be close to global average within next few years. He pointed out a challenge that there is a

need for more private institutions offering higher education since today only 60% of private

institutions are providing higher education. Another challenge is that the universities where there

is majority of engineering students, banks are running away from funding those institutions.. He

gave four suggestions. Firstly, CSR money which has come from many big industries has

worked in some cases and not in others because owners had 100% control over the money and

there were no delegations. Secondly, we need to look at innovative ways of financing. Thirdly,

he strongly recommended that government should disinvest and the surplus land should be sold

to private universities and should stop giving subsidies. Fourthly, most of the universities should

reduce their overhead expenses. He concluded by focusing on two aspects -learning outcome

based education and e-governance.

Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

The speaker made a mention of the saying, “money makes the mayor go”. He said that

governance is totally dictated by funds. The motive of higher education is social service from

perspective of public institutions and profit making from the perspective of private institutions.

Over the time, there has been an increase in the overhead cost in creating infrastructure,

increased water and electricity charges and hike in teacher‟s salary but government support will

keep decreasing over time in this regard. Poverty will have to be shared by private university.

We have to search for other ways and means of financing higher education. Two ways through

which the universities can raise their own resources are: by getting rid of surplus land holdings

and bank on the alumni. There is a need to tighten the belt.

Concluding Remarks by Prof. Furqan Qamar:

He thanked all the distinguished speakers for their valuable inputs. Concluding the session, he

said that all agree on one point that funding is very important. Cost effectiveness is important

and despite constraints, Universities are somehow managing for funds, growing and tapping

newer sources of finance. He put emphasis on four aspects: Regulation, Funding, Administration

and Financing. All these are linked together. Currently Private Universities are managing funds

directly from the students and Public universities indirectly from people through taxes. He

pointed out towards plethora of regulators especially since 1987 and concluded that too much

regulation is an obstacle rather than a tool for promoting excellence. There are three important

challenges in respect of higher education-expansion, inclusion and excellence. Inclusion should

not be compromised in any case since education and higher education are very important for

national development. He also mentioned recommendations of few commissions/Committees

appointed at various times including Radha Krishnan Commission 1948, Kothari commission

1968 and said that currently our spending on education is not enough. At least 6% of GDP

should be devoted to education to be shared equally by Primary, Secondary and Higher

education.

The meeting ended with A Vote of Thanks to the House by the Chair and presenting sapling and

memento to all the speakers.

10:45 am – 12:00 am Technical Session – 3b:

Developing Synergy – Collaboration, Co-

operation and Partnership in Higher Education

F-1 Seminar Hall

Session Chair: Prof. R.K. Chauhan, Vice Chancellor, Lingaya’s University, Faridabad

Prof. Gurinder Singh, group Vice Chancellor, Amity University

Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, U.P.

Shri Apoorv Mahendru, Director, German Academic Exchange Service

Shri Raju Vaziraney, President, Som Distilleries & Breweries Ltd.

The session commenced with Chair of the session Prof. Chauhan‟s introduction to the topic,

stating the importance of collaboration in higher education. Before inviting the speakers to

deliver speeches, he raised a few doubts regarding collaboration occurring more outside the

country than within, how synergy is more on paper and are yet to touch practical periphery, and

how there should be more cooperation among the Indian Universities.

The Session Chair welcomed panelists.

Prof. Gurinder Singh, group Vice Chancellor, Amity University

The first speaker Dr. Gurinder Singh shared his experience citing examples of an Indian student

pursuing quality research in Nectar Lab, Australia. Based on this anecdote he raised a few

questions stating that despite India being the largest customers, vast populated country, and a

reservoir of talent among students as well as academicians, why there is such dearth of quality

research in India.

He enhanced that 11% of the new age CEOs are of Indian origin. 19% of the students going to

Ivy League institution are Indians. Top students of the world are nurtured by Indian

academicians. Yet there is no quality research and development in India. He stated that there is

an obvious gap between demand and supply.

He mentioned that since the idea and role of classroom and teaching is changing, it is important

for the academia to concentrate more on promotion of effective research.

He raised two important questions. First, that we need the best ambience for our students to

receive maximum output from their talent. Why aren‟t we given this environment and resources?

Second, why students are not allowed to do their own research during their academic

framework? Students outside India are provided with a full semester to produce their research on

the desired topics whereas in India no such thing is provided.

He concluded by saying that Academic Institutions need not create degrees and classrooms, but

should nurture experiential learning and this would not be possible without collaboration.

Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, U.P.

The second speaker Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh initiated her speech by stressing that it is important

to speak about solutions more than the problems.

According to her, it is highly essential to get synergy in curriculum and research. And to achieve

those involvements of the educational institutions should be –

a) Targeted – in terms of matching philosophy between institutions

b) Engaging – in terms of involvement in research collaboration

c) Flexible – in terms of self-divineness and incentives for faculty and students

According to her, government institutions do not take the risks because they are funded by the

central government and have nothing to lose but all the private institutions have this challenge

before them.

Shri Apoorv Mahendru, Director, German Academic Exchange Service

3rd

Speaker Sri Apoorv Mahendru explained the relationship and collaboration between India and

Germany. He mentioned the lists of various research collaborations and MOUs between German

and Indian Universities. He is hopeful that we already are proceeding towards a direction

bringing people together.

According to him, Indian institutions and institutions from Germany should cooperate together

for better results because working together leads to great results.

Shri Raju Vaziraney, President, SomDistillirie & Breweries

4th

speaker Sri Raju Vaziraney shared his own success story so that efficient and effective

measures can be adopted for placement of students in the industry.

He enhances the importance of getting the best out of average people, molding them into good

managers and leaders.

He stresses the importance of collaboration and synergy between academia, industry and alumni

for better results.

He focused on value system and ethics for becoming successful in endeavors.

According to him discipline and regimentation are the main areas for molding a boy into

gentleman.

He concluded with the importance of value system and ethics.

While concluding, all the panelists were presented mementos.

01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Valedictory Session

Chairperson: Prof. D.S. Chauhan, President,

Association of Indian Universities & Vice

Chancellor GLA University, Mathura

F-1 Seminar Hall

Chairperson: Prof. D.S. Chauhan, President AIU & VC GLA University, Mathura

Guest of Honour: Dr. Ravi. P. Singh

Welcome Address: Prof. Dr. Balvinder Shukla, VC Amity University Uttar Pradesh.

The event started with welcoming every one once again to the session, and all the

dignitaries on the dais were Welcome by Tulsi Sapling in the following order

Hon‟ble VC Dr. Balvinder Shukla AUUP to Dr. Ravi P.Singh

VC Dr. Balvinder Shukla AUUP to Dr D.S. Chauhan

Dr. Sanjeev Bansal to Shri Furqan Qamar

Dr.C. Tandon to Mr. Sampson David

Dr. Kamal Bava Bhalla to Dr. Balvinder Shukla

Later Vice Chancellor was invited by the Emcee for delivering her Welcome Address.

She formally welcomed all dignitaries & all VCs, Faculty, HOI and expressed her happiness &

pleasure to attend 2 days proceedings. In her talk she expressed her satisfaction and expressed

that there were positive vibes in technical session, including learning from one another.

She expressed her gratitude to all speakers including Dr. Reddy guest of Honour. She expressed

her happiness and said that at the end of the day what matters is the quality of education and we

see QCI contributing in the area of higher education. She thanked AIU without whose support

the Event could not be conceived. She also thanked all the VCs who had come from far and

wide. She expressed her desire for working together and expressed the need to leverage on each

others strengths and weaknesses. She hoped that the past 2 days were comfortable for all but

invited feedback as there is always a scope for improvement.

Prof. Dr. Furqan Qamar, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities.

Dr. Qamar Formally welcomed Dr. Ravi P. Singh, Dr. D.S Chauhan, Prof. Balvinder Shukla,

and Mr. Sampson David.

At this stage, he thanked AUUP, Chancellor AUUP, founder President. He said he feels

pampered after these 2 days of hospitality, but emphasized that it should be not be a reason to

worry for other universities.

He told that AIU also has a library and books and journal collection related to higher education,

though not digital, but unused library containing documentations related to higher education. He

urged all to publicize the use of this library as it contains plethora of material. He also said that it

is free of cost for all member universities.

Other points covered in the talk were: Bibliography of PhD awarded to improve the quality of

research. Dr Qamar said despite Shodh Ganga & Gangotri, AIU have started annual bulletin. All

books and magazines are gifted to VCs and Registrars. Any one from registered University can

subscribe additional copies for library. It gives latest updates about programs, faculty up to

associate level. He requested all to send all details so that it can be incorporated. On a lighter

note he said that new ideas stop coming to all in office setup. AIU meets provide escape that is

well deserved, to be away from campuses and to come up with new ideas.

He was happy that such forums provides platform to express and present ideas and are stress

busters. Dr. Qamar also reminded all about upcoming General Meeting of AIU at Tirupati, 5-7

February 2017.

Address by Guest of Honor Dr. Ravi P. Singh, Secretary General, Quality Council of India

Dr. Singh started by saying that coming to AIU meetings is always a very happy occasion. He

expressed thankfulness to management of AIU for having him again for thoughtful discussion.

He said “when AIU invites all luminaries I wonder cumulative brain power here can blow up a

country”. He also shared a small inspirational story.

He expressed his views on the need to change a few systems in teaching-learning protocol. He

said teachers need to ask themselves whether students are learning and understanding. Perhaps

the time has come to learn more rather than teaching. He said that we may be teaching a lot of

things but we need to ask whether they are learning.

Dr. Singh thanked Dr. Shukla for providing him with 20 brilliant students from Amity who are

performing exceptionally well at QCI.

He also spoke about the tested model of Chalk and Talk, but urged the need to use technology in

teaching. He said students do not attend classes as they feel they can learn more outside the

classrooms. There needs to be innovation in teaching as well.

Dr. Singh also emphasized that there is a huge request for relaxation of attendance from parents

during examination time. He emphasized that Flexibility, Concept of teaching time, Teaching

during Productive timing should be looked into while planning a curriculum.

Selection of teachers in education sector should be streamlined and they should not be selected

without formal training. Young teachers should be mentored by senior professors. They should

be encouraged to interact with junior students.

He said during initial semester the students should attend lectures of senior teachers. He

congratulated Prof. D.S. Chauhan and said that AIU is doing so well and started ranking NIRF -

collaborative arrangement.

Feedback from Vice Chancellors:

Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

He thanked AUUP and AIU for very educative 2 days Programme with very relevant set of

topics. Dr. Shah also thanked AUUP for flawless organization. AUUP, he said has set a

benchmark for other universities, which they may find difficult to emulate.

He urged the need to raise happy kids who know the value of things. He also laid stress on the

fact that MHRD should send a representative to AIU meet and they should refrain from

bombarding VCs everyday with issues. He said universities have become very VC centric

because HOIs and Deans are on rotation, which is good but after their tenure the position and

hierarchy changes. Therefore, HOI and Deans should occupy senior positions in the last 5 years

of their academic tenure.

Dr. S. Rajarajan, Vice Chancellor, SRM University

Dr. Rajan started by thanking all and expressed his pleasure to share his feedback. He said such

meticulous planning was not an easy task. We are in an era of women empowerment and

expressed his happiness that at AUUP many women actively involved in meticulous planning

and execution, which is yet another feather in VC, AUUPs cap, who is herself an empowered

woman. He said all the sessions were systematic and a feast to everyones mind. He congratulated

the entire team of AUUP and AIU and urged everyone to give a standing ovation

Prof. D.S. Chauhan, President, Association of Indian Universities & Vice Chancellor GLA

University, Mathura

Dr. Chauhan, started by thanking all and welcoming the GOH on the dais. He said that AIU is a

university personified. He expressed his gratitude towards Founder president Sir for being ever

so supportive. Problems of education are beyond comprehension and our forefathers had to learn

from facts of life and technology was absent. The mantra during those days was to teach to learn

and learn from one another. The learning concept was from brain to heart. He urged that teaching

should be learning centric. The entire country is facing shortage of teachers. In private sector the

govt. does not give any financial aid. Problems also arise as UGC and AICTE has different

norms and working towards fulfilling both is a difficult act to balance.

He once again thanked the host institution and Dr. Shukla for a wonderful 2 days ent.

Felicitation

Prof. Dr. Balvinder Shukla presented a memento to Dr .Ravi P Singh GOH

Later Dr. D.S Chauhan and Mr.Sampson David presented a memento as a token of appreciation

from AIU to Prof. Dr.Balvinder Shukla

Vote of Thanks by Mr. Sampson David Jt.Secretary, AIU

Mr. Sampson thanked the dignitaries for giving him the opportunity to propose the Vote of

Thanks. He expressed his gratitude towards AUUP and AIU for conducting the meet that was

flawless. He said that the fact that everyone is present till the very end of the session shows how

well the sessions have been planned, and the credit goes to Dr. Shukla and her team.

He also thanked all the VCs for sparing their valuable time for coming to the meet and sharing

their intellectual capital with each other.

Later AIU presented a memento to Dr. Shukla as a toke of their appreciation towards her and her

team and staff.

National Anthem

Lunch