FICCI : Industry's Voice for Policy Change

The year 2020 has been a historical year for quite an unforgettable pandemic that has lead to a monumental change in the existing process and composition of orders in every other system and the education system is no exception to the effecting change brought forward by the global pandemic.

And to bring the inclusive and positive change to our education system, The Policy Times collaboration with, Shiv Nadar University, an institution for eminence in the education field organized World Education Conference 2021. The three-day event is being organized from 15-17th January 2021 digitally. The main agenda of the event is to explore a workable roadmap for all-inclusive sustainable and productive education worldwide. The inauguration ceremony was graced by the presence of Chief Guest of the event Shri. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister & Hon’ble Minister of Education, Government of Delhi NCT , and Guest of Honour Mr. Mohibul H. Chowdhoury, Hon’ble Deputy Minister ,Ministry of Education ,Government of Bangladesh.

The first day of The World Education Conference was divided in three sessions and each of them held quite insightful discussions on issues prevalent in our education system and if dissected and discussed and taken under proper re-shaping, could bring quite a monumental change in our education system.

The Chief Guest of the first plenary session was Dr. Binod Chaudhary, Chairman-CG Corp Global, Nepalese Billionaire, and Businessman & Philanthropist. The deliberations happened around “National Education Policy 2020 – Future of Education & Implementation Roadmap”. This session brings light to the New Education Policy 2020 that was approved by central authority and is expected to implement this year. The NEP 2020 has envisioned a new education system by reforming quite a few key areas and Successful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP2020) demands a long-term vision, availability of expertise on a sustained basis, and concerted action from all concerned encompassing National, State, institutional, and individual levels to have a proper comprehension of the building basis and structure of NEP 2020 and the implementation procedure and devising a workable roadmap for future implementation of NEP 2020.

Mr. Chaudhary one of the most inspiring businessmen and philanthropic spoke about education being the fundamental right of the citizens that helps people to judiciously adapt to other key aspects of life. He strongly believes “Education is an important fundamental aspect of human life, considered as one of the most valuable gifts bestowed upon humanity. He further says, ‘I believe that each person continuously learns and grows throughout their lives and this ability to capture the right information and adopting it becomes more heightened with proper education. It is the very weapon that becomes the light of hope even in the grimmest of the situations regardless of personal or professional life”.

He emphasised his mantra behind his tireless work is ‘business with purpose’ to create a difference in the lives of global community through quality education .He rightly set a glowing example to his brethren in the business community to their righteous purpose and responsibility to the world at large.

Mr. Chaudhury rightly said “India and Nepal has one of the largest youth compositions in the world which makes it even more paramount to effectively and meticulously evolve the education framework to part articulate knowledge.” This remarkably inspirational man shed an unprecedented ray of hope for the young generation of Nepal along with global community of young people. His organization CG Education, the educational vertical of CG Corp Global is also playing “a pivotal role in reshaping the education scenario in Nepal, India, and other countries in Asia & overseas to provide quality education. Their philanthropic work categorically focuses on education to empower the young talent to create a world of educated, independent, liberal, and rational young professionals.”

His globally renowned autobiography ‘Making It Big’ an insightful and inspirational journey into his life was showcased at the session.

Dr. MK Shridhar, Member, NEP Draft Committee, a pillar to building NEP 2020 started the session with his key note speech key notes speech for the session. He highlighted unique views essence of NEP 2020 delightfully as according to him the clear and concise purpose of NEP 2020 was to democratise education.

Mr. Anees Kutty, Founder of Evergreen Foundation & Anees Defence Career Institute (ADCI), Pune, Dr Chetan Singai, Chief Consultant, Technical Secretariat, NEP-2020, & Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences and Deputy Director, Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru, KA, India were present as honourable speaker for the session and all of them lead a delightful discussion that hopefully could see a successful implementation of NEP 2020.

The guests of this session were experienced representatives from academia and industry. Mr Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &Industry (FICCI), emphasized on quality education that can signal the need for the diverse industry and better industry exposure at every educational level contributes to industry and academia correlation. . FICCI is also bringing lots of new initiatives to reach to educational institutes and bring industry and academia collaboration by practical approach.

Mr. S.Y. Sidiqqui, Executive Advisor, Maruti Suzuki India Limited believes the better solution to harmonious accord of industry academia is the education should adapt the mandate to build the character of an industrialist. Prof (Dr.) Mohammed Farashuddin, Founder Vice Chancellor and Chief Adviser Professor, East West University, Bangladesh has suggested towards curriculum update to that of industry need and industry experience while pursuing academia and academic institution to incubate entrepreneurship.

The discussion brought forward what kind of contribution could come from both academia and industry and how we could build a successful collaboration between the two and hopefully this leads to people from both field to see the path to collaboration in better light that could be beneficial to both industry and academia.

India Education Diary | Jan 01, 2021

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Business Standard | Nov 20, 2020

Global Educators and Leaders Convene to discuss new age careers in India's largest career summit

With webinars ushering the new normal of events and mass gatherings, India's largest career summit is being virtually launched by CareerGuide.

The mega event titled Career Summit LIVE brings in a 3-day extravaganza filled with guidance, and packed with opportunities for the youth starting from the 27th - 29th of November, 2020.

"What's next" is one of the most common questions posed to students and professionals alike. Uncertainty of the future along with societal pressure make decision taking a tedious task. CareerGuide refrains from beating around the bush with the summit full of direct topics over a broad agenda themed around the changing nature of careers. It includes panel discussions, individual keynotes, university showcases, and a virtual awards ceremony.

"Will I make to my dream university given my current grades?", "Is funding post graduation wise?", "Does the pandemic require me to shift careers?" - For counsellors these are trivial queries to handle. The Indian youth has a million questions to ask when it comes to careers; few people to answer them comprehensively for free. Over 3 days the summit aims to make use of the digital platform to bring acclaimed speakers and esteemed guests to part their knowledge and provide guidance to the participants at no fee.

The event expected to deliver a phenomenal experience with a myriad of acclaimed speakers. With plenty of lessons from educators, award-winning counsellors, professors and expert Executives in their field, Career Summit Live brings a lot to the table.

Taking upon several crucial topics and working towards finding solutions to some commonly searched terms, the event functions around trending, fiery titles such as the National Education Policy- A game-changer?, Rising cost of Education amidst E-learning, and Life Skills vs Academic skills, Offbeat Careers, Turning passions to professions, and what tomorrow has to offer.

The talks also include topics revolving around new age careers and is digital/remote the only way to survive, along with a lot more. The gathering doesn't just pose questions but throws out endless possibilities and opportunities for aspirants to work with.

In experiencing a career summit of such significance, one also falls for the perks it has to offer. Speakers include Sabeer Bhatia, eccentric Indian-American Businessman credited with bringing email into widespread use with the launch of the first free web-based mailing service - Hotmail; Jeff Fenster, serial entrepreneur and founder of Everbowl; Sairee Chahal a trailblazer for women commmunity and founder of SHEROES; Arjun Mohan, CEO India upGrad and ex chief business officer of Byju's; Balaji Vishwanathan the world's most followed person on Quora.

The summit features live talks from recognized personnel from the edtech and counselling space including Sandeep Marwah (Marwah Studios); Atul Khosla (Founder, Shoolini University), Surabhi Dewra (CEO CareerGuide) Jitin Chawla (Career Counsellor), Pranav Bhatia (Founder Stirring Minds), Dr Manish Mishra (SANKALP, Ministry of Skill and Development) Shobha Mishra Ghosh (Assistant Secretary General, FICCI) and whopping 90 others!

Career Summit Live is a free for all event (summit.careerguide.com)

Involves Q & A Sessions, Virtual Quizzes.

Offers an exclusive community invite to a network of recruiters offering internships and job opportunities for a diverse set of career options.

Recorded Video Sessions Provided

Post the event a participation certificate awarded.

"The looming uncertainty of the pandemic's outcome and amidst institutions and workplaces operating remotely had elevated stress levels amid the youth, we wanted to provide a morale booster and proper guidance... And from there we got Influencers, Passionpreneurs, Leaders, Government Officials and Counsellors all on a single screen," said CEO Surabhi Dewra, Under whose expert direction CareerGuide helps students overcome their doubts and achieve a resolute path.

India's leading career counselling platform, it has been helping nurture young minds and has conducted 100,000 plus comprehensive psychometric tests, helped resolve 3.5 million members' issues. They have a strong community of counsellors, prestigious university alumni and serial entrepreneurs, with a passion to help others achieve their dreams with the same pomp.

The Hindu Business Line | Sep 29, 2020

Webinar on NEP 2020: Industry-academy interaction needed for research, innovation, say educationists

While one of the important objectives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is to make India, a knowledge superpower,g educationalists educationists and academicians feel that can happen only when it fosters research and incentivises researchers.

“In today’s education field, researchers are neither respected nor properly rewarded for their work. They should be given importance and respect for publishing research papers,” said Ravi Pachamoothoo, Chairman SRM Group.

He was speaking at ‘National Education Policy 2020’, a webinar organised by FICCI in partnership with SRM University and the Hindu BusinessLine.

Pachamoothoo, who is also the convenor of FICCI Tamil Nadu Education panel, added that teacher-industry interaction is more important to keep the faculty members abreast with latest developments in their respective field of research.

“How can a person do research by sitting in the same college for 35-40 years?” he asked and added that the government should bring some guidelines wherein a professor or teacher should work in industry at least for a year after completing four years in teaching.

Sujith Kumar, Vice President - Infosys, said research and innovation are the bedrock to become a knowledge superpower. “For that you need to have a culture of accepting failure but today we don’t allow our children to fail even in school exams.”

Noting that industry and academia are speaking only for placements, Kumar said, “Why should only a faculty take a break and come to corporate? Today we have some of the best guys in corporate who can teach in college as a sabbatical and many organisations do have such policies.”

Terming NEP 2020 as ‘transformational’ in nature, Venkatraman Umakanth, Head - FutueSkills B2B, NASSCOM said the country has been more on the sphere of job fulfillment rather than job creation.

He also added that the focus of NEP is not just on enhancing the technical skills but also the technology of learning such as moving from basic research to applied research.

On the need for increased government spending on education, Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology said, the government should first clearly define the ‘infrastructure’ and then spend uniformly across all schools, particularly in rural areas.

“Today every child is given a mobile phone as a solution for online education but is a mere mobile phone enough? Many villages lack even electricity so all this needs to be addressed,” she added.

Lauding the NEP 2020, MV Muthuramalingam, Founder and Chairman, Velammal Education Trust said that making mother tongue compulsory up to 5th grade, three language formula, uniform admission procedure and fee structure for all institutions, allowing students to switch courses, focus on skill-based learning, emphasis on quality teaching process and autonomy to institutions to issues degree certificates will pave way for transformative changes in the education system.

The panel discussion was moderated by N Madhavan, Senior Associate Editor, BusinessLine.

Earlier delivering the special guest address, TR Paarivendhar, Founder & Chancellor, SRM Group said, when NEP was brought in the parliamentary committee, in which he was also a member, nearly 40 per cent of the 30-member committee was reluctant to the policy including Tamil Nadu.

However, lauding the government’s intent in transforming the country’s education system, Paarivendhar said, “Today, none of our universities are in Top 200 universities in the world because in research, invention or innovation, we rely or follow foreign countries. The NEP 2020 aspires to change all that.”

The New Indian Express | Sep 20, 2020

Educators need to be trained afresh for NEP 2020: Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan

Telangana has to train educators to move away from an exam-focused learning system and increase industry participation, for proper implementation of the New Education Policy, said Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan during a virtual session titled, ‘NEP-2020- A game-changer for Telangana’ on Saturday.

The interaction saw five parallel sessions, and 23 speakers and lasted for 215 minutes. Experts suggested that there would be an increase in government investment in Higher Education. Naveen Mittal, Commissioner Collegiate Education, and one among the speakers said: "For a better future of Higher Education in Telangana, we must encourage more private investments in our Universities."

FICCI-Telangana State Council, in association with Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), organised the online interactive session.

Telangana Today | Sep 19, 2020

Brand TS as global education destination: Academic Experts

Brand Telangana as a destination for global education and the State as an educational hub were among several recommendations made by academic and industry experts during a webinar on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 – A Game Changer for Telangana.

The webinar was organised by the FICCI-Telangana State Council in association with the Telangana State Council of Higher Education on Saturday. Among other recommendations made to the State government, the experts pitched for an increase in government investment in higher education besides devising a strategy to encourage cutting edge research from institutions in the State which will attract global collaboration.

Speaking on the occasion, FICCI national president Dr. Sangita Reddy termed the NEP 2020 progressive. The policy was equitable, inclusive, accessible, exploratory and experimental, she said, adding that Telangana needed a couple of global universities. The State government should set up a National Science Foundation, making it a core body for serious interaction with industry, she added.

Commissioner of Technical and Collegiate Education Navin Mittal said there was a need to encourage more private investments in universities and also funding of public universities in research. He pitched for more flexibility as currently universities were rigid about giving flexible options to students. Principal Secretary (IT) Jayesh Ranjan suggested three fundamental reforms —teacher training, moving away from exam-based learning system and increase industry participation.

NIT-W director, Prof NV Ramana Rao said given the 21st-century requirements, higher education in Telangana must aim to develop good, thoughtful, well rounded, and creative individuals. FICCI-Telangana State Council chairman and TMI Group chairman T Muralidharan moderated the concluding session. Telangana Today was the media partner for the programme.

Sessions on blended learning

Hyderabad: The webinar on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020- A Game Changer for Telangana had a total of five sessions (three parallel sessions) with 23 speakers from various universities from across the country and abroad.

The plenary session was on ‘Making Telangana a Global Higher Education Hub’. Likewise, three parallel sessions were held on blended learning, achieving sustainability in higher education space, student outcomes for building a quality resource pool. Each plenary session gave five actionable recommendations which FICCI will present them to the government for consideration.

India Education Diary | Sep 19, 2020

Online interactive session "NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA" held

FICCI-Telangana State Council, in association with Government of Telangana, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) organised an online interactive session “NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA” here in the city today

The interaction saw 5 parallel sessions, 23 speakers and lasted for 215 minutes. Each plenary session gave five actionable recommendations which FICCI will present them to the government for their consideration.

The concluding session was moderated by Mr T. Muralidharan, Chairman of FICCI Telangana State Council and Chairman of TMI Group

The Union government’s New Education Policy 2020 brings about several major reforms in education in India and we at FICCI Telangana State Council are here to see how this could be a game-changer for the state, "How Telangana will emerge as global Educational Hub" said T. Muralidharan

Speaking on the occasion Sangeetha Reddy, FICCI national president termed NEP 2020 as progressive and commended all policymakers. FICCI has played a very important role in a dialogue with stakeholders prior to forming up the policy. She termed the policy as equitable, inclusive, accessible, exploratory and experimental.

The question in front of policymakers is how do we make our students more resilient, "how do we prepare for the job which has not taken birth" she asked.

Introduce lifelong learning. Incorporate science and technology into every aspect of life. Science and technology is going to be transformative. Integrate vocation education into the early part of student life, said Sangeeta.

Telangana needs a couple of global Universities. We are proud of ISB. UNDP estimates that the financial requirement for India to reach SDG goals by the year 2030, US $ 2000 Billion or 200 Billion US $ a year which is far beyond our government budget which is 76 billion US $. That is why we need to channelise private investments in education sector Dr Sangeetha said.

I don’t know if Telangana State could set up the National Science Foundation, making it a core body for serious interaction with industry, Dr Sangeeta added.

Naveen Mittal, Commissioner Collegiate Education, Govt of Telangana said he is upbeat about the future of the education in the backdrop of National Education Policy. Speaking at the session he gave his few points for the better future of Higher Education in Telangana. He said we must encourage more private investments in our Universities. Encourage funding of Public Universities in Research. He cited an example of Rusa Project taken up by Osmania University. It is a INR 100 crore project. We need to bring in more flexibility. Currently, Universities are very rigid about giving flexible options to students. This should go away. He spoke about blended learning which is need of the hour.

Director, NIT Warangal, Prof NV Ranga Rao said given the 21st-century requirements, Telangana Higher Education must aim to develop good, thoughtful, well rounded and creative individuals. It must enable an individual to study and also develop intellectual curiosity, scientific temper, creativity, a spirit of service.

Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Govt of Telangana participating in the discussion suggested three fundamental reforms —Teacher Training, moving away from exam-based learning system and increase industry participation.

Jayesh said Telangana formed on a fundamental premise that its youth will would get more jobs. But for the surprise when checked, just 10% of Telangana students were employed in 1400 plus IT companies and rest of them were from outside the state. There were many reasons including lack of employable skills and the widened gap between industry and academia. That is when TASK was set up to train youth to get employable skills, he shared.

Some of the actionable recommendations made by five panels include: Increase Government investment in Higher Education; introduce globally relevant research, promote agile leadership, brand Telangana, produce globally acceptable graduates, train teachers in digital infrastructure, introduce deep tech programs for higher-value employment, start startup incubations in each college and university, private-sector research funding and go for meaningful collaborations and set up clusters of Universities, delink affiliations, make migration between colleges and universities seamless etc are the few recommendations made.

Many speakers felt that new reforms would transform the lives of millions of Indians. The new educational policy is said to be paving way for transformational reforms in school and higher education sector in the country.

The New Education Policy (NEP) when implemented, will revolutionize the Indian Education System. It looks well-structured and seems to have captured most of the important aspects of education. Built on the foundational pillars of Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability and Accountability, this NEP is aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and aims to transform India into a vibrant knowledge society and global knowledge superpower by making both school and college education more holistic, flexible, multidisciplinary, suited to 21st century needs and aimed at bringing out the unique capabilities of each student. It will make our students globally competitive and also has the potential to make India a global hub for Education.

The Interactive session was planned in this backdrop. It was structured as:

Plenary Session on ‘Making Telangana A Global Higher Education Hub’
Parallel Sessions on

Blended Learning
Achieving Sustainability in Higher Education space
Student Outcomes for Building Quality Resource Pool

The key takeaways of the parallel sessions will be presented in the Concluding Session

City Air News | Sep 19, 2020

Online interactive session "New Education Policy (NEP-2020)- A game changer for Telangana" held

Deccan News | Sep 19, 2020

FICCI webinar on national education policy on Saturday

The FICCI Telangana State Council in collaboration with the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) is organizing a webinar on Saturday on ‘National Education Policy 2020- A Game Changer for Telangana’ with the theme ‘Making Telangana a Global Higher Education Hub’. IT Minister KT Rama Rao will take part in the webinar.

Speakers of the program include the President of the FICCI, Sangeeta Reddy, the Director of Atal Innovation Mission, Ramanan Ramanathan, the Special Secretary General of Government, Education, Chitra Ramchandran, TSCHE Chairperson, Prof T Papi Reddy, IT Secretary General, Jayesh Ranjan, Commissioner of Technical and Collegiate Education Navin Mittal., amongst other things. Telangana Today is the media partner for the webinar.

Telangana Today | Sep 19, 2020

FICCI webinar on National Education Policy on Saturday

The FICCI Telangana State Council in association with the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) is organising a webinar on ‘National Education Policy 2020- A Game Changer for Telangana’ with the theme ‘Making Telangana a Global Higher Education Hub’ on Saturday. IT Minister KT Rama Rao will take part in the webinar.

Speakers in the programme will include FICCI president Sangeeta Reddy, Atal Innovation Mission Director Ramanan Ramanathan, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Education, Chitra Ramchandran, TSCHE Chairman Prof T Papi Reddy, IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, Commissioner of Technical and Collegiate Education Navin Mittal, among others. Telangana Today is the media partner for the webinar.

Y This News | Sep 19, 2020

Online interactive session "NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA"

FICCI-Telangana State Council, in association with Government of Telangana, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) organised an online interactive session “NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA” here in the city today

The interaction saw 5 parallel sessions, 23 speakers and lasted for 215 minutes. Each plenary session gave five actionable recommendations which FICCI will present them to the government for their consideration.

The concluding session was moderated by T. Muralidharan, Chairman of FICCI Telangana State Council and Chairman of TMI Group

The Union government’s New Education Policy 2020 brings about several major reforms in education in India and we at FICCI Telangana State Council are here to see how this could be a game-changer for the state? How Telangana will emerge as global Educational Hub? said T. Muralidharan

Speaking on the occasion Sangeetha Reddy, FICCI national president termed NEP 2020 as progressive and commended all policymakers. FICCI has played a very important role in a dialogue with stakeholders prior to forming up the policy. She termed the policy as equitable, inclusive, accessible, exploratory and experimental.

Introduce lifelong learning. Incorporate science and technology into every aspect of life. Science and technology is going to be transformative. Integrate vocation education into the early part of student life, said Sangeeta.

Telangana needs a couple of global Universities. We are proud of ISB. UNDP estimates that the financial requirement for India to reach SDG goals by the year 2030, US $ 2000 Billion or 200 Billion US $ a year which is far beyond our government budget which is 76 billion US $. That is why we need to channelise private investments in education sector Dr Sangeetha said.

I don’t know if Telangana State could set up the National Science Foundation, making it a core body for serious interaction with industry, Dr Sangeeta added.

Naveen Mittal, Commissioner Collegiate Education, Govt of Telangana said he is upbeat about the future of the education in the backdrop of National Education Policy.

Speaking at the session he gave his few points for the better future of Higher Education in Telangana. He said we must encourage more private investments in our Universities. Encourage funding of Public Universities in Research. He cited an example of Rusa Project taken up by Osmania University. It is a INR 100 crore project. We need to bring in more flexibility. Currently, Universities are very rigid about giving flexible options to students. This should go away. He spoke about blended learning which is need of the hour.

Director, NIT Warangal, Prof NV Ranga Rao said given the 21st-century requirements, Telangana Higher Education must aim to develop good, thoughtful, well rounded and creative individuals. It must enable an individual to study and also develop intellectual curiosity, scientific temper, creativity, a spirit of service.

Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Govt of Telangana participating in the discussion suggested three fundamental reforms —Teacher Training, moving away from exam-based learning system and increase industry participation.

Jayesh said Telangana formed on a fundamental premise that its youth will would get more jobs. But for the surprise when checked, just 10% of Telangana students were employed in 1400 plus IT companies and rest of them were from outside the state. There were many reasons including lack of employable skills and the widened gap between industry and academia. That is when TASK was set up to train youth to get employable skills, he shared.

The New Education Policy (NEP) when implemented, will revolutionize the Indian Education System. It looks well-structured and seems to have captured most of the important aspects of education. Built on the foundational pillars of Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability and Accountability, this NEP is aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and aims to transform India into a vibrant knowledge society and global knowledge superpower by making both school and college education more holistic, flexible, multidisciplinary, suited to 21st century needs and aimed at bringing out the unique capabilities of each student. It will make our students globally competitive and also has the potential to make India a global hub for Education.

Go Travel Blogger | Sep 19, 2020

FICCI webinar on National Education Policy on saturday

The FICCI Telangana State Council in association with the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) is organising a webinar on ‘National Education Policy 2020- A Game Changer for Telangana’ with the theme ‘Making Telangana a Global Higher Education Hub’ on Saturday. IT Minister KT Rama Rao will take part in the webinar.

Speakers in the programme will include FICCI President Sangeeta Reddy, Atal Innovation Mission Director Ramanan Ramanathan, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Education, Chitra Ramchandran, TSCHE Chairman Prof T Papi Reddy, IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, Commissioner of Technical and Collegiate Education Navin Mittal, among others. Telangana Today is the media partner for the webinar.

Deccan News | Sep 19, 2020

Mark TS as Global Education Destination: Academic Experts

Brand Telangana as a destination for global education and the state as an educational hub were among various recommendations made by academics and industry experts during a webinar on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 – A Game Changer for Telangana. has.

The webinar was organized on Saturday by the FICCI Telangana State Council in collaboration with the Telangana State Council for Higher Education. Among the other recommendations addressed to the state government, the experts used an increase in the government’s investment in higher education, in addition to designing a strategy to encourage the latest research from state institutions that will foster global cooperation. lok.

On the occasion, the national President of the FICCI, Dr. Sangita Reddy, called the NEP 2020 progressive. The policy was fair, inclusive, accessible, exploratory and experimental, she said, adding that Telangana needed a few global universities. The state government should establish a National Science Foundation, which should make it a core body for serious interaction with industry, she added.

Navin Mittal, commissioner of technical and collegiate education, said it was necessary to encourage more private investment in universities and also to fund public universities in research. He strives for more flexibility, as universities are currently strict in giving flexible options to students. General Secretary (IT), Jayesh Ranjan, has proposed three fundamental reforms – teacher training, which is moving away from the exam-based learning system and increasing participation in the industry.

NIT-W director, Prof NV Ramana Rao, said that given the 21st-century requirements higher education in Telangana should strive to develop good, thoughtful, well-rounded and creative individuals. The chairperson of the FICCI-Telangana State Council and T Muralidharan, chairperson of the TMI group, moderated the closing session. Telangana Today was the media partner for the program.

APN News | Sep 19, 2020

Online interactive session "NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA" held

FICCI-Telangana State Council, in association with Government of Telangana, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) organised an online interactive session “NEW EDUCATION POLICY (NEP-2020)- A GAME CHANGER FOR TELANGANA” here in the city today.

The interaction saw 5 parallel sessions, 23 speakers and lasted for 215 minutes. Each plenary session gave five actionable recommendations which FICCI will present them to the government for their consideration.

The concluding session was moderated by Mr T. Muralidharan, Chairman of FICCI Telangana State Council and Chairman of TMI Group.

The Union government’s New Education Policy 2020 brings about several major reforms in education in India and we at FICCI Telangana State Council are here to see how this could be a game-changer for the state "How Telangana will emerge as global Educational Hub" said T. Muralidharan.