The Haryana Government signs MoU with OP Jindal Global University to draft the State Higher Educational Plan under the Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyaan (RUSA). Additional chief secretary, Department of Higher Education, Vijai Vardhan, and vice chancellor of the OP Jindal Global University, Professor Raj Kumar, signed the MoU in the presence of Haryana’s Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma.
The International Institute for Higher Education, Research and Capacity Building, a research institute that focusses on higher education at JGU, will undertake this project. They will conduct research and offers advice on all aspects of higher education with a strong focus on curriculum development; pedagogical innovations; faculty engagement; recruitment and development; research and knowledge creation systems; scholarship and building research capacities; international collaborations etc. The plan will contain the physical targets, opportunities and proposals for promoting access, equity and excellence in higher education. Three workshops will be organised with vice chancellors, registrars, eminent academics, NGOs, media and other stakeholders over next three months.