Growth and reform plan for indian varsities
A 10-point ambitious growth and reform plan for Indian Universities has been presented at an event in New Delhi today to enable them to achieve global rankings.
The plan was presented by the founding VC of OP Jindal Global University, Prof (Dr) C Raj Kumar and Ashwin Fernandes, Regional Director (Middle East, North Africa & South Asia) QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Both of them emphasised the need for Indian higher educational institutions to be at par with their international counterparts and also invest in strategies, vision and infrastructure to ensure they break into globally recognised international rankings.
Global ranking frameworks have increasingly become an indicator of the institutional quality of higher education institutes.
4 Indians win Green Talent Awards
The 25 international awardees of this year’s Green Talents Competition have travelled to Germany to attend the Science Forum for talented junior researchers from the field of sustainability science.
The programme under the motto Smart Green Planet – Solutions for a Sustainable Future is held under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Anja Karliczek.
The award has been honouring talented researchers since 2009 and provides young scientists with a platform for sharing their innovative green concepts to help shaping a more sustainable future.
This year experts selected 25 up-and-coming researchers from among 837 applicants and 97 countries, which marks a new high score of applications received.
For the first time ever, winners from Cameroon, Lebanon, Morocco and Papua New Guinea are among the chosen awardees.
The awardees will be able to lay the foundations for future cooperation. These efforts are supported by the invitation to return to Germany in 2020 for a fully-funded research stay at an institution of their choice.
IIM Calcutta ranks 17th globally
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta has secured rank 17 globally, as part of the Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2019 for its two-Year Masters in Business Administration (earlier Post Graduate Programme in Management). Advancing by six ranks this year, the institute has been ranked first in India among the five Indian B-schools listed in the rankings.
Commenting on the 2019 Rankings, Professor Prashant Mishra, Dean, New Initiatives and External Relations said: “The FT Ranking for 2019 is a reiteration of the leadership positions that IIM Calcutta holds in the global management education landscape. With the internationalization of our curriculum over the years and some of the best faculty from across the world, our offerings are curated to address the needs of the dynamic business environment. As a result, we’ve been able to create a pool of ethical and responsible leaders across domains. The rankings will help us network more closely with the top B-schools across the globe.”