The global higher education rating, ranking and awarding standards organisation, QS-Era has awarded Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, with QS IGauge E-LEAD (E-Learning Excellence in Academic Digitisation) certification on June 27, Saturday. This certification is a representation of the results following a verification and validation process to certify the preparedness of institutions to conduct online teaching and learning.
“The certification process involved rigorous data-collection, evaluation and assessment of performance metrics as set out in the methodology”, noted the QS India head Ashwin Fernandes.
Adamas University (AU) is the only other university in East-Northeast India to be awarded so, apart from Bhuvaneswar based KIIT University.
QS IGAUGE is the Indian arm of global rankings and ratings agency QS, which established the E-Lead: E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation. QS IGAUGE deployed its outstanding global resources to create a global best practices document and methodology, with an aim to do a readiness check of institutions in India in adopting technology and technology-enabled services for online teaching.