Higher Education Minister Dr Arun Sahoo had a brainstorming web session with representatives of the Society of Americas (OSA), GHEC, State Government officials and VCs of different universities.
Attended by top Odia educationists and academicians of the world, the meeting deliberated on the measures to be initiated to enhance the quality of higher education of the public universities in Odisha.
It was agreed upon during the live-streaming interaction that the international community would be hosting webinars and formulating the topics on institutional development depending on the needs of various departments of universities. The public universities in Odisha will facilitate the international students as well as faculty exchange programmes starting with the US universities. The Higher Education Department will be ensuring the availability of upgraded WIFI Broadband in all the university campuses expeditiously. The faculty profile and their research interests will be clearly placed in the university websites so that the Global Higher Education Committee will be able to facilitate the collaboration with the international faculty members and researchers. The proposal for the formation of a strong alumni database for each university was given paramount importance leveraging the ongoing “ Mo College” initiative and fostering of industry collaborations by establishing centres of excellence in universities with innovation and incubation facilities.
The proposal of formation of an external Advisory Council for the universities was also received very well by Higher Education Minister.