The two day State level workshop on ‘leadership Development for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ concluded here on Tuesday. Speaking during the valedictory ceremony, the Director General (DG) of the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Dr Rajendra Dobhal said that the head of the institutions should emulate the high standards in leadership set up in the past. He said that by development of leadership dizzy heights in the field of education can be achieved.
The Higher education Director, B C Malkani in his address emphasized optimum usage of the limited resources available with the leaders of institutions of higher education. He said that inculcation and development of virtues is needed for increasing the quality of higher education in the state. The additional secretary Higher education emphasized the need of preparation of self study report for NACC accreditation.
In the technical sessions on the day the Director of Uttarakhand Space Application centre (USAC), Durgesh Pant gave a presentation on ‘Role of ICT for Reengineering dissemination and Governance in Higher Education’. After this presentation Dr S D Soontha of NAAC accreditation presented the progress report of the accreditation by NAAC team, and affiliation with UGC.
The workshop was organised by the directorate of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).