Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur is organising leadership Development Programme for Directors and Vice Chancellors of Technical Institutions under TEQIP in collaboration with National University of Singapore from September 27 to October 2, 2015.
This programme has been initiated by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for Technical Education institutes, an institute Press release issued on Saturday stated.
Elaborating the objectives of the programme, Prof B S Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur said: ‘The objective of the programme is to highlight the importance of world-class technical education, identifying the gaps and lacunae in the present system, processes and infrastructure and evolving the benchmarks for the delivery of education and resources management.’
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, has a commendable goal of achieving levels of Higher education in India, as envisaged in the 12th five year plan, it stated.
According to the 12th five year plan, Higher education in India needs to be aligned with global trends and knowledge development.
An additional capacity for two million more students from the eligible age cohort to have access to higher education in a demand-driven manner needs to be facilitated.
RUSA (Rashtriya Ucchatat Shiksha Abhiyan) is laying great emphasis on improving the quality of higher education by improving access to education as well as promote better autonomy for institutions with an overall objective to improve the Gross enrollment Ratio by 2020.
This leadership Development Program is lead by Prof BS Sahay, Director IIM Raipur along with Prof. PRS Sarma, TEQIP Coordinator, IIM Raipur.
The programme will be attended by 30 participants from Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, it stated.