Heads of higher educational institutions participate in programme
With an aim to highlight the importance of world class technical education and improve its quality in India, Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) conclave was held at IIM Raipur, here on Tuesday.
The conclave was organised under the second phase of an initiative taken by Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Government of India.
The academic and administrative heads of higher educational institutions participated in the conclave. According to IIM officials, IIM Raipur has got the responsibility to promote academic excellence and quality administration of technical institutions by the MHRD in five states including Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
Speaking on the occasion, BS Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur emphasised upon the need of higher educational institutions to earn a place for themselves in the world rankings.
The conclave was organised to identify the gaps in the present technical eduation system, processes and infrastructure and to evolve benchmarks for the delivery of education and resource management.
The dignitaries including S Dasgupta, Director, Technical Education, West Bengal, Himanshu Gupta, Director, Technical Education, Chhattisgarh, Sudarshan Tiwari, Director, NIT, Raipur spoke on improving quality of technical education in India.
On the occasion, Saji Gopinath from IIM, Kozhikode spoke about content identification for training the heads of the institutions. Punam Sehgal from IIM, lucknow explored the training needs for faculty development while as Prashant Salwan from IIM, Indore identified the training needs for administrative officials.
The faculty members of IIM Raipur — Vinita Sahay, Sanjeev Parashar and PRS Sarma spoke about the need for developing a strategic framework for the conduct of various capacity enhancement programs in academic leadership, faculty development and program for registrars and administrative officers.