Prof. Ved Prakash

WHY OUR UNIVERSITIES FAIL IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TEST

Notwithstanding the establishment of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell on the campus of each university, there has not been much…

4 years ago

INTERDISCIPLINARITY IS KEY TO EDUCATION

Indian universities are badly in need of expert groups which can design curricular provisions and instructional materials from an interdisciplinary…

4 years ago

CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH: THE TALLEST PEASANT LEADER OF INDEPENDENT INDIA

The passage of India’s prosperity passes through its fields and villages. Chaudhary Charan Singh’s land reform crusade and unflinching commitment…

4 years ago

REJUVENATING RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITIES

Investment in the development of research must be considered a fundamental national goal since it is necessary for the sustenance…

4 years ago

FOSTERING ACADEMIC COMPETITION IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Healthy competition among universities can raise the bar of higher education in India significantly. But for that to happen, context-specific…

4 years ago

ASPIRING FOR WORLD-CLASS VARSITIES

To establish world-class universities in India, we have to identify and avoid the weaknesses of the current system, allow institutions…

4 years ago

THE QUINTESSENCE OF TAGORE’S EDUCATIONAL VISION

Rabindranath Tagore’s educational philosophy focused on holistic learning—equal development of the artistic and affective senses as well as cognitive abilities,…

4 years ago

UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION: A DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF QUALITY EDUCATION

It is disheartening to note that out of 982 universities, only 228 have a valid accreditation status, and only 12…

4 years ago

ARE THE IDEALS OF UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY COMPROMISED?

The autonomy of universities is essential to empower them and enable them to resist pressure from outside, especially political, so…

4 years ago

PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES NEED TO GO BEYOND QUESTIONS OF CONVENIENCE

Private sector can play a significant role in realising the goal of expansion, equity and excellence as envisaged in NEP-2020,…

4 years ago

Are deemed to be universities on the path of self-improvement?

Pre-eminence of deemed to be universities gets further corroborated by the National Institutional Ranking Framework data, which shows that as…

4 years ago

Learning a life-long endeavour through MOOCs

Online education, in the style of Massive Open Online Courses, has the potential to greatly reduce barriers to education. It…

4 years ago