Moves on to recast India’s universities as Global hubs of Academic & Research Excellence: Prof PB Sharma , President of Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
Carrying forward
his agenda of turning country’s universities into temples of excellence,
Eminent Academician and newly appointed President of the
Association of Universities (AIU) Prof PB Sharma has embarked on a massive
exercise of interacting with Vice chancellors of various educational bodies to redraw contours of action plans to accomplish
the cherished goal.
A simpleton
by nature, Dr Sharma who himself is the VC of an International level Private
University in Gurugram, says he will work in close tandem with VCs to transform
India’s Higher education to serve the cause of high employ-ability, continued
contribution to the new knowledge creation, advancing frontiers of Knowledge, engaging
into technology incubation, innovations and new product its development creating
startups and new age enterprises in plenty.
Focused on
his vision, Dr.Sharma told this blogger that they would strive hard to achieve
these goals with sincere committing to solving pressing problems of air
pollution, food and energy security and saving the earth planet.
"If the Young
generation is driven in the right track, such goals could be achieved with a thumping
success, says a beaming Sharma, VC of the Amity University, Gurugram.
He has donned
many feathers in his cap during his long and illustrious career in the field of
education.“ It is a tall order but we can’t be complacent and it would be
better to be restless to achieve these targets”. He said.
Informatively
AIU has all central universities, state universities, IITs, NITs,IIITs,IISc,IISERs and all deemed universities and state private
universities as its members , totally 686 member universities.
India today
has over800 universities and 45000 colleges.
A former Professor of IIT Delhi, Prof.Sharma
has been the founder VC of Delhi Technological University and was also founder
VC of Rajiv Gandhi Technology University, Bhopal.
A champion of quality education, Industry relevant
research and innovations. Prof Sharma has contributed immensely to the advancement
of frontiers of knowledge in the area of Aero Engineering technology, Power
plant Engineering, New and renewable energy resources and knowledge and
innovation Management.
Dr Sharma is doctorate
from the University of Birmingham, UK and he is also the fellow of world
academy of productivity sciences. He was chairman of central counselling Board
of MHRD and he spearheaded many other educational bodies during his many
decades long career.
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ReplyDeleteKudos to you Mr Bajpai for the excellent blog on Prof PB Sharma,
ReplyDeleteIndian Universities are well set to leapfrog in respect of Quality, Relevance and Excellence. Given the missionary zeal for Innovations, Technology Incubation and start-up of Prof PB Sharma, The New President of AIU. The student and teaching community in Indian Universities are bound to scale new high in effective Industry Academia Partnership.
Let AIU lead the higher education under the leadership of Prof. Sharma.
Dr Viveak Ballyan
I appreciate the vision of mr sharma...Looking to the ground reality, i think we should create our own benchmarks in accordance with indian model......The union government is on way to identifying the 10 universities to make it world class...
ReplyDeleteWhole country will now benefit from his zeal and vision and leadership He will turn all universities into centres of excellence
ReplyDeleteHe is a great achiever
Dr p k gupta. NAFEN
I fully endorse the Government of India initiative of setting of 10 world class universities in India. But let it not make the same mistake as in implementing the 100 smart cities.
ReplyDeleteWe should establish these 10 world class universities as minarets of excellence and lighthouse of academic and research excellence. This would require a strong connect to the industry and corporates and sensitivity to live problems of the local and global society.
Such world class universities should attract right from day one the initial genes of the faculty from the best on the world including the best from India and it's NRI deshpora.
Let such Universities flourish on the strength of the tripod of seamless integration of education with research and innovations and provide knowledge and technology breakthrough to empower India and the global community to achieve altars of human excellence in action.
The universities in India shall gain immensely from such a rise of world class Universities in India and shall themselves rise to and surpass the benchmark of quality and excellence.
India is on the threshold of major opportunity to redefine and recast it's Higher education to make it more relevant and tune to hitherto unscaled frontiers of human wisdom.
Professor P.B. Sharma
I happy that the person with immense knowledge and wisdom of both the East and the West, such as Prof. P.B.Sharma has taken over as the President of AIU.
ReplyDeleteHe is the Champion of quality, relevance and excellence and a crusader of integration of Science and Spirituality to nurture human values.
AIU is well set to lead higher education in India to local relivense and global eminence.
Anantasesha Das
Bhaktivedanta Instatute
Kolkata
I am confident that with Prof. (Dr.) PB Sharma, a well known educationist and a visionary as the President of AIU, the higher education system in India is going to see a revolutionary transformation under his dynamic leadership. With best wishes. Prof. (Dr.) Jai Paul Dudeja.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Prof Sharma for taking over as President of AIU. We are confident that academic standard of Indian universities will go up significantly under your able leadership.
ReplyDeleteI shall be happy to extend assistance to you as and when you desire.
Regards
Dr Upinder Dhar
Indore
[7/15, 6:09 PM] +91 78387 40477: Prof. Sharma. Good evening. I like your thoughts on reshaping the universities towards globalisation. Would love to join you in this noble endeavour.
ReplyDeleteProf. Yudhi Ahuja
California, USA
[7/15, 8:10 PM] +91 76786 61377: Congratulations to Prof P B Sharma for appointment as president AIU. I am sure under his leadership AIU will attain more popularity and his vision document of becoming global academic hub will be realized soon.
Let us all work together to help him achieve the goal.
Prof V K Kapoor
NSIT Delhi
I congratulate Professor Sharma from the bottom of my heart for spearheading a task so close to all of us. I extend all my support in all capacities.
ReplyDeleteDr RK Jha
Vice Chancellor
Congratulations to Mr President AIU our Beloved Prof PB SHARMA. We all will support the mission of him get Materialized at his dynamic leadership.
ReplyDeleteProf (Dr) N. Ramachandran
Vice Chancellor
Sandip University, Nasik, Maharashtra
Government of India needs to treat public funded and private universities at par. Being a public funded university does not necessarily mean that professors are great scholars and everything is fair. Similarly, being a private university doesn't mean that professors are useless and everything is unfair. This is reflected in the approach followed by the important bodies like NAAC or NBA inviting subject experts mostly or almost always from public funded universities or institutions only. Even UGC and AICTE do the same when it comes to constituting various expert committees. This disparity needs to be removed.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should be assessed independently, irrespective of being from a public funded or a private university. No one can deny the contributions made by private institutions like BITS Pilani, TISS, Manipal Group of Institutions, XLRI, and others in the private sector. At the same time, we have great institutions like Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Bombay University, old IITs, old IIMs, Indian Institute of Science and others in the public sector. AIU should develop a depository/repository of scholars based on contributions in their respective disciplines, and handover the same to the competent authorities in the central and state governments. A professor is believed to be honest till he/she is with a public funded university and the same person is seen with an eye of suspicion as soon as he/she joins a private university. This disparity needs to go now.
I am confident that Dr. PB Sharma will take up this issue with the Government of India and get it resolved for the benefit of the nation. My observations are based on my experience of having served the central government, state government and private institutions/universities in the last 40 years.
Dr. Upinder Dhar
Vice Chancellor
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
Thank you Dr Dhar for raising an important issue. I fully agree with you , we need to provide a level playing field to public and private universities and allow them to compete and flourish in an environment of academic and research excellence. This is precisely what I said at Vigyan Bhawan during the recent meet of VCs and was happy to note that the Hon'ble Minister of HRD also shared the same feeling.
DeleteSo we are moving towards good times. But all of us have to put up our very best to meet and greet the challenges at hand and make Mother India proud of our efforts and initiatives.
I thank you for your warm greetings and look forward to creating an effective connect to pool together the brainwaves of the VCs of India in AIU.
Warm regards.
Prof PB Sharma
Sent on WhatsApp:
ReplyDeleteFeeling proud on your appointment as President of AIU, sir. It is a well deserved position. My wife joins me in congratulating you & madam Dharma. Regards.
Prof. P. N .Kathuria.
A highly inspiring blog by India's leading light in press and media, Shri Neeraj Bajpai. A relentless crusader for Quality and Excellence, Prof Sharma has proven credibility and vision to turn around higher education and the academic landscape of India.
ReplyDeleteProf Sharma has been a role model and a source of inspiration to the youth of India.
I am sure, as the President of AIU, he will give a new direction to the work culture of the traditional Indian Universities.
The teaching community in Indian universities and institutions of higher learning is with Prof Sharma to revitalise higher education in India.