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As Unemployment is assuming alarming proportions in India, Eminent Academician Prof. PB Sharma, and President of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has asserted that new education policy, being framed now, should be targeted to boost employability of professional education, from currently 15-20 % to 120% on one hand and ensuring relevance of research and innovations to the needs of the society and industry at home on the other. He says it should also meet the regional and global aspirations, adding “ We need to align India's Education Policy to National Development to pay attention to creating “Advantage India” from the efforts we invest in education and research and make education a powerful vehicle of societal transformation., “ Unfortunately, the goal of successive education policies in the past revolved around increasing access in the name of increased Gross Enrolment Ratio, GER, in higher education and inclusive education being grossly misunderstood ...

   A brain storming meet with focus on Higher Education’s quality, relevance and Development in North East regions was held in Imphal recently and many issues impacting the education set up there were highlighted while the association of Indian Universities (AIU) laid stress on maintenance of peace and harmony in corridors of universities to pave way for healthy environs for higher education. AIU President Prof PB Sharma in his Presidential address at the meet minced no words to articulate his views on higher education scenario and said the agenda for higher education has to be focus on relevance driven Excellence and a Strong connect to Society and industry. “Integration of human values with education need be given a renewed emphasis in the campuses of our universities as we cannot afford to pay a heavy price of loss of human values in an enlightened and specialized work force in a country like ours where loss of values has created unprecedented rise of lust,...

Fizzing with enthusiasm on Teacher’s Day today, President of Association of Indian Universities and Vice Chancellor of a NCR based International University Prof.PB Sharma paid glowing tributes to revered teachers but ripped open crevices of the country’s education policy for urgent radical reforms to stave off lurking perils of irreperable damage.   Asking for a fresh narrative for education,  the eminent educationist said it is absolutelyS essential that Indian Government pays the highest attention to creating an illustrious clan of its teaching faculty for its 800 plus Universities and 45000 Colleges in India, currently facing a severe shortage of quality teachers. Prof Sharma paid glowing tributes  to Dr Sarvapallai  Radha Krishanan on his birth day  which is marked as Teacher's Day on this day ( September 5 ) every year.  According to him, the noble profession of teaching requires self-motivated, talented and inspired minds for whom te...