Careers 360 - July 2022

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In the special issue of July 2022, Students can see India's Best Young universities 2022. Interviews with vice-chancellors and more.

BREAKING FREE

Allowing choice and variety, liberal arts education is letting students explore, grow more creative, become more employable.

6 mins

THE NEW BSc

Several universities are recasting the traditional BSc into richly multidisciplinary programmes with research embedded into the curriculum and teaching.

4 mins

GOING GLOBAL

Private universities focussed on creating a world-class academic and research environment are actively recruiting teachers from abroad.

5 mins

THE NEW PLAYERS

Gujarat government paved the way for 11 new private universities in the state this year. Activists fearing rising cost of education and seek better regulation of private institutions.

4 mins

REIMAGINING ENGINEERING

Plaksha University in Mohali, Punjab, seeks to “reimagine” engineering education. Its first Vice-Chancellor and former director of Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Rudra Pratap, spoke to Careers360 about what that means, why Plaksha has no conventional departments, what it is doing to avoid ‘silos’ and help Punjab. Edited excerpts below.

4 mins

HOW KERALA DIGITAL UNIVERSITY TOOK OFF

The newly-formed Digital University of Kerala has made some rapid advancements over the past year. Since admitting its first batch of students in 2021, it has set up two centres of excellence (COE) with three more in the works. The university has also made a major leap in becoming financially self-sustaining, raising funds through digital transformation projects and consultancy. Vice-chancellor Saji Gopinath spoke to Careers360 about the transformation of Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K) into Digital University Kerala which, in just one year, did "six to seven times" the activities IIITM-K did. Edited excerpts below.

5 mins

BECOMING INDUSTRY-RELEVANT

The past decade has seen the rise of skills universities. Connected to industry from the start, they emphasise courses in high demand and on-the-job training.

5 mins

NO MORE 'ACCIDENTAL TEACHERS'

Inaugurated in March, Delhi's first-of-its-kind university, Delhi Teachers University, is aiming to train new generation teachers. In line with New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the university will offer new-age integrated teacher education programmes to students right after Class 12 and begin its academic activities from this academic year, 2022-23. Delhi Teachers University Vice Chancellor Dhananjay Joshi spoke to Careers360 about how India can no longer afford to "sell literacy in the name of education". Edited excerpts below.

4 mins

MAKING IT IN SPORTS

Sports are not treated as "extracurricular" activities anymore. About half a dozen sports universities have come up in the past decade and several more are in the pipeline.

4 mins

'THINK BEFORE SPENDING A SINGLE PENNY'

The declining value of the rupee and rising costs globally have put Indian students studying abroad, or planning to, in an exceptionally difficult position.

4 mins

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