IITs should play a pivotal role in developing cutting edge technologies: President
Updated: Aug 23, 2014 02:46:57pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has called upon IITs to play a pivotal role in developing newer, cutting edge technologies and utilize them to develop a variety of in-house technology solutions for domestic requirements and also export them to other developing countries similarly placed.
Mukherjee said this while addressing the concluding session of the Conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs held here yesterday.
The President said the presentations made by the IITs underscore their commitment to, and active engagement with, local communities; their desire to undertake cutting-edge research and their pursuit of synergetic industry-academia collaboration.
Some excellent suggestions that have emanated from the IITs include sharing of best practices; efforts to increase the number of published papers to between three to five per year; promotion of a post-doctoral culture in order to develop and retain quality faculty; continuous revamping and up-gradation of curricula and striving to spin-off a number of companies per IIT each year, he said.
On technology enabled learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the President said the courses are the way forward and must be used to supplement conventional methods of teaching in India, particularly in the field of higher education.
“It is imperative that a well-defined timeline is put in place for their roll-out and content development with the focus being on making these courses more India-centric,” he said.
The agenda of the one day conference on which deliberations were made included steps required to improve global ranking of IITs; giving impetus to research and innovation; use of technology in pedagogy and online learning; deepening of the engagement of IITs with community and resource mobilization as well as alumni participation.
As many as 29 Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs participated in the conference. (KNN/ES)
Mukherjee said this while addressing the concluding session of the Conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs held here yesterday.
The President said the presentations made by the IITs underscore their commitment to, and active engagement with, local communities; their desire to undertake cutting-edge research and their pursuit of synergetic industry-academia collaboration.
Some excellent suggestions that have emanated from the IITs include sharing of best practices; efforts to increase the number of published papers to between three to five per year; promotion of a post-doctoral culture in order to develop and retain quality faculty; continuous revamping and up-gradation of curricula and striving to spin-off a number of companies per IIT each year, he said.
On technology enabled learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the President said the courses are the way forward and must be used to supplement conventional methods of teaching in India, particularly in the field of higher education.
“It is imperative that a well-defined timeline is put in place for their roll-out and content development with the focus being on making these courses more India-centric,” he said.
The agenda of the one day conference on which deliberations were made included steps required to improve global ranking of IITs; giving impetus to research and innovation; use of technology in pedagogy and online learning; deepening of the engagement of IITs with community and resource mobilization as well as alumni participation.
As many as 29 Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs participated in the conference. (KNN/ES)
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