THE ‘DEFINITION’ of a university as told by India’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru while addressing the graduates of Allahabad University in 1947 will remain timeless and relevant whenever one thinks hard about an ideal university. He had said, “A University stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for the adventure of ideas and for the search of truth. …
The message at the annual (5th) conference & exposition of the Indian chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM, esb 1948), held on September 29-30 in New Delhi and attended by over 1000 HR professionals and others, was clear that the need for organizations is to be bold in their HR practices. This year’s conference was based on …
The IIHMR Board, which governs the Jaipur-based Indian Institute of Health Management Research University (IIHMR, esb 1984) has appointed Dr. S D Gupta as the Chairman of the university from June 1, this year. Dr. SD Gupta has done pioneering work of creating and establishing new discipline of health management, and promoting research in health policy and health systems and programme …
By Dr Deependra Kumar Jha, Pro Vice chancellor, G.D. Goenka University, Gurgaon, Entrepreneurship creates new jobs and businesses and should be a part of any institute’s fabric but not many will actively support it for obvious reasons. There is an inherent risk involved so is cost. Expertise and enabling support ecosystem is another factor. But then, there are exceptions. Upcoming …
Top 100 listed among Universities, Engineering Colleges, B-Schools. Country’s top 50 Pharmacy institutions also listed. Though the central universities, IITs & IIMs on expected lines figure among the top institutions, still there are some revealing results about rising stars even among private institutions. This year’s rankings limited to category ‘A’ institutions in four categories—Universities, Engineering, Management and Pharmacy. Degree colleges, …
While the government is investing heavily to develop new IIMs and IITs in the country, it is imperative to analyze the need for the future and instead invest on setting up futuristic Institutions of Data Science in the country that would stand valid for at least next 30 years says Dr. Kamaljit Singh Anand, a distinguished Fellow of IIM Ahmadabad who …
