Indian President Stresses on Research for Creating World Class Universities



SONIPAT, India, March 22: President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in recent times unveiled an international conference on 'Universities of the Future: Knowledge Innovation and Responsibility', a 3-day conference that endeavored to appraise the future of Indian universities in the 21st century. Coordinated by International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building (IIHEd) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) India, the conference took place from 18th to 20th March, 2017.
Expressing his thoughts at the conference, President Mukherjee advised universities and institutions of the nation for generating a higher education plan that emphasizes on essential basics of research, knowledge formation, institutional superiority and worldwide benchmarking.
President Mukherjee also stressed that the education system should tackle the problem of extracting the 'demographic dividend' while also proposing for a tougher industry-academia collaboration. "Knowledge mobilization through quality higher education is pivotal to the socio-economic development of a nation. Innovation and futuristic universities are the driving force behind this," he revealed.
Mr. Naveen Jindal, Chancellor, JGU, stated, "The universities of the future will be the pillars of growth and development of our nation. They must be transformed into sites of active learning and research which can act as launch pads for innovation and path-breaking ideas."
Chancellor Jindal proclaimed the commencement of the Jindal School of Journalism and Communication (JSJC) the 6th interdisciplinary school of JGU, which will present prospects for learning, exploration and capability building in media and communication studies.
JGU Founding Vice-Chancellor, Prof (Dr) C Raj Kumar, stated, "India does not have a single university in the top 25 Asian universities while China has 5 universities in those rankings, besides Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and other countries. We need to introspect and think about the future of universities which will enable and empower us to contribute towards institution building for nation building."
"I have always maintained that while Make in India is important for developing business and advancing economic opportunities, the future of India will depend upon the making of India through academic institutions and universities," he commented.
The symposium was a result of a variety of thoughts and viewpoints that will aid form India's ambitions of creating outstanding universities by means of comparative and worldwide dimensions.
The forum acknowledged that while individual academics have attained worldwide brilliance, the Indian university, as an institution needs crucial transformations to obtain worldwide position.

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