The human resource development (HRD) ministry is likely to table the proposed draft of the IIM bill in the ongoing Parliament session, now that it has received the law ministry's approval.
Sources said the law ministry had questioned the absence of a reference to the "visitor" - who happens to be the President - from the draft bill. However, the HRD ministry clarified that IIMs, in the final shape, will not have the President as their visitor. This means the President will not have the power to review the functioning of IIMs or order a probe.
All major government-funded institutes, including IITs and central universities, have the President of India as their visitor.
"The HRD ministry has already responded, clarifying that it is a policy matter. The law ministry didn't raise an objection but a query. Everything has been sorted out now," said a source.
The proposed bill will be presented before the cabinet for its approval before being tabled in Parliament. If passed, it will allow the premier management institutes to give away degrees instead of post-graduate diplomas.
Sources said the ministry hopes to table it in the second week of December.
The President, in his capacity as the visitor, makes top appointments to all centrally funded institutes. He is also empowered to hold an inquiry into the functioning of an institute or its head. In the past, the President has given his nod for the removal of vice-chancellors of central universities as well as approval for probes into allegations of financial irregularities.
The draft bill also empowers the country's 20 IIMs to appoint directors of their own choice. "The HRD ministry has decided to give more autonomy to IIMs. The board of governors will be empowered to appoint their director," said a source.
Though the Prime Minister's Office had pitched for according greater autonomy to IIMs even during former HRD minister Smriti Irani's tenure, it was emphasised that the visitor's post would be retained to ensure accountability in functioning.
Well in the wake of today's morning news where Nalanda University Vice Chancellor George Yeo ( former Foreign Minister of Singapore) quit in frustration when his autonomy of running the Institute was affected, I would also pitch for creating a New Institute where right from the infrastructure design to Class room use of technologies to make education easier.With existing dilution of IIM's creating new ones - headless which do not feature anywhere either in pedagogy or in placements, there is an urgent need to look into relaxation of rules to allow Institutes the autonomy they need to usher in new educational reforms rather than tie them down with monitoring agencies like UGC and AICTE. Perhaps the gentleman Mr.George Yeo was drafted in as VC to revitalize the ancient of Learning Temple - Nalanda University but way the Government changed Board Members without even notifying him did not go well with him. One cannot win battles if their hands are tied behind their backs. Also in case of Institutes where experts are roped in to bring new reforms, sufficient time should be given to them along with autonomy to enable them to turn around the tide and deliver results.Regards,StephenStephen NarayananFreelance Educational Consultant/Corporate Training facilitatorMob.:-9868386192On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Prabhakar Waghodekar <waghodekar@rediffmail.com> wrote:"Building a new institution is much easier and one can mold as per his/her choice.
Revamping the the old one is most tedious time consuming and highly expensive. At the same time the old one must be upgraded instead of throwing it away and efforts be made to bring them to the top in the greater interest of the economy."
In view of the the above statement and he views of other two learned MTCians, Professor Kiran and Ramesh, I submit my take here:
- Why do we want to go to world class institutes? Certainly for quality education that affects on long term basis the entire nation, mainly in terms of individual, organizational and national growth and prosperity.
- Setting up world class institutes is a quantum jump needing 3-4 years time for creating infrastructure that is often prove expensive, and the major issues are of getting excellent Head of Institute and then faculty. Even if it is got in place after a few years sustenance turns to be a big problem. For instance, over 9 new IIMs are being run without regular Directors and none of the IITs or IIMs or Central universities even after their 50 years of existence could not secure a place within 100 world top universities. The proposal obviously turns to be economically unjustifiable, if the set outcomes are not accomplished.
- With fully aware of the pitfalls, the stalwarts can think of converting the existing institutes into world class ones with lesser cost speedily. Strict monitoring, however, is a must. Accountability at each level of education process needs to be fixed and the book the defaulters, do not spare them on any account. Let us introspect: institute productivity, real implementation of PBAS, CAS, Academic Audit, R & D, Performance Appraisal, etc.
- Compromise with student-quality education is suicidal. It is a deadly sin!
Regards,
Dr. P H Waghodekar, PhD (Egg), IIT,KGP, IE&M, 1985,
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Classroom teaching must match with Boardroom needs!
From: "kiran paranjpe" rediffmail.com>
Sent: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 19:38:29
To: googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Niti Aayog to revamp UGC for better quality education
Sir, How would a regulatory framework improve the quality of an educational institution?
So long as the students don't see learning as a way of self development and a pathway to
rewarding career, they will not demand high quality education. Will the regulatory
framework inform students of what is quality education?
Is it better to set up new institutions or upgrade the old ones? One cannot make a
decision straight away. It depends on the commitment of the top management to pursue
excellence and pursue policies and programs that create and sustain excellence.
Best regards,
K.Paranjpe
On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:54:04 +0530 "'Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth' via Management Teachers
Consortium, Global" googlegroups.com> wrote
> Respected Sir,
Building a new institution is much easier and one can mold as per his/her choice.
Revamping the the old one is most tedious time consuming and highly expensive. At the
same time the old one must be upgraded instead of throwing it away and efforts be made to
bring them to the top in the greater interest of the economy..
Dr Gursharan Singh KainthDirectorGuru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies14-Preet
Avenue, Majitha RoadPO Naushera, Amritsar 143008M No 91- 9914703461Tel. No 91-183-
2426045website: www.idsasr.org
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that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham
Guru Arjan Dev Institute of
Development Studies Society is registered in India/Punjab/Amritsar under Societies
Registration Act XXI of 1856 vide No 77 of 2009-2010, The registered office is at 14-
Preet Avenue, Majitha Road, PO Naushera, Amritsar 143008(India).
On Thursday, November 24, 2016 9:13 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta
wrote:
The regulatory framework of the University Grants Commission (UGC) will undergo revamp
to enhance the quality of higher education in India, the government said on Thursday. The
NITI Aayog has been assigned to recommend measures for improvement in the regulatory
framework of the UGC, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath
Pandey informed the Rajya Sabha.
"The objectives of this task are to examine and improve the existing higher education
regulatory framework in line with contemporary national and global requirements and to
enhance the quality of higher education in India," Pandey said in a written reply to the
house.
The minister said NITI Aayog along with the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the UGC were assigned the task of finalising a
regulatory framework for setting up of 20 world-class institutions.
The guidelines will suggest the roadmap for implementation of the regulatory framework.
The identification/selection of the institutes for world class institutions will be made
only after the guidelines and regulations are finalised and notified," he said.
"The draft regulations and guidelines for the same have been placed in the public domain
for comments," Pandey added.
[Source: The Financial Express]
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