The Economic Times EDVANTAGE 2009

Updated on: Monday, July 06, 2009

Globalisation has put the, the market of higher education in a state of flux across the globe. Over the years the higher education market has been significantly dominated by private sector participation. Today, there is a need to provide quality education to the changing profile of students, while at the same time addressing the widening skills gap within various industries by making higher education more relevant to the needs and opportunities of society.

In this backdrop, we are conducting The Economic Times ‘EDVANTAGE 2009’ – a congregation of renowned people in the field of education. The Economic Times ‘EDVANTAGE 2009’ aims to highlight that even though the long-term perspective of higher education system seems daunting, yet, it is imperative to translate “Vision in Action” with the objective to bring about an across-the-board improvement in the quality of education provided by institutes of higher learning.

The Economic Times ‘EDVANTAGE 2009’, will take place on July 8, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. The Chief Guest for the event is Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development, GOI. The key note speaker and the speakers in the panel discussion include, Dr Praveen Vishkantaiah, President, Intel Technologies (I), Sukhdeo Thorat, Chairman, University Grants Commission, S K Barua, Director, IIM Ahmedabad, Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, C N S Nair, Advisor, National Knowledge Commission, among others.

The discussions will include two broad topics, Building Centres of Excellence with International Collaborations and Technology based Education: Growth Driver for Indian Economy. During the course of the day, the discussions will cover the various aspects of and concerns revolving around education.

The highlights of the discussion will include: Determinants of Quality in Higher Education; Current state of Higher Education System; Impact of employment-centred Education; Creation of National Universities that provide education of highest standard; Total Quality Management in Higher Education; Platform for collaboration among Teachers and Students using Communication Networks; Training of Faculty to make the best use of the Technology and more.

With the liberalisation of the Indian economy, it has become evident that the Government alone cannot bear the cost of the education sector. While the private sector has stepped-in, bridged the gap and increasingly enhanced its profile in education, its role still has to be defined in a certain direction. Its important today to promote University-Industry interface and also strengthen Teaching and Research. Hence, the Corporate sector together with Govt. is needed to move in synchronization to invest and bridge the demand-supply gap in higher education. This day-long event will have a session on “Strengthening PPP initiatives at “Tertiary Level” to find out the corporate sector view on investing in higher education and the expectations from the government and academia. The key findings will definitely be useful for all.

The Economic Times EDVANTAGE 2009

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