TRANSFORMING CHOICE in Dubai’s Private Schools

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August 18, 2017

KHDA supports schools, universities, parents, students, educators, investors and government partners to create a high quality education sector focused on happiness and well-being, writes Kalthoom Al Balooshi, Executive Director of Education, Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai, for Elets News Network (ENN)

Choices. We make them each and every day. What am I going to have for breakfast, what am I going to wear today, what decisions will I make at work, how will I spend my income, how will I use my time? Choices, choices, and more choices!!! We make major choices and others that are more trivial. What you wear or what you have for breakfast are some of the less important choices we make – although a nutritious breakfast is always an excellent way to start the day. Major choices include the type of career you follow, your choice of partner, and where you live.

One of the major decision points for families coming to Dubai is to choose a school that their children may get admission in. For many parents, ensuring that they have a place for their child in a good quality school is a critical trigger point for if they should decide to move to Dubai or not.

With the increase in capacity provided by the introduction of new schools in Dubai, many more places are now available for parents. Even so, parents are still faced with choosing the type of curriculum, the fee-level and location of the school, choices that are often not needed in their home countries where parents often simply send their child to the nearest public school.

As the regulator of the private school system in Dubai, where 90% of students attend a private school, we are often asked by parents which school should I enroll my child in.

To assist parents, we have conducted inspections of schools for the past nine years. The detail of these inspections is provided in reports on our website and accessible to all. Parents can look through these reports or use third party websites that collate the inspection results and provide value-added information to parents. Choosing the right school from the diverse variety of schools to suit their child’s interests and match their child’s strengths and capabilities is not easy and many parents deliberate for a long time to ensure that their choice is the best one.

When we ask parents what they want for their children in private schools in Dubai, they generally seek three things. Good academic marks and a safe environment are two oft-cited responses. But the most common response we obtain is that parents want their child to be happy.

Intuitively, parents know that their aim is to ensure their child is happy at the end of the day. Being happy is influenced by how we perceive and interact with the world around us at different stages of our lives. Happiness is as much an input and a process as it is an outcome. And, this has major implications for schools.

Schools don’t need to make a choice between academic teaching practices, results and student well-being. Put simply, children who are happy at school (and in the home) perform better academically, and teachers who are happy deliver better, more engaging lessons.

Students with greater happiness display more appropriate classroom behaviour, higher school grades, better peer and teacher relationships, better physical health, and greater participation in classroom and extracurricular activities. Those with lower-level of happiness are significantly more likely to report mental health problems, peer victimisation, poor relationships with parents and teachers, and a whole host of negative behaviours.

At KHDA, we firmly believe that the happiness and well-being of students, teachers and parents be considered a mandate, not just for today, but for the long-term future of education. We support schools, universities, parents, students, educators, investors and government partners in creating a high quality education sector focused on happiness and well-being.

Children who are happy at school (and in the home) perform better academically, and teachers who are happy deliver better, more engaging lessons. Students with greater happiness display more appropriate classroom behaviour, higher school grades, better peer and teacher relationships, better physical health, and greater participation in classroom and extracurricular activities.

We have undertaken a number of initiatives to support the promotion of positivity, happiness and wellbeing and these include:

Partnering with the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) to create the regional capital of positive education in Dubai to spread the awareness of positive education in schools and promote character and wellbeing alongside academic achievement.

Building a Well-being Campus in Hatta where open-air classrooms will host hundreds of students from across the Emirates, ensuring kids utilise the picturesque mountain landscape and enjoy innovative outdoor activity-based experiences designed to boost character strength and confidence.

Granting Healthy and Happy School Awards which are designed by a cross governmental team to recognise schools in Dubai that are focusing on students’ well-being for the future success of each and every student.

Commencing the Dubai Student Well-being Census in 2017-18 which all students in Grades 6 to 9 will take to provide information back to schools about the wellbeing of their students so that they can target their initiatives

Running a series of ‘What Works’ events each year, a platform created by educators for educators, that promotes collaboration between schools and highlights the strengths of Dubai’s education and share positive practices.

Through providing these opportunities for schools, we, at KHDA, are promoting change by “bringing out from within” the education system so that school leaders and teachers can make positive choices that encourage the holistic development of students.

Parents have chosen to come to Dubai and they have placed their faith in each of our private schools to educate their child in a safe and welcoming environment that encourages learning and character development.

The choices we make, in both our big and small choices, have significant implications for parents and students. It is really all about making the right choices. We want parents to choose happy schools. We want children to be happy students. All this starts with the personal choice that we make each and every day. And for me, I choose to make a positive contribution towards a happier society. I choose happiness.

Online training for teachers to strengthen school education

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August 17, 2017

Haryana’s Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that the teachers of the state will be provided with online training for BEd and JBT with the Central Government’s assistance.

Talking about the improved education quality, Sharma said that the government has decided to train around 11 lakh school teachers online. This number includes five lakh teachers from the private and the remaining six lakh from the government high schools.

The minister expressed his views on the same post the video conference with Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar.

Javadekar further interacted with other ministers in the education sector, secretaries of states and union territories, and directors of NCERT, to discuss important steps that can be taken for strengthening the school education system.

Centre to conduct world’s largest sample survey for learning outcomes

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August 17, 2017

Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the Government of India will conduct world’s largest survey for assessing learning outcomes on November 13.

The first of its country-wide assessment will involve 30 lakh students of Classes III, V and VIII from 35,000 government schools.

By amending the rules under Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Government has made it compulsory for every state to achieve the expected levels of learning amongst students of Class I to VIII. Learning outcomes are assessment standards, which help teachers to understand the learning levels of students in their respective classes individually as well as collectively.

States can finalise their own indicators referring the learning indicators drafted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for eight subjects — English, Hindi, Urdu, Mathematics, Environmental Science (EVS), Science and Social Sciences.

The National Achievement Survey or NAS, which is being held since 2001, has now been modified as the learning outcome assessment by implementing the amendment of Rule 23 (2) of the RTE Act. The new assessment method will now test students’ competency instead of their knowledge of the school curriculum. Moreover NAS covered only 4.5 lakh students across Classes III, V and VIII but the new learning outcome survey will cover 30 lakh government school childre.

“NAS will now produce district-wise comparison within each state as opposed to the state-to-state comparison that it is being doing since 2001. The learning outcome test will be administered in 19 languages and the government will propose short, mid-term and long-term interventions including policy changes to the state governments based on the results of this assessment,” NCERT director Hrushikesh Senapaty said.

Learning outcome test in November will be a pen-and-paper test in which students will attempt multiple-choice questions. Students will mark their answers in an Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet which will be scanned for quick processing of results.

IISER Pune sets up High-End centre for cancer research

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August 17, 2017

The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, has set up an excellence centre to promote the research work in life sciences and to help in analysis of hundreds of biological samples, simultaneously.

The centre will help biologists to take cancer tumour research to a new level, said an official.

Sanjeev Galande, head of biology department said, “The new centre will have a very high throughput capacity. This means, simultaneous analysing and studying of large number of samples will now be possible. It will not only save time but also help improve the accuracy in work.”

The construction cost of the centre is around Rs 10 crore. Around 500 research students from across the fields of biology, chemistry and physics will benefit from the centre, added Galande.

Describing about the key study areas, where the centre can particularly benefit the researchers, he said, “We have a lot of work coming up in the field of cancer tumour research. One of the prime aims is to study cancer tumour samples using this high-end technology.”

Broadly, the centre will house instruments, such as high-content analysis and automated liquid handling workstations, plate readers, and those used for multi-spectral imaging.

According to Jayashree Thacker, president, PerkinElmer, India, “The opening of this new facility and our collaboration with IISER supports the expansion of PerkinElmer and our relationship with leading research organisations in India. It further positions us to deliver innovative solutions to our customers.”

“This is an excellent example of industry-academia collaboration. This advanced bio-analytical set up will not only hone the analytical skills of undergraduate students but also elevate their understanding of interdisciplinary sciences,” K N Ganesh said.

PerkinElmer, in association with IISER has setup the Centre of Excellence and IISER director K N Ganesh has inaugurated it.

Measuring Innovation in Education through New Perspectives

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August 17, 2017

Innovation in education does not just mean more use of latest technology. The true educational innovation can be found in processes, services, programmes and partnerships, says Chris Cobb, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, University of London, in an interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

What do you see as the biggest opportunity when it comes to igniting excitement in education or boosting motivation?
We live in a rapidly changing world and we need to prepare young people to be agile with core skills of evidence-based decisions and critical thinking so that they can adapt to change and be prepared for jobs and careers that have not yet been thought of. The University of London has been spearheading changes since 1836, and through its international programmes, it is now at the forefront of these developments.

How can social media be used to enhance student learning?
Social media is now invaluable in connecting peers in collaborative learning and problem solving. Today, peer networks can stretch continents rather than just physical classrooms. The digital footprints that they make can then be reflected on and reused to inform the pedagogic process and support future learners. Social media also supports the notion of the flipped classroom, with intensive interactions outside the traditional place of learning.

Today, peer networks can stretch continents rather than just physical classrooms. The digital footprints that they make can then be reflected on and reused to inform the pedagogic process and support future learners.

Why do you think it’s important for schools to think education first, rather than tech?
It is pointless to look for the solutions of the problems that do not exist. Technology is at its best when it is serving a demand e.g. improved speed, flexibility or scalability, or resolving a problem such as cost, business continuity or extensibility. Education is no different. If technology can improve understanding, learning experience, reduce the cost of delivery and ensure learners can continue to learn wherever or whenever they wish then the technology will be successful. If it is simply a new gadget that costs more, success will be elusive. Since the University of London first began providing distance learning in 1858, our tools for successful student engagement have constantly evolved; so that today we have a sophisticated platform that brings together 52,000 students in over 180 countries.

How World Education Summit can play an important role in transforming the educational landscape at national and global level?
Almost all research and learning is building on the work of others that have gone before. Innovation in education is the same. It is essential for colleagues from across institutions and different regulatory regimes to learn from one another, particularly so, in this evermore connected world in which we live.

Bringing Qualitative Change to the Nation Through Education

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August 17, 2017

We aim to provide quality education to the students that will help them to face challenges and expectations of the real world with confidence, says Dr V K Agarwal, Chairman, SunRise University, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

What is the vision of your university?
The primary objective of the university is to make the rural students and dropouts employable by providing skill-based vocational education. This initiative will support the rural employment and fulfill the demand of industries on the other.

What are the latest technologies being used in the university to improve the teaching-learning process?
Presently, there is a lack of skill-based education in Rajasthan. Traditional approach of theory-based education alone cannot help students to fulfill the requirements of industry. There is an urgent need of dissemination of technical skills and we have taken up the task to prepare job-ready students skilled in particular domains. Looking at this aspect, SunRise University emphasises on better teaching-learning methods. The syllabus and course contents have been developed by the learned academicians and industry experts. The industry experts are the members of the advisory body of the university. SunRise University understands the present demands and future requirements of the education sector. Hence, the University has emphasised on practical training as the core of the course curricula. Keeping this in mind, the course curricula of the university has been designed by the experts accordingly so that the students can be employable. Besides this, the university provides smart class audio-visual aids, state of the art laboratories etc to enhance the learning process.

What are the distinct courses offered by your university. Share with us the scope of these courses as far as career prospect is concerned.
SunRise University offers courses in the streams of engineering, management, law, science, pharmacy, agriculture and yoga and naturopathy. In all of the above streams, the courses are job oriented and practical-based. These courses meet the requirement of the industries locally and internationally.

How much job-oriented your courses are, especially in the light of latest trends and technologies taking place around the world and the education industry creating global products in terms of fresh pass outs?
As already mentioned, there is a lack of skill based education in the State, which our university is trying to address. Keeping in mind about the industry’s requirements, our university has emphasised only on practical and industry needbased courses. This also helps the students of the university to hone their skills before entering to the job market. Such education and training will help the students in resolving any problem during their jobs.
Besides this, good infrastructure facilities have been created to cope with the increase in enrollment of students in various on-campus programmes. New hi-tech laboratory facilities in terms of space and quality equipments have been provided to cater to the needs of the learners and researchers. High-tech class rooms and digital library are some of the latest technological facilities available in the university.

Internal Quality Assurance (IQA): The IQA Cell has been created to monitor the quality of academic output. The departments of study conducts national and international seminars, symposia, workshops and conferences so as to expose teachers and students of the university to new trends in teaching and research at the global level. A cell for students’ personality development has also been set up to enhance their personality.

New hi-tech laboratory facilities in terms of space and quality equipment have been provided to cater to the needs of the learners and researchers. High-tech class rooms and digital library are some of the latest technological facilities available in the university

The Central Government is emphasising a lot on skilling the youth. How the courses at your university are initiated it to make your students job ready?
The main aim of SunRise University is to provide skill based training to its students. The University is emphasising on practical instead of theory in their course contents. Industry visits is the main focus of the university enabling the students to make them job ready and understand the working of the industries. The advisory committee of the university regularly updates the faculty members about the global need of the hi-tech industries. It also suggests management board and the academic council of the university to update the course curricula of the University according to the latest practice.
Besides this, the University is also actively associated in Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme. Last year university has successfully worked for Digital India initiative of the Government. University has introduced online verification of students’ degrees/diploma, mark sheet and other documents.

What are your plans for the future?
University has decided to introduce “Digital Learning” as one unit in the syllabus of computer in the first year of all courses. Step by step university is working for online admission and digitization of University work. It will be faster and reliable working mode.

Bringing on the era of quality education

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August 17, 2017

From for-profit enterprises, corporate leaders, academicians, innovative social firms to policy-makers – the complete education ecosystem is working towards espousing the cause of quality education and implementing innovative solutions commendably. Alok Jha, Managing Director, CyberPlat India Pvt Ltd explores the initiatives taken to enhance the quality of education for Elets News Network (ENN).

Although we have made tremendous strides so far as education goes, education is considered aspirational today. Parents spend their hard-earned money on enrolling their children in the best of schools, having access to innovative products to impart learning. However, the learning quality is poor. Unlike the physical infrastructure, the soft infrastructure and resources haven’t kept pace, resulting in poor quality of teachers. The story is no different with private schools too. However, there is no point in having come this far if the children in schools are not learning anything. So what could be the solution?

We can categorise the education-focused organisations into four divisions:

Institution builders: Organisations like popular NGOs and corporate foundations are building schools to address the issue of education. They serve as model schools that are used as grounds to pilot, test and prove models. The learnings that emerge out of these schools are subsequently shared with other schools.

Learning product creators: Organisations that are creating product-based solutions to address specific learning problems come under this category. The products could be technology-based, hands-on kits or a replicable methodology of intervention. These products could be delivered through schools or as after-school / out of school programmes. Across non-profit organisations and for-profit organisations, there is a strong focus today in creating products that are able to achieve scale, improve a measurable indicator in the short- to mid-term. Each of these products and solutions reach thousands and lakhs of students, receive strong grant and equity funding support and target parents who are increasingly willing to pay for good quality.

Institution Enablers: Organisations that view education as an institutional problem and are keen on building the capacity of schools. They focus on building the capacity of teachers, the school administration, and create institution-level intervention programmes.

Community-led Enablers: Organisations working in tandem with the community to strengthen the demand side in terms of awareness, engagement and action fall in this category. Most of them started with the community as the unit of engagement and realised the value of education.

If we come to think about the question of quality, and ask ourselves what the key determinant to quality is, we will realise that since education is completely a market-driven phenomenon, educational institutions only offer what its customers (parents in this case) value. Unfortunately, parents who are sending their children to school today are unable to engage with institutions on matters of education quality. If parents view snazzy uniform, spoken English and physical infrastructure of school as parameters to assess quality, then schools will ensure these areas are focussed and projected. For quality education to become a reality, it is imperative for the community to know what quality stands for and make it measurable. Once this issue is addressed, the institutions will adapt to change automatically. This should be a matter of greatest urgency.

I personally believe, the three pillars of quality education are quality teaching, quality tools for teaching & learning and quality environment for teaching and learning. I have listed below my thoughts on these critical parameters individually.

Quality Education: Quality teaching could be ensured through the recruitment of high calibre resources, imparting regular training for continuous professional advancement. Teachers are the most important educational resource and a critical determinant of quality and hence it’s high time we look at revising their salaries and improving their working conditions to retain the best teachers.

Quality tools for teaching and learning: Including appropriate curricula and inclusive teaching and learning materials and resources can help us achieve this. These may be provided, through the application of information and communication technology, that is, by harnessing the enormous power of the internet and the capacity and accessibility of modern technology to assist and support teaching and learning.

Quality environments for teaching and learning: We need to create a supportive, comfortable, safe and secure environment, with the appropriate facilities to encourage student learning and to enable teachers to teach effectively. A quality environment also engages parents, students, teachers, school authorities and support staff in a community, working together to achieve the goal of providing quality education for all of its students.

One other critical aspect to quality education is harnessing the power of technology. With the aid of technology, teachers can collaborate and share their resources online and ensure quality access to education, for all. Students can use technology to develop valuable research skills, at a young age. Teaching fraternity, as well as student community can access an extensive range of quality resources from the confines of their home. Further, online learning is an equally credible option in today’s age, as it gives tremendous scope for interactive learning.

I believe the onus of imparting knowledge and initiating discussions and dialogues on improving the quality of education, lies with all of us. When this generation of parents, having sold their homes and pledged their savings and future, in order to send their children to schools, realise that their children are neither employable nor educated, it will be a mammoth task to convince the next generation of parents to even send their children to schools. Let us all join hands in realising this dream of achieving quality education into reality.

EMPOWERING PRESUPPOSES OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE

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August 17, 2017

It is essential for educational institutes to align themselves with the latest innovations and trends to make their students future ready and equipped with latest skills and to make them job-ready, says Prof Pradip Chandra Deka, Vice Chancellor, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, in an interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

What is the vision of the University?
The vision of Sir Padampat Singhania University is to be a leader among educational institutions by building a tradition of innovation, problem solving and interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the changing needs of the society.

Can you share any distinct branch of engineering that your institute offers? What is its scope as far as career prospect is concerned?
From the academic session 2016-17, the university is offering a unique undergraduate multidisciplinary engineering degree programme (B Tech) in Rail Transportation Engineering in collaboration with Hitachi Rail System Ltd, Japan. Unde the programme, Students are exposed to various aspects of Rail Transportation Engineering and also get a paid internship at Hitachi Rail System Ltd, Japan. With the revamp of the railways in India, there will be huge requirement of technically skilled engineers to carry out the modernization work.
From the academic session 2017-18 the university is going to offer undergraduate engineering degree in Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing and Information Security. The scope of these two programmes is very wide and currently, the demand of professionals in these two fields is huge.

How much job-oriented your courses are, especially in the light of latest trends and technologies taking place around the world and the education industry creating global products in terms of fresh pass outs?
To keep pace with the latest technological developments, we update the curriculum every year and incorporate latest teaching-learning methodologies in it. The curriculum is revised as per the latest industry trends and after getting it designed, the same is validated by the respective industry experts.
Faculty members are encouraged to participate in Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs), workshops, seminars, conferences to help them remain abreast with the latest technologies. These approaches have helped us to remain focused on making our students ready for the industry.

Bright students usually know their potentiality and wait for the right opportunity for placement while others may choose to remain satisfied with the first choice.

Do you think traditional engineering discipline is being eclipsed by the emerging ones?
Demand for traditional engineering disciplines will always be there. However, with the changing scenario, curriculum of these disciplines has to be updated and relevant as per the trends.

Do most of the Indian BTech students readily opt for the first job-opportunity during placements? What is your view on it?
Any batch of engineering students is composed of bright, average and below average students. This is why placement opportunities vary from batch to batch. Bright students usually know there potentiality and wait for the right opportunity for placement while others may choose to remain satisfied with the first choice.

What are the new courses the university is going to offer?
Can you share some of the prominent ones with us? At present the University offers UG and PG programmes only in Engineering and Management. Being a University, I believe we should offer all the other programmes which are normally available in traditional Universities. Accordingly, we are taking steps to introduce academic programmes on Science, Humanities, Law, Pharmacy, Hospitality, Liberal Arts etc in phased manner.

MVGU — Nurturing Globally Competitive Citizens

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August 17, 2017

Our students are provided with academic tools, practical skills, and real world opportunities necessary to advance as leaders in their professions and their communities, says K L Mina, Founder Chairperson, Maharaj Vinayak Global University (MVGU) in conversation with Elets News Nework (ENN).

What is the vision of Maharaj Vinayak Global University?
Maharaj Vinayak Global University has pioneered private technical, medical and higher education institutions in Rajasthan. We, at MVGU, offer the best platform to absorb knowledge from all sources and enable our students to access endless opportunities available in the global market. We are committed to instil leadership and offer internationalised curricula in all the core medical and technical courses to shape the future of our students.

Your university has been consistent in academic excellence, what has been the secret?
Share us about your journey. Maharaj Vinayak Society was the first institute which got an no-objection certificate from the government to open Jaipur Dental College, the first dental college in the State. We started offering our courses initially under Rajasthan University. Later, we were affiliated to University of Medical & Health Sciences. We have established the first private Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy colleges in Rajasthan. The Jaipur Dental College has been awarded as the best dental college of North India for four consecutive years.

What kind of infrastructure, resource and technology related facilities are made available to the students to boost learning capabilities?
Our courses are primarily in medical and allied sciences. These courses demand sophisticated and high end equipments and we have ensured the availability of every such equipment in Dental, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, and Physiotherapy stream. We have outsourced the equipments from Germany and Canada also.

For placement of our students from every course we bring in teams from USA, Canada, and Australia to groom our students for the international job market.

What are the distinct courses offered by your university? As far as career prospect is concerned, do you offer any value additions in the learning process to offer best exposure to your students and increase their domain knowledge?
Jaipur Nursing College is the first nursing college that offers B Sc degree and caters to the growing demand of allied medical services. Jaipur Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy colleges are the first ever in the state to offer these kinds of studies. These colleges not only ensured the quality higher but also offered training as per latest industry to the students of Rajasthan.

How do the courses at Maharaj Vinayak Global University make its students ready for the employment market?
Be it dental, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, law etc, all these subjects offers attractive career prospects in government, public and private sector. These courses are highly promising from self employment point of view. In addition, students are encouraged to organise and participate in seminars and conferences.

Mody University — Committed to Women Education

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August 17, 2017

Mody University is a platform for girls where they transform knowledge into practice and develop technical skills and leadership qualities, says Prof Suresh Advani, President, Mody University in an interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

Mody University is a renowned name in the higher education segment of Rajasthan, what have been some of university’s milestones?
Mody University of Science and Technology due to its commitment to excellence has emerged as a leader in higher education. The university has empowered women to be professionals well-versed with global workplace practices and modern technology.
Innovation and advancement is the core of the University. The University consistently explores new avenues in education field. It is one of the very few universities in India to offer newage courses like Nuclear Science & Technology, Nanotechnology & Digital Robotics to its students.

# Best Private Women University of Asia 2016
ASSOCHAM and the Education Post

# Progressive Women’s University
ASSOCHAM

# Best Education Brand – 2017
The Economic Times

# India’s Best B-Schools 2016 – 48th Rank
CAREERS 360

Best Women University of the Year 2016
2nd National Education Summit and Awards 2017

Institutional Excellence Award 2016
Society of Indian Law Firms and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training

India’s Best B-School 2016
Outlook Best B-Schools 2016

University of the Year 2016 – Program Efficacy Higher Education Review

Mody School -1st in Rajasthan, 4th in India
Among Top All Top Girls Boarding Schools

What kind of infrastructure, resource, and technology related facilities are available for students of the university to boost their learning capabilities?
Mody University has a world class residential campus, with unique environment-friendly infrastructure. It has state-of-the-art smart classrooms, auditoriums, 48 certified laboratories, six college libraries and students hostels with all modern facilities. Tapovan, a lotus-shaped magnificent prayer-cum-meditation hall, built in the middle of the campus, instills the Indian values of spirituality in students. Ornithologists and lepidopterists from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other nature conservation organisations visit the campus regularly, leading to it becoming a WWF certified campus.
To give global opportunities to its women students, Mody University has collaborated with more than 20 international renowned foreign universities – Universite de Nantes (France); Ecole Des Mines de Nantes, (France); Stony Brook University (USA); University of Missouri (USA); University of North Texas (USA); and Florida International University (USA), to name just a few. Many students have been selected by noted foreign institutes for paid internships and research fellowships. A few meritorious students from are interning on fellowships with CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research), GSI, Germany.

Please explain about academic departments and researches conducted at Mody University? Are there any corporate sponsored researches and courses available at the university? Please give details about it.
The University comprises six colleges offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in engineering and technology, architecture and design, business management, economics and commerce, law and governance, fashion design and merchandising, and arts, science and humanities.
Mody University’s College of Engineering & Technology (CET) is rightfully positioned as one of the most coveted engineering colleges in not merely Rajasthan, but entire India. CET is ranked as the “Top Engineering College of Excellence” in the GHRDC-CSR survey. It has recently been ranked as the “Best Engineering College” in the IIRF-2017: Engineering Rankings by The Education Post.

The University with its vision to empower women offers up to 100% meritbased tuition fee waivers to young women who are enthusiastic to pursue world class education. Additionally, merit-based scholarships are given to students with consistent year-afteryear academic achievement.

For students’ welfare what kind of scholarships are provided by Mody University?
The University with its vision to empower women offers up to 100% merit-based tuition fee waivers to young women who are enthusiastic to pursue world class education. Additionally, merit-based scholarships are given to students with consistent year-after-year academic achievement.

Mody University offers good placement opportunities in the State, please explain about the training programmes offered by the institute for improved placement of students.
Under the leadership of Dr Suresh Advani, President, Mody University, there is a seamless conduit between the Industry and the University through the CDC (Career Development Centre) that consistently supervises the Industryreadiness of the students by constant monitoring of their skill development, and conducts training programs leading to premium recruitments.

Noted professionals from diverse fields visit the campus throughout the year to interact with the students and share their industry experiences.
International Internships are offered to deserving and interested students.
Various Industry interface programmes, online education programmes and webinars are embedded into the academic curriculum.
The University has an excellent year-after-year 100% placement record. Top recruiters visit the University for hiring the students. The highest package to date stands at 18 Lakhs.

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