"Keeping up with the times" is a motivating
principle for many in the education space. However, very few like AISECT
University, also compliment this with the need for swift execution. In the course of the year, AISECT University seems to have fully encapsulated the benefits of a
digitally-driven future coupled with skills development programmes. In this
regard, the University has recently embraced the digital wave in consonance
with the State Govt's efforts and has continued to promote skill-based
education through the opening of their latest campus in Jharkhand.
The university's founding principle has been towards
reducing overall skills deficit and to address this requirement at two levels.
Firstly, AISECT has revived the practical part of the curriculum through
collaboration with local industries so as to enable a hands-on learning
experience. Secondly, the setting up of Skill Academies in each academic
department in collaboration with the NSDC has provided the required impetus to
address the long-term concerns relating to a skilled workforce.
According to AISECT University's Vice Chancellor Prof
Vijay Kant Verma, this vision is being nurtured with an emphasis on
skills and research-based higher education. "AISECT University has been a
progressive institution ever since its launch and I am happy that our vision
has been commended at such a prestigious platform. Unfortunately, not much
emphasis is given to hands-on experience and skills in the formal higher
education space in India.We believe that progression is not just heading
forward in the right direction, but taking all with you"
AISECT University got a shot in the arm after winning the
acclaimed World Education Award (2016). The university has won the award for
the 'Progressive Higher Education Institution Operating in the Private Space'
category.
In early September, the University welcomed its second
campus, this one in Jharkhand at Matwani in Hazaribagh district. The new
campus set up by the university has all the basic amenities like that of the
digital library, training and placement cell, computer laboratories,
multi-skill centre and it also offers a lot of entrepreneurial opportunities to
the students. The campus is spread across an area of 25,000 square feet. This
is also the first private university in the district.
As of now, the university offers under graduate and post
graduate programmes. The programmes are offered under different verticals like
management, commerce, agriculture, art and vocational, computer science and IT.
The university is also in the process of offering programmes in M.Phil and
Ph.D. The university has also made one skill compulsory for the students. This
will benefit the under graduate student because they leave the university with
3 to 4 skills and also with a good experience, according to Mr. Santosh
Kumar Choubey, Chancellor, AISECT University.
AISECT is also not far behind in the MOOC domain. Earlier
this year, AISECT launched ‘Aisectmoocs.com’, a free online Massive Open
Online Course (MOOC) platform, in partnership with Ireland-based Alison
Group, reportedly to support the Indian government’s Skill India and Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan schemes.
The MOOC platform will offer 750 diploma and certificate
level courses in English and Hindi, and the company plans to add other Indian
regional languages in the coming months. Being a partner under the
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has enabled AISECT to reach for
newer frontiers in the education space.
The university also made rapid efforts to transform itself
into a cashless campus by promoting digital payments. Siddhartha
Chaturvedi, director of AISECT University said, “We are planning to conduct a
two- or three-day training in which we will educate students how to do cashless
transactions and why it is important. We will acquire a POS machine and
e-wallet of SBI. Till now, we have been taking payments by DDs and in cash.
Now, cash is not an option.”
The University has also been a staunch backer of the Central
Govt's efforts at promoting yoga by offering courses and curriculum
development. To this extent, AISECT University and Swami Vivekananda Yoga
Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) based in Bengaluru, Karnataka have entered into
a five year MoU that focuses on bringing up the status and importance of Yoga
by promoting it as an employable skill rather than just a practice of
well-being. The MoU also includes Yoga training of AISECT University’s
faculty at S–VYASA and technical training of S-VYASA Faculty on computer and
electronics at AU at discounted fees.
As envisaged in their vision and mission statement, the
University strives to create a world-class centre for knowledge
application and not just knowledge creation. The University has put itself at
the globalised forefront of a progressive India and is well positioned to
impart dedicated service towards the social and economic development of
the nation.
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