Indian Universities, Colleges and Schools Round-Up | January 2024 | O P Jindal Global University sets up new Jindal India Institute to build India’s soft power globally
This article seeks to illuminate recent advancements within Indian educational institutions, ranging from universities and colleges to schools. It aims to inspire educators and stakeholders to adopt effective strategies within their educational contexts. By spotlighting notable developments, the objective is to foster positive impacts for students and avid learners. Below are links to news articles from esteemed media outlets for further elucidation and reference. It's important to note that this article is based on these news articles, providing insights and references.
Deakin University inaugurates India campus, unveils India’s first international university branch campus
Gandhinagar: Deakin University has officially unveiled its India campus, opening India’s first-ever international branch campus. This initiative aims to epitomise the friendship, collaboration and commitment between the Indian and Australian Governments and Deakin University, supporting the realisation of knowledge exchange and educational excellence envisioned by the National Education Policy 2020, as per the official announcement.\
Leading up to the official campus inauguration, Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, met with the Deakin delegation and spoke about enhancing collaboration between government and academic institutions about cyber security.
Deakin’s GIFT City Campus, India aims to give local students access to Deakin’s future-ready, world-class, postgraduate business analytics and cyber security courses at half the cost of Australian international fees.
O P Jindal Global University sets up new Jindal India Institute to build India’s soft power globally
Sonipat: O P Jindal Global University (JGU), based in Sonipat, Haryana, has launched the Jindal India Institute (JII), a think tank housed within a private university for ideationally and intellectually enabling India’s rise in the world by building and disseminating a transnational, intellectually rigorous, evidence-based, multidisciplinary corpus of knowledge that promotes the positive aspects and achievements of India, as per the official announcement.
The institute's goal is to intellectually decolonise the study and depiction of India and spread global awareness about India’s extraordinary accomplishments and potential in the 21st century. Until now, only international educational institutions such as King’s College London, the University of Birmingham, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania have been known to have set up reputed India Institutes or Centres that cover diverse aspects of the India story through their in-house scholars and transnational networks and their own ideological lenses. It is ironic and lamentable that despite the existence of more than 1,000 universities and 50,000 higher education institutions in India, none of them had so far ventured into anything akin to a JII that would comprehensively and convincingly tell the remarkable India story to the world.
IIT Madras Receives INR 110 Crore To Setup School of Data Science And AI
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) will soon be setting a school of Data Science and AI. The institute recently announced an endowment of INR 110 Crore by Sunil Wadhwani towards setting up the Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI. Mr Wadhwani is a distinguished alumnus of IIT Madras and the co-founder of IGATE and Mastech Digital. An MoU was signed regarding this between Mr Wadhwani and Professor V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, in the presence of faculty, students, alumni, and researchers. Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI will aim to advise the Government and policymakers on Data Science and AI-related policy areas. Admissions for the programme will begin in July 2024.
Highlighting the need for such a school, Professor V Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras, said, "With the advent of Industry 4.0, wherein AI and Data Science are the main movers, the need for a school for Data Science and AI is critical. IIT Madras has started this highly interdisciplinary school involving faculty from many departments joining hands to work on niche areas, including Responsible AI."
20-acre Cinema University to be a key feature of the upcoming Noida Film City
Noida: The upcoming Noida Film City (NFC) off the Yamuna Expressway is set to become a comprehensive filmmaking hub. The film city, spanning 230 acres in Sector 21, is just 6 km from the Noida International Airport. The NFC will also have a cinema university as a key component of the project. The university will cover 20 acres and feature editing suites, VR labs, and manufacturing units for sets, costumes, and props on an additional 15 acres.
The film university, designed as a self-contained campus, will provide practical learning opportunities with amenities like libraries, hostels, and cafes, offering directing, screenwriting, cinematography, and more programs.
Lucknow University students in distress can now scan the QR code for help
Lucknow: The University of Lucknow has released a dedicated QR code to help students cope with mental agony and issues they face. This comes after a 3rd-year bachelor’s student of LU's College of Arts and Crafts died by suicide in her hostel room. The unfortunate incident took place some ten days ago at Tilak Hostel.
"Students of Lucknow University will be able to easily inform the administration about their problems by scanning the QR code," LU shared on X. This will further connect students to the university's 'Happy Thinking Lab' and 'Counselling Cell'.
Chandigarh University founder-chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu nominated to Rajya Sabha
Chandigarh: Chandigarh University founder-chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu was on recently nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Mr Sandhu, who is also an agriculturist, is credited with the foundation of Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) at Landran in Mohali in 2001 and the formation of Chandigarh University in 2012.
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said he is delighted that the President has nominated Sandhu to the Rajya Sabha. “Satnam Ji has distinguished himself as a noted educationist and social worker, who has been serving people at the grassroots in different ways. He has always worked extensively to further national integration and has also worked with the Indian diaspora,” the PM said.
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