UGC Chairman on "THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM" | M. Jagadesh Kumar on Pragyaan

What will you think if I say the college education in india is about to experience a shift in magnitude never seen before? Well it is true and our latest guest Sir M. Jagadesh Kumar is spearheading the revolution.

Prof. M. Jagadesh talks about a lot of things in Podcast such as the NIRF Ranking system in India, Higher education, How India Need Better teachers?, The entire National Education Framework and alot for.

Join us as we sit down with the man himself and discuss his plans for the higher education scenario in India and some of the new policies entailing the NEP 2020.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Precap
2:29- Introduction
3:05- How education is changing/improvements in educational scenario
7:25 - Goals of NEP 2020
10:14 - Digitization of education
11:49 - Broadening of opportunities at higher level of education
17:16 - New policies to facilitate flexibility in education
19:57 - National Credit Framework
22:39 - Bridging the gap between education and skills
27:23 - Teachers' role in education
36:25 - Making teaching more aspirational
42:07 - Awareness for Indian contribution to sciences
43:45 - Tenure at JNU
46:01 - Revolutionising courses at JNU
50:46 - What true leadership is
56:29 - Rationalizing ideologies and politics at JNU campus
1:06:33 - NIRF rankings and how they work
1:11:49 - How to find the right college for you
1:15:03 - How your work can contribute to your education / Recognition of Prior Learning
1:18:51 - Academic Bank of Credits and its benefits
1:20:58 - breaking stigma of extra curricular/making education more wholesome
1:24:01 - Setting up Grievance redressal committees for students
1:25:08 - Integration of micro-credentials
1:27:30- Internationalisation of Indian educational institutions
1:37:33 - more industry insights and exposure
1:41:32 - Redressal mechanism for institution fees
1:44:19 - Future of UGC
1:46:06- Jagadish Kumar's vision

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