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BITS Pilani VC Prof LK Maheshwari speaks on Challenges in Modern Education
In the City of Joy Kolkata, on Sepember 22, 2007, Prof L K Maheshwari (LKM) the Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Rajasthan gave an inspiring talk on Education for the 21st century at the Kala Mandir Auditorium to a spell bound impressive gathering of students and teachers from various Birla Schools.In his lecture Prof LKM focused on Change Drivers such as developments in ICT & Media Technology, Globalization, Economic Restructuring, ICT based economy and distributed knowledge production systems. He gave a clarion call for a consortium of Academic Experts, Educational Technologists and Industries to bring out changes in curriculum development and delivery methodology. He was emphatic in stating that universities must include enabling technology transfer as its core function. He also highlighted the educational innovations that have been carried at BITS Pilani for the past several decades.
Prof LKM gave lucid answers to the young students and teachers, who fielded questions on possibility of foreigners coming to India for education, future of liberal arts and humanistic studies courses, technology versus unemployment issues.
At the end of the lecture, it undoubtedly emerged that if change is an inevitable challenge, then innovation is the response and knowledge is the weapon.
Tomorrow indeed belongs to the people who prepare today and without education, this preparation is not possible.
Dr BR Natarajan
Professor & Dean
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242210
Fax 91-1596-244183
brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in
www.bits-pilani.ac.in
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Rajasthan which has set a bench mark in industry university collaboration is one among the top ranking universities in India today offering degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa campuses and in the near future at Hyderabad campus apart from an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates.
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