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The Union Cabinet approved the new National Education Policy (NEP). It is the center of discussion and all higher education institutes want to understand what lies ahead. Hence, we are conducting an online panel discussion - 'Collegedunia Connect' to bring the stalwarts of Higher Education together on one platform, wherein we would want to discuss how the new policy is going to shape the future of Education in India.
  • NEP 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education from 26.3% to 50% by 2035
  • At least 3.5 crore new seats will be added to higher education institutions
  • The new policy aims for “broad-based, flexible learning”, institutions to focus on becoming multidisciplinary by 2030
  • Pursuing a Ph.D. will now require either a Master’s degree or a four-year Bachelor’s degree with research
  • National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) to ramp up digital learning
  • World’s top 100 foreign universities will be “facilitated” to operate in India
  • All higher education institutions, except legal and medical, to be governed by Higher Education Council of India (HECI)
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    Dr. HL Vijaya Kumar
    Director/Principal - VOGUE Institute Of Art & Design
    Dr Vijaya Kumar is the Director / Principal of Vogue Institute of Art & Design. He has 39 years of profound experience in teaching, administration, research and development. A seasoned professional, Dr Kumar proved his expertise in successfully growing institutes by introducing courses that stood out in the designing curriculum, building the right ecosystem for students to gain knowledge and industry exposure. He is the Chairman of Research Review committee, Karnataka Sericulture and Silk Technology, a member in Vanya silk marketing committee, and served as a member in several other advisories and committees which include Research advisory committee for Central Silk Technological Research Institute, Technical Advisory Board in Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of Karnataka, Technical Advisory Member for Garment Park, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of Karnataka and Advisory board member of National Seminar & National Convention organized by Department of Apparel Tech. & management & IE(I).

    Dr Vijaya Kumar achieved multiple awards and accolades which include ISTE National Award by UP Government for the best research work in the field of Science & Technology, REC Calicut National Award for designing student projects. He was honored by Hon Fellow of Textile Association India during the 71st All India Textile Conference in 2016. He was also the Director, Davangere Textile Park Association to start Textile Park. He organized multiple national and international seminars in the field of design, including International Conference on Functional Textiles and Apparel 2016, All India Textile Conference at NIMHANS convention center 2011, Bangalore, 35th ISTE National Convention and Seminar in 2005, et al
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    Dr. S.Venkata Seshaiah
    Director - ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
    Dr. S.Venkata Seshaiah is a professor, Director at ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, and Pro Vice Chancellor of ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Declared as a deemed to be university). He holds a MA, M.Phil, PhD (Econometrics) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Prior to joining IBS, he was associated with BITS Pilani, Rajasthan as a faculty member in the Department of Economics and Finance., with Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Hyderabad and with Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar, Karnataka respectively. He believes in the TRICK approach to academic excellence – Teaching, Research, Institutional development, community development and knowledge sharing. This approach he believes helps individuals develop along with the institution.

    He also worked in National Council for Applied economics (NCAER) as field Investigator. He has put in 25 years of teaching, research and Administrative experience. He has published several research articles in the area of economics and finance in reputed National and International Journals.

    He was a Consulting Editor of ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics and edited several books in the area of Issues in Economic Development. He is also the scientific advisor and reviewer for National and International Journals. His areas of interest are financial economics, capital markets, Strategy and Behavioral economics.
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    Dr. S. Jeyavelu
    Dean - VIT AP School of Business
    Dr. Jeyavelu has a vast experience in teaching Organizational Design & Theory, Creativity, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, etc to students and executives. He has been teaching regularly in the PGP/MBA, ePGP/executive MBA, FPM / PhD courses as well as Management Development Programs in IIM Kozhikode from 2004. His creativity workshops were the highest revenue generating in IIMK. Discovering Self, an elective course integrating expressive arts, theatre and small group process work was the second most sought after course in IIMK.

    He has also taught in IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Amritsar, IIM Indore as well as GIM, GLIM, LIBA, XIMB and many others. He is fellow of Sumedhas Academy of Human Context, where he served as Dean of OD for a three year term and continues to contribute as faculty in its programs. He is a certified coach in Existential Universe Mapper (EUM) and Transformative Alignment Mapper (TAM). He integrates his expertise in diverse fields such as Organizational Behavior, Case Teaching, Process Work, and Theatre and Expressice Arts. He spreads his time across teaching, coaching, process consulting, leadership development and startup mentoring.

    He is a Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad with specialisation in Organizational Behavior and has a BE in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy.
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    Dr. Thomas P. John
    Chairman - T. John Group of Institutions
    Dr. Thomas P. John is the Chairman of T. John Group of Institutions. He is an MBBS and has completed additional academic programs from ISB Hyderabad, IIT Delhi, IIM Bangalore, and Berlin University. He set up T. John College in 1993 and has seen it grow immensely since then. He has also donned many hats as a political leader.

    Dr. John devotes more of his time to Life Enhancement by Mind Engineering. He is the founder and president of MIND MAGIC ACADEMY. He is an avid traveller and has travelled to various countries.