Paradigm shift
Event
The Paradigm Shift in India's Higher Education
Friday 11 October, 2024 – Friday 11 October, 20241:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Online
Part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series 2024-25.
About the seminar
In this seminar Professor Das will explore the adoption of the National Education Policy 2020. Some fundamental changes are envisaged which pose opportunities and challenges for Higher Education in India.
Impacts will be felt both in structural terms as well as in the realm of teaching and learning.
India’s education sector is the second largest in the world having 58,000 educational institutions, of which more than 1,000 are universities.
The seminar will highlight the possibilities and challenges for Indian higher education, along with the implications for the internationalisation of the sector in a globalised world order.
About the speaker
Professor Suranjan Das MA(Cal) D.Phil (Oxon) is Vice-Chancellor of Adamas University, Kolkata, and previously served as Professor of History, Calcutta University, Kolkata and Vice-Chancellor of two of the foremost public universities of India: Calcutta University and Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Professor Das has a distinguished academic record specialising in South Asian History and Politics, with a particular focus on identity politics, nation-building and Indian foreign policy.
Professor Das is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, where he has just completed a collaborative research project: ‘Decolonizing the Curricula’, under the auspices of the British Council’s Going Global Partnership scheme.
Bath Spa University has been closely collaborating with Adamas University over the last ten years.