ANU Delegation Visit

Panjab University , September 10, 2014

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Rich HeritageEstablished in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan) as the FIRST teaching and affiliating University in South Asia under the British Raj after the first three affiliating Universities started at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras in 1857.

It got subdivided as Punjab was partitioned in 1947 at the time of creation of Pakistan. The Indian part was reinitiated on October 1, 1947 it commenced getting collated at its present campus at Chandigarh in 1956

An Inter-State Body-Corporate:

Re-constituted under an Act passed by Parliament of India (1966).

Gandhi Bhawan,

PU Campus, Chandigarh

Act passed to establish Panjab University on Oct. 5, 1882

The act emphasized that the Panjab University was to be a teaching as well as an examining body.

“In this respect, as well as in the circumstances of its origin, it differed from other Indian Universities, but agreed with Oxford and Cambridge.

Developmental Phase: 1882-1946

• Initially mooted as Oriental University. PU

eventually evolved as a real symbiosis of a

Western and an Oriental University due to

timely intervention of Sardar Dyal Singh

Majithia, the founder of the Newspaper ‘The

Tribune’.

• INDIAN EDUCATION COMMISSION

(1904): New system of affiliation of colleges

permitted and College teachers asked to

engage in research. Honours Schools

established in 1919.

• 1933: Golden Jubilee Year.

Foundation-stone of a University Union

Society’s home was laid and the building was

named as ‘Woolner Hall’. A C Woolner was

first Dean University Instruction (DUI) of PU.

Statue of A. C . Woolner in Front of Punjab

University Lahore

First Whole- Time Vice Chancellor (1938)

• Right from 1882 till 1938, the office of the Vice

Chancellor was held by some prominent official of

the Punjab Government. He performed his duties only

in the Honorary capacity.

• In October,1938 for the first time Khan Bahadur

Mian Mohammad Afzal Hussain , an eminent

Agricultural Scientist, was appointed first whole time

Vice Chancellor of the University of Punjab at

Lahore. He served up to 1944.

Its reincarnation as

East Punjab University

The Indian part of the Punjab State after independence was called East Punjab and it was without a University though it had many colleges and schools in its territory.

An ordinance was promulgated by the East Punjab Government on September 27, 1947 for setting up the East Punjab University from October 1, 1947.

Renaming of the University

On the first Republic Day of independent , i.e., January 26, 1950, the State of East Punjab was renamed only as Punjab.

The University also rechristened itself to Panjab University.

Registrar’s Office from 1947-1956

at Solan, near Shimla

Towards a New DestinationIn 1953, Punjab Government determined to locate the University at Chandigarh for its permanent home.

The University the construction work was started in 1955.

About 300 residential quarters for administrative staff were completed first before the shifting of the offices from Solan in 1956.

Original Architectural Layout prepared by Pierre Jeanerette, a

cousin of Le Carbusier

NEW PHASE

Imbibing the spirit of

missionary zeal at Chandigarh, the

best who migrated from Lahore

were put together along with the

best available from elsewhere in

India

PU campus : An architectural marvel• Complex designed by Pierre Jeanerette

under the guidance of the legendary, Le Corbusier .

• Spacious, serene and tranquil to infuse one in mood of contemplation.

• Four museums and the department of Indian theatre with its own Theatre Lab.

• A Botanical Garden, A Herbal Garden, A Rose Garden & Garden of Medicinal Plants on the campus vouch its “green pastures”

• Sprawling Campus today spread in two Sectors with land area over 550 acres

Panjab University Campus at Chandigarh

A Synoptic View• Faculty Strength : Over 1000

• Teaching Departments & Chairs

:~ 85

• Affiliated Colleges : > 190

• Regional Centres : 4

• Library resources : Around 8 Lakh Books

• Students (entire PU) : Over 2,45,000

• Faculties : 11

• Postgraduate Courses : ~ 200

• Undergraduate Courses : 75

• Students Enrolled in Campus : 13,500

Competencies of P.U. • Unique Mix of Residential campus at Chandigarh as well as

192 affiliated and constituent Colleges across Punjab

• Increasing popularity of its professional courses at Institutes of Engineering & Technology ( UIET, UICET etc.), Buisness Studies , Management and Legal Studies (UBS, UIAMS, UILS, UIHMT, UIIET, etc) , Dental College and Pharmaceutical Sciences Institute, etc.

• Strong presence in Newer and Emerging Areas like Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Polymer Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Technology , Energy Management, Drug Delivery, Genome Studies, Defense and Gender Studies.

Competencies of P.U. contd…

• Offering programs with industry recognized credentials and international orientation.

• Close coordination and collaboration with Institutes of National importance in Chandigarh tricity Metropolis, like, PGI, PEC, IMTECH, NIPER, CSIO, IISER, TBRL, BPU, IIT Ropar, etc. Nucleated Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster.

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Chandigarh Region Innovation & Knowledge Cluster

MOTIVATION FOR

CHANDIGARH CLUSTER • Legendary founder of Infosys, Mr. N R Narayanamurthy submitted a

report titled “Corporate Participation in Higher Education” to

government of India. (‘Narayana Murthy Report’, April 2012)

• Chandigarh is an ideal location for promoting a Knowledge Hub, as there

are a large number of well established institutions within a radius of ~ 8

kms.

• Panjab University is the oldest University in India, renowned for its

contribution towards higher education and research.

• Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) –

Asia’s premier medical education and research institute, well recognized

for its health services, education, research and training facilities, globally

has completed 50 years recently.

• Punjab Engineering College traces its legacy to the second oldest institute

in North India, next only to the famous Engg. College at Roorkee.

CRIKC : Founding institutions

1. Panjab University

2. PGIMER - Post Graduate Institute of

Medical Education & Research

3. CSIO – Central Scientific

Instrumentation Organization

4. IMTECH – Institute of Microbial

Technology

5. IISER – Indian Institute of Science

Education & Research (Mohali)

6. NIPER – National Institute of

Pharmaceutical Education & Research

7. NABI – National Agri Food

Biotechnology Institute

8. TBRL – Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory

9. ISB – Indian School of Business (Mohali)

10. PEC – Punjab Engineering College of Engineering and

Technology

11. IIT ROPAR

12. National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and

Research

13. Govt. Medical College & Hospital

14. Institute of Nano Science & Nano Technology (Mohali)

15. Centre for Agro Processing (Mohali)

16. Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (Chandigarh)

Broadly these cover higher education and research in medical and life sciences,

engineering and physical sciences. Also, there are many industrial units related to

some of the research activities around Chandigarh.

CRIKC and neighbourhood

Chandigarh has all types of institutes

-- Educational: PU, PEC, IISER, NIPER, ISB, NITTTR

-- Research: CSIR : CSIO, IMTECH; DST: NSNT; DBT: NABI, BPU; DRDO: TBRL;

Min. of Petroleum & Industry: NIPER

-- Medical: PGIMER, Govt Medical College Hospital

-- Engineering: PEC, IIT-Ropar

-- Industry: Baddi (H.P.); CII (North) HQ at Chd.

Further Chandigarh region is rich in intellectual resources,

• Over 40 Fellows of Science Academies (INSA, IASc, NASI) and over 500 active scientists and

technologists

• CHASCON; Children Science Congress; National/International Conferences/WKSP/

Seminars

• Chandigarh apart from being well planned , is also well connected by Road

and Air. Soon, it is going to have an International Airport

Participating Institutions in CRIKCParticipating Institutions in CRIKCParticipating Institutions in CRIKCParticipating Institutions in CRIKC

Signatories to the formation of CRIKC on May 2013

CRIKC : Mission Statement

To foster and sustain close academic alliances

between institutions of higher education and

research in the Chandigarh region.

To facilitate Innovation and Knowledge creation.

Achieving excellence in all academic spheres

without compromising in any manner the

autonomy of the participating institutions.

CRIKC is Aiming for :

1. Identifying joint and collaborative research projects.

2. Attempting to initiate joint teaching/training programs including

pre-PhD courses,

3. Encouraging and promoting pooling of research facilities of the

participating institutions.

4. Nurturing scientific culture from school level.

5. Promotion of spirit and philosophy of ‘Meta-University’ concept.

6. To promote and sustain the following themes for excellence in

research:

Biomedical Sciences, Applications of Nano-science and Nano-

technology, Theoretical Studies

7. Policy Planning for better comprehension of Government of India

programs and societal needs

CRIKC : Phase II 1. Joint programs in Life Sciences and Nano-science &

Technology

2. Common physical infrastructural facilities to be created in

new land being made avilable by Chandigarh Administration

3. Facility of spending a few months in the participating

institutions on mutual basis

4. Incentive scheme enabling Ph.D. holder college teachers to

take sabbatical leave to work with faculties/scientists in

CRIKC institutions.

5. Create/provide facilities to attract faculty members from

abroad to spend sabbatical leave period in CRIKC

institutions

6. Strengthening of Industry-Academia interaction

8. Refresher courses / summer school / college teachers

CR IKC : Phase III

1. Integration of Industry sponsored programs.

2. Setting mission oriented goals.

3. Higher level of visibility in Research.

4. New incentive schemes to attract talent, in

particular, Inspire Post Doctoral Fellows to

choose CRIKC institutions as hosts to initiate new

research programmes.

5. Creating examples where one can progress from

‘Concept to Commercialization’

Reconstruction of Education through

Collaborative Approach: Synchronization of needs

Stimulate independence, creativity and an entrepreneurial

approach for harnessing knowledge

Need to enhance proactive dialogue with industry and the professions and thereby create a trusting and supportive environment within which mutually beneficial interactions can be progressed.

Industry-Institute partnerships at regional, national and

international levels are needed to clearly define national, global

and industry demands for technology innovations. Industry

focus in such areas and the type and size of the science and

engineering (S&E) workforce required to meet these demands

has to be provided by educational institutions.

Action Points for Successful Partnerships

Shifting the Focus:

From primarily for Economic Gain? →

Harnessing Talent and Creativity &

Societal well being

Migration will increase from 2.8 million

International students in 2010 to 7.2 million in

2025

70% of demand will come from Asia Pacific

Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival

• Mission Differentiation:

- Developing Distinctive Competencies

- Branding & Positioning

“Brand Name” like Good Universities in North America, UK,

Europe, Australia, Japan, China, Korea

• Process Re-engineering:

PU has nucleated CRIKC, bringing together knowledge and

infrastructure sharing model

Started Industry mediated courses at UIAMS, Industrial

Microbiology, Drug Delivery and Design, Instrumentation.

Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival Action Points for Successful Survival contdcontdcontdcontd…………....

• Benchmarking:

• Imbibing Lessons from best Practices: both convergent (from

other educational institutions) & Divergent (Different

industries)

• Learning Renaissance:

Regular Skill Upgradation / Nurturing Talent of Faculty &

Staff

The most valued commodity is the human imagination

New trends on the Horizon New trends on the Horizon New trends on the Horizon New trends on the Horizon

• Mobility is no longer that of students and staff alone but also of programmes.

• Driving forces are no longer institutions and national policy makers alone but increasingly also supranational organizations.

• New actors have entered the field - International consortia and networks are being created.

• Higher education has shifted to encompass all regions of the world.

Fostering PartnershipsCollaborations Need to Meet the CRISIS Criteria to be Long Lasting:

‘Higher Education - R&D collaboration’ is a recipe for a

Knowledge based and Innovation driven economy!

P U Experience P U Experience P U Experience P U Experience

• Collaborate rather than compete.

• Success Stories: CIIPP, UIAMS. These are

industry driven and focussed, wherein there is

active collaboration & participation at key

decision points

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Promotion, fundraising

Information

(Research

Collaborations,

Exchange

Programmes)

Capacity building(New

Courses/Programmes)

Direct action(Dual Degree)

Learning(Developing Pedagogies)

Multipliers(Opening Centres at

New Places)

CollaborationCollaborationCollaborationCollaboration

… Several Strategies for Collaboration

Strategy of Government of India

• Move India up the value chain: research and

innovation-driven economy

• Enhance R&D activities within Institutions of

Higher Learning

• Encourage the activities of Industry in Academics

(N R Narayanamurthy Report, 2012)

• Universities to support indigenous Small and

Medium Enterprises, including start-ups by

fostering academia-industry collaborations

P U and CRIKC : A laboratory to try P U and CRIKC : A laboratory to try P U and CRIKC : A laboratory to try P U and CRIKC : A laboratory to try

new national initiativesnew national initiativesnew national initiativesnew national initiatives• Department of Science & Technology (DST) grant to create

‘Centre for Policy research’ for focusing on enhancing

Industry academia interactions, promote PM Fellowship

Scheme for PhD Scholars.

• Department of Biotechnology grant to start University

Innovation Centre as incubation hub.

• DST-Department of Energy of USA Strategic Research

Initiative to rope in Indian Universities to create High

Energy Instrumentation & Detector development Centre at

Chandigarh for new experiments to begin at Fermi Lab,

Illinois, USA in 2022.

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British Council, Mumbai British Council, Mumbai British Council, Mumbai British Council, Mumbai • Support to speakers from UK to visit CRIKC institutions :

• Close collaboration between CRIKC and UK Deputy High

Commission Office in Chandigarh. New British Council

Library has opened in Chandigarh.

• Proposals to promote interactions between PU and its parent

institutions at Lahore via British High Commission branches

at Chandigarh and at Lahore and inter alia promote

understanding between people from across the borders of

Punjab who have settled in UK.

• Partnership between Nottingham Univ. & its City Council

and CRIKC & Chandigarh Administration to explore

numerous new initiatives of benefit to business people from

India and UK.

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• “Internationalisation abroad” – flows of staff and students in both directions, strategic alliances, joint R&D with overseas institutions, overseas students through USOL.

• “Internationalisation at home” – reform of curriculum and teaching method, Preparing students for Higher studies abroad, more recruiting by Multi-National-Corporations, improved study and social support for international students.

Hence, let us try together ….

Balancing the “Industrialization of Academics” & the

“Academization of industry” could be the Key