Odisha's Centurion University, JNU partner to enhance skill-integrated higher education in India
Friday, 14 July 2023, 10:39 IST
Odisha-based Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) has merged forces with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) with the goal to enhance skill-integrated higher education in the country. A wide-ranging Memorandum of Understating (MoU) inked between the two universities paves the way for institutional collaboration, enabling sharing of knowledge, best practices and experience.
The core objective of the partnership is to strengthen research and academic cooperation, and deliver industry-driven, skill-based higher and vocational education as envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, an official release said.
“We have been working relentlessly to instill skill learning as part of higher education in India for more than a decade, and we understand that a larger impact can be made only with joint efforts of academia, industries, as well as policymakers. Laying special emphasis on mainstreaming vocational education with general education, the partnership between CUTM and JNU will help students acquire various skills to make them Industry 4.0 ready while serving the needs of the society,” Supriya Pattanayak, vice chancellor of CUTM, said.
As part of the partnership, the varsities are expected to explore specific areas of engagement between the School of Languages, Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship, School of Biotechnology, School of Physical Sciences, Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health and other Schools or Centres to enhance and integrate skills in higher education. Besides, the varsities will focus on skill integration through community outreach programs as well, aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and employability.
The core objective of the partnership is to strengthen research and academic cooperation, and deliver industry-driven, skill-based higher and vocational education as envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, an official release said.
“We have been working relentlessly to instill skill learning as part of higher education in India for more than a decade, and we understand that a larger impact can be made only with joint efforts of academia, industries, as well as policymakers. Laying special emphasis on mainstreaming vocational education with general education, the partnership between CUTM and JNU will help students acquire various skills to make them Industry 4.0 ready while serving the needs of the society,” Supriya Pattanayak, vice chancellor of CUTM, said.
As part of the partnership, the varsities are expected to explore specific areas of engagement between the School of Languages, Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship, School of Biotechnology, School of Physical Sciences, Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health and other Schools or Centres to enhance and integrate skills in higher education. Besides, the varsities will focus on skill integration through community outreach programs as well, aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and employability.
