Global India Business Forum had hosted a webinar on “Challenges for Higher Education in India.”
The panelists included eminent personalities in the higher education sector like Dr. YSR Murthy
– Founding Vice Chancellor of RV University, Bengaluru; Mr. Nitin Athavle – Member of Board of
Studies at Garware College of Commerce, Pune and head of Deccan Education Society; Mr. Rakesh
Mehta - Director of Astral Education ® Gurugram, Ms. Manavalli Veena - Founder of Image Station;
Pushpendra Kumar Sharma - Founder of Pinaki World, Rajasthan; and Ms. Sushmita Nande - Faculty
in Operations and Supply Chain Management in MES Garware College of Commerce, Pune, Coordinator
BBA-IB department and Head of International Relations Department. The webinar was hosted by
Neelkamal Anchan.
The experts spoke about the need to increase the enrolment in higher education and the need for
private partnership in uplifting the education scene. They shared about employability and skill
gap and how the industry also needs to engage in training the youth. They said that though the
curriculum includes skill development, industries also should come forward and train them. On
the brighter side, India is third largest in student numbers globally, English is the primary
language of education and its traditional teaching methodology is a USP.
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