Plans, Strategies & Initiatives in Higher Education

1. Plans, Strategies & Initiatives in Higher Education The Annual Vice Chancellors’ Retreat 2015 Pune

2. Andhra Pradesh – The Sunrise StateTransforming AP into Education and Knowledge Hub Vice Chancellors as leaders in our endeavour

3. Vision and Mission Andhra Pradesh Higher Education One of three highest performing states of India by 2022-23 & best state in the country by 2029-30 Transforming AP into Education and Knowledge Hub Vision Pillars of the Knowledge Mission Equity – Quality Excellence – Partnerships Increase GER Ensure Youth Employability Develop infrasrtucture for R&D Address Rural-Urban inequity Vocational Education &Training Build institutional Partnerships Mission Objectives Improve Quality of Education Promote Arts &Humanities Encourage PPP & industry collobarations Invest in Faculty development Promote holistic development of students Remove regulatory road blocks

4. Higher Education -Statistics

5. Higher Educational Institutions in AP (Density)

6. Knowledge Mission-Action initiated Induction course conducted: at ISB, Hyderabad (17-19 February, 2015) Workshop for identifying Entry Point Projects (EPPs): CIPS Hyderabad (23-24 April, 2015) Hon’ble CM Sri. Nara. Chadra Babu Naidu garu interacting with the State Knowledge Advisory Board (SKAB) members CONSTITUTION OF STATE KNOWLEDGE ADVISORY BOARD (SKAB) • Videoconf with Hon’ble CM: 16th Feb 2015 • Round Table with Hon’ble CM: 25th May 2015 CONSTITUTION OF AN EXECUTIVE GROUP: 40 ACADEMICIANS C. Launch of Knowledge Mission Prof Rajan Saxena, VC, NMIMS, Mumbai Dr.Leena Srivastava Vice Chancellor,TERI University Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar Principal Director,Symbiosis University Prof. Raj Reddy University of Professor of Computer Science & Robotics, Prof. K.V. SubbaRao Former Professor,IIT Bombay • Draft copy of vision document • Brochure on Knowledge Mission plan • Website www.knowledgemission.ap.gov.in

7. Knowledge Mission-Activities conducted

8. Knowledge Mission-Activities conducted

9. Knowledge Mission-Activities conducted

10. Higher Education as a Growth Engine Higher Education as a powerful Growth Engine Tier II: Establishing new institutions Tier I: Strengthening existing Institutions (i) Development of HR of AP which will attract investments & service industry (ii)Attracting domestic & foreign students from the demographies of SAARC region, African countries, middles eastern nations, South Asia

11. Strengthening Existing Institutions - overview • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) • Parallel degree Programme in Employability Skills in collaboration with TISS • Implementation of IT and Innovation Policy in State • Capacity Building/Leadership training Programmes for faculty • Result Analysis • RUSA • Foreign collaborations • Employability Conclaves for Industry –Educational Institution Interaction • Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (Demo Day)

12. Other activities under Progress • Private Universities Bill • Common Universities Act • AP State Assessment & Accreditation Council (APSAAC) • Curriculum Upgradation in all Universities • Implementation of CBCS & Semester system in all Universities and Colleges • Biometrics

13. AP Private Universities Bill - 2015 • The draft bill was placed on APSCHE website as per decision of the AP Cabinet • The aim of the Government of Andhra Pradesh is to: • Enable establishment of model Private Universities that set new benchmarks • Qualitative change in systems of higher education • Encourage Research-based institutions • Achieve higher GER • Attract foreign investments • Lead to economic development and powerful growth engine for Andhra Pradesh

14. Common Universities Bill - 2015 • An Expert Committee was constituted under A.P. State Council of Higher Education for redrafting the AP Universities Act 1991 • The Committee’s report has been submitted to the AP Government • Focus areas: • Accountability • Performance • Quality Education • Restructuring of existing Education system

15. IT & Innovation Policy – Entry Point Projects • 13 EPPs were identified for implementation in all state Universities • Covering industry collaboration, mandatory apprenticeship, gap year, wifi campuses, Moocs, smart classrooms, centers of excellence, incubation centers, online exams, social work and so on

16. Entry Point Projects TRACK -I Improving Existing Institutions TRACK -II Creating New institutions Mandatory Apprenticeship RGUKT Curriculum Up-gradation S.V.University 7 Premier National Institutions Best Practices in HE Courses on Entrepreneurship Andhra University Private Universities Bill Smart Campuses Andhra University Credits for Research , Innovation & Social Projects Dr.B.R.Ambedkar University New Universities Bill Credits to MOOCs & e-learning -JNTU-K Gap Year Concept JNTU-K Education City Incubation Centers in all Universities & Colleges S.V.University 7 Centers of Excellence JNTU-A Education Hubs Online Exams Andhra University Industry Collaboration Dr.B.R.Ambedkar University Training in Employability skills Faculty development programmes

17. Ranking of HE Institutions • A project “Repositioning Andhra University in top 50 in the world”has been initiated by Dept. of HE in Andhra University taking help ofsummer fellow from Economic Development Board of AP • Andhra University has been ranked • 151 in international rankings by QS BRICS • 2nd best State University • 8th overall in India by India Today – Nielson Survey • Roadmap: Preparing ANU, SVU and SPMVV for ranking

18. Ranking & Result Analysis of Universities, Colleges, Polytechnics • Available on Knowledge Mission website (www.knowledgemission.ap.gov.in) & • on website of Commissioner Collegiate Education (apcce.gov.in)

19. Parallel Degree Programme in Employability Skills • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on 5 Sept 2015 • 30,000 students in 100 Government Degree Colleges will be trained • Three Year Integrated Programme with credits in • English Communication • Digital Literacy • Financial Literacy • Youth Leadership and People Skills • Legal Literacy • Entrepreneurship

20. Parallel Degree Programme in Employability Skills contd.. Expected Key Results • Making young graduates employable and suitable for entrepreneurship • Capacity building and skill development of existing employees at Universities and Colleges to improve their productivity Budget Roadmap • Finalisenext steps with TISS to start trainings in colleges wef November 2015; Organize CSR (Madhya Pradesh has tied up with GAIL; Chattisgarh with HDFC)

21. Performance of Universities - 2014-15 • SPMVV - Highest (98%) pass percentage • Others above 80% - AKNU, BRAU, JNTUA, IIIT Nuzvid and YVU

22. Wifi facility in University campuses AvgWiFi Coverage in AP state Universities : 36% Above 50% WiFi coverage Universities: 5 80% & above: 2 - AU & SPMVV

23. Career & Employability Summit & Exposition 2015 • Andhra University • SV University • AcharyaNagarjuna University • Nov/Dec 2015 & Jan 2016 200 stalls will be facilitated by CII and NASSCOM Academia-Industry nexus • Focus Areas: • Curriculum Relevance for Employability • Successful Collaborative Models with Industry • Employment opportunities in Core Industries & Services Sectors • Making education more relevant for industry/services • Outcomes: • Direct access for students to HR recruiters of big corporates & MNCs • Industry-Education institute interaction platform • Connecting Employability & Higher Education • Creating capacities relevant to society’s aspirations & economic development

24. Demo Day

25. Demo Day

26. New Initiatives & Institutions

27. New Initiatives & Institutions • Knowledge Mission • Seven National level Institutes of Higher Education • Private investments into Higher Education • New Universities in AP • Private Universities interested/invited • Educity • Foreign Collaborations • EDUGRID

28. 7 National Level Institutes – Land details

29. Three pronged approach to Private Investments I. Creation of legislative framework and regulations through AP Private Universities Act ( Jan 2016) II. Establishment of Education City Policy and infrastructure development approach (Dec 2015) III. New Universities Investors Meets with Hon’ble CM either one-on-one or in a joint meeting (Nov/Dec 2015)

30. Existing International Collaborative Programmes Aiming beyond student/faculty exchange programs, towards dual degree Programs

31. Existing International Collaborative Programmes

32. Foreign Collaborations – status and plans 1. Collaboration with UK • British Council has identified Universities of Liverpool & Loughborough for exploring collaboration with AP Universities • A meeting was held between British Council & selected Universities on 23rd June 2015

33. Foreign Collaborations – status and plans • 2. Collaboration with Australia • First working group meeting was held in Hyderabad on 21st May 2015 • As a follow-up, a conference was held in Bangalore on 25th August 2015

34. Foreign Collaborations – status and plans 3. Proposed collaboration with Singapore • Academic collaborations – visiting faculty, student exchange • Faculty development project for state Univs keeping AU as base • Collaboration in trainings with LKYSPP - NUS • Repositioning AU among top 50 in the world • An Advisory Body – Annual Dialogue 4. Proposed Collaboration with USA • As per paper on International Engagement from NSDC explore opportunities with community colleges of USA & Canada • Collaboration on Incubators

35. Meeting with Foreign Partners • Objective: Internationalization of HE in AP • Date & Place : 24 Sep 2015 at N Delhi • Proposed areas of collaboration: • Student & Faculty Exchange • Collaborative Research • Twinning & Dual Degree Programmes • Foreign Misssions attended: Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Finland, UK, USA, China, Japan, Singapore

36. EDUGRID(Standardized Portals for AP state Universities) Expected outcomes: • Streamlining of administration to make e-Governance possible • Standardization of Universities websites and for possibility for better brand image of institutions • Availability of student profiles for industries across the state, increasing employability • Local industry linkages for internships and project work • PMU has been constituted to monitor the project • Ed CIL has been requested to give the Time lines for implementation of EDUGRID • Estimated Project Expenditure for 6 Universities – 22 crores • Timeline for completion – 9 months

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