Thursday, April 11, 2013

ASSOCHAM Excellence Awards for 40 Institutions

New Delhi: Rai University, Manav Rachna International, NIIT University and VIT University among forty educational institutions across India have been awarded for their exemplary contribution to quality education. 

Giving away the awards at an ASSOCHAM event in New Delhi, Minster of Human Resource Development Dr. M M Pallam Raju said, “The country’s need to improve the gross enrolment ratio in higher education, a lot has been done but a lot more needs to be done.

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) awarded 40 institutions for its role to impart quality education for an employable workforce to harness its demographic dividend and to cater the need of industry. 

Dr. Raju awarded Rai University and Manav Rachna International with the prestigious best Award for upcoming universities of the year 2013 in recognition of their immense contribution to the cause of quality education delivery mechanism with emphasis on world-class research and innovations in enhancing the development of quality education, with employability.

In an event organized by ASSOCHAM National Excellence Awards, NIIT University- Rajasthan won the award for best private university in use of technology in teaching-learning practices.

Fore Schools of Management has successfully won the best business school in the year 2013 for developing multiple skills including managerial decision-making, problem solving, analytical reasoning, communications, creativity and innovation.

VIT University, Vellore has bagged the ASSOCHAM best higher education provider of the year for its outstanding contribution in imparting technical education and instilling high patterns of discipline to the students in order to make them technologically skilled and ethically strong.

In addition to this, Delhi School of Business has been appreciated the best institute in use of technology in teaching-learning practices, Best Private university of the year was presented to Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar.

The entire process of evaluation and assessment has been conducted by the Jury with highest tenets of transparency and accountability. The jury members were Surendra Singh, Former Cabinet Secretary, GOI, Prof Sukhdev Thorat, Former Chairman of UGC, Bhartendra Singh Baswan, Former Education Secretary, Ministry of HRD, M N Krishnamani, President Supreme Court Bar Association and  Ritu Beri, Fashion Designer & Philanthropist.

The other speakers present at the award ceremony were Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot, President, ASSOCHAM, Mr. Vinay Rai, Chairperson, ASSOCHAM National Council of Education and D.S. Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM.

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