Three panels to overhaul higher education sector
The Hindu
To study and bring in reforms that are in tune with the changing times
The Higher Education Department has constituted three commissions in a bid to modernise the sector that has been deemed outdated in several respects. Shyam B. Menon, former Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, New Delhi, will head a seven-member commission to suggest reforms in the field of higher education in the State. The panel will be convened by Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient Pradeep T., professor, IIT Madras; and have noted academics, including Mahatma Gandhi University Vice Chancellor Sabu Thomas; Ayesha Kidwai of Jawaharlal Nehru University; State Planning Board member R. Ramkumar; Kannur University Pro-Vice Chancellor Sabu A.; and M.V. Narayanan of Calicut University. Former Vice Chancellor of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) N.K. Jayakumar will head another commission formed to overhaul university Acts and Statutes. Kannur University Vice Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran; State Higher Education Council governing body member Joy Job Kulavelil; Malappuram Government College principal K. Damodaran; and advocate P.C. Sasidharan are the members.More Related News