Academicians, experts from the industry and administrators came together at a UGC seminar on ‘Effective Governance and Brand Building in Higher Educational Institutions’ held at Ethiraj College for Women on Monday.
K. Rosaiah, Tamil Nadu Governor, talked about the importance of assuring quality in the educational institutions of the country. A university now has also got to meet the additional requirement of addressing the developmental needs of the society, he said.
H. Devaraj, vice-chairman, UGC, said while Tamil Nadu had done extremely well in terms of gross enrolment ratio, there was a need to move towards excellence.
J.A.K. Tareen, vice-chancellor, B.S. Abdur Rahman University of Science and Technology, listed the basic characteristics of world-class universities. He said diversity was the key for excellence, which could be achieved through collaboration, interaction, and integration.
According to Victor Louis Anthuvan, professor, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, the primary role of education was to humanise people.
“Students should not only focus on learning from books and teachers but should also go beyond classrooms and look at contributing to society. They must learn from the lives of great men.”
Madras University V-C R. Thandavan, chairman of Ethiraj College trust V.M. Muralidharan, principal, Ethiraj College, Jothi Kumaravel, and other professors and students of the college participated in the event.
