CM calls for rebooting higher education
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Interdisciplinary research, niche courses need of the hour, he says
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan arriving at the Cochin University of Science and Technology to participate in the CM@Campus, an interactive programme, on Monday.
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Interdisciplinary research, niche courses need of the hour, he says
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the State required centres of excellence focussing on interdisciplinary research and niche courses aimed at improving the research and job potential of the aspirants in the higher educational sector.
“We need to introspect on why the State lagged behind in scaling up progress in the higher education sector. The universities and other higher educational institutions have to step up academic and infra facilities by getting elevated into centres of excellence,” he said at the CM@Campus programme held at the Cochin University
Chief Minister to interact with varsity students
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To elicit views on higher education under CM@Campus programme
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To elicit views on higher education under CM@Campus programme
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will interact with students on a host of issues concerning the higher education sector under the CM@Campus programme.
Envisaged on the theme ‘New Kerala, Youthful Kerala and the Future of Higher Education’, the interactive programme is being organised across five universities from February 1. While 200 students representing various disciplines will attend the programme, others can participate through web-conferencing platforms.
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) will host the first interaction on February 1.
8,486 students conferred degrees at KUHS convocation
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan inaugurated the convocation ceremony of the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) on Thursday. The KUHS convocation programme is being held at a time when the country is going through the largest vaccination drive, the Governor said, inaugurating the ceremony online.
He said around 300 million people were expected to receive the vaccine before July. The two vaccines developed by scientists in a record time were great achievements of science.
Health Minister K.K. Shylaja was the chief guest. Even at the time of the COVID-19 crisis, the KUHS could confer degrees to 800 graduates, she said.
Ayurveda medical college upgraded to research centre
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First Ayurveda institution in north Malabar to get the recognition
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First Ayurveda institution in north Malabar to get the recognition
Kerala University of Health Science (KUHS) has upgraded MVR Ayurveda Medical College, Parsinikadavu, to a research centre.
Being the first Ayurveda college in north Malabar to receive the recognition, several opportunities for research will be opened up for the academia, said E. Kunhiraman, director, MVR Ayurveda Medical College.
He added that the institution at present offers PG courses in Agada Tantra, Panchakarma, Rasa Shastra, and Bhaishajya Kalpana, and they have now been recognised for doctoral research.