IIT Jammu signs MoU with JK education department to improve quality of education

According to officials, the two entities signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on February 24, 2021, with an aim to help the Union Territory with the best academic resources.

Indian Institute of Technology Jammu and the Higher Education Department joined hands in order to discuss and prepare ways to improve the state of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, the two entities signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on February 24, 2021, with an aim to help the Union Territory with the best academic resources. IIT Jammu Director Manoj Singh Gaur and Talat Parvez Rohella, commissioner secretary, Department of Higher Education were also present during the meeting organized to sign the pact.

The officials further added, “The IIT is prepared to share the state-of-art research resources and infrastructure with the educational institutions in order to enhance the quality of research in the region.” Reports state that the collaboration will help in enhancing the knowledge base of the faculty and students on several fronts, including machine learning, big data, cloud computing with the assistance of the experts from IIT Jammu. The MoU is set to pave the way for improving the state of higher education in the UT, they added.

Administrative, academic, research and consultancy collaborations are the scopes of this MoU. Talking about the collaboration, the officials also stated, “They have agreed to work together on improving faculty excellence in degree colleges, faculty development programmes in various disciplines, such as engineering, science and humanities and social sciences for the existing faculty members, improving the employability of the youth, knowledge sharing to improve the skill set of faculty members.” 

The collaboration between IIT Jammu and the higher education department will also help in improving the skill set of the faculty members by offering numerous faculty development programmes around the year, equipping them with innovative teaching methods, research excellence in order to deliver quality education to the students.

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