Event Name: One Day FDP Faculty Development Program on National Education Policy 2020: Implications for Higher Education with Professor Dr Prabal K Sen Former Professor Economic Area Chairperson Entrepreneurship Development Centre at XLRI-Jamshedpur

Event Date: 3rd June 2022 (Friday)

Event Location: The Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat Assam

Organized By: School of Business (SOB) The Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat Assam

Report:

• In attendance are 30 Faculty Members from the 6 Schools of AKU
  Including the Deans, HODs, Professors, Associate/Assistant Professors
• Highlights about what did participants learned during the particular event.
  • 5 Pillars of Affordability, Accessibility, Quality, Equity, Accountability
  • Research and Innovation in Higher Education –setting up of the National Research Foundation (NRF)
  • Accreditation in Higher Education (National Accreditation Council)
  • Education and Skilling in Cyber Security
  • The National Education Technology Forum (NETF) NEP 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in Higher Education including Vocational Education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% (2035) 3.5 crore new seats will be added to Higher Education Institutions
• Organizing members are the AKU Deans of all the Schools, Members of School of Business – Dr Manvinder Singh Pahwa, Dr Ginlianlal Buhril, Dr Anil Kumar Bhatia, Dr Govind P Bhandari, Dr Dorothy Dutyta, Ms Eikjyot Kour, Nitesh Kumar, Lipika Sarmah, Bandana Thakur