Prof. Faraq Qamar, Secretary General of AIU, talks to Bhanu Pratap Singh about the trends in the higher education system and how to solve some of the issues plaguing the domain…
Q. How does AIU help the universities to maintain their autonomous character?
A. We keep on conveying what needs to be done to promote the autonomy of the universities in the country. By autonomy of universities, I mean freedom to do what the society expects them to do. There are societal expectations from the universities. These expectations are about creation, development and dissemination of knowledge, training and preparing people for society and nation-building for the economy. This is our mandate and this is how we help the universities to maintain the autonomous character.
Q. Recently AIU announced its association with Commonwealth Universities Association. Can you elaborate?
A. We are connected with various international associations of universities. We’ve had old tie-ups with various university associations. Recently, we also entered into the MoU with the Commonwealth Universities Association with idea of furthering the cause of higher education, not only in India but across the Commonwealth nations.
Q. There has been a rise in research awareness among the universities. How come this sudden change in Indian education mentality?
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