IIT Jammu, J&K Education Department sign MoU to improve quality of education

New Delhi, February 26: In a bid to improve higher education in Jammu & Kashmir, IIT Jammu signed an MoU with the Higher Education Department to help the union territory with the best academic resources. The MoU was inked between IIT Jammu Director Manoj Singh Gaur and Talat Parvez Rohella, commissioner secretary, Department of Higher Education.

 

 

According to the statement, IIT will share the state-of-art research resources and infrastructure with the educational institutions to enhance the quality of research in the region. The experts from IIT Jammu will enhance the knowledge base of the faculty and students on several fronts, including machine learning, big data, cloud computing.

 

The MoU is set to pave the way for improving the state of higher education in the UT, Statement added. The scope of the MoU includes academic, research, administrative, and consultancy collaborations.

 

Both sides have agreed to work together on improving faculty excellence in degree colleges, faculty development programs 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, they said.

 

They will further collaborate to improve the skill set of the faculty members by offering numerous faculty development programs around the year, equipping them with innovative teaching methods, research excellence to deliver quality education to the students.

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