NEP 2009/2020: Open Standards For Interactive Computing
The Department of Computer Science and Applications, Panjab University
Chandigarh organized a webinar on ‘NEP 2009/2020: Open Standards For
Interactive Computing’ on October 15th, 2020.
The occasion was graced by Prof. V.R. Sinha, Dean Research and
officiating Dean of University Instructions, Panjab University
Chandigarh.Hehighlighted upon the mandate of NEP 2020 which is to make
the education system holistic and multidisciplinary and encourage the
use of technology for effective teaching.
He dwelled upon the changes proposed by the policy which were :-
Multiple entry and Multiple exits, abolishment of M.Phil, autonomy which
could be given to private colleges, one regulator for higher education
and parity between the government and private colleges.
Prof. Maninder Singh, Head of Computer Science and Engineering
Department and Center of Information and Technology Management (CITM),
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, highlighted the
importance of quality education which can only be achieved through a
strong framework and design.He also focused on 2009’s Right to Education
in the Constitution of India which provided free and compulsory
education for all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as
a Fundamental Right.He emphasised on quality education and virtual labs
and the change in the overall spending of the government from 3% of the
GDP to proposed 6% of the GDP on the national education, and the key
aspect of measurement such as international rankings and research
aspect.He vividly explained the importance of Google Colaboratory and
Project Jupyter(Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software,
open-standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of
programming languages) through interactive examples and great
explanation.
The programme was coordinated by Prof. Sonal Chawla, DCSA, Panjab
University, Chandigarh. The session was overwhelmingly attended by DCSA
students, research scholars, faculty from other departments and colleges
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