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The Hindu
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Higher education curriculum will prioritise employment, research: Kerala Minister
The Kerala government's approach to higher education stresses both employment readiness and research excellence, says Minister for Higher Education R. Bindu. She highlighted that the introduction of four-year honours degree programmes was a step in this direction. The Minister was speaking at a seminar titled 'Career Planning and Management' organised by the Higher Education department as part of the Ente Keralam exhibition and expo. Dr. Bindu noted that Kerala had initiated a transformative shift in education, aiming at enhancing students' employability and entrepreneurial capabilities. The government had implemented a credit-based curriculum allowing students to explore diverse subjects and had established incubation centres in colleges to support innovative business ideas. She encouraged students to pursue entrepreneurship and cited a few successful student-led ventures as examples. 'Students should have the freedom to learn according to their interests,' she said, adding that institutions like ASAP (Additional Skill Acquisition Programme) were offering skill development courses in cutting-edge fields, including Artificial Intelligence. 'Kerala's new educational vision is a response to the need for a knowledge economy and aims at finding solutions to contemporary challenges using intellectual capital,' the Minister said. V.P. Jagathy Raj, Vice-Chancellor of Sreenarayanaguru Open University, delivered the keynote presentation. Winners of the Ente Keralam-themed quiz were felicitated.
The Hindu
03-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Sreenarayanaguru Open University to start MBA, MCA programmes
Sreenarayanaguru Open University has received approval from the UGC Distance Education Bureau (DEB) to start MCA (Master of Computer Applications) and MBA (Master of Business Administration) programmes this academic year. With this, the Open University will be inviting applications for 31 UGC-approved UG/PG programmes in the current academic year. The MBA programme will offer specialisations in Finance Management, Marketing Management, HRM (Human Resource Management), Operations Management, Systems Management, and Logistics and Supply Management. Students pursuing the MBA will also have the opportunity to opt for a dual specialisation. The MCA programme will offer specialisations in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Forensics, Data Science and Analytics, IoT (Internet of Things), Robotics and Embedded Systems, Human-Computer Interface and Computer Vision, Cloud Computing and Security, DevOps & MLOps, and Multimedia. A detailed notification containing further information will be available on the website in the first week of July. Meanwhile, Open University and IHRD (Institute of Human Resources Development) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share study centres. The MoU was signed by Sunitha A.P., registrar of the Open University, and Arun Kumar V.U., director of IHRD at a function presided over by the Minister for Higher Education R. Bindu. SGOU Vice-Chancellor V.P. Jagathy Raj and syndicate members V.P. Prasanth, C. Udayakala, Ajayakumar P.P., and A. Balakrishnan were present. With this agreement, the institutions under IHRD across the State will now function as study centres for the Open University.
