Call for papers - National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Indian Technical Education (CIITE-2020)

National Conference On Contemporary Issues in Indian Technical Education (CIITE-2020)

About NITJ:

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering College and was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by the Government of India on October 17, 2002 under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Now the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has declared the Institute as “Institute of National Importance” under the act of Parliament-2007.

About SSUN:

Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, New Delhi, has been undertaking extensive public awareness campaigns about education toward character building, Vedic mathematics, proliferation of primary education and environmental protection. Since 2010, the trust has been working towards the upliftment of education through literature development and distribution, organizing seminars, workshops with various organizations.

About The Conference:

The economic growth of a nation not only depends on its technology, natural resources, and infrastructure but mainly on the quantity as well as the quality of human resource. The human resource is mainly governed by the education system and especially technical and/or professional education of the country. Technical education plays a pivotal role in shaping the human resource of a nation by adding a skilled workforce, thereby enhancing industrial productivity and thus improving the quality of life. For the holistic proliferation of all walks of society and the nation as a whole, it is inevitable to timely reform the technical education in order to curb the distinct issues being faced.

The competitiveness in the technical education system has led to various derogatory effects like General education oriented, Wastage of resources – Dropout, Neglect of regional languages, Expensive higher education, Lack of funds, Problem of Brain drain, rate. Further, the Indian education system has been widely criticized in multi-dimensions for its failure to inculcate competence, creativity and innovation. This conference has been organized to address issues and challenges in the current Indian education with a prime focus on technical education in light of implementation of the New Education policy. Eminent experts form diverse domains will be invited to discuss and present their work/experience on this issue of national importance.

The conference keywords include the following thematic areas of technical education but are not limited to:

• Intellectual Behaviour towards Braindrain Context
• Professional Work Ethics
• Project Based Learning
• Technical Education in Regional Languages
• Bridging gap between Academics & Industry
• Role of Technical Education in Skill Development / Employability Index improvement
• Idea propagation through Patents and IPRs
• Role of Technical Education in Boosting Startup Ventures / Entrepreneurship
• Role of Technical Education in GDP Growth/National Income
• Role of Artificial Intelligence, Big-Data, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing in Technical Education
• Latest Developments in Engineering and Management
• Recent Innovations in Technical Education – a Research Perspective
• Focus on Green Initiatives in Technical Education

Submission of Papers:

• Full papers may be submitted online at the conference link on Institute website: www.nitj.ac.in latest by March 20, 2020.
• Posters complying with the prescribed templet may be submitted latest by March 20, 2020. Refer to the poster templet and presentation guidelines on the institute website.

Contact Details:

For any clarification, please send a mail at following Email ID: conference@nitj.ac.in or you may contact: Dr S K Mishra - 94780-98010, Dr Anish Sachdeva - 95010-19873

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