Key Takeaways:

University of Mumbai

• Conservation of campus heritage buildings
• Study and promotion of history, culture and heritage of Mumbai,
• Heritage walks,
• PG diploma in museology & documenting the folk art of Konkan region, etc.

Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University

• Multi-disciplinary courses in UG programmes,
• Encouraging research publications by providing financial assistance to faculty and students, support structure for patenting & commercialization of patents,
• Setting up of a Technology Business Incubator, etc.

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

• Swawlambi Chattisgarh Abhiyan portal allows students to register and based on interest connect with industry which provides part-time work to the student to realize the principle of ‘Earn while you learn’.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

• Experiential learning approach- all education programmes are field-based with an evaluation and assessment system
• Field Action Projects are undertaken to diagnose a local problem and find its sustainable solutions. Some of these solutions have been adopted by state governments as policy reforms, e.g., 1098 child helpline, I-Access initiative, etc.

Central University of Tripura

• Teaching the language of a scheduled tribe at PG level
• Classroom instruction in mother-tongue.
• Two skill development programmes: B.Voc. in Rubber Technology and B.Voc. in Film Production.
• Incubation Centre started with the help of MSMEs, to develop water purification and vermicomposting technologies.

IIT Guwahati

• Increased the no. of citations of research papers per faculty by removing the complexity of names for SCOPUS indexed journals and cross checking for affiliations,
• Mechanism to pay for publication in open access journals and supporting patent costs.