Maharashtra governor Jishnu Dev Varma, the chancellor of state universities, addresses the 67th convocation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University on Wednesday
Linking research to the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Varma said, “The university must move from a degree-centred model to a capability-centred model.
“A university becomes socially meaningful when its research reaches beyond laboratories and libraries,” Varma said at the 67th convocation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu), urging graduating students to carry forward the spirit of inquiry and use research to serve society and the nation. He said scientific evidence should guide the coordination between modern and traditional systems. “That ecosystem should encourage teachers to research creatively, researchers to discover fearlessly and innovators to experiment freely,” he said.
In that model, research is not separate from teaching or skilling, but a part of creating graduates who are knowledge seekers, skilled professionals, critical thinkers and responsible citizens. Governor stressed that research on Indian knowledge systems and traditional knowledge should be evaluated on modern scientific parameters of quality, safety and efficacy. Varma urged the university to use it to build an ecosystem of multidisciplinary research, innovation and excellence.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : Maharashtra governor and chancellor of state universities Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday batted for interdisciplinary and problem-oriented research going beyond laboratories and libraries.