Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 4: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a Special Committee at the national level to redraft the guidelines for vocational courses. Vice Chancellor of Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Dr. Raj Nehru has been appointed chairman of this seven-member Committee.
The Committee will work on various dimensions related to the curriculum of vocational courses as well as assessment standards and credit system under the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). There will be changes in the concept of vocational courses on the recommendation of the Committee.
Chairman of this committee, Dr. Raj Nehru said that changes are taking place every day in the emerging technological sector. There is a need to make changes in the same proportion in vocational courses also. For this purpose, the UGC has constituted this committee.
He said that new job roles are being created and changes are also being made in the functioning of old job roles. In the growing era of Artificial Intelligence and automation, the working style and requirements of the industry are also changing rapidly. “We have to prepare vocational courses accordingly. Along with upgrading the courses, there is a need to change the standards of evaluation as well”, he added.
Professor Supriya Patnaik, Vice Chancellor of Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhupendra Godara, Professor of Practice, IIT Delhi, Dr. V R Lalithambika, Professor of Practice, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, Professor Prashant Gupta of IM Nagpur, Santosh Kumar, Member Secretary, NCVET and Monica, Deputy Secretary, UGC (NSQF) have been made members of this Committee.
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