The Sona Group & Sona College of Technology in association with HireMee hosted webinar on Insights of National Education Policy 2020

Overview

The Sona Group, a premier business group, in association with HireMee, AI powered assessment and hiring platform, hosted a webinar on ‘Insights of National Education Policy 2020’, where the academia and industry experts came together to address the transformational reforms in higher education sector in the country.

Date: August 8th, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Key Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu (Ex. Secretary UGC, Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University)
• Dr. P Kolandaivel (Vice Chancellor, Periyar University)
• Mr. Venkatraman Umakanth, NASSCOM Future Skills
• Mr. Thyagu Valliappa (Vice Chairman, Sona College of Technology)
• Dr. S. R. R. Senthil Kumar (Principal Sona College of Technology)
• Dr. V. Karthikeyan (Principal, Thiagarajar Polytechnic College)
• Mr. Chocko Valliappa (Vice Chairman, The Sona Group & Founder, HireMee)

 

Key Points to be discussed:

• National Higher Education Regulatory Authority & implementation of NEP
• University functioning under NEP
• Industry perspective from NASSCOM Future skills
• Industry academia connect
• Functioning of colleges
• Vocational Education/BVoc
• Focus on research and international universities

 

The webinar was open to individuals and educational institutes. As the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020, facilitating transformational reforms in the higher education sector of our country, this webinar brought academia and industry experts together for a panel discussion on ‘Insights of National Education Policy 2020’.