Category: India Event

9 & 10 April, 2015 Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), India The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education conducted a symposium on ‘Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships’ on the 9th of April, 2015, at India … Continue reading →

Centre for Research in Social Sciences & Education, Jain University, Bengaluru 18th & 19th of March’2015 “There is a need to develop suitable policies, initiate effective programs and evaluate the performance through an instrument such as social audit”: Dr PS … Continue reading →

University’s Perspective: Prof Meenakshi Gopinath, Mentor and Former Principal, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi “In the wake of this new scheme, it is incumbent for us to seize this opportunity, for it is for the first time that … Continue reading →

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education in India, further expanded its academic outreach and entered into a partnership with the Bundelkhand University in Jhansi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. An MoU was … Continue reading →

A one and a half day Education Dialogue, was held in the premises of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on the 17th and the 18th of September’ 2014. The event was organized by IIT-G, in collaboration with British council, ICSSR, … Continue reading →

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and the British Council partnered to hold a series of educational dialogues, focused on “Community Engagement in Higher Educational Institutions”. One of them was held at the … Continue reading →

Introduction Dr Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal, LSR College welcomed all the esteemed guests and invitees to the seminar. She introduced her college as being an acronym of leadership in social responsibility in higher education, by way of the various initiatives and … Continue reading →

A panel discussion on “University Approach to Widening Access: Opportunities in Community Colleges”, was held in Chandigarh’ Punjab, on the 06th of March’ 2014. The main purpose of the discussion was to explore university approaches to widening access of higher … Continue reading →

“My agenda is to mobilize my fraternity of NGOs, in this field of community engagement, along with ensuring the mutuality of the benefits of the work done, and its linkage with the core academic curriculum in the Universities.” – Dr … Continue reading →

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and the British Council partnered to hold a series of educational dialogues, focused on “Community Engagement in Higher Educational Institutions”. One of them was held at the … Continue reading →