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It is an Indian university aspiring to be reach global standards and hence, calls itself 'global'. A young private entity that was started in 2009, OP Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit institution based at Sonipat, Haryana, within the national capital region of Delhi. "Our constant endeavour is to bring the best available global teaching methods to India," says C Raj Kumar, vice-chancellor of JGU, in an interview with Rajiv Jayaram of The Financial Express. Excerpts:JGU calls itself a 'global' university. What's the USP behind this? Do you have any global plans?JGU's ambition is to promote and cultivate a truly global education system in India. Our research finds that the Indian youth is not sufficiently exposed to the challenges of global education. They require global perspectives. India's universities have to train students in the best of global practices in knowledge, research specialisation, expertise, skill development, and perspectives. JGU was born out of this unflinching vision.So, our focus is on providing quality teaching, research and infrastructure. JGU's faculty:student ratio is among best in the country. The methods we employ in research match the techniques applied by the best universities in the world. In infrastructure also, JGU ranks world-class.When we discuss the prevailing educational system in India, three issues are uppermost in my mind. First, India has created many teaching universities, as opposed to research ones. Not one Indian university figures in the top 200 in the world. At our centres of learning, the quality of research and the benchmarks applied to it are abysmal. We lack the kind of cutting-edge, high-end research that can catapult India into the leadership role the country aspires to be on the global stage.Second, the single-most important factor in education is the faculty. A knowledge-based society is built on the foundation of a knowledge-based faculty. Over the past few years, I have delivered about 200 public lectures, and I always pose this question: how many of you want to become a teacher? The response often disappoints me. We need to incentivise the training and nurturing of good, quality teachers.The third element is extension. As leading lights of society, universities stand at the forefront of nation-building and setting the tone for informed public discourse. In its short span of existence, JGU has so far conducted 25 guest lectures, three or four round table discussions and many symposia. My point is, the role of a university is to give society the right knowledge and an unbiased perspective.In that context, do you think the participation of foreign universities in India's higher education sector will be a turn for the better?I strongly believe in infusion of talent, both from India and outside. At present, academia is not an attractive career option in India. It is deprived of institutional strength and intellectual vibrancy. Our universities are, it's sad but true, plagued by petty politics. So, it's very important to infuse talent and set rigorous benchmarking of quality. At the same time, India needs to frame a rational policy based on determinable criteria on the entry of foreign educational players so as not to let in the mediocre.Jindal Global Business School is planning an MBA course on business trends in Bric nations. It's an interesting area of specialisation. How is it planned?Bric countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—are not just emerging countries. They the prime drivers of global growth. Globalisation has hugely impacted every aspect of law and business and the paradigm shift currently undergoing in the global balance of economic power is powered by the economic dynamism of Bric. Therefore, the need is to sharpen our focus on Bric.The study plan at JGU is all about understanding the complexities of the global economic, financial, investment, regulatory, trade and other opportunities. It's an interdisciplinary stream involving 11 integrated platforms.JGU had recently inked an MoU with the University of Cambridge to jointly train and teach IPS personnel on knowledge-based policing. Beyond conventional policing, there are new forms of crime, like terrorism and cyber crime. How will the MoU bolster the capacity-building of our police force?Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology and its police executive programme has been undertaking such training and capacity-building initiatives in different parts of the world. Our collaboration with Cambridge will give us the framework of working with the topmost law-enforcement experts in the world. Under our partnership, Cambridge will provide us the faculty and the curriculum will be developed jointly in consultation with the National Police Academy.
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