{"id":18811,"date":"2023-05-27T14:53:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T09:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/?p=18811"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:06:50","slug":"towards-more-harmony-and-inclusiveness-in-hei-campuses-a-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/towards-more-harmony-and-inclusiveness-in-hei-campuses-a-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards More Harmony and Inclusiveness in HEI Campuses \u2013 A Panel Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been a spate of dropouts by students from premier Institutions in recent months and years. Some young people have, sadly, taken recourse to the extreme step of ending their own lives. In a recent session of the parliament, a question has been raised concerning these issues. Some of the opinions expressed by learned members of the academic community, in the form of articles appearing in prominent print media of the Country, are attached herewith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spsti.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Society for Promotion of Science &amp; Technology in India (SPSTI)<\/a>&nbsp;in association with&nbsp;Forum of Retired Vice Chancellors and Directors,Chandigarh Chapters of National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) &amp; INYAS-INSA&nbsp;organized a Panel Discussion to address this issue. The Panel Discussion explored the possible solutions to the vexed issue(s). Eminent Scientists and Administrators joined as Panelists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Panelists:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sh. Ashok Thakur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Secretary Higher Education MHRD, Govt. of India<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Girish Sahni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Director General CSIR (2015-18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Director, CSIR-IMTech (2005-15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honorary Professor, PU Chandigarh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prof. Furqan Qamar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dept. of Management, Centre for Management Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former VC, Central University of HP Dharamshala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. S S Mantha<\/strong><br>Former Chairman AICTE (2009-15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEO of MahaPreit StartUp Knowledge Centre (MSKC), Govt. of Maharashtra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Meenu Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director AIIMS, Rishikesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prof. Suguna Sathyamurthy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Student Advisor IISER Mohali<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prof. A K Bakthavatsalam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor (HAG) NIT, Tiruchirappulli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a spate of dropouts by students from premier Institutions in recent months and years. Some young people have, sadly, taken recourse to the extreme step of ending their own lives. In a recent session of the parliament, a question has been raised concerning these issues. Some of the opinions expressed by learned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urben.in\/tccapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}