Dr. Arun Nigavekar
Former Chairman UGC,
Former VC, Pune University
DATE::30th July 2011
Topic:: Disruptive innovation in
learning process & Importance of
Project Activity
Attendees:: 900 Students Maharashtra wide.
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Born in
1942, Professor Arun Nigavekar is a well known Physicist and
Educationist His special
interests are application of technology to the enhancement of
utility and quality of higher education and its
internationalization. He was educated in Pune and Uppsala in
Sweden where he held SIDA fellowship. He was also a Dakshina
Fellowship holder of Rajaram College in Kolhapur.
A moving force behind formulation of strategies for development of
higher education, he worked as Vice Chairman and Chairman of UGC
between 2000 and 2005. During the same period, he was a member of
Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet. Before moving to
Delhi he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Pune. Under his
stewardship the University attained the status of a University
with Potential for Excellence.
Basically a Professor of Materials Science in Pune University
since 1977, he established the Centre for Advanced Studies in
Physics in Pune in 1980 and Communication Science Department in
the University in the nineties. He was Visiting Professor in the
University of York, UK and the University of Western Ontario in
Canada in the eighties. He was a member of UGC in 1993-96 and
initiated several reforms. He was also founder Director of
National Assessment and Accration Council, an autonomous body of
UGC. He developed instrument and methodology for judging quality
in the complex Indian higher education system, which is endorsed
by International Network for Quality Assuring Agencies in Higher
Education. He was a member of Distance Education Council, and is
advisor to Commonwealth of Learning in Canada.
He has visited 35 countries, and has been awarded Honorary
Doctorate by many Indian Universities. He has won several awards,
notably Phia Foundation Award, UNESCO, Swami Vivekanand Award,
Advocate D R Nagarkar Award, Shiromani Award and Delhi Ratan
Award.
He has 70 research publications to his cr. His contributions in
Science education, as founder or of Physics Educational Journal,
are globally acclaimed. He is a permanent member, and former Vice
Chairman, of Asian Physics Education Network, a UNESCO
organization. He has numerous professional involvements, which are
ongoing, but finds time to interact with several companies for
initiation of use of ICT in education.
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SPEAKERS
•Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament
•Mr Prahlad Kakkar, CEO, Genesis Creations
•Mr Alyque Padamsee, Padmashree
•Dr Govind Swaroop, PADMASHREE
•Dr Arun Nigavekar, Ex UGC Chairperson
•Mr Shrawan Bhagat,Plant Head, Bajaj Steel India Ltd.
•Mr Sharad Gangal, Thermax
•Mr Prashant Ahir, Ex TML, Current RIL
•Mr Rajesh Purushottam, Sterlite
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