Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “National Education Policy (NEP) - 2020​”

Date   :    09th October, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 09th October, 2020 in the benign presence of the dignitaries including Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, Consultants Network Affinity Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section. The webinar was blessed to have inaugural address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay giving a brief background of the all these webinars in collaboration will all the premiere professional societies, including the latest happenings in the domain of Cyber Security. Prof. R. K. Vyas, National President, CSI welcomed all the invited guests and participants. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to continue learning regardless of all disruptions. He also discussed the background of the topic of the webinar; NEP-2020, which is going to transform the academia from pre-primary to tertiary level and will be facilitating for the Nation Building through imparting holistic education.

Dr. (Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi and Former Vice Chancellor, BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur, Sonipat, was the lead speaker. She first introduced the topic to the participants. She discussed that NEP-2020 is a milestone policy document in the context of nation-building, which is expected to overhaul the entire academic system in the country from pre-primary to tertiary level. The policy has introduced new subjects yet reduced the load of the curriculum on the students. The evaluation and assessment have also been transformed, which will certainly eliminate examination fobia from the students. NEP-2020 is primarily based on multidisciplinearity of education through which every child will be allowed to do what he loves to do as an important step towards nation building. NEP-2020 is a forward looking proactive policy having all round inbuilt flexibility for all the stake holders specially like getting degree at fast track, modular entry and exit, choosing subjects of their choice, students mobility from one Institution to other, in between the programme, by having Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), getting fast track promotion, centralized research funding, graded autonomy to the Colleges, etc.

The session was concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by concluding remarks by Prof. M. N. Hoda. He gave his heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Pankaj Mittal for her insightful and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time for having participated in this webinar and also making all the other webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the country. The webinar was coordinated and anchored by Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Mr. Uttam Singh Bist, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi was the technical host for the Webinar.