| |9 May 2020HIGHERReviewUsing analytics and Big Data, colleges and universities will be able to create and deliver courses as per market needs, and not because it has always been so!Since connectivity and online education are taking center stage, we can certainly look forward to what some experts refer to as 'unbundling' of education. In India, it will mean shorter term and higher skills programs instead of long-term degree courses. The shorter ones will generate faster, higher employability, with ease of impartment taking top priority. As global brands look for skills more than degrees, this is fast becoming the way forward- competency over pa-perwork. The education system in India will be reflecting this trend over 2020 and beyond. Beyond online education, other technologies will play an increasing role both in planning education and courses, as well as promoting institutions. Using analytics and Big Data, colleges and universities will be able to create and deliver courses as per market needs, and not because it has always been so! These tools will also provide students with the right support at the right time, ensuring higher com-petency delivered by the courses they take up. The present Learning Management Systems will become more robust in providing not only support to students but also offering more services like fee payment, better employment oppor-tunities, enabling better industry support, to name a few. Added to this is NLP led AI tools that will assess students and their exam readiness. AI will then be the next step in adding value to the education impartment, but that's still a few years away. PPP will GrowYet another paradigm that I see moving ahead in 2020 is better partnerships between industry and institutions- for ensuring better education standards as well as hiring percentages. This could be a big stridefor globalization of higher education. The 3.5 billion global internet user com-munity can leverage this advantage for much better educa-tion opportunities as well as a healthier involvement of en-terprises in education decisions. India's top universities are striving and achieving more of this partnership. With this, students can be a part of a connected community globally, sharing experiences, competencies, skills, and plans for de-velopment. Real-time collaboration between geographical-ly disparate student communitieswill certainly drive better education strategies. It is already possible to be part of a learning community where the students are on different continents but still able to collaborate in real-time. Also, statistics show much higher international student mobility ­ promoting globalization of education beyond boundaries. Alongside, financial support and collaboration on Pub-lic Private Partnership basis will also create a healthy envi-ronment for students. Collaborations of this nature should be the Vison of the Indian education system in the coming year. This will drive all-around development of not only students and their competencies but also the expertise of institutions for imparting these skills. This will also ensure building sector specific scale in a short period of time.Perhaps, the Vision for 2020 should be all about col-laboration ­ enabled by cutting edge technology that will ensure that the students of 2020 become better business leaders of the next decade.Dr. H. Vinod Bhat is the sixth Vice Chancellor. With an MD in (Community Medicine), he is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow. Dr. Bhat has had a long and illustrious career both as a teacher as well as an able administrator. A researcher at heart, he has several scientific publications in national and international peer reviewed journals to his credit. With his rich experience in research, Dr. Bhat has been responsible for the spectacular growth in external research funding attracted by MAHE.Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor
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