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may be able to upgrade its two-year medicines, yoga and spiritual devel- could help maintain the discipline
Post graduate diploma programme opment can be taught in the context in the use of freedom. Competition
to a degree as the students who pur- of contemporary environment to between the public and players is
sue higher studies abroad some- attract foreign students. the need of the hour to set better
times face difficulty with a PG diplo- Education is an area that con- quality standards. An optimum bal-
ma which is equivalent to a Masters cerns everybody but nothing sub- ance between own resource mobi-
programme. stantial has been done in the last lisation and government funding
The enrolment of foreign stu- many years to improve the stand- is the way out when many public
dents would also be allowed now in ards. Voices have been raised by the universities are facing a financial
IIM. Though, it may come at a cost academicians to grant flexibility in crunch,” he said.
but expansion of footprints of such the existing systems. Sukhpal Singh, a senior professor
prestigious institutes would help Reacting to the greater au - at IIM — Ahmadabad, said: “This ini-
the country have skilled manpower. tonomy for the Universities and tiative would help the top Indians to
According to Arun Grover, Vice- institutes, Satish Verma, a vet - set higher benchmarks in education
Chancellor of Panjab University, eran Professor and former Dean, and fetch international recognition
Chandigarh, the autonomy to pub- Economics and Business at Guru by foreign students and faculty.
lic universities is a step in the right Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Foreign students staying in Indian
direction. Our Universities are said that UGC is a Central body that campus and studying here as part of Judo too marred
competing with global universities prepares programmes for the uni- their programme and our students
without having the enabling envi- visiting foreign universities would
ronment for amendments in the bring in the best of faculty and ex-
existing eco-system. An estimated 12 posure for the students.”
The public universities have The modernisation of our edu- by sports scandal
strengths which private ones do not million people join cation system has been overdue.
have and vice-versa. So now we can workforce every The Government of India has been
collaborate with other universities spending staggering amounts on
(private, public and foreign) in India year. This number campaigns like Skill India and Clean
and abroad. We are also open to cre- is going to swell as India. If we had an education sys-
ating Public-Private-Partnerships. tem in place that is suitable to our
Private universities import experi- about 30 per cent needs, there would have been no A fake certificate scam has been taking place in the country’s Judo federation with the connivance
enced faculty from abroad, which of our population lack of awareness on clean habits
they can source from public univer- and lack of skilled manpower. The of officials and higher authorities, casting the shadow of corruption and unethical practices in yet
sities as a vast talent pool of faculty. is in the age group Union Minister has rightly indicated another sports body, pari saikia reports
Lesser regulation means newer that the government is rolling out a
options can be looked at with an in- of 0-14 years liberalised regulatory regime but it
dependent vision, says Grover. needs to be implemented in letter sport as dynamic as Judo Kumar was Devi, Avtar Singh, Rajwinder Kaur, Su-
The fascination for universities and spirit with in a shortest time is a martial art form rec- shila Likmabam, Akram Shah, Garima
in the western world has been in- versities at all-India level. “India is span to meet the current crisis in ognised across the world. allegedly involved Chaudhary, etc. in whom the country
creasing as they provide more job a vast country with diverse needs. education and employment sector. Judo is a repertoire of in providing fake still takes pride in.
ph
oriented courses. Their students The universities in different parts Changing job profiles due to A ysical strength, mental Sports of various forms in India have
are more equipped with hands-on of the country need to frame their technological interventions have prowess, combined with smart tech- sports certificates constantly earned glory and laurels at
experience. Our students feel im- programmes according to the local given rise to new dimensions in niques, skills, discipline and persever- to numerous international sporting events, while
poverished due to lack of practical needs of industry, trade, agriculture employment and education. An es- ance. What is interesting is that the at the same time, sports bodies in the
exposure. New courses can now be and exiting cultural diversity. The timated 12 million people join the term ‘Judo’ has its origins in Japanese, disqualified Judokas country have drawn flak and embar-
designed to empower students with autonomy would dilute the rigidity workforce every year and this num- where ‘Ju’ stands for ‘gentle’ and ‘do’ and non-meritorious rassment due to corrupt and unethical
employable skills. Foreign universi- and control of UGC and would be ber is going to swell as about 30 per means ‘the way’. The game originated in practices by wrongdoers. Names like
ties provide integrated courses so conducive for the growth of higher cent of the population of India is in the early 1880s with the aim of defend- students for backdoor Suresh Kalmadi, Jagdish Tytler, Abhay
that a student does not run to seek education. This would also enable the age group of 0-14 years. So an ing oneself from being bullied. Chautala, Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma are
admissions for the post-graduate them to mobilise resources to meet adequate thrust is required to have Judo in India found its place in 1929 admission in medical some of the few who are still known for
specialisation after the completion their financial needs and streamline talented human resource that can after being encouraged by world fa- and engineering notorious sports scandals in India, each
of graduation in medicines, man- the operations. Some of the univer- lead the country into higher trajec- mous literati and reformer Gurudev of whom have exploited their power-
agement and engineering. We may sities might misuse the freedom so tory and solve multiple economic Rabindranath Tagore. colleges under the ful positions in sports bodies for vested
also introduce similar courses in a control mechanism with a broad and social problems. Some of the notable and finest Indi- sports quota for hefty interest.
lesser regulated environment. framework of guidelines could be an Judokas of the time, a term referred The Judo scam was, however, never
India’s strengths like ayurvedic put up which does not obstruct but letters@tehelka.com to address Judo players, are Kalpana kickbacks explicitly spoken about before or re-

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