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Medical Colleges: Living with a genetic disorder, Archana Vijayan is training to be a doctor and hopes to make the healthcare system a little more empathetic.
Private universities are recasting the traditional BSc into richly multidisciplinary programmes with research embedded into the curriculum, teaching.
University numbers boomed between 2015 and 2020 but private institutions grew at a much faster pace, in number and enrollment.
Digital University Kerala: Integrating digital integration projects into MTech, MSc, PhD curriculum, it has raised sizeable funds.
Plaksha University recently signed an MOU with Indian Institute of Science to utilise its cyber-physical systems centre.
HEFA Loan: Centre has sanctioned a loan of Rs 33, 926 crore to 100 educational institutions in 27 states and union territories but only Rs 14,675 crore has been released for utilisation.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of educational blocks that are backward – 679 out of 954, about 71%.
Skill University: Connected to industry from the start, skills universities emphasise courses in high demand and on-the-job training.
Despite the push for multidisciplinary institutions, nearly 50 special-focus ones have come up addressing design, space tech, biotech, forensics.
Liberal Arts Programme: Allowing choice and variety, liberal arts education is letting students explore, grow more creative, become more employable.
