Capacity-building in higher education system

Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 17:30
Official translation into English (if original is not English): 
SKASC
Mailing address: 
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur,Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India - 641008
Telephone: 
0422 - 2678400
Email: 
principal@skasc.ac.in
Website: 
www.skasc.ac.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Dr P Baby Shakila
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Principal
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
principal@skasc.ac.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
P Rajan
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Mr
Focal point 1 - Email: 
rajanp@skasc.ac.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Dr
Focal point 3 - Name: 
M Shanthana Lakshmi
Focal point 2 - Email: 
surechb@skasc.ac.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
B Suresh
Focal point 3 - Email: 
shanthanalakshmim@skasc.ac.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College is a leading College offering quality education to the students in Arts and Science stream. Started in 1997, our College is one of the renowned Institutions of Tamil Nadu. To our credit we have acquired 53rd Rank in NIRF 2019. We have been re-accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade, CGPA 3.26. We have been awarded 4th in Swachhta Ranking in the College level in the year 2018. The College is actively engaged in carrying out different schemes promoted by MHRD for imparting quality education.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
The College has an underpinning of Research arena with international reputation, which forays to enhance our research centre to high standards. The College has also conducted 10 National Conference and one International Conference on the “Role of Higher Education in National/International Development” in lieu with the Association of Indian College Principals (AICP). The College has also undertaken 2 major projects from the Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology and one minor project from UGC.

Presidency University , Bangaluru

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 17:16
Official translation into English (if original is not English): 
Presidency University, Bangaluru
Mailing address: 
Itgalpur Rajanakunte, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064
Telephone: 
+9180-23093500
Email: 
info@presidencyuniversity.in
Website: 
www.presidencyuniversity.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Mr Nissar Ahmed
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Chancellor
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
nissar@presidency.edu.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Prof. Dr. Radha Padmanabhan
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Vice Chancellor
Focal point 1 - Email: 
vicechancellor@presidencyuniversity.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Sr. Prof. ( Chancellor Office ) and Member of Academic Council
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Prof. Soman Nambiar
Focal point 2 - Email: 
registrar@presidencyuniversity.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Mr. A. Abdul Bari
Focal point 3 - Email: 
soman@presidency.edu.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Presidency University has been established by an Act of State Legislature of Karnataka as a Private University and is empowered to award full time regular degrees ( UG & PG level) as specified U/S 22 of the UGC Act. At present, more than 50 Programs are offered by Presidency University under School of Engineering , School of Law, School of Commerce School of Liberal Arts and School of Design, both at Under Graduate level as well as Post Graduate Level.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Capacity Building in Higher Education, Education Opportunity for all, Global Citizenship, Higher Education Opportunity for every interested individual, Inter- Cultural dialogue and understanding, Sustainability in higher Education.

St. Xavier's College For Women, Aluva

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/31/2019 - 15:36
Mailing address: 
stellagrace@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Telephone: 
00919745804835
Email: 
college@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Website: 
http://www.stxaviersaluva.ac.in/
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Dr.Sr.Geege Joanamma Xavier
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Principal
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
geegexavier@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Dr.Sr. Stella K A
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Vice Principal
Focal point 1 - Email: 
stellagrace@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Assistant Professor - Communication Studies
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Sonia John Markose
Focal point 2 - Email: 
sheenaxavier@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Dr. Sheena Xavier
Focal point 3 - Email: 
soniamarkose@stxaviersaluva.ac.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
St. Xavier’s College for Women, Aluva, an Arts, Commerce and Science College, affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, is situated in the southern district of Kerela, India. Our college is run by the Sisters of Congregation of Teresian Carmelites (CTC). Since its inception in the year 1964, it promulgated the visionary zeal of the Congregation of CTC and its foundress Servant of God, Mother Elishwa. Over the last five decades it has proved its mettle as an institution of higher education scaffolding the upliftment of minority communities in the state.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Heralding the emergence of an enlightened family, community, society, state and nation our institution run by The Congregation of Teresian Carmalites (CTC) facilitated the education of girls in a secular way. Denying education is denying one’s birthright. Reiterating the power of education, Servant of God, Mother Eliswa, foundress of CTC, who hailed from a village in Kerala conceptualised an educational system till then inaccessible to the weaker sex. From its humble beginning, our institution has scaled and escalated hurdles, equipped enough to meet the genuine demands of the society.

Paul Smith's College

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 18:31
Mailing address: 
7777 NY-30, Paul Smiths, NY 12970
Telephone: 
+1-518-327-6386
Email: 
kcerialo@paulsmiths.edu
Website: 
www.paulsmiths.edu
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Cathy Dove
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
College President
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
cdove@paulsmiths.edu
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Kelly Cerialo
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Director of Paul Smith's College's Global Center for Rural Communities
Focal point 1 - Email: 
kcerialo@paulsmiths.edu
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Department Chair - Business and Hospitality
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Joseph Conto
Focal point 2 - Email: 
eholmlund@paulsmiths.edu
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Eric Holmlund
Focal point 3 - Email: 
jconto@paulsmiths.edu
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Paul Smith's College is a private college located in Paul Smiths, New York. It is the only four-year institution of higher education in the 6 million acre Adirondack Park in upstate New York and focuses on innovative experiential education. Paul Smith's College offers 7 Associate's Degree programs and 18 Bachelor's Degrees and launched its first Master's Degree Program in Natural Resource Conservation Management in Fall 2019.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
•. Paul Smith's College Professor Kelly Cerialo is the co-chair of the UNESCO Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve and on the steering committee for the US UNESCO Man and Biosphere Network.

Igdir University

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 18:01
Mailing address: 
Iğdır University, Şehit Bulent Yurtseven Campus, Igdir/ Turkey 76000
Telephone: 
+90 476 223 0010
Email: 
selahattin.celebi@igdir.edu.tr
Website: 
http://www.igdir.edu.tr/home
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Mehmet Alma
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Rector
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
mhakki.alma@igdir.edu.tr
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Mehmet Alma
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Rector
Focal point 1 - Email: 
mhakki.alma@igdir.edu.tr
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Erasmus Coordinator
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Seda Özdemir
Focal point 2 - Email: 
selahattin.celebi@igdir.edu.tr
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Selahattin Celebi
Focal point 3 - Email: 
seda.ozdemir@igdir.edu.tr
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
The university’s academic programs are organized into faculties and divisions. Our departments, colleges, and centres and institutes provide further support for study and research into focused areas. There are three graduate schools, seven faculties and six colleges in the Igdir University. The University’s Academic Governance Structure is headed by the Senate. The Senate is the academic authority of the University which is responsible for promoting the academic work of the University in teaching, learning, and research and enterprise.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Our university provides an environment for intercultural dialogue having many students coming from different countries. By means of Erasmus and Mevlana Exchange programme, we have incoming and outgoing students and researchers. We also organize many conferences and congresses to promote the human rights, peace and prosperity of the people . We are willing to cooperate with national and international research and educational institutions. One of our priorities is to give higher education opportunity for interested individual.

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 17:13
Mailing address: 
dint@veltech.edu.in
Telephone: 
+914426840262
Email: 
registrar@veltech.edu.in
Website: 
www.veltech.edu.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Professor VSS Kumar
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Vice Chancellor
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
vicechancellor@veltech.edu.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Sivaperumal S
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Director for International Relations
Focal point 1 - Email: 
dint@veltech.edu.in
Focal point 2 - Email: 
registrar@veltech.edu.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Mrs.N.S.Prema
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Academic programmes are offered in Engineering, Management, Media Technology and Law. The Academic curriculum of the Institution facilitates collaborative learning with Research projects and taught by committed faculty members, leading experts from Industries/Organizations and International visiting faculty. Vel Tech has strong connections with the Highly reputed Institutions across the world for various Academic and Research Exchange of Faculty and Students. The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) gives student’s flexibility to choose the course of their choice and learn at their own pace.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Towards the principle of "Education Opportunity for all", the Institution has instituted various scholarship schemes with prime objective to provide affordable world-class education to aspiring students irrespective of their financial means. Since the first award of the scholarship in 2009, Vel Tech has bestowed 9500 scholarships worth approximately Rs.99 Crores until 2019.

St. Albert's College (Autonomous)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 16:40
Mailing address: 
Banerji Road, Kochi, Kerala
Telephone: 
9020301030
Email: 
antonyarackal@alberts.edu.in
Website: 
www.alberts.edu.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Antony Vacko Arackal
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Chairman
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
antonyarackal@alberts.edu.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Sabu M C
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Dean, Resource Mobilization
Focal point 1 - Email: 
sabuchacko@alberts.edu.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Dean, Quality Assurance
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Nisha Thomji Varghese
Focal point 2 - Email: 
gfernandez@aim.edu.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Geo Jos Fernandez
Focal point 3 - Email: 
nishathomji@alberts.edu.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
St. Albert's College is an autonomous College accredited by NAAC and UGC.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Awareness of Human Rights to the students as well as communities around. Involvement of Village Adoption Scheme of the Indian Government. We have adopted 7 villages around our institution. CRG - Conservation Research Group of our college is one of the Top Ten Colleges in the World working to conserve endangered species https://www.thebestcolleges.org/10-colleges-saving-our-endangered-species/ Research on ethnic communities in Kerala etc.

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 13:56
Official translation into English (if original is not English): 
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Mailing address: 
Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos - CEP: 52.171-900 - Recife -PE
Telephone: 
+55 81 3320 6010
Email: 
intercoop.reitoria@ufrpe.br
Website: 
www.ufrpe.br
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Maria José de Sena
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Rector
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
maria.jsena3@ufrpe.br
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Anísio Francisco Soares
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Coordinator for International Programs
Focal point 1 - Email: 
anisio.soares@ufrpe.br
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Interpreter
Focal point 3 - Name: 
João Marques de Almeida
Focal point 2 - Email: 
geyza.lustosa@ufrpe.br
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Geyza Leyde Camello Lustusa
Focal point 3 - Email: 
joao.malmeida@ufrpe.br
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Since 1912, UFRPE has been building its tradition in teaching, extension and research in the State of Pernambuco, and in Brazil.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
Since its creation in 1912, UFRPE has been involved very strongly in outreach activities, throughout the years our Institution has been developing projects that align perfectly with UN’s principles. We can provide, upon request a document listing every project at the University and its alignment with the SDGs.

University of Kerala

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 13:10
Official translation into English (if original is not English): 
University of Kerala
Mailing address: 
Department of Education, University of Kerala, Thycaud PO, Trivandrum
Telephone: 
9447943244
Email: 
regrku@gmail.com
Website: 
www.keralauniversity.ac.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
VP Mahadevan Pillai
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Vice Chancellor
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
vc@keralauniversity.ac.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Simon Thattil
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Director IQAC
Focal point 1 - Email: 
simon.thattil@keralauniversity.ac.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Assistant Professor of Education
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Sameer Babu M
Focal point 2 - Email: 
regrku@gmail.com
Focal point 2 - Name: 
CR Prasad
Focal point 3 - Email: 
sameer@keralauniversity.ac.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
We are a state funded public univeristy having 43 teaching departments. We focus on postgraduate study and research. The University has a syndicate and senate as administrative bodies. Governor of the state is the chancellor of the university.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
We have been organizing lots of programmes with an objective of capacity building of faculty and staff from various institutions of higher learning.

Vimala College (Autonomous)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 12:58
Mailing address: 
Vimala College (Autonomous), Engineering College P. O., Thrissur - 680009, Kerala, India
Telephone: 
00914872332080
Email: 
mail@vimalacollege.edu.in
Website: 
www.vimalacollege.edu.in
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Name: 
Beena Jose
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Title/Position: 
Principal
Head of Institution/Senior Applicant Email: 
drbeenajose@vimalacollege.edu.in
Focal point 1 - Name: 
Maya Davi Chalissery
Focal point 1 - Title: 
Assistant Professor
Focal point 1 - Email: 
mayachalissery@vimalacollege.edu.in
Focal point 3 - Title: 
Assistant Professor
Focal point 3 - Name: 
Jiji Abraham
Focal point 2 - Email: 
harishjose@vimalacollege.edu.in
Focal point 2 - Name: 
Harish Jose
Focal point 3 - Email: 
jijiabraham@vimalacollege.edu.in
Please provide a brief description of your academic structure: 
Vimala College (Autonomous) Thrissur, affiliated to the University of Calicut is a government aided Arts, Science and Commerce College established in 1967. Ever since its inception, the Institution has been in the forefront of higher education in the State. The Institution offers 16 Under Graduate programmes (14 Aided, 2 Self Financing), 13 Post Graduate programmes (6 Aided, 7 Self Financing), and is a Centre for Research in English, Commerce, Physics, Social Work and Economics. It also offers two PG Diplomas and an advanced diploma programme.
Please describe briefly any activities your institution is already carrying out, which are relevant to UNAI and its principles: 
The reservation policy of the central and state governments that seek to ensure fair and equal opportunity for students belonging to every community is meticulously followed by the College. Apart from the regular academic curriculum prescribed by the University, Vimala offers various programmes such as Add On Certificate Courses and coaching or training classes in various aspects aimed at enhancing the employability skills and extra-curricular skills of students.