Gujarat Technological University
Center for Technology Education, Public Policy and Universities of
the 21st Century (CeTEPU-21)
including GTU’s
Academic Staff College
7th Seminar on “Designing the Structure of Technology Universities”
(DSTU) and
2nd CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2014
on Saturday, 19th July, 2014
GTU has established its fourteen Post-graduate Research Centres in the field of Engineering,
Management and Pharmacy. Every Centre is studying the technology, the management systems,
the environment, the systems for evaluating the success and the policy issues for every facet of its
area of interest. Each centre develops its own research and establishes relationships with
similar Centres in other Universities all over the world. Every Centre invites the experts to come
and address its researchers and work with them.
Towards setting up the GTU’s Centre for the Technology Education, Public Policy and Universities
of the 21st century (GTU-CeTEPU-21) the centre has initiated research project called "Designing the
Structure of Technology Universities (DSTU) of the 21st century.
About the DSTU Seminar
For this seminar we have we have invited and also get acceptance from around 30 Vice
Chancellors and Directors from all over the country to participate and share their views in the
seminar on “Designing the Structures of Technology Universities (DSTU).
GTU has conducted extensive research on the theme of “Designing the Structures of Technology
Universities (DSTU) in India” since 27th April 2011. This research project is designed to scientifically
study the evolution of the university system and to develop disruptive strategies to meet the
challenges of the 21st century. It was felt by many of those, who participated in the previous
meetings of DSTU from all over the country that the ideas of governance being discussed at DSTU
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were applicable to all the traditional Universities in the Indian sub-continent. (Brief Reports of the
previous meetings of DSTU are available on http://www.gtu.ac.in/circulars/14Apr/28042014_01.pdf
or http://gtupgcenters.edu.in/home.aspx?id=6)
Department of Education, Government of Gujarat also initiated the idea of the National Education
Summit (NES), and the work done under the research project has given significant contribution in
the summit. We had invited renowned academicians from all over India and the rest of the globe at
GTU on 8th & 9th January, 2014. Research project have also received valuable inputs from the ViceChancellors, thinkers and innovators.
Seminar Description:
This research project will develop a system of Governance by which all Universities is able to
integrate education, training and research in its four disciplines at the level of Diploma, Degree,
Post Graduation and Research. This will also help to identify those organizational components
which are needed to pursue the objective of the Technological Universities and to monitor its
activities related to admission, education, training, research, industry interaction, inter institute
collaboration and international collaborations. It also sensitizes the members in all the institutions
at all levels and to encourage them to put in their best efforts in making GTU a World Class
Technological University.
2nd CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2013
Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has set up 25 GTU Innovation Sankuls all across Gujarat.
Each Sankul provides a platform for Colleges and surrounding industries to work together. A Sankul
committee is co-chaired by a senior academician and an industry leader. The Consortium of CoChairpersons -Industry (CCI) has decided to give annual awards to recognize the excellence in
different aspects of working of technology Universities. A technology university can present the
work done during the last two years for the award.
The CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2014 are being organized jointly with
Communication Multimedia Applications Infrastructure (CMAI) Association of India (www.cmai.asia
and www.cmaievents.com). CMAI is India’s largest ICT association with 48,500 members and 54
MOU partners across the globe. ASSOCHAM, a national Chamber of Commerce and Industries, has
agreed to join the project and has come forward to constitute a Jury, which will have 50% members
from CMAI. This Jury would be able to transparently adjudge the entries on their merit.
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Invitation to all Trusties, principles, Directors, and HOD’s
of GTU affiliated Institutes
We please to inviting all GTU affiliated Institutes Trusties, principles, Directors, and HOD’s for the 7th
seminar on “Designing Structure of Technological University”, and “2nd CCI Technology Education
Excellence Awards 2014” which will take place on Saturday, 19th July 2014.
Venue: B0-Conference hall, GTU Chandkheda Campus Ahmedabad.
Please register on below link on or before 16th July, 2014 for participating in the seminar:
https://docs.google.com/a/gtu.edu.in/forms/d/1eyHDj3BTtdPhnlzNYxIT_nWb69qFi73n0m9bGgcYvd
0/viewform?c=0&w=1
Certificate of participation will be provided to the participants for DSTU seminar.
Your encouraging presence will definitely take the event to a different height and will help in
achieving the objective of the Seminar.
Glimpse of the DSTU Meets:
Contact Us:
Mr. Naresh Jadeja : [[email protected]] [09909980006]
Mrs. Krutika Raval : [[email protected]] [09727750022]
Ms. Hema Rajput : [[email protected]] [09558456209]
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Tentative Schedule:
7 Seminar on Designing the Structure of Technology Universities (DSTU)
(Session- 2 consists of the CCI Technology Education Excellence Awards 2014)
th
19th July, 2014
10: 00 - 010: 30 Hrs.
Saturday
Registration/High Tea
Inauguration, Lamp Lighting & Felicitation of Dignitaries
 Welcome Address by Dr. G P Vadodaria, I/C Registrar – GTU
 Address by Hon’ble State Minister of Education
 Address by Chief Guest of the Function: H. E. Mr. Ndubuisi V Amaku, High
Commissioner, Nigeria High Commission
 Address by Chief Guest of the Function: H. E. Mr. Shaida Mohd. Abdali ,
10: 30 - 12: 10 Hrs.
Ambassador of Afghanistan to India
 Address by H.E. Rizali. W. Indrakesuma, Ambassador of Indonesia to India
 Address by Dr. Lewis Mbilizi, Deputy High Commissioner of Malawi to India
 Address by Mr. N. K. Goyal, President CMAI Association of India and Board
of Advisor GCSR GTU
 Vote of Thanks by Dr. Rajesh Khajuria, Chairman GCSR & Committee
Member DSTU and Director CKSVIM, Vadodara
12:10 PM to 12: 15 Hrs. Break
12:15 – 01:00 Hrs.
01: 00 – 02: 00 Hrs.
02: 00 – 04: 30 Hrs.
04: 30 – 05: 00 Hrs
05: 00 - 5:15 Hrs
05: 15 – Onwards
Session- 1: DSTU Presentations
 PROF. K. Lal Kishore, Hon. Vice Chancellor, JNTU, Ananthapuramu
 Dr. H. Maheshappa, Hon. Vice Chancellor, VTU Belgaum
Lunch Break
Session-2: DSTU Presentations Part-1 (02: 00 to 03:15 Hrs.)
 Dr. P.P. Mathur, Hon. Vice Chancellor,KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 Mr. R.P. Bajpai, Hon. Chancellor, Vel Tech University, Chennai
 Prof. K.R. Venugopal, Principal, University Visv esvaraya College of
Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore University
 Dr. S.K.Pandey, Director, National Institute of Technology- Puducherry,
Karaika.
Part-1 (03:15 to 04:30 Hrs.)
 Prof. (Dr.) K.C. Singhal, NIMS University, Jaipur
 Dr. S.P. Bansal, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi,
Solan.
 Dr. (Prof.) Anoop Swarup, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Jagran Lake City
University, Bhopal
Open Discussion
High Tea
CCI Technology Education Award 2014.
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