Parul University brings together International professors and students to Vadodara

Jointly explore and innovate new global dynamics in higher education

Parul
University Brings Together International Professors and Students to Vadodara
for Jointly Explore and Innovate New Global Dynamics in Higher Education.
During their stay the professors will conduct series of lectures while the
students will work closely with farmers to help them getting the benefits of
government. The students is in the process to design a programme for them and
telecast through radio, a popular medium in the rural areas.

Widening its
global reach to facilitate more channels of academic cooperation in the various
fields of india’s system of higher education, city based Parul University under
its newly launched visiting Professor Fellowship Program to create global
academic opportunities. Under this program two Switzerland based professors have
been conducting a series of lectures for the students of Parul University.

Professor Dr. Claudia Vogel an International Business expert together with Professor Dr. Sebastian Gurtner a strategic entrepreneurship and innovation head from Bern University of Applied Sciences Switzerland have been sharing their business expertise with the University’s students.

In addition
to this ongoing fellowship program, Parul University, under its Indian Summer
school program commonly known as ISS, is currently hosting two students and one
professor from a Lisbon based University. Taking part in this cross cultural
and knowledge sharing venture is Professor Miguel Amarai, a PhD in Industrial
Engineering and Management holder and economics expert along with two students
from the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) Universidade de Lisboa, Thomas Kiss
and Konstantin Metzgera. This summer school program is this year’s
groundbreaking program amongst a series of programs having such global
significance underway all throughout the year.

The Swiss
based professors, Claudia and Sebastian, have been conducting a series of
lectures witb the budding business aspirants of Parul University. With
Professor Claudia instructing two main subjects namely the St. Gallen Model and
Organization Designing under the topic “A Premier to Business Administration
and Organization.” In addition to these lectures she also went on to
conduct a workshop for the business administration lecturers of Parul
University on the Curriculum and Pedagogy systems of Switzerland.

While
Professor Sebastian conducted expert sessions on “innovation Management and
Entrepreneurship”, for the various student start-up groups of the
University. The sessions which he shared were aligned with the need for
students to develop a global perspective in the formulation of lucrative
business models.

“We are
conducting workshops and courses aiming to spark the ideas of students and
convert them into business models. We also highlight the innovation in their
models focussing on benefit of the society. Right now too few people are engage
in social impact and we are teaching the students to innovate with social
perspective,” said professor Sebastian.

Concurrently
running with the fellowship program, the Portugal summer school, was mainly
centred on the subjects of social innovation, social welfare and community
well-being. Being experienced in the field of social development, along with
his experience with various social impact oriented projects mainly on the
sustainable development goals, Professor Amaral also conducted a series of
Ilectures for the social work students of Parul University.

As part of
this knowledge sharing program, the Indian students jointly collaborated with
the students of Portugal on a social innovation research project, under the
guidance of Professor Migual Amaral and other social work faculties of Parul
University.

The students
from Portugal are closely working in to develop a model for farmers to help
them getting the benefits given by the government. They are using the
technology to develop a model and plan to telecast on the radio, the popular
medium in rural areas. The aim is to visit the villages, know their problems
and try to help them with solutions.

“Creating
such global platforms is something that is of great significance especially in
today’s academic age. As the head of International relations, the team in our
office is committed to continuously facilitate such channels where students can
have endless global opportunities in the course of their studies,“ said Parul
University’s Head of international Relations, Dr Preeti Nair.

“It is by
all means our collective vision as a University, to create avenues which bring
together academic systems from all around the world, to collectively work
towards ensuring the progression of education. I believe having these faculties
from two European countries in our University is a step towards this vision
becoming a reality. I am confident that more opportunities for our faculties to
go and conduct lectures abroad are underway in the near future,” said the
PU President, Dr Devanshu J Patel.