Principal’s Message

My dear Learners and all Stakeholders

We are seeing transformative changes in the Educational System. Review and Reform appear to be going hand in hand. National Education Policy is providing greater avenues for multidisciplinary Education, capacity building programmes, and community engagement programmes; thereby linking the academic world with the real world. Indian languages and Indian Knowledge Systems are being encouraged. SWAYAM, NPTEL and other platforms have democratized Education through online learning opportunities. The Academic Bank of Credits is recognizing all forms of learning and becoming the impetus for life-long learning. Reforms in Examinations, with their emphasis on varied assessment methods, have become a means of evaluating knowledge and skill acquisition. UGC has opened the doors of academic autonomy while National Assessment and Accreditation Council has brought in sweeping changes with binary accreditation and online visits. On the one hand, teaching fraternity and twenty-first century learners are learning to adapt. On the other, Artificial Intelligence is becoming both an integral and invasive aspect of our lives.

Our Manjunatha College has completed the second cycle of NAAC, implemented NEP and laid the foundations for multidisciplinary Education by starting Arts and Science in our Junior College and setting up Science and Computer Labs. Our energetic learners are our co-partners and are enthusiastically participating in ADD-ON and Value-added Courses, enrolling in online Courses, engaging in peer-to-peer learning, going on industrial visits and nature trails, doing field projects and community engagement programmes, developing research skills, honing their entrepreneurship skills and getting market-ready. Our University of Mumbai has created College Clusters; thereby easing Communication channels, encouraging collaboration and fostering knowledge sharing sessions. Change is inevitable and will drive innovation. All of us will need to adapt to the rapid advances induced by Artificial intelligence and the mantra will be to channelize Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of humanity.

 

Dr. Sushila Vijaykumar
Principal