a story between flanders and india. chapter 1 beginnings
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A STORYbetween
Flanders and India
CHAPTER 1BEGINNING
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CHAPTER 2CSLC
VLIR UOS SOUTH INITIATIVE
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS AT KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY
VLIR UOS OWN INITIATIVE
CHAPTER 3:
ASHA
CHAPTER 4:
INDIA PLATFORM
Europe and India
• 1981: India as a recipient of EU aid• 2008: India and Europe as strategic partners
What does this mean for higher education and research?
Inception of the India Platform:
A platform for collaboration between Europe and India across all sectors of society
The India Platform Vision
A people-to-people relationship:“Connecting the peoples of India and Europe, in the framework of a coherent vision and a relationship of
trust.”
Indian Challenges
Very young population: more than 65% below 35
But
• Deficient education system
• Deficient health care system
• Increasingly unliveable cities
Indian Challenges
• Absence of research culture & teaching-research connection
• Shortage of higher education faculty:
1 million new faculty required for 30% GER
• Distortion of higher education landscape
• Shortage of school teachers: 1 million
European Challenges
25% decline in welfare level
European Challenges2060
1/3 population over 65 in most European
countries (EC eurostat)
• Massive retirement of baby boomers
• Increasing costs of health care systems
• Increasing costs of pension systems
Complementarity
The India Platform Vision
A social translation of globalization:“Globalization does not mean that we should
simply outcompete each other; it can also allow us to help to build on each other’s strengths.”
The India Platform Vision
• A people-to-people relationship: cultural difference and past.
• Exchange and cooperation in all sectors of society.
• Complementarity of problems and solutions.
• Build a consortium in India of “growing institutions”: invest and grow along with them.
• Approach India together with a common vision and strategy.
IP: expansion in regions in India
Karnataka
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Delhi
Hyderabad
KeralaTamil Nadu
Stakeholders, partners and members
Stakeholders, partners and members
Stakeholders Europe:
Ghent University Hospital
University of Antwerp
University of Aveiro
University of Groningen
University of Pardubice
NP-Bridging
Preferred PartnersHasselt University
Associate Members
University College Ghent
Futureproofed
University of Twente
Wageningen University and Research Centre
Stakeholders, partners and members
Stakeholders India
Gokula Education Foundation
Alva’s Education Trust
BMS College of Engineering
B.N.M. Institute of Technology
Institute of Finance and International Management
Jyothy Group
Amrita V. V. University
Preferred Partners
Valdel Engineers & Constructors Pvt Ltd
Associate Members
The Academy for Creative Teaching
SDM Educational Society, Ujire
Karnataka State Women’s University
English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Facts and figures
Activities in Europe and India
14stakeholders
8members& partners
+120volunteers
+4700contacts
339Activities
in 2013-14Offices in
Europe and India
Activities
• Research and training
• Facilitation and mediation
• Curricula development
• Organizing ‘ventures visits’
• Conferences
• Network building
• Outreach
• Student and faculty exchanges
HIGHER EDUCATION
BUSINESS
GOVERNMENT
HEALTH CARE
Svagata.eu
Samyoga: matchmaking event
IP Focus Groups
Culture & management
Health care
Liveable cities
School education
Waste management
Some reflections
• Going to India as individual institutions: negligible impact; ‘branding’ fails; one of many (EHEF).
• A common face and common strategy are needed, minimally at the Flemish level; e.g. Vlaams India Platform.
• Together define mutual opportunities and interests: neither development aid nor ‘they know their own needs’.
• Know your partners!