Cordially Invites you for a

Directors’ Conclaveon

“Outcome Based Education and Project Based Learning”

th16 July 2015Thursday

11.00 AM

JRE Seminar Hall

Chief Guest

Prof (Dr) Onkar SinghHon’ble Vice Chancellor, UPTU

Guest of Honor

Prof Krishna Vedula, ED, IUCEE

Special Guest

Prof Bill Oakes, Director, EPICSPurdue University

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Prof Stephen Rawlinson, PresidentMr. Sunil Peter, VP‐Finance & Operations

Prof Mahesh Gandhi, Director General Dr Krishna Rao, Director and Dean JRE SOE

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thProgram itinerary 16 July 2015 11.00 AM Welcoming of the guests

11.10 AM Inauguration and lighting of the lamp by the guests

11.15 AM Welcome speech by Dr Krishna Rao

11.25 AM Speech by Prof Stephen Rawlinson, President JRE

11.45 AM Introduction of IUCEE by Prof Krishna Vedula

12.10 PM Incorporating PBL into classroom learning by Prof Oakes

12.25 PM Address by the Chief Guest, Prof (Dr) Onkar Singh, VC UPTU

12.50 PM Vote of Thanks by Prof Mahesh Gandhi

12.55 PM National Anthem

01.00 PM Network and Lunch

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Directors’ Conclave

JRE GROUP of Institutions has, as its key academic partner, Raffles Education Corporation Ltd, Singapore. This is the largest private education provider in the region comprising 30 colleges in 28 cities across 13 countries in the Asia Pacific and Europe.

Objective of Directors’ Conclave In order to promote quality technical education in India, and to support collaborative relationships between different Engineering Institutes, JRE has taken the initiative to bring together the leaders of the local institutes to review topical, yet critical educational challenges. Ongoing developments in the arena of technology, the exponential growth in information, and progressive changes in industrial needs have resulted in the imperative for engineering students to learn a diversified set of real‐world skills. This results in serious challenges to teaching in general, and to pedagogy in particular when the curriculum is viewed as packed and bound by time constraints. Project Based Learning is viewed as one way in which such skill development may be promoted, but this requires serious management and operational support and resourcing.

With this end point in mind, JRE has actively engaged with the IUCEE (Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education) under the superb leadership of Prof Krishna Vedula, Executive Director, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Lowell. His global expertise and energy are key to the IUCEE aim to transform engineering education in India, and we are honoured to host him at the JRE Campus. We are delighted and grateful that Prof Vedula and Prof Bill Oakes, Director EPICS, Purdue University have consented to conduct a comprehensive, three‐stage certification program for incorporating PBL into the engineering curriculum.

A detailed program itinerary is furnished along with this invitation, and we urge all institutions to encourage a couple of enthusiastic faculty to participate in the first part of

ththe certification program on 16 July ‘15.

Thanks and Regards

Dr Krishna RaoDirector and Dean JRE School of Engineering

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