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Vocational Education ProgramsVocational education in India aims to develop skilled manpowerthrough diversified courses to meet the requirements of organizedand unorganized sectors and to instill self-employment skills inpeople through a large number of self employment orientedcourses. It is expected that there will be an acute shortage ofskilled manpower in the world by 2022. Indian manpower will behandy by then. Government of India has already announced skilldevelopment for 500 million Indians by 2022.In the USA and some other countries, community colleges(technical colleges) are primarily two-year institutions of highereducation. After graduating from a community college, somestudents transfer to a university or liberal arts college for two yearsto complete a bachelor’s degree, while others enter the workforce.Community colleges serve the needs of society through trainingskilled workers and also provide opportunity to students continuetheir education in professional colleges. Indian institutions havea wide range of opportunities for collaborating with foreigncommunity colleges and technical colleges for skills development.Faculty Exchange ProgramsFaculty exchange programs would provide participants with theopportunity to teach or conduct research for one semester or anacademic year at a foreign university. Faculty members wouldbenefit from exposure to a culturally varied and diverse facultymake-up, with an opportunity to exchange ideas and observe avariety of styles. Faculty exchange program is one way to takeadvantage of the benefits of diverse faculty.In order to create diverse faculty, foreign universities and Indianinstitutions can develop plans for faculty exchange programs. Thebenefit will be immediate, and students will have the opportunityto learn concepts and ideas presented in an entirely new anddifferent manner. The faculty exchange programs present a uniqueopportunity for interaction between foreign universities and Indianinstitutions.Student Exchange ProgramsIn student exchange programs between Indian institutions andforeign universities, students choose to study abroad and viceversa in collaborating institutions. An exchange student could livewith a host family or in a designated place including hostel, affordableapartment / house or student lodge. The cost for eachprogram differs according to countries and institutions. The participantscould either receive scholarship / loan, or be self-funded.Programs vary depending upon program length, country, contentand other factors. Students going on university exchange couldpay tuition fees on home campus. Students going on exchangeprogram could choose either to live on campus or off campus.Partnership ProgramsAcademic Partnership programs can be established for thepurpose of improving the academic quality of Indian seniorsecondary schools, junior colleges, and degree colleges.Partnership programs help to improve the preparation of studentsfor entry into foreign universities.Partnerships between Indian institutions and the foreignuniversities may be entered into, so that Indian students whocomplete 12th standard could be admitted as freshmen inGraduate programs of foreign universities. Similar partnershipsmay be entered into so that Indian Graduate students may beadmitted to Post-Graduate programs in foreign universities directly.Partnership programs provide a measure of certainty to students inIndian institutions that they will be accepted in good foreign universities.Students will be spared the stress of having to prepare for the highlycompetitive entrance examinations in India with the knowledge thattheir admission in foreign universities is almost assured.Study Abroad in India ProgramsStudy abroad in India programs will foster intercultural developmentamong students, who will have the understanding and skills to effectively,humanely, and positively navigate across different cultures.Studying abroad in India for a semester or year will give studentsa fresh perspective on themselves, India, and the world. It willexpose them to diverse people and viewpoints, and they will getto experience a different way of life apart from their own in theircountry. They will be immersed in the language, culture, andpeople of the host country and will get to experience life asresidents, not as mere tourists. While studying in India, they willalso earn credit towards their current degree.Students will pay the regular tuition and fees, room and boardexpenses, to their parent institution. Foreign universities will payan agreed amount to Indian institutions for providing tuition, roomand board. International travel costs will be borne by the students.Summits 2012, 2011, 2010 & 2009The Indus Foundation has been privileged to organize EducationSummits in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 in India. The objective ofthe Summits was to explore opportunities for academiccollaborations between Indian institutions and foreign universities.The Summits also guided Indian students about opportunities forhigher education in foreign universities. By all accounts, theSummits were considered highly successful. The Summits wereattended by university chancellors, provosts, deans, faculty, andenrollment / recruitment officers of foreign universities from aroundthe World. Several hundred Indian institutions and organizationsinterested in academic collaborations participated in the Summits.Several thousand Indian students interested in studying abroadattended the Summits.SELECT LIST OF FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS OF SUMMITS• 6 October University, Australia• Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey• Academic Center of Law & Business, Israel• Academy 3, Australia• ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), UK• ACT Inc., USA• Alabama State University, USA• Al-Iraqia University, Iraq• American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education, USA• American Intercontiental University, UK• American University of Sharjah, UAE• Anton De Kom University, Suriname• Arkansas Tech University, USA• Association of Vermont Independent Colleges (AVIC), USA• Aston University, UK• Azerbaijan University of Tarbiat Moalem, Iran• Bangkok University, Thailand• Bangor University, UK• Barnard College, Columbia University, USA• Bayero University, Nigeria• Baylor University, USA• Binus University, Indonesia• Bowling Green State University, USA• British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada• California Institute of Integral Srudies, USA• California State University, San Bernardino, USA• Cape Breton University, Canada• Carleton University, Canada12
• Case Western Reserve University, USA• Centre for Languages and Intercultural Education, Spain• CESESB, Brazil• Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden• Champlain College, USA• Cherkasy State Technological University, Ukraine• Clarkson University, New York• College of Mount Saint Vincent, USA• Colorado State University, USA• Comrat State University, Moldova• Concord University, USA• Concordia University , Canada• CQUniversity, Australia• Cultural Vistas, USA• Curtin University, Australia• D’Youville College, USA• DigiPen Institute of Technology, Singapore• Drexel University, USA• Duke University, USA• Eastern University, USA• Eastern Washington University, USA• Edinburgh Napier University, UK• Edith Cowan University, Australia• Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique• Emporia State University, USA• ESIGELEC College of Engineering, France• Evolvence Capital, UAE• Excelsior College, USA• Faemingdale State College, SUNY, USA• Fateb - College of Telêmaco Borba, Brazil• Fayetteville State University, USA• Ferris State University, USA• Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University, USA• Florida International University, USA• Florida State University, USA• Fresno Pacific University, USA• Full Sail University, USA• Galilee International Management Institute, Israel• Governors State University, USA• Handong American University, South Korea• Harrison College, USA• Head Foundation, Singapore• HES International Business School, Netherlands• HOF University, Germany• Hofstra University, USA• Houghton College, USA• Idaho State University, USA• Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA• Institute of Management Technology, UAE• Inter American University of Puerto Rico, USA• Inter-American Organization for Higher Education, Canada• Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel• International Business Performance LLC, USA• International Conservation Caucus Foundation, USA• International University of Business, Agriculture & Technology,Bangladesh• Iowa State University, USA• Iringa University College, Tumaini University, Tanzania• JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland• John Carroll University, USA• Judson University, USA• Junior and Teen Camp, Switzerland• Kansas City Art Institute, USA• Keele University, UK• Kent State University, USA• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia• King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand• King Saud University, Saudi Arabia• Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada• Liverpool John Moores University, UK• Long Island University, USA• Longwood University, Virginia• Louisiana State University, USA• Lyndon State College, USA• Macquarie University, Australia• Magna Carta College, UK• McMaster University, Canada• McNally Smith College of Music, USA• Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria• Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey• Mevlana University, Turkey• Mexican Association for International Education, Mexico• Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA• Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA• Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Nigeria• Monmouth University, USA• Montana State University Billings, USA• Mount Royal University, Canada• Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore• National Aviation University, Ukraine• National Open and Distance University (UNAD), Colombia• Nebrija University, Spain• New Mexico State University, USA• New York Institute of Technology, USA• Ningbo University, China• North Carolina A&T State University, USA• Northern Arizona University, USA• Northwest College, USA• North-West University, Vaal Triangle, South Africa• Northwestern College and Media, USA• Oakland University, USA• Oregon State University, USA• Our Lady of the Lake College, USA• Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, USA• Pacific International Hotel Management School, New Zealand• Pantheon Institute, Italy• Phetchaburi Rajabhat University, Thailand• Pittsburg State University, USA• Pontifica Univeridad Javeniana Cali, Colombia• Pontifical Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil• Poznañ University of Economics, Poland• Purdue University, USA• Queen’s University, Canada• Queens College, USA• Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA• Roosevelt University, USA• Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA• Rush University College of Nursing, USA• RWTH Aachen University, Germany• Sacred Heart University, USA• Saint Louis University, USA• Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, USA• SAIT Polytechnic, Canada• Sam Houston State University, USA• San Hose State University, USA• Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands• Siauliai University, Lithuania• Singapore Management University, Singapore• SIT Graduate Institute, USA• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA• Southern Arkansas University, USA• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, USA• Southern Oregon University, USA• Southern States University, USA• Southern University and A&M College, USA• State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Moldova• Stella Maris Polytechnic, Liberia• Stenden University, Netherlands• Stevens Institute of Technology, USA• Suffolk University, USA• Sultan Agung Islamic University, Indonesia• Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine• Tallinn University, Estonia• TCS Education System, USA• Tel Aviv University, Israel• Temple University, USA• Texas Christian University, USA• The Association of Business Practitioners, UK• The College Board, USA• The Kingdom University, Bahrain• The Mahatma Gandhi University Of Guinea, Guinea• The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy andPublic Administration, Russia• The University of Findlay, USA• The University of Montana, USA• The University of New England, Australia13
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