Best Practices

Best Practice 1 - Value Orientation in Education for holistic development of Students

1: Objectives of the Practice

The objectives are as follows:

• To develop all-round personality of students through physical, intellectual, and spiritual education.
• To inculcate local, regional, national, and global culture and values amongst students through education.
• To augment students learning through co-curricular and extracurricular activities which are necessary for inculcation of values.
• To enhance value efficiency amongst students by integrating ethics, gender, human values, environment and sustainability into the curriculum.
• To supplement students' learning by imparting transferable and life skills related value-added courses.

Above all, the University intends holistic development of student to achieve

academic excellence and a responsible citizen.

2: The Context

The need for value orientation in higher education has become necessary today.The main function of education is the development of an all-round and well-balanced personality of the students. Value-oriented education proves to be the solution. Through value-oriented education, Ganpat University develops students into sensible and responsible citizens with strong character. The University helps students to utilize the knowledge for the advantage of mankind. The University has identified the need for adopting a value-oriented education and learning system that inculcates disciplinary depth and contextual breadth among the students. It prepares the students to compete and lead with the national and global talent pool.

The University witness and prepares the action plan for the following challenges in designing and implementation of this practice:

•  Identification of value priorities and concerns
• Value integration in the curriculum
• Outreach programmes
• Co-curricular activities
• Culture of caring

3: The Practice

The curriculum design at Ganpat University aims to ensure that students have a breadth of learning, context, and understanding of contemporary developments that are necessary to succeed in the present century. The education system has been designed to evolve a complete person by focusing on the intellectual development, physical and spiritual development of students.  It provides a unique framework for inclusive and holistic education of students. This has been achieved by including the following important component elements in the curriculum:

• Environment Studies
• Cultural and cross-cultural Education
• Rural Development
• Disaster Management
• Technology and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management
• Start Up and Incubation
• Social Service
• Food Technology
• Agriculture Operation
• Energy Management
• NGO Management
• Sports, Health, Fitness, and Yoga
• Bhagwat Geeta
• Integrated Personality Development Course
• Ethics and Values

Education is imparted in the right spirit and healthy environment to achieve academic excellence. The important factors contribute to the practice are:

• Teaching pedagogy
• Discipline
• Dedicated faculty
• Community service
• Professional dress code
• Eco-friendly and serene atmosphere
• Green campus
• Research emphasis
• Outreach activities
• Co-curricular activities
• Extra-curricular activities

Training is provided in vocational skills in order to mitigate economic hardship of youth in remote and backward regions. Ganpat University has been working in this area since inception and adopted the practice of curriculum enrichment through conclaves every year. The feedback of students, teachers, parents and alumni is discussed during the conclave with an objective to improve the value-orientation education model more effectively and efficiently.

4: Evidence of Success

Our students have developed true values of life through our education and training pedagogy that they understand and transform in their life. Our efforts made them participate in our Ganpat VolunTeachetr Movement in our adopted villages whereby they demonstrate activities for computer literacy, personality development and grooming, English language literacy, preventive healthcare, sports and craftsmanship and cultural performance among the village children. More than 1000 underprivileged childrens in 10 villages are benefited by this initiative. This mission was recognised under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan by the Government of India.

During Covid pandemic, our students volunteered in large numbers to help nearby villagers in covid care kit distribution, distribution of natural immunity boosting ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines. The Mehsana District Administration felicitated Ganpat University for the excellent covid care service.

Also, our continuous efforts in the direction of environmental sustainability resulted in drastic improvement in the student tree ratio of 1: 1 to 1: 5 through microforest. Students become more  responsible for the society and they have demonstrated excellent and exemplified performance in national calamities and current covid pandemic by volunteering themselves in University and district administration efforts. This truly indicates the success of our value based education towards the nation's capacity building.

5: Problems Encountered and Resources Required

6: Problems encountered

The simple problem encountered in students’ interest and motivation while demonstrating such value-oriented education and practices.

7: Resources required

To make it more effective, more and more support from Govt. agency is required in terms of financial aid and recognitions by means of awards and accolades to boost the students’ morale.

Best Practice 2 - Model of Industry within University

1: Objectives of the Practice

• To create centre of excellence in the core area of education
• To identify the need of the industry and level of skill among the students.
• To collaborate industries from various segments in order to exchange the technical and human resources
• To develop the curriculum as per the need of Industry
• To provide extensive internship and learning experience mimicking the environment of the industry
• To offer the academic programs in partnership with Industry
• To establish the presence of University in the premises of Industry
• To generate highly skilled and trained industry ready professionals

2: The Context

The need for highly trained and skilled manpower is always the challenge of our country. Liberalization of the economy and Make in India drive of our Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has further propagated and directed us to compliment his efforts in the “Skill India” Mission. The Board of Ganpat University has rightly and timely understood and missioned to address these  issues by drawing above objectives and implementing the model of Industry within University and University within Industry.

3: The Practice

University has adopted following practices and initiated major actions accordingly:

• Inclusion of Industry experts in the Board of studies, academic council and Board of Governance
• Identifying right kind of industry in line with the academic programs offered and collaborating with them to create a centre of excellence within the Industry
• Creation of High tech infrastructure for the establishing Pilot Plants, Centre of excellence, Innovation and Incubation Centre, Design Studio, High end workshops for various trade, Simulator labs and additive manufacturing facility and  advanced research laboratories.
• Organizing training and skill enhancement  programs for the students and professionals

4: Evidence of Success

Following are the evidence of our model which directly addresses the need of sectoral industry in relevance of our academic programs.

5: Problems Encountered and Resources Required

6: Problems encountered

Industries demand some times specific nomenclature in the award of degree when their active involvement is asked for their specific need of employment and sometimes industry experts could not match the timeline of completion of academic programs or training.

7: Resources required

Required more number of highly trained and skilled faculty who have been similar experience in the industry to carry over further development.