College Principals’ Conference held at NEHU

SHILLONG: North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. S. K. Srivastava, inaugurated a one day Principals’ Conference on the theme, “Initiatives on Enhancing Quality in Higher Education” on May 24. The event was organized by the IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) in collaboration with UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of NEHU.
Prof. N. Srivastav, Director, IQAC welcomed the participants and spoke on the parameters and indicators relevant to the quality in higher education and also stressed on the importance of assessment and accreditation of colleges and universities.
Prof. Smritikumar Sarkar, former Vice-Chancellor of Burdwan University, in his lecture put more emphasis on human initiatives for a qualitative improvement in the teaching-learning process, with the objective of integrating the students to the process of social empowerment.
The conference was attended by 69 college principals, vice-principals and IQAC Directors of affiliated colleges of NEHU.