BRIDGING TRADITION AND INNOVATIONMAKING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES

PROF. (DR.) MANIKRAO SALUNKHE

PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES, NEW DELHI, INDIA

VICE CHANCELLOR, BHARTI VIDYAPEETH, DEEMED UNIVERSITY, PUNE, INDIA

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Challenges of New Millennium

• Tradition and Innovation : Changing Paradigm

• Innovation through Tradition (ITT)

• Changing Role of Higher Education

• Case Studies from India

• Indian Educational Approach for Creating Future

• University Community Engagement : A Strategic Way Forward

• Higher Education for Sustainable Societies

• Bridging Tradition and Innovation Through Higher Education System

• References

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CHALLENGES OF NEW

MILLENNIUMGlobalization

Sustainable Development

Traditions and Innovations

Education System

Technological Innovation

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PAST KNOWLEDGE

TRADITION

SUPPORTED BY ADDONS

MODERN APPROCAHES

INNOVATION

TRADITION AND

INNOVATION

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A MODEL OF INNOVATION THROUGH TRADITION (ITT)

A Model of innovation Through Tradition

SOURCES OF PAST

KNOWLEDGEITT CAPABILITY FORMS OF PAST

KNOWLEDGE

ITT CAPABILITY PRODUCT

INNOVATION

Education

process

Territorial

tradition

Technical

Knowledge

New

Education

process

Interiorization Reinterpretation

Codified knowledge

Raw educational system

Technological revolution

l

Tacit knowledge

Basic assumptions and

beliefs

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Adopted from Source : ALFREDO DE MASSIS, FEDERICO FRATTINI, JOSIP KOTLAR, ANTONIO MESSENI PETRUZZELLI, MIKE

WRIGHT Academy of Management Perspectives , Vol. 30, No. 1, 93-116.

https://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ano.2015.0017

CHANGING ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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CHANGING ROLE OF HIGHER

EDUCATION

Stay updated

with Technical

Dimensions

Community – University engagement

Student (solutions) oriented approach

Balance between traditions

and innovations

Extension activities by Universities

Students should adapt

coping skills

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USING INDIGENOUS –TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE EMBEDDING WITH INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

• Traditional Ayurvedic treatment therapies/ practices paved a way to tourism industry in Kerala (India);

which lead to a better health, economic development and sustainable society.

• Estonia (Europe) has similar story of economic improvement of national level spa association

• Wine Industry across the globe is a complex combination of tradition and innovation

Photo Courtesy : Travel and Tourism Department, Kerala Government

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ICE STUPA: MAKING WATER DURING SCARCITY SEASONLINKING TRADITION WITH INNOVATION

Invented by: Sonam Wangchuk in Ladakh (India).

Launched in: 2013, under the name ‘The Ice Stupa Project’.

About: Ice Stupa is a form of glacier grafting technique that creates artificial glaciers, used for

storing winter water (which otherwise would go unused) in the form of conical shaped ice heaps.

The invention leads to sustainable water supply solution in summer times in the whole region.

Photo Courtesy : Magasessy Award Winner Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh, India

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CAMEL PASTORALISTS COMMUNITY FROM RAJASTHAN

• Nomadic Communities across the world have survived and grown while

preserving their tradition embedded with innovation and adaptation

• Raika camel traditional pastoralist community lived an example of people-

centered livestock development and the sustainable management of biodiversity

rich agro-ecosystems.

Photo Courtsey : Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan, Pali, Rajasthan, India

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INDIAN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH FOR CREATING FUTURE

MAHATMA GANDHI’S NAI TALIM EDUCATIONALIST J.P. NAIK’S LESSONS

IT IS WORK BASED LEARNING LINKED

WITH LIFE AND WORK AND WAS

CALLED AS LIFE EDUCATION (JEEVAN

SHIKSHAN).

CREATE A PICTURE OF FUTURE SOCIETY.

(SCENARIO IN LIFE)

LIFE AND WORK CENTRIC EDUCATION LINK EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELF

AND SOCIETY, SO AS TO CREATE THE

FUTURE PICTURE (SCENARIO-SITUATION

BASED LEARNING-FUTURE-NOW

APPROACH)

LEARNING FROM WORKING BY

CREATING SOCIALLY USEFUL AND

PRODUCTIVE WORK AND

COORDINATION (SAMAVAYA) BETWEEN

SELF AND SOCIAL LEARNING AND

CREATING VALUE & WEALTH.

A RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF

EDUCATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC

TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY HAVE

TO GO TOGETHER. (OFFERS

MOTIVATIONAL FORCE TO LEARNING,

DEVELOPMENT AND CREATION)

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UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: A STRATEGIC WAY FORWARD

• University community collaborations is a multidimensional umbrella which

mutually benefits exchange of knowledge and resources (Carnegie, 2006,

Escrigas, C. 2015)

• University Community collaborations address societal needs and issues. (Weerts

& Sandman, 2010, Rice & Walsh, 2014)

• Teaching and Research contribute to social change. (Report by GUNi)

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MAKING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES

Knowledge society for

sustainable and inclusive

development

Educating citizens with

ethical awareness and civic commitment

To solve local and global issues and

inculcate values for social change

University system of

education offers opportunities for

learning, development and creation

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BRIDGING TRADITION AND INNOVATION THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

Socially significant,

locally relevant

and globally

competent for

fostering

development

and sustainable

societies

Universities can bridge tradition and Innovation and become drivers for sustainable societies.

Problem Solving Approach for Social Economic Well-being

Academic Enterprise (Studying Traditions) can make knowledge entrepreneurship

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• Panse Ramesh (2007) Nai Talim (History of Gandhian Educational Experiments in Marathi), Diamond Publications, Pune, India

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