Dimapur, May 8 (EMN): A seminar on “Understanding the opportunities in traditional and new fields of higher education’ was conducted by OP Jindal Global University in collaboration with Delhi Public School, Dimapur. The seminar marked the launching of a long-term engagement with the Northeastern Region of India and with the state of Nagaland in particular to develop and explore cutting edge and non-traditional careers in an increasingly globalised world.
The resource persons of the seminar were Professor Kathleen A Modrowski, Professor and Dean of Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, OP Jindal Global University; Dr. Samrat Sinha, Associate Professor of Jindal School of International Affairs; and Hemant Sharma, Deputy Director (Outreach).
A total of four hundred participants attended the seminar including students from Delhi Public School, Dimapur, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Greenwood Higher Secondary School, Livingstone Foundation Higher Secondary School and Pilgrim Higher Secondary School.
In her special lecture, Professor Kathleen Modrowski highlighted the need for going beyond traditionally oriented degree programmes and other philosophical foundations of a liberal arts education.
The inter-disciplinary approach of a Liberal Arts education allows students to realise their potential through an exposure to Art, Culture, Theatre, Philosophy, Science, History and Economics among other wide ranging subjects.
Professor Kathleen also spoke about the research projects in which students of the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities were working on ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Screen Writing. The session by Dr. Samrat Sinha covered the potentialities of the various schools of OP Jindal Global University by focussing especially on the skills required by students of international relations, who are engaging in solving with real world problems. Dr. Samrat Sinha introduced the changing nature of skills development and the increasing need for individuals, who are capable of working in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments with a deep understanding of the political, legal and socio-economic conditions of the countries in which they are based.
Dr. Samrat Sinha talked about a variety of career options including international development, political risk analysis and forecasting, policy research and higher education.
Hemant Sharma focused on the philosophical foundations of career development and the need for exercising career choices that are driven by passion and interests. The key challenge for students in the increasingly competitive world, according to him, is finding the alignment between the type of work they want to do and the educational opportunities that would lead them to their goals.
Talking about the challenges faced by students from the Northeastern Region, Hemant Sharma spoke of the need for passion as well as developing careers, which have meaningful impacts.
The feedback from the participants also contributed to the rich interactions.
