Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is supporting several higher educational institutions pan-India in terms of knowledge exchange and dissemination of best practices. As part of this IQAC mentoring program, Dr. Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman – IQAC, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, addressed a one-day workshop on ‘NEP 2020: Bridging School & Higher Education’ organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan & SCMS Group of Educational Institutions at SCMS campus, Kochi on May 17, 2023.

100+ faculty from various colleges and schools attended the workshop, which was inaugurated by Dr. G. Gopakumar, Former Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Kerala, Kasargodu. The workshop was presided over by Dr. Radha P. Thevanoor, Registrar, SCMS group. Dr. Shakila Shamsu, Former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) -NEP, Ministry of Education, Government of India, and Dr. Prashant R. Nair served as resource persons for the workshop.

Dr. Prashant highlighted various curricular innovations and best practices of AMRITA, such as cultural education, life skills, and grace marks for outstanding achievement in hackathons, sports, culture, and community outreach activities.