Vassar College Hosted Discussions in Mumbai & Delhi
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai, 09th
January 2020: Vassar
College, a premier and globally renowned institution for liberal arts, organised
panel discussions in New Delhi and Mumbai on the future and importance of
liberal arts education in shaping students’ careers. In attendance were eminent
personalities like Professor G Raghuram, Dr Sunder Ramaswamy, Professor PV
Madhusudhan Rao, Professor Sudhir Shah, Dr Pramath Raj Sinha and Ashok Trivedi in
New Delhi on January 7, 2020. In Mumbai the next day, in attendance were Professor
Anush Kapadia, Nina Hirji Kheraj, Professor Santosh Kumar Kudtarkar, Ramesh
Mangaleswaran and Dr Ravindra Kulkarni.
In a changing world,
the most important skill is to be able to adapt, take in new information and
make sense of the situation. Learning how to learn is consistent with the liberal
arts approach, through which students learn across different styles, topics and
paradigms. A liberal arts education is needed to impart key communication
skills (writing, speaking, negotiating), expose students to multiple
disciplines (arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and information
sciences), and empower students to innovate, be creative and entrepreneurial,
and to chart their own paths in becoming engaged citizens and community role
models. India’s recent education policy also highlights the importance of
liberal arts education across schools and colleges. The conversations during both
evenings highlighted the need to create awareness about liberal arts and its
importance in building careers.
Elizabeth Bradley,
President, Vassar College said: “I was very excited to conduct these discussions in India,
especially when the government is focused on offering quality education to the
youth. Vassar has been the driving force in providing a premium liberal arts
education that imparts key communication skills, exposes students to various
disciplines.”
About Vassar
College: Vassar College is a
coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie,
NY, founded in 1861. Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in
the United States, Vassar is renowned for pioneering achievements in education,
for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the beauty of its
campus. https://www.vassar.edu
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