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One World Education Centre
A UNIQUE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
By SK
Sharma
To meet the increasing demand,
private education trusts are now establishing colleges all over India.
Often, they are set up in isolation at inappropriate locations depriving
students of an academic environment and synergy with other disciplines.
Inspired by the concept of India Habitat Centre, One World Education
Centre is an initiative to develop private university campuses of
excellence in various cities and villages. Private trusts can book space
to set up colleges in diverse disciplines creating a mutually supportive
academic environment. The university shall impart education based on
India’s rich cultural ethos and its relevance today for realising a
sustainable world order based on ethics and respect for all cultures.
The first such campus is being developed in Noida.
Education trusts are invited to book space
for schools such as in public, economic, and business management, media,
social work, and technical and design disciplines, facilitating learning
through interactive processes.
The university will establish facilities for distance learning through
internet and television channels. Graduate programmes in science and
humanities can also be offered. To optimise use of infrastructure, night
classes can be considered.
SK
Sharma, Senior Advisor
New Delhi, May 2004 Development Alternatives
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Location
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Prime 12 hectares (30
acres) site in Noida Institutional Area on Hapur Highway seven
kilometres from Delhi border with large residential area available
in Gaziabad on the opposite side of Hapur highway. |
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The Concept :
The campus will
be developed with common facilities such as auditorium, theatre,
seminar rooms, resource centre, guest house, student shops, food
courts and sports suiting a university environment. It will be self
financing developed through contributions collected from promoters
that book space for various faculties. |
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Management
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Registered as a society,
CMD HUDCO shall be its ex officio Patron. Shri SK Sharma shall
be its founder President in overall charge of its administration.
Since he has conceptualised the One World Education Centre it is
important that he coordinates it in its formative years. |
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Motto of the
University :
Einstein was
the man of the second millennium, Gandhi the apostle of the third.
Science tempered with spirituality alone can nurture a just world
order. The motto of the University shall be "Science & Spirituality
for a just World Order". The long term objective of society should
be to attain high levels of spiritual development. Technology can
change life styles but not necessarily the quality of human
existence. |
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Theme
Pavilion :
The University shall have a theme pavilion "Gyan Vigyan
Darshan" (Spirituality Science Experience). Through visuals and
multimedia projections the exposition will project India’s rich
cultural and spiritual ethos and its relevance today for moderating
science, capitalism and consumerism. It will collate the methods
advocated by various faiths for self development, and the features
in some for optimising societal ethics. |
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Sustainability
Management :
An
International Institute for Sustainable Management promoted
by Development Alternatives will address issues such as
ongoing social, environmental and political degradation, violence,
global warming, and stress on the need of true egalitarian democracy
with empowered local governments. |
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Plastic & Performing
Arts :
Promoters are
invited to set up colleges in creative arts such as classical and
modern singing, dancing, theatre, painting, graphic arts, sculpture,
photography and computer art. Such programmes will enrich the campus
and sensitise others to various arts forms. We invite well wishers
to support development of clusters based on guru-shishya
parampara that nurtured our rich culture since ages. |
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School of Vedic Sciences :
Promoters are invited to
set up a School of Vedic Sciences with faculties such as
rajnitikshastra (dharma of the state), arthashastra (dharma of
business), ayurveda (medicine), vastushastra (regional planning),
vastu (orientation of buildings), jyotish (astrology). Students of
architecture and engineering can take electives in vastushastra
and/or vastu and use it in conjunction with modern planning and
architecture. Most families seek advice of astrologers for
ceremonies such as marriage and setting up business enterprises. In
view of the market demand, private universities need to grant
degrees in such disciplines so that the community does not suffer at
the hands of quacks. The school may also offer courses in Indian
languages. Students of all colleges can take these as elective
courses. |
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Campus Design & Architecture
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One World
Education Centre is an attempt to create an informal academic
environment in which students of science and humanities especially
arts, have opportunity to interact and discover their latent
potentials. The centre will nurture close student-faculty
interaction and counselling for sound self development.The built
form shall be such as to create an informal environment. Sensitive
religious thinkers, architects, artists and scholars may be
associated in specialised studies.HUDCO will procure the land on the
other side of Hapur highway for faculty housing, student hostels and
sports fields. A cluster based on guru-shishya parampara may also
be developed. |
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Collaboration :
IEC will
collaborate with Indian and foreign universities on (a) IEC advising
on Gyan that is spirituality for nurturing an egalitarian society,
and (b) seeking advice on Vigyan that is science for sustainability.
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Invitation to
Participate :
Philanthropists,
business houses, social organisations and individuals interested in
participating in this unique project are invited to get in touch
with us. Those interested will have to apply for built space based
on their need. If their proposal is approved, they will be required
to deposit the amount in instalments based on the progress of the
development of the campus. If they need, HUDCO can offer them loan
finance. We invite NRIs to support this initiative. |
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Promoting One World
Education Centres :
Based on the
experience gained, HUDCO can support development of similar One
World Education Centres in other cities and villages of India, and
on franchise in other nations.
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