It has been an interesting 3 weeks at Bangalore in my new job with NMIMS here as director. Strange circumstances that have seen no students on the campus physically yet. Hopefully, we may see a few in the coming weeks, though it depends on multiple factors including State government guidelines and how COVID plays out. Vaccination has started abroad, but the U.S. and Europe data on current rate of infections is not exactly encouraging. Lockdowns are back in lots of places.
But we did manage a few distanced meetings among faculty colleagues at NMIMS, and we are still grappling with COVID-related issues like everyone else in education, I guess. Mostly, everybody has become comfortable with online modes of learning and evaluation. We also have marketing campaigns running for our Executive programs and Undergraduate programs, both of which are a part of our portfolio at Bangalore's two campuses. One undergrad program that I find very interesting is the B. Sc. in Applied Statistics and Analytics. It's cutting edge, and the need of today.
Remotely chaired a conference session too, at the IMS-NASMEI Conference today (Dec. 18, 2020)..a good substitute for the Great Lakes NASMEI conference that I usually attend physically this time of the year, in Chennai. Might also experiment with a Zoom session on Personal Branding for a former student. based on how it goes, you may see more of me on some Youtube forums..just a friendly warning.
Also began to catch up on old friends. Savitha (below) for example, who is from the first batch of Kirloskar Institute, Harihar. We have met regularly since those days.
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Congratulations Baba! 3 weeks!
Thank you.
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