Leaving a quality impact on students to spread their wings and achieve ambitions

Dr. Prashant Dave is the Registrar at MIT World Peace University in Pune. He possesses an in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures that govern schools, colleges and universities. With a proven track record in Exemplary Student Instruction, Sound Budgeting Concepts, Staff Performance Evaluation, and many other notable verticals, he believes in continuous evolution and adaptation towards trending technological advancements. Excerpts from our interview: 

What is your opinion on the New Education Policy 2020?

“NEP will bring transformation in the education sector”

Overall, NEP 2020 is a remarkable step to develop future-ready professionals with a strong foundation of Indian values and ethos. However, few provisions included in the policy must have been mentioned as mandatory, such as, using regional language during primary education to ensure our ancient languages' learning. Instead, they have been mentioned as guidelines. Consequently, government schools would adopt such policies, and private schools would continue the same way, creating a void between students passing out of these two schools' categories.

What are the new programs that you are offering at MIT World Peace University, which will help students outperform and stand apart from the crowd?

“We make sure to provide a holistic developmental space to the students”

The mandatory programs offered by the Faculty of Peace Studies at MIT World Peace University are taught in all our academic programs and promote the holistic development of our students. Electives offered by the MIT School of Government and Sustainability Studies to all the programs also help our students outperform and stand apart from the crowd.

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What are the best practices at MIT World Peace University?

“We are deeply aligned to imparting a value-based education”

• International Collaborations: Exposure in top international universities is an aspiration for many Indian students but financial constraints and other factors can sometimes be a hindrance to such aspirations. The International Collaboration Department at MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) helps students fulfill these student aspirations by forging partnerships with outstanding academic and other institutions across the globe. This is done to expand the student experience, with an aim to provide a high-quality international educational experience to students through its International Immersion programs. 
• National/International Study Tours: National and international study tours give an insight into the industry and academia helping to add a global thinking perspective to our students, who can then look at a problem holistically.
• Peace Studies for Holistic development: MIT World Peace University is one of the pioneering universities offering avenues for ‘life transformation’ to its students. Through its extensively researched Peace program, students learn to apply the academic knowledge gained here for the development of their own self as well as the collective self, which is society at large.
• Rural Immersion Program: A unique program of Rural Immersion, students learn to apply the techniques learnt in their academic studies for finding real-life solutions to issues in rural areas by staying in rural areas and gaining an in-depth understanding of the needs of the people there, thereby leading to social innovation.
• Sports Culture: MIT-WPU believes in the development of winning personalities with its culture of promoting sports since its inception. Organizing national sporting events help students to achieve organizing skills and remain ahead in any competitive field.
• Centre for Industry-Academia Partnerships: MIT-WPU has introduced a one-of-its-own kind of a Centre for Industry Academia Partnerships (CIAP). This centre works closely with various schools under MIT-WPU and the industry to make sure that what we teach in our classrooms is relevant and aligned with current industry practices. This centre also promotes industry-relevant research in the campus. This centre is also involved in training and grooming students to take up professional jobs in the right companies - giving them a headstart in their life.

What is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

“A great quality of an effective leader is to build an understanding at the root level”

To become a worthy and a great leader, one has to learn to solve the unstructured problems – the one who can make his/her team work with a diverse group of people and achieve desired team goals and share the success with each team member. I believe and follow the above-described leadership style.

How does your decades of experience help you in your daily operations at MIT World Peace University, Pune?

“My experience has helped me to better understand education”​

• My 16+ years of experience has helped me understand that data-driven analytical skills are very crucial in decision making for any leadership role.
• Agreeing to disagree and still smoothly sailing through heated team discussions to solve the unstructured problems is the most essential skill that helps me deliver in my daily operations at MIT-WPU.
• Besides this, my experience with in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures that govern Universities and a proven track record of Exemplary Student Instruction, Sound Budgeting Concepts, Staff Performance Evaluation Procedures, Statutory Compliances & Accreditation, Rating & Ranking and current Student Disciplinary Procedures helps me to deliver productively and efficiently.

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How does the curriculum of MIT World Peace University, Pune ensure the practical learning and implementation of the academic knowledge that is relevant in the real world?

“We make sure to bring in best practical approaches”

• Industry Collaborations

Our industry partnerships facilitate learning through an industrial, academic and research alliance. Through our extensive industry network and centres for excellence within the campus (such as, for IBM, NVIDIA, AMDOCS, and so on), students get opportunities to learn actual industry practices through projects and lectures. As described earlier, this is facilitated by the Centre for Industry Academia Partnerships (CIAP) at MIT-WPU.

• Experiential Learning

This is based on learning through practical solutions to real problems. Students get the extra professional curve by learning team-building skills and time as well as resource management skills through well-organized national and international technical events such as, Robocon, Nirmitee, Tesla, Texephyr, amongst others.