The document is an invitation for a Directors' Conclave on "Outcome Based Education and Project Based Learning" to be held on July 16th, 2015 at JRE Seminar Hall. The event will discuss incorporating project based learning into engineering curriculums. Guest speakers will include the Vice Chancellor of UPTU, the Executive Director of IUCEE, and the Director of EPICS from Purdue University. The objective is to promote quality technical education in India and support collaboration between engineering institutes. JRE has partnered with IUCEE to conduct a certification program introducing faculty to project based learning techniques over three stages. All institutions are encouraged to send faculty to participate.

1. Cordially Invites you for a
Directors’ Conclave
on
“Outcome Based Education and
Project Based Learning”
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16 July 2015
Thursday
11.00 AM
JRE Seminar Hall
Chief Guest
Prof (Dr) Onkar Singh
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, UPTU
Guest of Honor
Prof Krishna Vedula, ED, IUCEE
Special Guest
Prof Bill Oakes, Director, EPICS
Purdue University
Engineering
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Prof Stephen Rawlinson, President
Mr. Sunil Peter, VP‐Finance & Operations
Prof Mahesh Gandhi, Director General
Dr Krishna Rao, Director and Dean JRE SOE
Plot No. 5, 6, 7 and 8 (Adjoining Wipro),
Knowledge Park – IV, Greater Noida – 201308 (Uttar Pradesh)
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Program itinerary 16 July 2015
11.00 AM Welcoming of the guests
11.10 AM Inauguration and lighting of the lamp by the guests
11.15 AM Welcome speech by Dr Krishna Rao
11.25 AM Speech by Prof Stephen Rawlinson, President JRE
11.45 AM Introduction of IUCEE by Prof Krishna Vedula
12.10 PM Incorporating PBL into classroom learning by Prof Oakes
12.25 PM Address by the Chief Guest, Prof (Dr) Onkar Singh, VC UPTU
12.50 PM Vote of Thanks by Prof Mahesh Gandhi
12.55 PM National Anthem
01.00 PM Network and Lunch
Engineering
Directors’ Conclave
JRE GROUP of Institutions has, as its key academic partner, Raffles Education Corporation
Ltd, Singapore. This is the largest private education provider in the region comprising
30collegesin28citiesacross13countriesintheAsiaPacificandEurope.
ObjectiveofDirectors’Conclave
In order to promote quality technical education in India, and to support collaborative
relationshipsbetweendifferentEngineeringInstitutes, JRE has takentheinitiativetobring
together the leaders of the local institutes to review topical, yet critical educational
challenges. Ongoing developments in the arena of technology, the exponential growth in
information, and progressive changes in industrial needs have resulted in the imperative
for engineering students to learn a diversified set of real‐world skills. This results in serious
challenges to teaching in general, and to pedagogy in particular when the curriculum is
viewed as packed and bound by time constraints. Project Based Learning is viewed as one
way in which such skill development may be promoted, but this requires serious
managementandoperationalsupportandresourcing.
With this end point in mind, JRE has actively engaged with the IUCEE (Indo US
Collaboration for Engineering Education) under the superb leadership of Prof Krishna
Vedula, Executive Director, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Massachusetts
Lowell. His global expertise and energy are key to the IUCEE aim to transform engineering
education in India, and we are honoured to host him at the JRE Campus. We are delighted
and grateful that Prof Vedula and Prof Bill Oakes, Director EPICS, Purdue University have
consented to conduct a comprehensive, three‐stage certification program for
incorporating PBL intotheengineeringcurriculum.
A detailed program itinerary is furnished along with this invitation, and we urge all
institutions to encourage a couple of enthusiastic faculty to participate in the first part of
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thecertificationprogramon16 July‘15.
Thanks and Regards
Dr Krishna Rao
Director and Dean JRE School of Engineering
Engineering