Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), with the support of Harvard Business School, will soon offer 12 courses online for the students and its alumni in various disciplines.
While the fees for these courses in the open market range between US$1,200 to US$1,800, SPPU will offer courses for US$300-US$400, Nitin said. KarmalkariHe is the Vice Chancellor of SPPU. He was speaking on the sidelines of the two-day annual festival managing committee meeting on Saturday.
“The courses are designed by Harvard Business School and the faculty is theirs. But, we have reached an agreement and will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with them so that our students, as well as alumni, can be offered online by them. 12 courses taken,” Karmalkar said.
“They will be certificate courses as well as diploma courses. The courses will be on new age topics like data analytics. “They will be offered in a synchronous mode for all,” said Apoorva Palkar, Director of Innovation, Incubation and Linkage at SPPU.
NS Umrani, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SPPU, said that working professionals and faculty members may find several courses useful. “We expect to start offering these courses in mid-October. They have such MoUs with nine institutes/universities in India and we are one,” Umrani said.
Meanwhile, in the first half of the Senate meeting, the members discussed the recent letter of the Directorate of Higher Education, asking the divisional joint director to look into the legality of VC Nitin Karmalkar’s initial appointment as a professor at SPPU.
While the fees for these courses in the open market range between US$1,200 to US$1,800, SPPU will offer courses for US$300-US$400, Nitin said. KarmalkariHe is the Vice Chancellor of SPPU. He was speaking on the sidelines of the two-day annual festival managing committee meeting on Saturday.
“The courses are designed by Harvard Business School and the faculty is theirs. But, we have reached an agreement and will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with them so that our students, as well as alumni, can be offered online by them. 12 courses taken,” Karmalkar said.
“They will be certificate courses as well as diploma courses. The courses will be on new age topics like data analytics. “They will be offered in a synchronous mode for all,” said Apoorva Palkar, Director of Innovation, Incubation and Linkage at SPPU.
NS Umrani, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SPPU, said that working professionals and faculty members may find several courses useful. “We expect to start offering these courses in mid-October. They have such MoUs with nine institutes/universities in India and we are one,” Umrani said.
Meanwhile, in the first half of the Senate meeting, the members discussed the recent letter of the Directorate of Higher Education, asking the divisional joint director to look into the legality of VC Nitin Karmalkar’s initial appointment as a professor at SPPU.
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