Union Ministry of Education sanctions global academic programme for MDU

The Union Ministry of Education has sanctioned a Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) programme for which a proposal was submitted by Prof Ramphul Ohlan at Institute of Management Studies and Research (IMSAR) in Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak.

“A grant of Rs 6,64,000 has been sanctioned for the programme. Under this, a five-day workshop will be organised on "Managerial Efficiency and Productivity Measurement: Theory and Practice", at MDU by foreign faculty — Prof Subal Kumbhakar from Department of Economics, State University of New York,” said Ohlan.

He added that the participants would learn to improve efficiency and productivity of business organisations. It would improve the business analytics skill of students at IMSAR, he added.

“Prof BS Murty, Director, IIT-Hyderabad, will act as the national coordinator, while Prof Arup Mitra from South Asian University, New Delhi, will be a national faculty expert for this course,” Ohlan added.