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Purpose: Technology has become an increasingly important tool in solving social and economic problems. Advents in technology are changed many aspects in the education sector. Ubiquitous education technology offered an alternative way of providing education anytime, anywhere, and any amount of time thereby reducing both the cost and time spent on higher education. It also increases the quality of education and made it affordable to everyone. Currently, the use of AI-based GPYs changed the game further, and by providing ubiquitous global information, GPTs can change the higher education model further. In this paper, we have made an exploratory analysis on how AI-based GPTs are affecting the conventional model of education both offline & online. Findings: There is a paradigm shift in the focus of the objective of higher education. Earlier the focus was on learning skills by information identification, information collection, understanding, and applying to solve problems. Now after the availability of AI-based GPTs, the focus is shifted to the use of research skills like Information analysis, comparison, evaluation, interpretation, and creation /generation to identify new problems along with their optimum solution. Originality/Value: The paper compares the changing role of higher education from learning skill focus to research skill focus due to the advent and free availability of AI-based GPTs to HE stakeholders. Type of Paper: Exploratory study.

Background/Purpose: Analysis and new interpretation of the existing information are equivalent to creating new knowledge. A case study is an example of exploratory research and allows researchers to analyze the available information using a systematic analysis framework. In this paper, a case study on a clinical research simulation software product called Simcyp is offered by a global company Certara to its clients in the pharmaceutical industry. Objective: To know the current status of model-based drug development simulation software, with special emphasis on Certara’s Simcyp software, its features, and variations, its client’s usage pattern to prepare new drugs, its usage in research and developmental contribution during the last 22 years, and analysis of Symcyp as a research division of Certara using SWOC framework and analysis of the Symcip as simulation software using ABCD analysis framework as stakeholder analysis. Design/Methodology/Approach: The case study uses an exploratory research approach where the information is collected from various sources including the company website, its competitor’s website, various magazine articles, and scholarly articles from Google Scholar. The collected information are analyzed systematically using company analysis frameworks, product analysis framework, SWOC analysis framework, and ABCD analysis framework. Findings/Result: Based on the analysis, it is found that Symcyp is a most admired simulation software in the pharmaceutical industry for model-based drug design and development for different varieties of diseases. The strategy of Simcyp division of Certara to satisfy, delight, and enlighten its clients is also discussed. Originality/Value: The case study is based on a systematic analysis of a software product of a company using company analysis frameworks, product analysis framework, SWOC analysis framework, and ABCD analysis framework thereby contributing to interpret the existing knowledge in a new way through new interpretation. Type of Paper: Academic research based case study.

Artificial Intelligent (AI)-based GPTs are able to provide expert information in all industry sectors. Hence it is decided to examine the possibility of using ChatGPT to replace the conventional Library in higher education. In this chapter, an exploratory study on the comparison of information collection processes from AI-Based ChatGPT and Higher Education Libraries. This includes a description of the effect of technology on information collection and an analysis of the AI-based GPTs in terms of their capability to provide the right information at any time by evaluating the model of AI-based GPTs in terms of information generation and dissemination. This also includes a systematic comparison of the services provided by traditional libraries and digital libraries with AI-based GPT for students/readers, a study of the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of ChatGPT in terms of providing Library services to readers by ABCD analysis framework and interpretation of the impact of AI-based GPTs on the information collection process of the Higher Education System. Based on analysis, comparison, and evaluation of ChatGPT with traditional and digital library systems, some suggestions are given on the use of AI-GTPs in Higher Education based on its advantages and benefits to the readers of tangible or intangible resources provided in libraries. It is found that AI-based GPTs are expected to be complementary to traditional libraries in terms of providing customized information support.&nbsp

Study Book on Renewable Energy: Session-wise Teaching Plan Detailed Chapters Content - Chapter 1 : Principles of Renewable Energy & Solar Energy 01 - 50 Chapter 2 : Wind Energy 01– 29 Chapter 3 : Ocean Thermal Energy 01 - 27 Chapter 4 : Storage of Energy 01 - 52 Chapter 5 : Geothermal Energy Sources 01 - 25

Technology is an application of science used as a tool to solve the problems of society. One of the ICCT (Information Communication & Computation Technology) underlying technology called “Ubiquitous Education Technology” allows to make innovations in Higher Education delivery. Based on Ubiquitous Education Technology (UET), the online education delivery model found importance after COVID-19. In this paper, we have analysed, discussed, compared, evaluated, and interpreted the impact of various components of Ubiquitous Education Technology on higher education delivery models using exploratory research methods. This includes the effect of technology in the service sector, Opportunities for Ubiquitous Education Technologies and various components of them to be used in the higher education sector, a comparison of the higher education service model before and after COVID-19, evaluation of various Ubiquitous Education Technologies and the innovations to be achieved by them, Prediction of the impact of Ubiquitous Education Technology based higher education delivery models, and some suggest new & effective ways of planning pedagogy to satisfy, delight and enlighten the learners in the Higher education system.&nbsp

Purpose: Artificial Intelligent (AI) Technology-based systems are expected to replace or complement many services in various industries. AI-based GPTs are able to provide expert information in all industry sectors. Hence it is decided to examine the possibility of using ChatGPT to replace the conventional Library in higher education. Methodology: We made an exploratory study on the effects of AI-Based ChatGPT on Higher Education Libraries. This includes a description of the effect of technology on information collection and an analysis of the AI-based GPTs in terms of their capability to provide the right information at any time by evaluating the model of AI-based GPTs in terms of information generation and dissemination. This also includes a systematic comparison of the services provided by traditional libraries and digital libraries with AI-based GPT for students/readers, a study of the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of ChatGPT in terms of providing Library services to readers by ABCD analysis framework and interpretation of the impact of AI-based GPTs on the information collection process of the Higher Education System. Findings: Based on analysis, comparison, and evaluation of ChatGPT with traditional and digital library systems, some suggestions are given on the use of AI-GTPs in Higher Education based on its advantages and benefits to the readers of tangible or intangible resources provided in libraries. It is found that AI-based GPTs are expected to be complementary to traditional libraries in terms of providing customized information support. Originality/Value: An exploratory study is carried out based on collecting information from various authentic sources to analyse, compare, evaluate, and interpret the topic under consideration on the effect of AI-based ChatGPT on higher education libraries. Type of Paper: Explorative Study.

Compiled Book as Study Material for B.Tech. students: Contents: Chapter 1 : Environment & Ecosystem 01-34 Chapter 2 : Natural Resources & Energy 35 – 101 Chapter 3 : Environmental Pollution & Management 102 - 130 Chapter 4 : Air Pollution & Global Warming 131 - 143 Chapter 5 : Waste Management 144-151 Question Bank

Higher education institutions including universities finding more challenges due to enhanced competitions worldwide. Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. In this paper, it is postulated that the six essential infrastructures to be developed by a university for accelerated growth as world-class university are (1) Physical infrastructure, (2) Digital infrastructure, (3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building, (4) Intellectual property infrastructure, (5) Emotional infrastructure, and (6) Networked infrastructure. We have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives, components, and the procedure of developing them to the optimum level

Innovation in course curriculum is a continuous process in the higher education system (HES). As the amount of published information growing with time at geometric progression, it is necessary to increase the depth and breadth of the HES curriculum of every course with time. Engineering education is one of the prominent areas in science & technology education, finding many opportunities and facing many challenges in the 21st century due to the accelerated advancement of technologies in many areas. Keeping students in pace with such developments and adopting such newly emerging areas of technology in the current curriculum is an essential requirement of the education industry’s progress. In this paper, we have proposed improvement in engineering education in India at the undergraduate level by means of six innovations to improve the depth, breadth, and vigorousness of the B.Tech. programme by suggesting a Student integrated development Framework in engineering based on STEAM-Employability Model with a focus on experimental learning. The six innovations proposed in this model upgrades the B.Tech. (Pass) programme into B.Tech. (Honours).

The organizational fate depends on a committed effective decision maker who can predict the future business situations based on various affecting parameters on the organizational business. Such right decisions at right time to be taken by a decision maker can transform himself as an acceptable leader. Such decisions can also decide the fate of the organization along with the livelihood of its employees. A winning leader is an asset of an organization and the employees are directly and indirectly get the benefits of such leader. If the leader fails in predicting the future of a profit oriented organization or not for profit organizations, the employees are directly going to be the victims of such wrong decisions. In this paper, with case studies and prediction model support we have developed a theory on Acceptable Leadership called AB Theory of Leadership which depends on the attributes of Attitude, Behaviour, Choice, Decision of leader while analysing and making decisions on a problem solving by considering organizational perspective.

There are many research methods accepted and adopted under qualitative and quantitative research umbrella and many new research methods are added by many researchers at different point of time. Such new systematic research methods provide or open a new avenue to succeeding researchers and provide an expanded opportunity to see things differently. The process of research always focuses on either development of new knowledge or analysing and interpreting the existing things in a newer way. In this paper, we are proposing and forwarding a new qualitative research method called „Patent Analysis". This method focuses on analysis, description, and interpretation of a chosen patent in any area in a systematic way. Such analysis process of the patent might lead to the development of new concepts or theory. The procedure of patent analysis contains an evaluation of the patent in terms of its advantages, benefits, constraints, disadvantages, effectiveness, and future value.

There are many analysis frameworks used to interpret concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions to any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources, etc. Out of them, recently developed analysis framework called ABCD analysis framework is flexible to use in both qualitative and quantitative manner. ABCD analysis method allows the researcher to interpret the given concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions of any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources including material, machine, men, money, and information, systematically by considering various determinant issues related to the problem under analysis. The various determinant issues like organizational issue, business issues, customer issues, technological issues, government issue, environmental issues, and societal issues are identified and the affecting factors under the constructs Advantages, Benefits, Constraints, and Disadvantages are determined for identified key attributes. The critical constitutional elements of the nanotechnology as green technology are also identified for the same four constructs.

Purpose: Adoption of suitable technology and managing it strategically to solve social problems of the world is the need of the hour. United nations being a multi-country membership organization, has announced 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the year 2015 with a slogan of action to end poverty, to protect the planet, and to ensure peace and prosperity by the year 2030. It is argued that nanotechnology that is considered a technology of the 21st century can be used to realize thirteen out of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. These thirteen SDGs include: Reduce Poverty, Reduce Hunger, Health & Well-Being, Clean Water & Sanitation, Affordable renewable energy, Sustainable Industrialization, Ensure Sustainable Production & Consumption, Combat on Climate Change, Conserve Ocean & Marine Resources, and Protect life on Land. Methodology: The study uses explorative research methodology based on developing postulates. The data and information are collected from various related scholarly publications searched through suitable keywords in Google scholar. Findings: Nanotechnology anticipated as a universal technology has capabilities to solve problems of society at the basic level, comfortable level, and dreamy desirable levels. Nanotechnology, if not managed strategically and carefully has dangers to human health due to its potential risks of predicted nanotoxicity. In this paper, we have analysed these potentials challenges of nanotechnology, its strategic management, and developed a model of how green and eco-friendly nanotechnology can be used in many industries to realize these thirteen sustainable development goals and eliminates the threat of the technification of development processes. Originality/Value: The paper discusses the advantages and benefits of systematic management of green and eco-friendly nanotechnology in the process of realizing individual sustainable goals in detail. Further, the concept, current research outcome, and the industrial prospects of achieving global SDG using eco-friendly green nanotechnology are analysed using predictive analysis framework of explorative research methodology. Paper type: Exploratory Research Analysis.

Technology is an enabler of the implementation of various strategies in solving environmental problems. Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT) and Nanotechnology (NT) are two new emerging general-purpose technologies that have the capabilities to solve many problems of society in an innovative and effective manner. These technologies have potentiality to manage the natural environment and ecology of the earth to support sustainable living creatures. In this paper, we made a detailed analysis of the role of ICCT underlying technologies in environmental and ecological management for maintaining sustainable living systems on earth. The paper discusses the technology interventions & management of natural Environmental & Ecology and Identifies the role of ICCT underlying technologies in environmental & ecological management. The paper also discusses implementation strategies of use of ICCT underlying technologies in environmental & ecological management and analysis of the possible role of ICCT in ecological management using a qualitative ABCD analysis framework. Paper Type: Conceptual Analysis

Innovation in course curriculum is a continuous process in the higher education system (HES). As the amount of published information growing with time at geometric progression, it is necessary to increase the depth and breadth of the HES curriculum of every course with time. Engineering education is one of the prominent areas in science & technology education, finding many opportunities and facing many challenges in the 21st century due to the accelerated advancement of technologies in many areas. Keeping students in pace with such developments and adopting such newly emerging areas of technology in the current curriculum is an essential requirement of the education industry’s progress. In this paper, we have proposed improvement in engineering education in India at the undergraduate level by means of six innovations to improve the depth, breadth, and vigorousness of the B.Tech. programme by suggesting a Student integrated development Framework in engineering based on STEAM-Employability Model with a focus on experimental learning. The six innovations proposed in this model upgrades the B.Tech. (Pass) programme into B.Tech. (Honours). The advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages from students, institutions, and job offering industries point of view are analysed. Finally, some recommendations are submitted based on the analysis to make this model of B.Tech. (Honours) more effective in its objective of enhancing competency and employability of graduates to secure better employment.

The organizational fate depends on a committed effective decision maker who can predict the future business situations based on various affecting parameters on the organizational business. The right decisions taken at right time can elevate an organization as winning organization and the decision maker can transform himself as an acceptable leader. Such decisions can also decide the fate of the organization along with the livelihood of its employees. A winning leader is an asset of an organization and the employees are directly and indirectly get the benefits of such leader. If the leader fails in predicting the future of a profit oriented organization or not for profit organizations, the employees are directly going to be the victims of such wrong decisions. Leaders should able to make correct judgement while taking decisions based on effective predictions by using predictive analysis framework. The attitude of the leader plays an important role while making decisions on solving organizational/individual problems. In Simon’s model of decision making, the attitude of the leader decides his ability of identifying a problem, finding alternative solutions, analysing these alternatives to find optimum alternative, and finally to implement the best alternative to practically solve the problem. Attitude is the mental status of a human being which represents the emotions based on his/her feelings at a given time and controls his/her instantaneous behaviour. In this paper, we have developed a theory on winning leaders actions based on their behaviour in organizations. It is argued that the behaviour of a leader depends on his/her attitude which may be positive or negative depends on the four factors identified as feelings, emotions, belief, and environment. Thus a supportive, effective, good environment creates positive attitude and hence winning leaders. The bad environment supports negative attitude due to wrong belief, negative emotions, and frustratiive feelings which are again depends on the present and past environment of the decision maker.

Research is an essential activity in Society for technology, industrial, and social progress. Based on the historical review, higher education institutions focus on basic, conceptual, explorative, empirical, and analytical research methods whereas industries focus on new products and new processes development. In this paper, based on a survey on closed and open access scholarly publications, a new Scholarly Publication based Research Journals Classification model is proposed by defining an ideal scholarly publication process, analysing scholarly publication process, determining necessary and sufficient conditions to call an article as Scholarly article, identifying and analysing various factors affecting Journal classification, and developing a new model of Scholarly Journals grading.

Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT) is considered as a general purpose universal technology due to its ability to address many problems in the human society related to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires. In this chapter, initially, various quality attributes of Digital Service are determined. The important underlying technologies of ICCT which are emerging as technologies of 21st century including Artificial intelligence & robotics, Big data & business analytics, Blockchain technology, Cloud computing & storage, Digital marketing, 3D printing, Internet of Things, Online ubiquitous education, Optical computing, Information storage technology, and Virtual & Augmented Reality are considered for possible innovations in service industries. The applications of ICCT underlying technologies in some of the prominent service industry sectors are identified and the management of ICCT underlying technology usage strategies for digital service innovation in tertiary sector industries are predicted and analysed.

It is observed that certain technologies have grown and expanded their branches to many areas and sectors of practice in such a way that they have been designated as General-Purpose Technologies. Such general-purpose technologies are identified and used in many industries to do business and to solve or simplify the problems of industries. During the last few years, it is observed that out of many general-purpose technologies, two technologies have shown accelerated growth and gave birth to many underlying sub-technologies: (1) Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT), and (2) Nanotechnology (NT). These two technologies are further identified as “Universal Technologies” due to their potential capability of solving problems related to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires of human beings in society. ICCT and Nanotechnology have opened up the possibility of ubiquitous solutions to many problems related to production and service industries by offering automated mobility, stability, and sustainability. In this paper, we have identified various strategies for effective management of ICCT & NT underlying technologies in solving issues pertaining to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires of human beings in society. The paper also discusses how these universal technologies can be unified to further strengthen their abilities in redefining the productivity in production-related industries and performance in service-related industries with the objective of moving towards technological singularity by building super-intelligent self-replicating machines.

Higher education institutions including universities finding more challenges due to enhanced competitions worldwide. Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. In this paper, it is postulated that the six essential infrastructures to be developed by a university for accelerated growth as world-class university are (1) Physical infrastructure, (2) Digital infrastructure, (3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building, (4) Intellectual property infrastructure, (5) Emotional infrastructure, and (6) Networked infrastructure. We have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives, components, and the procedure of developing them to the optimum level.

Antibiotic medicine is a kind of antimicrobial substance used to fight against the bacteria entered to the human body and hence is considered as a most important category of antibacterial agents to fight against bacterial infections either by killing them or inhibiting their growth. Antibiotic medications are widely used both for preventing and curing infections in human beings, animals, and agricultural plants but are not effective against viral infections, such as the common cold, flu, coughs, sore throats, etc. Even though antibiotics found their importance in fighting against bacterial infections, inappropriate use of them in humans, animals, and agricultural plants has considered as one of the reasons for developing antimicrobial resistance in them and which has several negative effects from different stakeholders’ points of view. In this paper, through a systematic review, we made an attempt to study the determinant issues and complex affecting factors which influence the inappropriate antibiotic use and its consequences in controlling bacterial infections. The study focus on identifying and analyzing misuse of antibiotics including challenges involved in the inappropriate use of Antibiotics, the determinant factors influencing the inappropriate use of antibiotics through a systematic review, predict the determinant factors affecting the process of inappropriate use of antibiotics in an ideal situation which is the final goal of antibiotics research, developing a model by identifying the determinant factors which affects the decision of inappropriate use of antibiotics in society by various stakeholders. It also includes identifying the research gap which is the difference between current status and future anticipated optimistic ideal state and to develop research agendas based on identified research gap on inappropriate use of antibiotics and its effect on human health. Keywords: Antibiotics, Inappropriate use, Humans and agriculture, Research agenda, Research gap, Antimicrobial resistance.

Higher education is finding importance throughout the globe due to two reasons that include challenges to increase Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) towards 100% and the possibility of further HE system innovations due to drastic changes in technology and the creativity of new Tech-generations. In this paper, we made a detailed analysis of the effect of technology on industry and the creation of new tech generations in society. The predictive analysis methodology is used for discussing the effect of technologies on industries and its effects on the creation of new tech generations. Finally, the possible higher education strategies to fulfil the anticipated desires of the tech-generations in society are analysed. Based on the analysis a set of postulates are suggested to integrate technology with the higher education system to develop industry acceptable qualified professionals to serve satisfactorily in so-called Tech-society.

Universities worldwide facing a dilemma in identifying effective models of improving the quality education to their students at UG and PG levels in order to inculcate employable skills and innovative abilities as per industry requirement. Industries and industry sectors also struggling to identify young graduates who can be innovators to add new ideas and models to add values to their existing products and services to survive, sustain and differentiate in present business competition. This, in turn, developing pressure on Universities to re-define their education models including, suitable subject identification, developing and offering industry related curriculum, effective teaching – learning methodologies including suitable customized pedagogy and use of educational technology to boost the confidence and innovative thinking abilities of graduates. In this paper, we have made an attempt to analyse the present trend in global Higher Education, their effect on Indian University education, technology and its impact on university education model, how research can differentiate campus based university education, Innovations in University research including author centric scholarly publication for copyright based IPR and Student Centric Curriculum for Patent Based IPR. The paper also proposed a model of promoting research at UG and PG levels boosts the Innovative ability of students and faculty members towards excellency. Finally, the authors made some recommendations to reimage the universities towards world-class universities.

Research and Development is an essential activity in Society for technology, industrial, and social progress. Based on the historical review, higher education institutions focus on basic, conceptual, explorative, empirical, and analytical research methods whereas industries focus on new products and new processes development. It is also known that the end of every piece of research of HEIs and Research Institutions is the scholarly publication and having the copyright of such basic or conceptual invention/innovation whereas the end of every piece of research of industries is acquiring a patent in inventor/company name. In this paper, based on a survey on closed and open access scholarly publications, a new Scholarly Publication based Research Journals Classification model is proposed by defining an ideal scholarly publication process, analysing scholarly publication process, determining necessary and sufficient conditions to call an article as Scholarly article, identifying and analysing various factors affecting Journal classification, and developing a new model called “Researcher centric Scholarly Journals grading”. The developed model of journal classification is compared with existing Journal grading models and some suggestions made on scholarly publications and citations from different stakeholders’ points of view.&nbsp

Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT) also called as Digital Technology and is considered as a general purpose universal technology due to its ability to solve many problems in the human society related to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires. In this chapter, initially, we have identified various quality attributes of Digital Service and some prominent published works in digital service innovation. The important underlying technologies of ICCT which are emerging as technologies of 21st century including Artificial intelligence& robotics, Big data & business analytics, Cloud computing& storage, Digital marketing, 3D printing, Internet of Things, Online ubiquitous education, Quantum computing, Information storage technology, and Virtual & Augmented Reality are considered for possible innovations in such industries. The applications of ICCT underlying technologies in some of the prominent service industry sectors are identified and the management of ICCT underlying technology usage strategies for digital service innovation in tertiary sector industries are analysed.

Systematic education policy is essential for offering school and college education in a country due to the reason that education leads to progress in society. Different countries use different education systems with different stages during its life cycle of school and College education levels. Recently, the Government of India received a draft Education policy suggested by an expert committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The committee suggested both incremental and drastically changes in existing Indian education policy and give guidelines to effective implementation in the country by 2030. This is also in line with the Objectives of fourth Sustainable Development Goals to provide quality education for all citizens through fourth Educational Industry Revolution (EIR 4.0) in the country. This paper reviews the related literature during last few years on Indian Higher Education Policies and their consequences, Salient features and their focuses on the present draft of National Education policy 2019 through content analysis. The paper highlights on various policies proposed in the draft with the special emphasis on higher education section and compare them with the previous policies. The analysis also compares the possible effects of NEP 2019 proposal on private and public HEIs in terms of facilities & restrictions. The strength and weakness of the new policy are identified with respect to various stakeholders and listed. Appropriate suggestions are made to realize the policy and make it defect free and effective from a public point of reference and for the prosperity of the country

Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. It is postulated that the six essential assets to be developed by a university based on our predictive analysis for the growth and prosper as world-class university are (1) Physical infrastructure, (2) Digital infrastructure, (3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building, (4) Intellectual property infrastructure, (5) Emotional infrastructure, and (6) Networked infrastructure. In this paper, we have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives in detail. We have also discussed the various generic strategies to be followed to develop such infrastructures along the lifecycle of the university including Survival, Sustainability, Differentiation, and Growth & prosperity are analysed. The necessary and sufficient conditions of developing such infrastructures using all the above strategies towards building World-class universities are identified. It is estimated that Physical, Digital, and Innovative Academic infrastructures are necessary conditions and Intellectual Property, Emotional, and Network infrastructures are sufficient conditions respectively.

Innovation in course curriculum is a continuous process in the higher education system (HES). As the amount of published information growing with time at geometric progression, it is necessary to increase the depth and breadth of the HES curriculum of every course with time. Engineering education is one of the prominent areas in science & technology education, finding many opportunities and facing many challenges in the 21st century due to the accelerated advancement of technologies in many areas. Keeping students in pace with such developments and adopting such newly emerging areas of technology in the current curriculum is an essential requirement of the education industry’s progress. In this paper, we have proposed improvement in engineering education in India at the undergraduate level by means of six innovations to improve the depth, breadth, and vigorousness of the B.Tech. programme by suggesting a Student integrated development Framework in engineering based on STEAM-Employability Model with a focus on experimental learning. The six innovations proposed in this model upgrades the B.Tech. (Pass) programme into B.Tech. (Honours). The advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages from students, institutions, and job offering industries point of view are analysed to check this model of B.Tech. (Honours) for its effectiveness in its objective of enhancing competency and employability of graduates to secure better employment.

The organizational fate depends on a committed effective decision maker who can predict the future business situations based on various affecting parameters on the organizational business. The right decisions taken at right time can elevate an organization as a winning organization and the decision maker can transform himself as an acceptable leader. Such decisions can also decide the fate of the organization along with the livelihood of its employees. A winning leader is an asset of an organization and the employees are directly and indirectly get the benefits of such a leader. If the leader fails in predicting the future of a profit oriented organization or not for profit organizations, the employees are directly going to be the victims of such wrong decisions. Leaders should able to make a correct judgment while taking decisions based on effective predictions by using predictive analysis framework. The attitude of the leader plays an important role while making decisions on solving organizational/individual problems. In Simon’s model of decision making, the attitude of the leader decides his ability to identify a problem, finding alternative solutions, analysing these alternatives to find optimum alternative, and finally to implement the best alternative to practically solve the problem. Attitude is the mental status of a human being which represents the emotions based on his/her feelings at a given time and controls his/her instantaneous behaviour. In this paper, we have developed a theory of winning leaders actions based on their behaviour in organizations. It is argued that the behaviour of a leader depends on his/her attitude which may be positive or negative depends on the four factors identified as feelings, emotions, belief, and environment. Thus a supportive, effective, good environment creates a positive attitude and hence winning leaders. The bad environment supports a negative attitude due to wrong belief, negative emotions, and frustrative feelings which are again depend on the present and past environment of the decision maker. The various components which are affecting leaders’ environmental factor and their important characteristic elements are identified.

It is well known that scholarly research methods in science and philosophy are changing with time, needs, perception, thinking, and performance. Many research methods are used under the umbrella of both qualitative and quantitative research and many new research methods are being added by many researchers at different point of time. Many new directions in scholarly research methods are initiated by many innovative researchers in order to bring improvements in the quality of research. Such fearless innovations in the form of new models of scholarly research increased the research methods and models for new generations. This paper focuses on the conceptual analysis of some of the possible new directions in scholarly research for 21st century including the importance of innovations suitable for the progress in the century by analysing some of the important new scholarly research models which can contribute substantially to the research field. The paper also reviews some of the research analysis frameworks which have added tools, techniques, and values to the scholarly research.

Background/Purpose: Developing and Maintaining quality in higher education is an essential aspect of the sustainability of universities. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), India has developed a new model of HEIs assessment and accreditation from July 2017. Based on its assessment, NAAC announces the final result in the form of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) between 0 to 4.0, which is a combination of evaluation of qualitative and quantitative metrics with three parts including peer team report, graphical representation based on quantitative metric, and institutional grade sheet. Out of more than 380 universities assessment out of about 950 universities as on 30/042021, only 9 universities have been graded as A++ letter grade by NAAC. Objectives: Study on Criteria wise performance of top nine A++ scored Indian Universities according to NAAC Accreditation, full scores obtained in various criteria with reasons, compare research performance and analyse it using ABC model of research productivity, the effect of organizational leaders as role models on the research output, and to critically analyse the organizational SWOC based on NAAC data and outcome. Design/Methodology/Approach: Analysis of information collected from self-study reports of NAAC A++ graded universities, comparing and analyzing criteria wise, and analyzing research productivity of these universities and their leaders using ABC model of annual Research performance framework. Findings/Result: Out of nine NAAC A++ graded universities, five universities got full scores in the Curricular Aspects criterion. The universities are ranked based on their overall scores in the accreditation process. Based on the scores obtained in different criteria, the strengths and weaknesses of these universities are studied. These nine universities are further ranked based on their annual research performance and the leaders/Vice-chancellors research annual research productivity by considering the last five years research productivity. It is observed that many vice-chancellors failed to contribute to universities research outcomes as role models and motivators to other researchers of these universities. A comparative study on research performance-based grading is found to be ambiguous and little disparity is observed on key indicator-based university grading. Based on observations, some general recommendations are suggested. Research limitations/implications: This study used the data from the Self-study Report, Peer Team Report, and Grade Report of respective universities kept for public reference in the NAAC website in accordance with the new accreditation framework, downloaded on 30/04/2021. Originality/Value: This paper compares the research performance of nine NAAC A++ accredited universities of India using their last 5 years’ research data and identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of these universities for further improvement. Paper Type: Explorative Research based on research analysis.

Air pollution is a major component of environmental degradation in the 21st century worldwide due to the increased use of fossil fuels in various industries and their contribution to contaminating the natural atmosphere around us. Environmental pollution is posing a challenge to human existence and the continuation of human generation on this planet. Environmental degradation is considered a major affecting factor of climate change which includes both global warming driven by industrial emissions of green gases and large-scale shift in weather patterns. This problem is growing on a large scale throughout the world and poses challenges to survival and sustainability. Nanotechnology being universal technology can be used to solve this problem of environmental degradation by cleaning the degraded air on large scale and can counter the contribution of natural and industrial pollution. In this paper, the proposal of construction and use of nanotechnology based mega machine is analyzed and the prospectus and challenges of such machine production and maintenance for large scale air cleaning are discussed. The advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of production and use of such mega machines from various stakeholders’ points of view are identified. Finally, the idea of self-sustainable nanotechnology filters based mega machines is proposed using solar/wind energy supported systems for automatic and self-sustainable use.

abilities to provide solutions to the environmental degradation problems through its precision pollution monitoring abilities using nanosensors, lower energy needs due to lightweight strong materials, and reducing the use of harsh cleansers through the applications of nanocoatings to the surfaces. A more advanced nanotechnology solution will lead to building a product with molecular-level precision through the use of productive nanosystems. In this paper, we analysed the use of nanotechnology and techniques in controlling environmental pollution with an emphasis on air pollution and water pollution. We have developed a concept of using nanotechnology-based techniques in optimizing large scale environmental cleaner using bottom-up and top-down methods based on a systematic review. Finally, a segregated large-scale environmental cleaning machine called mega-machine is proposed which works on renewable solar/wind energy and scaled up or down. The proposed concept of the machine is analysed using ABCD framework.

Technology is a tool to solve many social problems for comfortable life leading process. From olden days the technology is continuously progressed and different generations of technologies were developed and are substantially contributed to society for changing the lifestyle and comfortability of the people. In this paper, we have made an elaborative analysis of the saga of technology development in history and their contribution to civilian society. The technology generations of the 21st century are identified and their importance in social transformation and comfortability for human day-to-day life is discussed. Information Communication & Computation Technology (ICCT) as one of the major technology generations of 21st century is analysed by considering its underlying technologies, their applications in manufacturing and service industries to transform them as Intelligent Manufacturing Industry (IMI) and Intelligent Service Industry (ISI) respectively, along with future opportunities and challenges. Finally, the contributions of ICCT as a technology generation of 21st century, so-called Universal technology is predicted and discussed.

Liberal education concept in higher education provides an opportunity for students to choose the areas of study that enhances general knowledge, human values, and develops the intellectual ability for creative thinking and innovations. This kind of education can prepare students to work confidently in a variety of job situations and different working environments. In present modern civilization, it is argued that the students need an education system which can prepare them both specialized, super specialized and humans. Accordingly, a new higher education model at the higher secondary level and college level is suggested with a liberal education concept which involves equal importance to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & design, and Mathematics called the STEAM model. In this chapter, the importance, implementation, and expected outcome of such a liberal education system are discussed with emphasis on Arts& design. The advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of the STEAM model are studies using ABCD analysis from different stakeholders’ perspectives.

Well defined and futuristic education policy is essential for a country at school and college levels due to the reason that education leads to economic and social progress. Different countries adopt different education systems by considering the tradition and culture and adopt different stages during their life cycle at school and college education levels to make it effective. Recently Government of India announced its new Education policy which is based on the recommendations by an expert committee headed by Dr. Kasturirangan, Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This paper highlights on various policies announced in the higher education system and compare them with the currently adopted system. Various innovations and predicted implications of NEP 2020 on the Indian higher education system along with its merits are discussed. Finally, some suggestions are proposed for its effective implementation towards achieving its objectives.

ABSTRACT Universities worldwide facing a dilemma in identifying effective models of improving the quality education to their students at UG and PG levels in order to inculcate employable skills and innovative abilities as per industry requirement. Industries and industry sectors also struggling to identify young graduates who can be innovators to add new ideas and models to add values to their existing products and services to survive, sustain and differentiate in present business competition. This, in turn, developing pressure on Universities to re-define their education models including, suitable subject identification, developing and offering industry related curriculum, effective teaching – learning methodologies including suitable customized pedagogy and use of educational technology to boost the confidence and innovative thinking abilities of graduates. In this paper, we have made an attempt to analyse the present trend in global Higher Education, their effect on Indian University education, technology and its impact on university education model, how research can differentiate campus based university education, Innovations in University research including author centric scholarly publication for copyright based IPR and Student Centric Curriculum for Patent Based IPR. The paper also proposed a model of promoting research at UG and PG levels boosts the Innovative ability of students and faculty members towards excellency. Finally, the authors made some recommendations to reimage the universities towards world-class universities. &nbsp

An energy system is a system which produces or converts and delivers energy for useful work. An energy system is primarily designed to supply energy to various processes in the dynamic world and to provide both basic needs and luxurious services to end-users. There are many energy sources of different types used in practice. The sustainability model of the universe suggests the use of renewable energy sources for harvesting energy for practical use. Renewable energy research is finding importance due to its priority of maintaining environmental sustainability. The objective and direction of renewable energy research can be properly guided by considering the properties of Ideal energy source. In this paper, we made an attempt to analyse the importance and objective of energy research and how it can be improved and speed up by showcasing an anticipated hypothetical energy system called the ideal energy system. The system model of the ideal energy system is proposed and its predicted characteristics are proposed and discussed in detail. The possibility of realization of such a system in practice is also discussed by comparing the ideal energy systemcharacteristics with practically possible energy system using renewable energy sources and suitable technology.

There are many definitions for the research process in both natural sciences and philosophical sciences. Out of them, the most popular two definitions are (1) Creating new knowledge, and (2) Interpretation of existing knowledge in a new way through the suitable method of analysis. There are many analysis frameworks used to interpret concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions to any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources, etc. Out of them, recently developed analysis framework called ABCD analysis framework is flexible to use in both qualitative and quantitative manner. ABCD analysis method allows the researcher to interpret the given concepts, ideas, technologies, models, systems, solutions of any problems, strategies, products or services of an organization, resources including material, machine, men, money, and information, systematically by considering various determinant issues related to the problem under analysis. The various determinant issues like organizational issue, business issues, customer issues, technological issues, government issue, environmental issues, and societal issues are identified and the affecting factors under the constructs Advantages, Benefits, Constraints, and Disadvantages are determined for identified key attributes. The critical constitutional elements of the nanotechnology as green technology are also identified for the same four constructs. The scores are given to each critical element under all four constructs and based on calculating overall scores the importance of nanotechnology as green technology in solving both basic and advanced problems in the society are determined and rated.

Change with time is essential and inevitable in all systems except climate change which is not acceptable for environmental sustainability. Similarly, change is essential in the ield of scholarly research. The research methods invented before 21st century are not only suicient for prospective researchers in 21st century due to the fact that both systems and environments are changing

Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT) also called as Digital Technology and is considered as a general purpose universal technology due to its ability to solve many problems in the human society related to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires. In this chapter, initially, we have identified various quality attributes of Digital Service and some prominent published works in digital service innovation.

Technology is an application of science and used to solve many complicated challenges in society to make human life comfortable and happy. Certain technologies have grown and expanded their branches to many areas and sectors of practice in such a way that they have been designated as General-Purpose Technologies. Such general-purpose technologies are identified and used in many industries to do business and to solve or simplify the problems of industries. During the last few years, it is observed that out of many general-purpose technologies, two technologies have shown accelerated growth and gave birth to many underlying sub- technologies: (1) Information Communication and Computation Technology (ICCT), and (2) Nanotechnology (NT). These two technologies are further identified as “Universal Technologies” due to their potential capability of solving problems related to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires of human beings in society. ICCT and Nanotechnology have opened up the possibility of ubiquitous solutions to many problems related to production and service industries by offering automated mobility, stability, and sustainability. In this paper, we have identified various strategies for effective management of ICCT & NT underlying technologies in solving issues pertaining to basic needs, advanced wants, and dreamy desires of human beings in society. The paper also discusses how these universal technologies can be unified to further strengthen their abilities in redefining the productivity in production-related industries and performance in service-related industries with the objective of moving towards technological singularity by building super-intelligent self-replicating machines.

It is observed that certain technologies have grown and expanded their branches to many areas and sectors of practice in such a way that they have been designated as General-Purpose Technologies. Such general-purpose technologies are identified and used in many industries to do business and to solve or simplify the problems of industries

It is observed that certain technologies have grown and expanded their branches to many areas and sectors of practice in such a way that they have been designated as General-Purpose Technologies. Such general-purpose technologies are identified and used in many industries to do business and to solve or simplify the problems of industries

National Conference onResearch in Higher Education, Learning and Administration IQAC 2019

National Conference onResearch in Higher Education, Learning and Administration IQAC 2019

National Conference on Research in Higher Education, Learning and Administration IQAC 2019