The book entitled “Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Research Methodologies and Project Management in Higher Education” deals with higher education system, teaching and learning in higher education system, innovations in integrated model of higher education system, innovations in academia and industry interaction, innovations in research methodologies, innovations in project management and field training. The book will be useful for the teachers and students who are engaged in teaching and learning, research and development and writing projects and want to improve their study and learning skills as per the guidelines of the statutory bodies. The learning skills which are suitable today may not be appropriate tomorrow. Most likely, the learning skills in the near future are going to be dominated by (1) technological innovations (use of digital resources including innovations), (2) critical thinking (building new solutions through novel combination of given information) and (3) research (what and how people are willing to learn). The institutions have to realize that if students can't learn the way we teach, we should teach them the way they learn. This in turn requires good teaching, reading, learning, writing and presentation skills. The author would welcome the observations from the readers for its improvement.
Prof. (Dr.) Ram Chandra is an internationally acclaimed Scientist, Consultant, Manager and Academician with vast experience in the areas of higher academics and professional education. He has over 45 years of experience in international teaching, lecturing, research, management and administration. He has served several universities in different capacities like Vice Chancellor, Monad University; Deputy Vice Chancellor at Cavendish University, Zambia ; Professor and Director, Board of Studies at Mewar University; Senior Regional Director at Indira Gandhi National Open University; Director at Centre of Energy Studies and Research, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore; Senior Scientific Officer at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has developed several academic programmes and edited several books for Monad University, Mewar University, Cavendish University and WABAMP (World Association for Business Administration and Management Professionals). He has written several books/review articles. Some of them are: ”Teaching and Learning Skills in Higher Education”, ”Open and Distance Education Systems: New Vistas in Higher Education”, “Advances in the Energy Auditing and Conservation”, “Renewable Energy Technology and its Implementation in India”, “Quality Education in Higher Education: Creditization, Examination, Evaluation and Certification”, “Innovation in Examination and Evaluation in Universities”, “University Education: Teaching and Learning Skills: How Students Think? ”, “A Study of Dropout of Students in Master Programmes”, “Project Evaluation Measures for Quality Assurance in India”, “Dropout of Students in Undergraduate and Master Programmes”. He has published more than 115 research papers in the journals of international repute in the areas of Education, Energy Audit, and Conservation, Distance Education, Renewable Energy, Optical Fibres and Plasma Physics.
