The 125-year-old institution is venturing into different fields to keep up with changing needs of society
The Pune-based Deccan Education Society (DES) is changing the way education is delivered and managed by outlining key plans to keep up with the market trends and including plans to venture outside Maharashtra.
While talking to DNA, chairman of governing council, DES, Ajit Patwardhan said that the process of upgradation and diversification was started 10 years ago.
“The recent orientation in different fields is to keep up with the change in economic expectations and needs of society. We already have a good reputation as a private enterprise in educating the masses. In the years ahead, DES is going to witness more development,” said Patwardhan.
Recently, through their DES Fergusson Academy of Creative Sciences, a three-year BSc programme in creative sciences was introduced in alliance with Bangalore-based i-Nurture Education Solution.
“It is a full-time undergraduate degree programme, affiliated to Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The course focuses primarily on ideation and problem solving required for television, advertising, radio, print media, film and the web,” he said.
Besides, the DES’ Institute of Film & Television (IFT) in Navi Peth recently launched four postgraduate (PG) diploma courses in broadcast journalism, television technology, television production and media management. The autonomous institute that has a newly set up state-of-the-art studio is led by academic director Girish Kemkar.
“Our emphasis has always been to provide quality education at affordable costs and to expand as per the requirements of society. We are more conservative, taking careful steps, not to do anything outside the ambit of regulatory directives. With pragmatic and effective government policies, we will be more open to changes,” said Patwardhan.
Speaking about their future plans, the secretary of DES, SN Kanetkar said, “We have plans to venture outside Maharashtra. We are in the process of setting up an independently-run institute in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, starting with PG diploma courses in clinical microbiology, food sciences and pharmaceutical quality control.”
“We have maintained our reputation as pioneers of new education since 1974, when we first started management education with our Institute of Management Development & Research (IMDR). The technical institute established in 1937 was also one-of-its-kind in the country,” said Kanetkar.
Talking about their projects planned in collaboration with foreign universities, Kanetkar said that the Fergusson Centre for Advanced Studies (FCAS), from this academic year, is offering two PG courses in food biosciences and clinical microbiology, in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), Scotland, UK.
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