National Seminar On Professionalization of Education: Problems & Opportunities in India

National Seminar On Professionalization of Education: Problems & Opportunities in India (4-5 th December 2014) Venue: R.K. Hall, Faculty of Arts, BHU, Varanasi: 221005

Modern age is the age of skillful knowledge that can serve the society, organization either in educational institutions or service organizations. Since in the last many decades there has been a cry that knowledge without use is useless. This is the scenario of the world at large irrespective of the nations -- developed, developing or underdeveloped. In spite of this fact, it has been seen that there are still a large number of institutions especially run by governments, and institutions located at rural areas are generally focusing on traditional type of education that has little to do in quest of rendering services to the community people and subsequently may become the source of their low quality living. It is indeed a fact, that traditional education is time-consuming and do not provide opportunities for getting early be-fitting job whereas, vocational or professional education is a well-directed and planned way of perusing education that provide ample opportunity for getting early and befitting jobs and subsequently will keep job seekers to enjoy high quality of life. With regard to professionalization of education, it is to say that educational institutions must have their fingers on the nerves of the market where most demanded jobs are available or likely to be created in near future because if in accordance with the job market conditions, if education and training are provided then there are most likely enhances and people will get employment at the earliest without losing their career tenure. In fact, in this modern age, there is a fast pace of technological development and for that reason every moment new courses are coming up to cater the requirements of the new jobs. However, it has been observed that government institutions lag behind in visualizing the changing scenario of the world of work with regard to the conditions and nature of job opportunities attracting the people in the job market hence, as a result generally most students are pursuing traditional education which has no or little direction as well as involves a time-consuming process in getting proper job. The educationists, experts and other participants may deliberate on the present pattern of the educational institutions and the problems they are facing in opening professional/vocational courses and linking these courses with the opportunities in the job market through interaction during the course of Seminar which may be highly fruitful for motivating and promoting Institutions to go for vocational/professional courses that may subsequently promote and enhance the quality of life of youths in India by getting be-fitting job at the early age. Keeping of this in mind a two days National Seminar on Professionalization of Education: Problems and Opportunities in India. Vision of the Seminar: The vision of the Seminar is to provide a platform for deliberations on the following sub-themes to know and identify the problems, opportunities and remedial

strategies to motivate the Institutional Heads for giving main focus on job-oriented courses and students to pursue such type of courses, which are given as under:- 1. Problems and limitations in opening vocational/professional courses. 2. Attitude towards female education especially professional/vocational courses. 3. Role of professional/vocational education for the cultural advancement 4. Utility-oriented education. 5. Motivation of students towards education in general and professional education in particular. 6. Personal and financial problems as barriers in pursuing professional education: Challenges and remedies 7. Information dissemination mechanisms pertaining to the benefits of professional/vocational courses 8. Motivating mechanisms for students for pursuing vocational/professional courses 9. Any other relevant issue with regard to the theme. Having deliberated on the above theme/sub-themes, it is visualized that Institutions may comeout to think of focusing much more on to vocational courses of studies. Moreover, better strategies may also be designed for attracting students towards such courses through effective information dissemination techniques. Participants may discuss any one of the theme or combination of themes as listed above, focusing on their own course/discipline. About the Host Institution (Banaras Hindu University) Banaras Hindu University is a leading residential & internationally reputed temple of learning situated at half a mile away from the bank of Ganga in the holy city of Varanasi- the sacred city Known for spirituality. The University was founded by the great nationalist and visionary leader, Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya, in 1916. The university is spread over 4,000 acres in two campuses i.e. the main campus being in Varanasi and the second campus being developed at Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Barakachha, Mirzapur. There are 4 institutes, 17 faculties, more than 140 teaching departments, 4 advanced centers and 4 interdisciplinary schools, 1 undergraduate college for women and more than 80 hostels with more than 30,000 students, about 1.800 teachers and nearly 5,000 non-teaching staffs. About Faculty of Arts The Faculty of Arts is the oldest and largest faculty and occupies a unique position in the history of Banaras Hindu University. Earlier it was known as the Central Hindu College. It was founded

in 1898 by Dr. (Mrs.) Annie Besant and became the nucleus from which the Banaras Hindu University grew after its establishment in 1916 by Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya. It is also popularly recognized as the "Mother Faculty" out of which many other faculties and departments of the university grew out. Realizing the significance and important role of humanities in modern education as well as in the nation building efforts, Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya envisaged it as a centre to preserve and disseminate the best thought and culture of India. As such through its various departments, the Faculty represents the cultural diversity and pluralism which form the salient features of the Indian cultural heritage and tradition. Since its inception, it has pursued with great devotion teaching and research in the field of humanities earning a distinction for itself and for Banaras Hindu University. Its excellent tradition has continued uninterruptedly. Currently the Faculty's focus lies in three broad areas of studies, namely, (i)history, Culture and Philosophy, (ii) Language and Literature; and (iii) Professional and Vocational courses. The first area is represented by the departments of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, History of Art, and Philosophy & Indian Religion. These have since long been recognized as national centers for research and scholarship in their respective fields with a distinguished faculty of international repute. Under the second area of studies comes a large number of Indian and foreign language departments, that did distinctive contributions in research such as Hindi, Sanskrit and English. Not lagging far behind are such departments as Pali and Buddhist Studies, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu, etc, which are carrying out important research works besides teaching. Realizing the significance of foreign languages, departments of both Asian and European languages were established long back which impart training in more than 11 languages at various levels under the departments of Foreign Languages, French Studies, German Studies, Arabic and Persian. Known for their excellent academic output, these language departments have created a niche for themselves far and wide. This places Banaras Hindu University among the select few in India with excellent facilities for teaching and research in a large number of languages catering to the needs of national integrity and globalization. The dynamism of the Faculty is revealed in its ability to keep itself growing with the times by opening new departments suited to the contemporary needs of society. This forms the

part of its third area of focus which includes the professional courses like Physical Education, Library and Information Science, and Journalism and Mass Communication, and the most recently developed Vocational Courses like Office Management & Corporate Secretaryship, Office Management & Business Communication. Tourism & Travel Management, Archaeology and Museology, Functional Hindi and Functional English. It would be no exaggeration to say that the Faculty of Arts has continued to play a crucial role in building up the unique position of the Banaras Hindu University in India and abroad. This is well reflected in the brief indicative list of its luminous alumni and faculty that includes the former President of India Prof. S. Radhakrishnan, (Philosophy) as well as Padma awardees like B.L.Athreya and T.R.V.Murthy (Philosophy), Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (Hindi), Baldeva Upadhyaya (Sanskrit), Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan (History of Art), A.K.Banerji (Journalism and Mass Communication), S.R.Ranganathan and P.N. Kaula (Library & Information Science), besides such celebrities Ramchandra Shukla, Shyam Sundar Das, Shiv Prasad Singh (Hindi), Rewa Prasad Dwivedi, Srinivas Rath, Pt. Ram Avatar Sharma (Sanskrit), A.S. Altekar, Raj Bali Pandey, R.C. Majumdar and A.K. Narain (A.I.H.C. & Arch.) among others. Paper/Abstract Submission Submissions are to be in the form of empirical, conceptual, practitioner's papers and case studies. Abstract should not exceed 300 words. All submissions are subject to blind review process. Accepted papers will be published in an Edited Volume. Submission of Abstract and Papers must be made through E-mail in MS Word Document Format/ Rich Text Format to nspeocii@gmail.com, ratanbhu@gmail.com. Full paper, not exceeding 15 A4 pages (single line spacing), and Font size 12, Times New Roman in MS Word format, should be submitted before the deadline for inclusion in the Edited Volume. Interested researchers and students are invited to submit the abstract of paper (300 words) through the Conference Email: nspeocii@gmail.com, related to the conference research areas. All submissions (full paper not exceeding 3000 words) will be peer reviewed and their originality and relevance to the Conference will be evaluated. Submissions would strictly follow APA format. Paper accepted for oral presentation will be given 10 minutes for presentation and discussion. The conference proceedings will be published in the form of ISBN Book.

Conference Schedule Abstract submission November 15, 2014 Acceptance notification November 18, 2014 Final camera-ready submission November 22, 2014 Conference Dates December 04-05, 2014 Registration Date Early Registration November 20, 2014 Late Registration After November 20, 2014 Registration Fee Registration Category Early Registration Late Registration Academics Rs. 1,500 Rs. 2,000 Ph. D. Students Rs. 1,000 Rs. 1,500 P. G. Students (without conference kit) P. G. Students (with conference kit) Rs. 700 Rs. 850 Rs. 700 Rs. 850 Contacts: 1. Prof. R.P. Shukla, Directors of the Conference, rpshuklafoe@gmail.com, 09839047029 2. Prof. O.N. Singh, Director of the Conference, onsinghbhu@gmail.com, 09453040928 3. Dr. R.S. Mishra, Organizing Secretary, ratanbhu@gmail.com, 09415352550 4. Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Organizing Secretary, mks_bhu@rocketmail.com 5. Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Joint Organizing Secretaries, akstourism@gmail.com, 0938071003 6. Dr. Rahul Raj, Joint Organizing Secretaries, drrahulraj@rediffmail.com, 9415767195 7. Dr. Triyugi Nath, Joint Organizing Secretaries, triyugibhu@gmail.com, 09415865547

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE Chief Patron Patron Co-Patrons Directors Organizing Secretaries Joint Organizing Secretaries Assitt. Organizing Secretaries Advisory Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Vice-Chancellor, BHU. Prof. Kamal Sheel, Rector, BHU Prof. M.N. Rai, Dean, Faculty of Arts, BHU Prof. R.P. Singh, OSD, Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Barkachha Prof. R.P. Shukla, Faculty of Education, BHU. Prof. O.N. Singh, Department of A.I.H.C. & Archeology, Faculty of Arts, BHU Dr. R.S. Mishra, Assistant Professor in Office Management & Company Secretaryship Faculty of Arts, BHU. Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Ayurveda, BHU Dr. Rahul Raj, Asst. Professor, Department of A.I.H.C. & Archeology, FOA,BHU Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Asst. Professor, Tourism Management, Dr. Achintya Singhal, Asst. Professor, Department of Computer Science, FOS, Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Asst Professor, Faculty of Education, Dr. Shardul Chaubey, Assistant Registrar, BHU Dr. T. Nath, Asst. Professor, Institute of Ag. Sciences, BHU Dr. R.N. Sharma, FOE, BHU Dr. Yogendra Pandey, FOE, BHU Dr. Ravindra Prasad, Agriculture Science, BHU Dr. Vaibhav, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Commerce, BHU Dr. L.B. Jaiswal, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Commerce, BHU Prof. R.G. Singh, Director, IMS, BHU Prof. A.S. Raghuwanshi, IED, BHU Prof. A.V. Sharma, Director, Academic Staff College, BHU Prof. R.K. Pandey, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Prof. Asha Ram Tripathi, Faculty of Commerce, BHU Prof. P.K. Mishra, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, BHU Prof. H.P. Mathur, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Prof. O. P. Rai, Faculty of Commerce, BHU Prof. Sadanand Sahi, Coordinator, Bhojpuri Adhyan Kendra, BHU Prof. Baliraj Pandey, Department of Hindi, Faculty of Arts, BHU Prof. Suman Jain, Department of A.I.H.C. & Archeology, Faculty of Arts Prof. S.K. Swain, Faculty of Education, BHU Prof. Akhil Mishra, Faculty of Commerce, BHU Prof. Ashish Bajpayee, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Prof. S.K. Dubey, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Prof. Alok Rai, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Dr. J.P. Rai, Faculty of Law, BHU Dr. O.P. Singh, Faculty of Ayurveda, BHU Dr. P.V. Rajeev, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Dr. R.K. Lodhwal, Faculty of Management Studies, Dr. Madan Lal, Faculty of Management Studies Dr. Ashutosh Mohan, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU Dr. Dev Nath Singh Gautam, Assitt. Professor, Faculty of Ayurveda, BHU

Finance Academic Registration Press and publicity Accommodations Transport F&B Discipline Students Dr. R.S. Mishra, Office Management & Corporate Secretaryship Dr. Shardul Chaubey, Assistant Registrar, BHU Prof. R.P. Shukla, Dr. O.P. Singh, Dr. Rahul Raj, Dr. A. Singhal, Dr. R.S. Mishra, Dr Anil Kumar Singh, Dr. Shardul Chaubey, Dr. J.P. Rai, Dr. Subash Pratap Singh, Dr. Manoj Singh, Dr. B.M.N. Kumar, Mr. M.K. Nandi, Dr. Vaibhav, Dr. L.B. Jaiswal, Mr. Vivek Ranjan Singh Dr. Shardul Chaubey, Mr. Naveen Pandey, Mr. Drigvindu Mani Singh, Mr. Krishna Kant, Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Dr. Vinod Kumar Singh Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee, Mr. Sidharth Singh, Mr. Kishore Kumar Dr. Vinod Kumar Singh, Dr. S.P. Singh, Mr. Irfan Ahmed Khan, Mr. Vivek Ranjan Singh Dr. Somu Singh, Dr. S. P. Singh Mr. Kishan Kumar, Research Scholar Faculty of Commerce, Mr. Arvind Kumar, Research Scholar, Faculty of Education, BHU Mr. Sidharth Singh, Research Scholar, Faculty of Arts, BHU Mr. Kishore Kumar, Research Scholar, Faculty of Arts, BHU Mr. Sidharth Chaurasia, Conflict Management, Faculty of Social Science, BHU Mr. Dileep Kumar, Research Scholar, Faculty of Management Studies, BHU

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PROFESSIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN INDIA December 04-05, 2014 Office Management & Company Secretaryship Faculty of Arts Venue: R.K. HALL, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi (U.P.) REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name in Full: 2. Gender: Male Female 3. Designation: 4. Affiliation: 5. Mailing Address: 6. City State Email: Phone/Mobile No. 7. Academic Qualification: 8. Submission Type: Referred Paper Working Paper 9. Title of the Paper: 10. Description of Registration Fee (Rs.) (Cash/ DD/On Line payment System) 11. Whether Accommodation Required? (Yes/No) 12. Date & Time of Arrival: 13. Date & Time of Departure: Declaration: This paper has neither been published earlier nor submitted for publication in any Journal/Conference/Seminar/ Symposia. Place: Date: Note: a. Demand draft should be in favour of Organizing Secretary, nspeocii, BHU, Varanasi: 221005 b. Kindly provide your email for quick correspondence. c. Certificates will be issued to Paper Presenters only. A photocopy of the form may also be used.