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AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE by The Indus Foundation Inc. 1.

Introduction The Indus Foundation is an American organization of professionals working as authorized representatives and promoters of American universities in the Indian subcontinent. Every year, the Indus Foundation identifies and recognizes the achievements of some of the finest universities, colleges and institutions by presenting them with Awards for Educational Excellence. Initiated in 2010, the Indus Foundations awards identify and promote innovation and educational excellence. The awards are not meant to be rankings of educational institutions. The awards are in recognition of educational excellence in specific fields of academe. Institutions catering to higher education will be considered for this purpose. Educational and training institutions / organizations are invited to send their nominations for consideration of the award for educational excellence. 2. The Award & its Selection Criteria The award provides the recipient with a certificate and a memento. The basic principle underlying the award is that the awardees must have made a transformative impact in the field of higher education. Higher education is experiencing transformation on a global scale, with the emergence of innovations that are changing how education is both administered and absorbed. The nominations must show that transformation in education is taking place in their institutions. The awards are based on criteria that include but are not limited to infrastructure, faculty, placements, strength of students, annual growth, students & alumni feedback, feedback from the industry, etc. Nominations must also show that their educational activities have delivered on the following criteria: i. Educational Transformation: the overall extent to which the educational activity has transformed an aspect of education that has also had societal impact; ii. Sustainable investment: the extent to which the educational activity is funded in a sustainable way to ensure its continuing viability; iii. Innovation: the extent to which the educational activity is innovative in design and/or practice, thereby transforming traditional means of educational delivery; iv. Inclusion and Diversity: the extent to which the activity includes a diversity of beneficiaries and has enhanced equality of access to education.

3. Indo Global Education Summit 2013 The Indus Foundation offers an efficient and cost-effective means of interaction between Indian institutions and foreign universities through the specially designed IndoGlobal Education Summit. Activities during the Summit include panel discussions and one-on-one interactions between Indian institutions and foreign universities for academic collaborations. The Summit is designed to be a fast-paced program, providing Indian institutions with valuable exposure to a large number of reputable foreign universities from around the world. The Summit will help Indian institutions achieve excellent results in terms of academic collaborations and student enrollment. Through academic collaboration with reputable foreign universities, Indian institutions will be able to enrich the quality of their programs by tapping the outstanding teaching expertise and latest curricular developments. Further, the Indian institutions will be able to provide their students with first-hand knowledge of the latest developments, trends, and techniques available at the foreign universities. As a consequence, Indian institutions will have a marketing edge for attracting a wider pool of good quality students from India and abroad. An important feature of the Summit 2013 would be presentation of educational awards to institutions in recognition of their contributions and excellence in their academic fields. Indo-Global Education Summit 2013 on collaborations with foreign universities was held at New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai in Nov 2013. 4. Award for AIM Kolkata Army Institute of Management Kolkata is proud to state that the selection committee of the Indus Foundation has carefully reviewed the nomination sent by AIM Kolkata and AIM Kolkata has been selected for the Award for Educational Excellence. AIM Kolkata is proud to be a recipient of this prestigious education award. This award brings much deserved honour to the Institution. The Award comprising of a Certificate and a Memento has been presented to Director, AIM Kolkata during the inaugural function of the Summit in New Delhi on 09 Nov 2013.

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