UoH to Introduce Online Courses from Next Year

Hyderabad, December 3: Starting from the next academic year, the University of Hyderabad will introduce online courses, starting with those courses that do not require labs for the purpose, vice-chancellor of the university Ramakrishna Ramaswamy has said.

Briefing newsmen about the university’s new initiatives here on Monday, he said, “Online courses are the future of education. These massive-open-online courses will provide the experience of a natural classroom. Initially we will start with few theory-based disciplines and later will expand.’’

In association with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), the university will begin a new initiative called ‘The Hyderabad Lectures’. “The initiative is aimed at bringing eminent persons to lecture on topics of wide interest and contemporary issue and to provide access to people of the twin cities to hear the leading minds of the world,” he said.

Further, the venue for these lectures will not be limited to UoH but will be held in different parts of the city, like Osmania University and in other institutions, he said. “The first lecture of this series will be delivered by the Nobel Laureate and leading economist Amartya Sen who will be visiting UoH on December 19,” he added.

Also, another Nobel Laureate and structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will visit the university on December 20 and 21; and Dr. Aruna Roy will interact with the university faculty on January 9 and 10. On the vacancies in the university he said, “As on today there are 150 vacancies in the university, of which 67 are faculty positions.”

Source: The New Indian Express