Academic organizations are a very unique kind of social institution - they are a curious combination of entities with a singular focus as well as plural perspectives. An institution of this kind is often found to be abode of advanced learning with a particular focus, and at the same time, a confluence of many ideas, beliefs and theories.
We strongly believe that academic institutions must be deeply embedded in their societies. In the modern-day societies, academic bodies have become the most important social institutions in the complex process of knowledge creation and distribution, and therefore, they stand at the center of our societies. These institutions have also taken on a political function in society in that they often serve as centers of socio-political thought, and train those who eventually become members of the social, political and literary elite.
The political economy of Higher Education shows that an important priority in the recent period has been to modernise our education systems, which, leading to a quick rise of the middle class constituency and its strong desire to see avenues of upward mobility expanded.
But there has been very little realization that these institutions owe their rise to the common man and that it is: therefore, necessary to contribute to their welfare in as many ways as possible.
The special efforts that we contribute have been a step in that direction. The harnessing of higher education to the broader needs of national socio-cultural and economic development should be the focus of the present times.
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