Six Women Vice Chancellors of India shares their Administrative Experiences in dealing with the Pandemic and their further vision

The sudden eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has been chaotic and hostile to every visage of human life. Orchestrating a Post-COVID world is the quagmire the whole world at large faces. As it shared over the media that countries led by Women leaders were coping with the crisis better. This has shifted the focus to administrative style of women leaders, and what they do differently. In educator sector too, the impact of COVID 19 has been overwhelming. The sector came to a complete halt. Countries all over are trying to find the perfect balance. And India is no diffrent. We are still trying to figure our how to complete the current academic session and start the 2020-2021 session. This has led to evolvement of various approaches of educational leadership. Of these leaders are the women vice chancellors who are leading the universities from the forefront.

With this background on 20th July 2020, the Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities organized a panel discussion on the theme Evolving Administrative Paradigms in Post-COVID India conducted by Institute of Distance Education & Women Studies and Research Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University. The eminent Vice-Chancellors from six Universities were invited to speak on the topic. Prof. Saket Kushwaha, Vice Chancellor, RGU chaired the inaugural session and Dr. (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal, the Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU) delivered the keynote address. She shared the 7 steps for a university to make them their best versions. She also shared many programs such as AIU’s initiative of ‘Best 5’ and self-paced online course for teachers introduced in collaboration with QASPIR.