Enhancing Research Curriculum Development and Alumni Contributions in Selected Institutions of Higher Technical Education Development of a Framework With Knowledge Management

Abstract

In this globalized network society, there is a paradigm shift in education from teacher newlinecentric education to learner centric education. It is very important for organizations to newline know what they know and make maximum use of their knowledge. There are hidden, newlineuntapped reservoirs of intelligence that exist in almost every organization. There is a newlinedifference in ranking in two universities with identical numbers of faculty, degree newlineprograms, expenditures, and enrollment. This difference as Milam (2001) suggests is often newlineintangible value added by effective Knowledge Management (KM). The educational newlineinstitutions can adhere to business organisations and pursue the implementation of KM for newlinehaving an edge and serving the stakeholders in a better way. The present study endeavors newlineto develop a knowledge management framework for enhancing Research, Curriculum newlinedevelopment and Alumni contributions in the selected Institutions of Higher Technical newlineEducation (IHTE) in India. Being the power house of knowledge in our society, IHTE newlinehave immense knowledge and research plays an important role. The accurate and up to newlinedate knowledge about earlier and ongoing research and other administrative related newlineinformation can be acquired and stored systematically with the implementation of KM in newlineIHTE. newlineOne of the main aims of any institution of Higher Technical Education (IHTE) is to impart newlineknowledge to the students in the most effective way, meet the needs of the students more newlineefficiently and improve educational outcomes for the students. To remain ahead of newlinecompetition, even well-established IHTE have to respond to the challenge by offering newlinelearners a dynamic and industry oriented curriculum. To achieve this objective, there is a newlineneed to facilitate academia with knowledge management (KM) based platform which can newlinehelp them design innovative, industry oriented, and state-of-art curriculum. newlineAlumni play an important role for all educational institutions.