Prof R V Raja Kumar

Select Contributions Towards Development of Technical Education in India:

Select Activities on Curricular
Designs and Workshops
Articles on Education
& Technical Education

Select Activities on Curricular Designs and Workshops

Series of lectures on implementation of NEP – 2020 in Higher Education.
Chairman of the committee and the chief architect of the undergraduate curricula of IIT Kharagpur, 2007 implemented from the batch of 2008.
The chief architect of the BTecha nd Masters curricula of RGUKT, Basara, Nuzvid and RK Valley, that has been in operation from inception in 2010.
Creator of the ‘ICT based hybrid pedagogy of RGUKT’ for BTech and Masters curricula of RGUKT, Basara, Nuzvid and RK Valley, that has been implemented since inception in 2010 and grew to 20,000 students undergoing at any point of time in 2014 onwards.
The chief architect of BTech and RGUKT’ for BTech and Masters regulations of RGUKT, Basara, Nuzvid and RK Valley, that has been implemented since inception in 2010 and grew to 20,000 students undergoing at any point of time in 2014 onwards.
Responsible for introducing and personally designing and creating new BTech and MTech programmes, cutting edge at IIT Kharagpur, RGUKT and IIT Bhubaneswar.
Organizing Chairman, Workshop on "Model Credit based Semester System" for Vice-chancellors and Heads of Institutions on Dec. 2, 2003 under the aegis of AICTE at IIT, Kharagpur.
Participated in curriculum review workshops as member Board of studies or expert and helped in curricula design of several institutes including NIT, Warangal, NIT, Rourkela, ISM, Dhanbad, JNTU, Hyderabad, Delhi University, IGNOU.
Reforms in Undergraduate Academics: Responsible for bringing several innovative reforms in the undergraduate regulations of IIT, Kharagpur such as creating flexibility including migration from B.Tech. to Dual degree, review of scholarships and initiation of new ones, review of institute awards etc., during 2003-2006.
Participated in several Panel discussions such as "Encouragement of Innovation in Academic Institutions", "Prospects of teaching elementary DSP at school level" and How global is our engineering education?" etc., in several Conferences and Workshops
Participated in curriculum review workshops as member Board of studies or expert and helped in curricula design of several institutes including NIT, Warangal, NIT, Rourkela, ISM, Dhanbad, JNTU, Hyderabd, Delhi University, IGNOU.
Handled a project on "Archives on Technical Education" at IIT, Kharagpur as Chairman during 1999 to 2002.
Headed a team of senior professors in revising and framing the undergraduate curricula of IIT, Kharagpur, which was put in practice since July 2006.
Responsible for introducing several new courses out of which some courses such as "Engineering Entrepreneurship" and "Environmental Science and Engineering" were introduced at own behest.

Articles on Education & Technical Education

Prof R V Raja Kumar, 'Colleges must take a firm stand against drug abuse', Times of India, April 3, 2024.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/colleges-must-take-a-firm-stand-against-drug-abuse/
R V Raja Kumar, "Examination –centric coaching can be very depressing', University news, Journal of higher education - AIU, vol.61, No. 51, pp.23-26 & p.62, Dec. 18-24, 2023.
https://www.aiu.ac.in/documents/AIU_Publications/University_News/UNIVERSITY%20NEWS%20VOL-61,%20NO-51,%20DECEMBER%2018-24,%202023.pdf
R. V. Raja Kumar, "Engineering education in India: Quality concerns and remedial measures, IST Journal on Technical education,
R. V. Raja Kumar, "Credit based semester system at IIT, Kharagpur", Workshop on Model Credit based Semester System, IIT, Kharagpur, Dec. 2, 2003.
R. V. Raja Kumar and S. K. Dube, "The Scenario of Engineering Education in India and Engineering as a Career Option", Educational Optionas - Eastern Edition (1st Ed.), Published by The Indian Express, 2005 and reprinted in 2006.
R. V. Raja Kumar, "Design of Engineering Curricula", TEQUIP Workshop on Academic Reforems, July 2-3, 2008, NIT, Calicut.
R. V. Raja Kumar and S. K. Dube, "India - A Science and Technolgy Power House" at European Investment Bank Forum -2006, Helsinki, Finland, October 27-29, 2005.
R. V. Raja Kumar, "Academic reforms relevant for technical education today", Workshop on Academic Reforms, BIT, Mesra, Dec. 25, 2005.
R. V. Raja Kumar and S. K. Dube, "The challenges of technical education in India", National Educational Council of India, Kolkata, Sept. 15, 2005.
R. V. Raja Kumar, "A huge price for a low fee", Education Plus, The Hindu, July 31, 2006.
R. V. Raja Kumar, "Tapping the e-word", BusinessLine, Oct. 9, 2006.
R. V. Raja Kumar, "An IIT in search of a home in AP", BusinessLine, Jan. 5, 2007.
R. V. Raja Kumar et. al., Panel Discussion: Wireless R&D - How can Academia and Industry Come Together at Wireless Networking Summit (WINs-2006), Goa(April 7-8, 2006).