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Adamas University breaks in to QS I gauge ratings 2021

Adamas University is awarded by QS I gauge 2021 gold rating overall and diamond in Academic Development

27^th July Kolkata; 2021: Adamas University, located in Kolkata, one of the best rated private university of Eastern India, has just been rated high in global higher education ratings, by QS ratings, in its report of July 2021. The university has become the prestigious winner of QS I gauge highest category of rating, Platinum in Teaching & Learning and Diamond in Academic Development category. It has become the first ever University in India to beg this rating in academic development & platinum in Teaching and Learning in eastern India. Overall, it has bagged gold rating. For a just five-year-old University, this achievement is unprecedented and welcomed by all students and faculty members of Adamas University. 

Institutional rating and ranking by QS IGAUGE rating system is an extensive representation of the results following a detailed academic audit with the objective to evaluate the performance of the institution over a wide range of criteria pertaining to the system and structure of higher education in India and deduce areas of excellence. It is backed by the global expertise, experience, and reputation of UK-based (QS) ‘Quacquarelli Symonds,’ the industry leaders in ‘world university rankings’ since 1990.

Founding Chancellor, Adamas University, Prof. Samit Ray congratulating Adamas Community said, “For a five-year-old University, this recognition comes in a time where all Institutions globally are going through a turbulent time. This achievement reaffirmed our believe and journey of Institutional Building. It will enable us to reimagine education in a post pandemic new global order”. “Even a national media like Outlook had earlier in 2020 had ranked us among the top 50 private universities in India, and Adamas’s goal is to be among the top 50 universities overall in India in less than a decade next”, Mr. Ray further added.

The Vice Chancellor, Dr Deependra Kumar Jha, said, “With a clear focus on AU 2.0, going beyond the first five years of the university, we are now striving to upgrade quality of teaching, learning, research, academic development and that is being reflected well in the current rating by a global major like QS. It is a reassertion of Adamas’s Pedagogy and interdisciplinary learning initiative on which Adamas firmly believes in”.

Scoring 226 out of 250 in Teaching-Learning, Adamas has a platinum ranking, with 100% score in faculty-student ratio, student satisfaction, contact hours per week, interactive teaching, learning management system and support in further studies. It is pertinent to note that Adamas uses CANVAS LMS which is the choice of most ivy league universities of the world. This is the highest rating for any university in east and northeast India in teaching and learning.

It is interesting to note that the university has also received diamond rating for Academic Development and Employability. QS has noted that AU has an active learning and development centre, and is also a member of several academic networks at international, national and regional levels; and that the institute follows some of the best academic practices and supports academic freedom for students and faculty.

The third major area of admirable performance has been employability, with Diamond rating, and having full score in areas like career counselling services, alumni satisfaction with the institute and career success, and extra-curricular activities.

It can be noted here that QS had in June 2020 ranked Adamas very high on e-preparedness when all universities in India had gone online in their functioning and delivery of education.

The University has also received Diamond rating on social outreach, Gold rating on aspects like facilities on campus, research, diversity & accessibility. Overall rating of the university has been of Gold, which is admirable for a university born half a decade ago.

 

Adamas University, Kolkata was awarded the Best University in India for creating “Social Impact in Education” at the Education Leadership Award 2021 conferred by FWA Industry Council and Education Post on March 26, 2021, at IIC, New Delhi in the presence of Hon’ble Suresh Prabhu Ji, the Chief Guest of the event.

Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) Samit Ray of Adamas University recently received recognitions and appreciations by many leading reputed education organisations for his exceptional and timely contribution towards Covid-19. Educational institutes like Petra Christian University, University of Genoa, Ministry of Education and Science of UKRAINE state higher educational institutions, Daffodil International University, Rzeszow University of Technology certified Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) Samit Ray for his dedication towards humanity in such a crucial time.

Adamas University being a six year old entity, has responded to this global pandemic with élan. The report highlights how the university has quickly and radically altered its teaching, learning, evaluating activities during this crisis. It also captures how the university prioritized the safety of the students and decided to close the campus as early as 15th March 2020 onwards. It had immediately adopted a series of humanitarian measures which included contribution of Rs. 10 lakhs to the CM Relief Fund. Additionally the university offered its campus to be used as a quarantine center with a maximum of 1000 beds for isolated persons, along with quarters for doctors and health professionals despite being a non-medical university. The university took full care of the food and logistics of the persons who were staying there as Covid suspects and the authority ensured regular sanitization of the area and the isolation wards.

These efforts were highly acknowledged by the universities across the country and on receiving such valuable recognitions and appreciations, Chancellor, Prof.(Dr.) Samit Ray said, “I am extremely obliged to all the institutions who have acknowledged our efforts and bestowed us with such valuable recognitions. But I believe this is something which was not possible without my able team. Our professors and whole team have not left any stone unturned to expand learning even during lockdown. With prevailing situations we will continue to function as per the state and central govt directives and UGC protocols. This recognitions will motivate us to keep on pursuing the best for everyone”.

Adamas University rated by several organizations as the best university in the private sector in Eastern India has signed a project based Memorandum of Understanding, with Elmax Systems & Solutions ( ISO 9001:2015 Certified company and enlisted with MSME. Govt. of India) to develop a cloud based automated diagnostic tool to detect coronavirus disease using radiographs. This is the first ever attempt by any Indian University towards a cloud based AI enabled faster & low-cost solution to the problem based on Multiple Hypothesis Inference Criterion. (Google search engine and pre-prints) . The novelty is in a single point multi-hypothesis based faster detection of COVID-19 from Radiography images & other medical vital conditions with severity score tag for early detection of nCOVID-19 patients and necessary measures.   

The Automated Detection Tool developed by Adamas University and ESS aims to offer a valuable second opinion to the doctors and assist them in the screening process. This type of mechanism will provide results to the doctors quickly and in an efficient and accurate manner. Mr. Debashis Chakrabarti, CEO of ESS and alumni of IIT-Kharagpur said that, “In this software, we have developed an Artificial Intelligence based Technique for detecting COVID-19 on Chest Radiographs(X-Ray or CT Scans) ,other medical vitals like temperature , saturation percentage of Oxygen and even pathological data from Blood Routine Examination like Leukocyte, Lymphocyte & Neutrophil.” The technique would also act as an aid to the conventional RT-PCR based method to isolate the contracted individuals.

The project will see utilization of the techniques of data science and machine learning on radiograph images along with other parameters to successfully detect the COVID-19. The Principle-Investigator of the project Dr. Moumita Mukherjee, Associate Professor  & Dean (R&D) – Adamas University added that, “This software product is built around the same concept with some important additions that can conclude the presence of the stain. Our software can even predict the Stage of the COVID-19 Infection in terms of Opacity & Lung Consolidation. We have achieved 85% of accuracy level – we are trying hard to enhance that to something beyond 90%, so that the value could be enhanced from the market point of view”. Dr. Mukherjee will also be assisted by Mr. Debajit Sen, Head of Technical Projects, department of ESS and Mr. Swarnava Biswas, Ph.D. Research Scholar of Adamas University along with a group of Sr. Professors with medical background. The first phase of clinical validation of this software is already done with a large number of radiograph data from normal and affected patients where the team has received more than 80% accuracy level and work is going on for further optimization. We are trying to collaborate with Government sectors/health-sectors to get more data from COVID hospitals for the large-scale clinical trial of the software. In their words this software eliminates the false negatives and identifies the asymptomatic cases and other cases like Pneumonia, SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) etc. by making use of Multiple Hypothesis Inference Criterion. The Entire Test Procedural Time is ranged from 15 minutes to 1 hour depending on the modules chosen for the tests. Hence it may be viewed as a faster, lower cost complimentary detection tool for COVID – 19, which can even work on an OPD environment.

On this development Prof. Samit Ray, Chancellor, Adamas University said, “The journey of Covid-19 has gone through a lot of major developments for Adamas University. We have always tried to evolve and achieve which keeps us at par with other renowned universities during these challenging situations. I am extremely honored with this association. We have always tried to extend our support to the government in all forms and will continue the same in the long run. This situation is becoming more challenging. I would request perseverance from everyone so that we overcome this soon”.

Kolkata, 25^th May 2020: The Chancellor of Adamas University, Prof.(Dr.) Samit Ray, has announced COVID-Amphan scholarships worth Rs.2 crores benefiting 500 or more seekers of higher education in 2020 in Eastern and North-eastern India. The scholarships are being given keeping in mind the immense economic loss to many families in this region due to job and income losses due to COVID19 induced lockdown and property losses due to Amphan cyclone recently that ravaged Bengal and parts of Odisha. 

 

The University has planned to allocate the scholarships among all the 117 under graduate and post graduate programs of the nine Schools of studies, covering all categories of applicants. The scholarships will be decided based on the performance of the applicants in online admission tests scheduled to be conducted on May 30, June 13 and June 20. An individual applicant can try maximum two times to win a scholarship (if fails to do in the first attempt). It is based on performance in the online admission test. 

The University has 117 UG and PG programs in schools focusing on management, engineering, media, liberal arts, sciences, pharmacy, biotech, law and justice, and education. Around 2000 students take admission every year, and a substantial part of this community in 2020 shall be able to take the benefit of the scholarships. 

“This is the least we could do to support the young learners this time, and I hope every corporate house and university or college shall come out with their own support measures this time,” noted Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) Samit Ray. The University had already offered its campus for quarantine ward apart from cash support during COVID crisis, both of which were accepted by the state government. The faculty members have also contributed cash and are now engaged in online teaching, evaluation, and researching and writing on various aspects of COVID crisis according to their domain expertise. 

This is the first such scholarship announced by any university in east and north-eastern India since the lockdown has been announced. 

Kolkata, March 28: Adamas University, rated by several organizations as the best university in the private sector in Eastern India, in keeping with the state government’s plea to extend help to its Emergency Relief Fund either in cash or in kind has offered a large portion of its Barasat campus to set up a temporary hospital. Other than contributing 10 lakhs to the Relief Fund, the Chancellor has proposed to offer a huge area within its campus for setting up temporary hospital by the government for treating Corona Virus affected patients.

Adamas is now among the largest private universities in Bengal. No other university has this kind of an infrastructure. According to the proposal by the Chancellor Prof. Samit Ray, the campus can house at least 30 physicians with their families. Other than that, it has the provision to provide hostel facilities for 600 nurses. An emergency hospital of 1000 beds can also be arranged in this area.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chancellor Prof. Samit Ray said, “Right now the situation is very critical. We all need to help the government either by providing finance or infrastructure. We are all ready to face the situation together.”  

Located strategically on Nilgunj Road of Barasat, this campus can cater to the needs of North 24 Parganas.

 

ABOUT ADAMAS UNIVERSITY:

Adamas University is rated the Best Private University in Eastern India and was established with the intention to provide a solution to all educational needs under one roof. It aims to facilitate an environment for students that will not just arm them with the right kind of knowledge, but also develop them as well rounded members of society. Adamas University is spread across 9 schools of study along with its School of Professional Studies that prepares students for various competitive examinations along with skill development. With a wide gamut of programs from Diploma till Doctorate, the University is ranked as the best private University in East India.

 

Kolkata, March 16, 2020

Adamas University, rated by several organizations as the best university in the private sector in Eastern India, in keeping with the government directive on Corona Virus prevention, had instructed students to learn from home from today, March 16th, Monday, till March 31st. It has now further instructed faculty to work from home from March 17th, Tuesday, till March 31st, and teach online through the mix of several resources.

March 17 onward, all faculty of Adamas University are continuing with their teaching-mentoring duty from home through self-video on the summary of the themes to be taught as per the pre-announced time-table, along with emailing powerpoint presentations, pdf study-materials, case-studies, podcasts and video links, links of Swayam and CourseEra online study resources, etc. Students are also instructed to note their presence being sent to the respective teachers digitally through whatsapp and telephone and respond to the issues and topics discussed on email and whatsapp by the teachers.

A new learning management system where all the notified online study resources for each theme shall be available to the students (video, text, graphics, audio, links, ppt) within a week ahead. However, pending that, sharing of content through emails groups and whatsapp groups of each batch has started.

Since the situation from the beginning of April is not known, the University and its faculty pool of 256 faculty members (166 with PhD) is getting ready for a long haul of purely online teaching-learning-mentoring process ahead.

Noting the need for such a tech-savvy approach, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr Deependra K Jha, noted, “This is in tune with the changing times and the exigencies of the moment. We were expected to have ushered in a blended method of teaching-learning from the next academic year, but Corona scare and our pro-active response have brought this sooner than ever. We are doing our best to turn our disadvantage into an advantage and creating a powerful Knowledge Management System to upscale our teaching-learning pedagogy through digital means.”

Adamas University Holds its Third Convocation

Kolkata, 22 January 2020 – In a glittering ceremony, Adamas University today held its 3rd Convocation. 243 Under Graduates and 63 Post Graduate students received their degrees. In addition, 50 students of the School of Pharmaceutical Technology received their Diploma. Ms. Ruma Acharya, technocrat and philanthropist, was conferred with D. Sc. Honoris Causa.

The Chief Guest on this solemn occasion was Shri Arjun Malhotra, well known An Indian entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, Co-founder of HCL Group, and presently Chairman of Evolko Inc., Santa Clara, USA. The Guest of Honour was Prof. Lallit Anand, Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Delivering his valedictory address, the Vice Chancellor of Adamas University, Professor Madhusudhan Chakraborty, thanked all the invited guests, students and their parents, teaching and non-teaching staff of Adamas University, for making the Convocation a success. He delineated all the achievements of the University during the past academic year, specially emphasizing those occasions when students of Adamas University have triumphed. The University, Professor Chakraborty said, has 34 Undergraduate programmes, 1 Diploma programme and 30 Postgraduate programmes and 5 Integrated Post Graduate Programmes. Immediately after commencement of the academic programme, the University introduced Ph.D. programme in various disciplines. Currently the University has 3237 students including 118 Research Scholars pursuing Ph.D. programmes across various disciplines.

Established in the year 2014, Adamas University is situated just on the outskirts of Kolkata in Adamas Knowledge City. The University boasts of a 120 acre green pollution-free campus, housing students and faculties from over 25 countries with an infrastructure catering to every need. A 24 X 7 culture exists within the campus with games and sports being an integral component of Adamas life.

Adamas imparts innovative degree programmes through ten Schools of Studies. They are i)Engineering & Technology, ii)Management, iii)Law & Justice, iv)Science, v) Life Science & Biotechnology, vi)Social Sciences, vii)Pharmaceutical Technology, viii)Economics & Commerce, ix)Education, and x)Media, Communication & Fashion.

The integration of vocation and employment-oriented goals in academic educational programs are perhaps the only way forward. Keeping this in mind, a School dedicated entirely for training students for competitive examinations for top level government jobs, named Adamas Institute of Professional Studies, is also housed in the campus.

Speaking on the occasion, Chancellor of Adamas University, Professor Samit Ray congratulated all the students and their parents. He said: “We are always striving to achieve more and enhance our reputation nationally and internationally. In particular, we are keen to develop new courses to attract a wider range of students, particularly at postgraduate level. In order to do so, we are always on the lookout for exceptional teachers and trainers, both from the academia and the industry.”

Recognizing the need respond to rapid technological change and increasing global competition in the education sector, Adamas University has entered into collaborations with more than 41 universities across the globe. On a regular basis, the Faculty and students avail the opportunity of interacting with global academicians.

The current instructional models and curricula of most colleges and universities are not designed to facilitate integrated vocational and academic skill development or support the complex life-work-education balance, but rather to deliver instruction in narrow compartments. Adamas University has taken up that challenge to design an education system where the students experience life’s realities and are able to make some sense of what they are about to face in the real world. A system where the student is able to pursue some form of real work and is able to learn simultaneously, would exponentially build his skills and enhance his market value. No wonder, Adamas has been ranked as the top University in Esatern and North-eastern India.

Some of the other accolades conferred upon Adamas during the last few years are:
• Engineering & Technology Program ranked amongst TOP 4 Institutions in Eastern India by Times Engineering Survey
• Business Administration School ranked amongst TOP 75 Institutions across India by Times of India Survey
• ABP News National Education Awards 2019 – Most Innovative University 2019
• Education World – Grand Jury Awards 2019-20 for Sports & Co-curricular Education
• Zee 24 Ghanta – Awarded the University with Best Education Infrastructure in 2019
• ABP – Education Excellence Award – Best Private University 2018
• Zee 24 Ghanta – Education Excellence Award – Best Knowledge City 2018 & 2017
• ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India) – Education Excellence Award – Best Private University 2017

In keeping with the sporting spirit of West Bengal, Adamas University has set up independent units catering to various outdoor and indoor sports. A number of state-level and national-level sportspersons are current students of Adamas. An exclusive centre of yoga and physical education with state-of-the-art gymnasium and wellness suite is also housed within the campus.

The Chief Guest, Shri Arjun Malhotra, shared various anecdotes from his life as a student and as a professional. He narrated how experiences have taught him valuable lessons in life. Addresing the students, he said: “Whether you go for an interview or write an answer to an exam, you need to make sure you have a different and more effective way of doing it. Unless you think about how to do this it does not happen buy itself. So be your own person. Do not try and be someone else. Every individual is unique. You are unique. There is only one you.”

Apart from keeping abreast with current trends and perspectives in higher education, Adamas endeavors to effectively harness knowledge and technology in teaching, learning, and practical skill development. This has led to an environment resulting in quite a few of Adamas students exploring entrepreneurial careers, often with a focus on social enterprise. The festivities of the convocation being held today, will be continued tomorrow, where the University will be formally honouring all those students who have received placement offers. From the current batch of passing out students, a total of 105 have been offered lucrative placements from national and multinational organizations.

John, a student of School of Social Sciences, who received his degree today, was elated. Displaying his certificate, he said; “Being from North-East, I was a little worried of how I would be able to assimilate in the environment of Adamas. Well, after three years, I have made more friends here than at my school. I have already taken admission to pursue my PG from Adamas as well”.

The Convocation concluded in the evening, as the whole campus was lit up brightly. It reflected the happiness in the minds of everyone – the successful students, the proud parents and, the happy teachers, whose sincere efforts have not gone in vain.

Fourth General Meeting of the “Tuning India” Project for capacity building in higher education, funded by the European Union Erasmus + Program is going on from 2nd December till 6th December, 2019 in Kolkata.

Adamas University is represented in the Tuning India Project by Dr. Parimal Chandra Biswas, Dean, Students Affairs and International Relations and Dr. Ripon Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Justice.

The Project Consortium consists of 15 Indian Universities, like University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Savitribai Phule Pune University, GD Goenka University, Vinoba Bhave University, Adamas University, Manipal University and others and 5 partners from European Union, like Universidad de Deusto (Spain), Universita di Bologna (Italy), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and others.

The Tuning India Project has the main objective to design, develop, implement and evaluate study programmes in four subject areas, like Law, Information Communication Technology, Medicine and Teacher Education in India, which align with the recent Education Policy of the government of India.

On 22-24 th November, 2019 18th Asian University President Forum (AUPF 2019) was hosted by Daffodil University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Forum had seen 76 delegates of 40 universities from 13 countries from Asia and Europe, among those were founders, Chancellors, Vice- Chancellors, Rectors, Presidents, Professors and other distinguished guests.

Adamas University was represented in the Forum by Prof. Samit Ray, Chancellor and Dr. Parimal Chandra Biswas, Dean, Students Affairs and International Relations. Adamas University signed MoU with Daffodil University, Bangladesh and Petra Christian University, Indonesia. On behalf of Adamas University MoU was signed by Prof. Samit Ray, Chancellor. On behalf of Daffodil University MOU was signed by Prof. Dr. Yusuf M. Islam, Vice- Chancellor, Daffodil University. On Behalf of Petra Christian University MOU was signed by Mr. Djwantoro Hardjito, Rector.

Prof. Samit Ray honoured some of the honourable guests, members of the Standing Committee of AUPF 2019 by handing over them mementos of Adamas University, like Professor Dr. Kazi Shahidullah ( Chairman, University Grant Commission of Bangladesh), Dr. Sabur Khan ( Founder-Chairman, Daffodil University, President of AUPF 2019), Dr. Govindasamy Viswanathan ( Founder-Chancellor, Vellor Institute of Technology, India, President of AUPF 2020), Mr. Mingying Zhuang (Honorary President, Chaoshan College, Guangdong, China) and other distinguished guests.

The 18th Asian University President Forum (AUPF 2019) in Dhaka, Bangladesh focused on entrepreneurial education and experiential learning. Honourable Education Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni highlighted in Her inaugural speech the importance of making students life- long learners. Dr. Sabur Khan, President of AUPF 2019 emphasised on learning best practices of education from one another.