{"id":91022,"date":"2021-02-27T18:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=91022"},"modified":"2021-02-27T18:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:09:31","slug":"education-ministry-circular-on-online-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/education-ministry-circular-on-online-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Education ministry circular on online conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Ministry of education\u2019s circular for regulating online conferences is not well thought out. It will discourage innovation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What was the circular about an online conference?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recently, education ministry released a circular to the state-funded universities and educational institutions. A per this circular, these institutions and universities <strong>need\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>prior official approval<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">from external Affairs ministry<strong> for hosting online \u201cinternational conferences and seminars online\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It also <strong>prohibits\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>the conference topics relate to<\/strong> security of the state, border, the northeast, Jammu and Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ladakh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and broadly, any \u201c<strong>internal matters<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Not only topics, but a <strong>background check of participant<\/strong>s will be required.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Event organisers were required to give preference to technological tools and channels not owned or controlled by hostile countries or agencies.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The circular was issued in consultation with the External Affairs Ministry.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian Academy of Sciences protested this circular and triggered a rethink on it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Importance of virtual or online conference<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Firstly<\/strong>, i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">n a pandemic-hit phase <strong>virtual conferences are the only viable channel<\/strong> for researchers to collaborate and discuss various issues with their global peers. The circular\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>created a new bureaucratic hurdle<\/strong> for scientists in public universities, colleges and organisations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Secondly<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Online conferences were <strong>instrumental in increased participation of thousands of Scientists<\/strong>. It increased\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">attendance at events by 80% in 2020 over 2019 for the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit and over 300% for the American Physical Society meeting.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Third<\/strong>, Virtual <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">conferences <strong>clear out many hurdles like <\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>visas, expensive travel, and physical disability<\/strong> and so on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, for the scientists who don\u2019t have resources for that. Even researchers and students in the smallest towns can attend these conferences.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Fourth<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">India has also made <strong>progresses in<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>\u202fpeer-reviewed publications<\/strong> due to these collaborations. It reduces the concerns of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">bio piracy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fby documenting natural assets.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thus, online conferences proved to be <strong>very beneficial for the research and technology<\/strong> in India. Government should adopt more liberal approach towards it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Ministry of education\u2019s circular for regulating online conferences is not well thought out. It will discourage innovation.\u00a0\u00a0 What was the circular about an online conference?\u00a0 Recently, education ministry released a circular to the state-funded universities and educational institutions. A per this circular, these institutions and universities need\u00a0prior official approval\u00a0from external Affairs ministry for hosting&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/education-ministry-circular-on-online-conferences\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Education ministry circular on online conferences<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1309],"class_list":["post-91022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-education_related","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704602053},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}