IPSA CELL

Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture, Rajkot is the first and only institute imparting architectural education in Saurashtra region. The institute has built its base on rich repository of cultural and historical inheritance of native region, allowing the build to deal with complex contemporary issues of Identity, Ideology, housing and habitat more sensibly.

Institute’s endeavor is to create responsible interventions when envisioning the change in built environ on one hand, while to address the larger issues of sustainability more sharply on the other.

Institute seeks to preserve, teach and expand the knowledge of Design to ensure requisite quality of environment and life in such a diverse society it serves and educates an individual to assume significant role in the architectural profession.

Institute has conducive space for working with supportive infrastructure, which creates an efficient platform facilitating growth and experimental activities. In addition to such basic infrastructure, the institute has been strengthened by various distinct and diversified faculties and consultants having wide knowledge, obtained through qualification/s & professional exposure/s.

On the base of its academical endeavor, achievement and learning; the institute intents to serve a society by contributing in the field of Research. The core intent of research shall be to respond and resolve the real-life issues of humanity through design and architecture.

IPSARC (Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture Research Cell)

which shall govern, guide, promote and facilitate the journey of exploration, research and corresponding activities. IPSARC shall also act as a ‘Resource centre’ for an individual or for a group, in order to fulfill the aspirations of ‘Research, Planning and Policy advocacy’ to and for betterment for immediate environ/s.

In above said context, IPSARC would be glad to associate with organizations for collaborative and consultative projects.

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IPSA, recently collaborated with DRONAH Foundation of Gurgaon for preparing an Inventory of Heritage Buildings and Sites of Saurashtra. This inventory is a part of the database being prepared for a research project on Challenges to heritage

structures of India by NITI Aayog India. Till date;an inventory of around 400 buildings/sites have been prepared and the list is becoming intense and diverse. Saurashtra is a rich repository of heritage buildings and sites.

The faculty and students’ team at IPSA involved in preparing the inventory is led by Ar. Riddhi Shah who is deeply interested in history and heritage studies. The current students, alumni and the library staff are actively involved in contributing to this database. We covered Amreli, Bhavnagar Gir-Somnath, Gondal, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Morbi, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar. These were then classified based on their building typology, ownership status , date of origin and its current use.

This database is being prepared based on primary visits conducted in the past and the knowledge of certain places from secondary resources. It is notable to mention here that the list for Bhavnagar district was prepared by Kumari Brijeshwari Gohil

– the Princess of Bhavnagar; Ar. Devdutt Pandya was pivotal in procuring it and Ar. Nishant Machhar shared with the team IPSA. This gesture opens up an avenue for IPSA to collaborate with the individuals from the local authorities and erstwhile Princely States to work in the areas of heritage preservation.

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“A step forward in the internationalization of   Higher Education Institutions in Nepal and India”
(InterNepInd)

Introduction:
Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture and other higher education institutions form Nepal, India and Europe have partnered together in an international project called “A step forward in the Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in Nepal and India” (InterNepInd). The project is co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Erasmus+ is the European Union Program in the field of Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain is the project coordinator. The project shall run for 24 months, starting from November 15, 2019 to November 14, 2021.

Project Partners:

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, (UPCT, Spain)
University of Aveiro (UA, Portugal)
Sagarmatha Engineering College (SEC, Nepal)
Nepal Engineering College (nec, Nepal)
Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET, India).
Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College (NMREC, India).
Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management (VESIM, India).
Shantaben Manubhai Patel School of Studies and Research in Architecture and Interior Design (SMAID, India)
Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture (IPSA, India)

Objective:

To support the internationalization process of higher education institutions (HEIs) in India and Nepal promoting a comprehensive process based on strategy design, capacity building, development of structures and networking.

Specific Objectives:

To collect best practices in internationalization of higher education in India and Nepal in order to serve as a basis for the internationalization processes of partner HEIs
To design internationalization strategies for Indian and Nepalese partners
To train and develop the capacityof the appointed staff for the successful implementation and management of the internationalization strategy
To establish an International Office in each of the partner country HEI to support the implementation of the internationalization strategy
To build an international network and, to promote regional and international cooperation

Opportunities to Partner Institutions:

Mobility:
Short and long-term mobility at regional and international level, Virtual mobility through online learning.

Projects:
International research projects and institutional projects between InterNepInd partners and our international network.

Institutional Joint Initiatives:
Double Degrees, Joint PhDs, Joint academic activities including e-learning, Virtual Open Dialogues, Collaborative Projects and Internationalization at Home.

Project Work Packages and Activities:

Work Package Month Objectives Task Tasks Descriptions/Activities
WP1 (Preparation) M1 to M6 Learning from best practices in internationalization of HEIs in Nepal and India T1.1 Analysis of best practices in internationalization of HEIs in India & Nepal
T1.2 Presentation results survey + workshop “challenges of internationalization for Indian and Nepalese HEIs
WP2 (Development) M5 to M12 Building a strategy for internationalization T2.1 Participation of all the partners in UPCT International Staff Training Week
T2.2 Workshop: developing internationalization strategies
T2.3 Development of internationalization strategies and approval at institutional level
T2.4 Launch of the strategies at each Indian and Nepalese HEI
WP3 (Development) M13 to M21 Capacity building for internationalization of HEIs in Nepal and India T3.1 Contents preparation for traineeship of selected staff from Indian and Nepalese HEIs
T3.2 Traineeships of selected staff in UPCT and UAvr
T3.3 Creation of International Offices
T3.4 Practical training on site
WP4
(Quality Plan)		 M1 to M24 Quality assurance, planning and implementation External quality evaluation by the International Project Management Office of Universidad de Alicante.
Protocols definition to guarantee quality on project management by the Steering Group.
WP5 (Dissemination and Exploitation) M1 to M24 Project activities dissemination and exploitation Preparation and implementation of dissemination strategy, dissemination activities and dissemination materials
WP6 (Management) M1 to M24 Project activities management Technical Management
Financial Management
Communication management


Expected Outputs/Results:

Work Package

Task

Result No.

 Expected Results/Outputs
WP1 (Preparation)

T1.1

R1.1.1

 To gain knowledge about best practices for internationalization of HEIs in India and Nepal that help InterNepInd partners to prepare their own internationalization strategies.

R1.1.2

 To expand the network of contacts with the HEIs from India and Nepal participating in the survey

R1.1.3

 To raise awareness of InterNepInd project at national level (in India and in Nepal) from the beginning of the project.

R1.1.4

 To prepare a report describing the best practices compiled at country level and the general conclusions of the survey.

T1.2

R1.2.1

 To raise awareness of InterNepInd consortium about the state of the art of internationalization of Indian and Nepalese HEIs and good practices

R1.2.2

 To analyze main challenges and opportunities for internationalization of participating HEIs from India and Nepal.

R1.2.3

 To share main results of the event with the wide public.
WP2 (Development)

T2.1

R2.1.1

 To gain knowledge about internationalization processes of European partners.

R2.1.2

 To gain knowledge about tools for internationalization.

R2.1.3

 To expand the European network of contacts for future collaborations.

T2.2

R2.2.1

 To develop a deep analysis of each institution in terms of internationalization: challenges, limits, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and of ways to overcome the difficulties they find.

R2.2.2

 To draft internationalization strategies by each Indian and Nepalese partner and presented to the Consortium.

T2.3

R2.3.1

 Indian and Nepalese partners from InterNepInd consortium have an internationalization strategy with inputs of all the target groups affected by the strategy.

R2.3.2

 The strategy is approved by the pertinent governing body and ready to be implemented.

R2.3.3

 All the relevant target groups are aware of the existence of the strategy.

R2.3.4

 The staff in charge of implementing the strategy is appointed.

T2.4

R2.4.1

 To share information about the internationalization measures that will be taken with the potential beneficiaries.

R2.4.2

 To present to the university community the international relations officers.

R2.4.3

 To raise awareness about the positive consequences of internationalization for the institution, for students, teachers/researchers, administrative and technical staff and about how internationalization can improve the quality of higher education
WP3 (Development)

T3.1

R3.1.1

 To negotiate and agree by all the consortium members the contents of the traineeship and the workplan.

T3.2

R3.2.1

 To gain practical knowledge about the internationalization activity of two European universities.

R3.2.2

 To gain knowledge about the different ways to promote internationalization (international mobility of students and staff, international projects, join degrees, others).

R3.2.3

 To orient the training into practice, with the preparation of the work plan.

T3.3

R3.3.1

 All the required equipment is on the space selected for the International Office and it is operational.

R3.3.2

 The international officer can perform his/her job without difficulties at the level of equipment.

T3.4

R3.4.1

 The International Office is operative and its staff is managing and promoting international relations.

R3.4.2

 Students, administrative staff and teachers/researchers start attending the International Office to obtain information about possibilities to participate in an international initiative.

R3.4.3

 The international relations officer promotes the implementation of the internationalization strategy with support and strategic guidance of the managers.

R3.4.4

 Thanks to the work of the officer, teachers/researchers, administrative staff and students are aware of the implications of the strategy for their target groups.
WP4
(Quality Plan)

T4.1

R4.1.1

 To implement the project according to pre-defined quality standards.

R4.1.2

 Prepared a new project proposal based on InterNepInd results, to scale it up.

R4.1.3

 The project actions persist on time: international offices and their staff increase their activity year by year after InterNepInd project and the Indian and Nepalese universities progress on their internationalization processes.

T4.2

R4.2.1

 The quality of the project is improved thanks to the guidance of a very experienced institution as Universidad de Alicante.

R4.2.2

 InterNepInd consortium gains knowledge about quality on project management and implementation that will be capitalized in the preparation of a new project proposal before the end of InterNepInd project.
WP5 (Dissemination and Exploitation)

T5.1

R5.1.1

 The dissemination plan is effective and it serves to disseminate project results at different scales (local, regional, national, international) and to the target groups (students, teachers/researchers, administrative staff, managers, local/regional/national authorities) and the wider public using a combination of activities and supports: social media, participation in EAIE annual conference and exhibit 2020, others).

R5.1.2

 The publication (booklet) about the project experience and the best practices in internationalization of Indian and Nepalese HEIs compiled by the project can help other HEIs in India, Nepal or other parts of the world in the promotion of their internationalization process.

T5.2

R5.2.1

 The exploitation plan prepared is useful for project partners to keep on exploiting project results and it facilitates exploitation of the results by other HEIs interested in internationalization.
WP6 (Management)

T6.1

R6.1.1

 All the requirements of the call in terms of documents and reporting are fulfilled with the European Commission: signature of grant agreement, partnership agreement, interim report, final report.

T6.2

R6.2.1

 The project is correctly managed at technical level.

T6.3

R6.3.1

 The project is correctly managed at financial level.

T6.4

R6.4.1

 Communication management of the project is correctly managed using a combination of Skype meetings with face to face meetings


InterNepInd Team @ IPSA:

Prof. Devang Parekh – Principal

Prof. Hakimuddin Bharmal – Associate Professor

Prof. Gaurav Vadher – Assistant Professor

 

InterNepInd Website:
https://internepind-eplus.eu