Dr. Roshni Shrivastava has been working as an Associate Professor at United University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She has 14 years of teaching experience in which she has worked in different positions. She has done Graduation in Law, LLM and MPhil from Pt Ravi Shankar Shukla University and PhD in the domain of Criminal Law and Constitution Law as part of her education.

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What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

As India is developing at a much faster rate due to its progressive reforms in the academic sector, as a result the Education sector has been growing and moving towards a more inquisitive, rational and progressive regime. And the factors which have helped me to stay connected here are that being in the education sector I can directly contribute to the growth of my nation by teaching students and making them a better human being. In addition to this, my urge of doing research on topics I am interested and passionate about and my scientific temperament have helped me stay here for so long.

What is your philosophy of leadership?

I firmly believe that leadership is a very dynamic concept. And I feel a leader should be both humble and strict in approach as and when required so that people skills could be fully utilized to fulfill the goals and appropriate opportunities could be provided to them to upgrade their knowledge. Apart from this, a leader should keep himself updated with the latest happenings and trends of the educational and industrial world so that all possible positive and progressive steps can be taken to make the institution grow as if the institution will grow; all concerned stakeholders will grow. 

How does the curriculum of your University ensure the best practices of industry?

Our University has been delivering quality education for the past 30 years and we are committed to transforming students into efficient, effluent and rational human resources. And we always make sure our curriculum and educational practices remain compliant with the best industry standards so that our students can compete on a global level. Therefore we design and update the curriculum after rigorous analysis and research about the latest industrial development and requirements as we believe a standard education curriculum should be a right mix of academic excellence and a training and placement regime. And if required we also take inputs from industry experts and academicians.

What do you think should be the University’s top priority over the next 10 years?

The top priority of our university in the upcoming 10 years is to achieve an excellent academic regime with a standard mix of national and global industrial standards and Training/Placement. In addition to this, we aspire to be in the list of top 3 institutes of the state in the coming 5 years and in top 50 Universities in next 5 years.

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When you joined this university, what was your vision for it and how far have you come in implementing them?

My objective when I joined this amazing University was to transform the academic excellence, educational practices, research and development facilities and enhance the relationship with our industry partners through continuous collaboration. And from the time I joined the University, I have seen it evolving over the time and we have sticked to our goal of achieving global standards in education we offer to our students. I believe that to become a great institute it takes a lot of effort from both students and institute side as a whole new system is required to be placed and with a great team and leadership. Hence my University is taking all the possible positive steps to become the best institute in the coming years.

What would you like people to know about your university that makes it unique and different from others?

In today's dynamic world and unpredictable time, an educational institution is ranked based on their educational practices and placement records. Hence I would like people to know that we offer the finest quality education to our students with all the required infrastructure and research facilities so that they can experiment with the ideas without any difficulty. And our amazing relationship with our industry partners has helped students to secure lucrative job offers in reputed organizations and companies. 

What do you see as your University’s greatest strengths?

The greatest strengths of our university are our teachers and their teaching pedagogies and also the value based education which we offer to our students to help them grow and evolve in their respective areas. In addition to this, our industrial oriented curriculum which we have developed to inculcate the knowledge of cutting edge technologies in students and make them industry ready also makes us strong and resilient.

What are some of the major changes that Covid-19 has bought in the education sector according to you?

"Covid has impacted the education sector to a great extent but availability of online learning platforms has made things easy for students"

There is no doubt that the Covid pandemic has impacted the education sector to a great extent and learning has deteriorated as classroom teaching was not possible at all due to fear of virus spread and lockdown. But I would also say that in this difficult time, Information and Communication Technologies have proved to be a lifesaver for students and teachers and the online education system has evolved at an exponential rate. It was the online classes and internet facilities who have ensured the continuation of education during Covid. And as a University, we have established a highly sophisticated and advanced system of online classes so as to ensure that in any unprecedented situation, our students' education should not be impacted again. Last but not the least, we have taken industrial subscription of online video classes and have trained our teaching faculties with all the required skills.

How does your University prepare its students for placement?

Our University has a dedicated Students Placement Cell to ensure a healthy relationship with our industry partners and conducts required training programs to make students corporate ready. And as a result many top companies have visited our campus for placement drives and we have achieved our goal of placing our students in reputed companies.

How is your relationship with the students of your University?

I firmly believe that students are the foundation for any educational institution and if I talk about my relationship with my students, it's cordial and evolutionary and we both act as a guiding light for each other and continuous interaction with my students has helped me to evolve my teaching methodologies to a great extent. 

As a Professor, what are your roles and responsibilities towards the students and University?

Being a Professor, the horizon of responsibilities is very vast and sometimes I need to act as a teacher and other times my role is more of a leader. And in addition to educating students, I am responsible for heading our Department to ensure its smooth functioning. 

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What challenges have you faced in uplifting the education quality of your University?

"Designing an industry driven curriculum and unavailability of highly qualified teachers is a real challenge for us"

The most critical challenge for us currently is to establish an excellent academic curriculum in accordance with ever changing requirements and trends of the industrial world. Apart from this, making sure our course seats get filled and we receive a good number of students to teach every year is also a difficult task for us as we firmly believe that bright students are pillars for an institution's growth. Last but not the least, we are struggling to get highly qualified and extensively experienced teaching and non-teaching staff. 

How do you establish a healthy relationship and environment in your university?

For the purpose of ensuring a cordial relations and environment in my University, I regularly interact with my fellow Faculties, non-teaching staff and students. And we are committed to achieve the mission and vision of our college, so our educational practices and standards are aligned in accordance with that and the establishment of a value education system has also helped us to ensure smooth working of the institution. 

Any valuable suggestions which you would like to give to the current youth and ambitious students?

"Don't waste your precious time in doing unnecessary things and make best use of it"

As Swami Vivekananda truly said that youths are highly energetic but directionless and to ensure their all round development; they should be given proper guidance on time and their energy should be channelized in the right direction. Hence I would suggest to my dear students and ambitious youths of our society to value their precious time, make best use of it and keep upgrading their knowledge on a regular basis.