On this occasion, Mr Som Mittal expressed: “The winners have presented a fresh perspective on how innovation can be integrated into the growth. The awards serve as a benchmark to capture the innovation journey of India across multinational organizations.”
In fact, great conglomerate of IT industries NASSCOM represents and sets policy for the Indian software industry. It provides a prestigious platform through its flagship NASSCOM Innovation Awards, where it recognizes institutions those have differentiated themselves by doing innovative work and adding value to the industry. In its 9th year this time, the Innovation Awards also acknowledged mammoth organizations like Infosys, Vigyanlabs Innovations Mysore and other, which pioneered leading practices, products and solutions. Last year, companies of great status Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt Ltd were honoured.
LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal said: “We are delighted to receive this coveted award which clearly indicates that LPU is leading in innovation towards education. Having validity for University Management System from NASSCOM is a moment of pride for entire team and all of the students, parents and teachers, who through their feeds made it grow to the present status. Moreover, such recognitions authenticate our commitment to keep on undergoing innovation-work for our all stakeholders.”
LPU is regularly pushing its ideology of having LPU as paperless University and has developed soft-wares to achieve the target. University Management System (UMS) is a great effort in this context which sees almost all the activities on-line. Students can download and upload the homework, assignments, term papers etc. Even, parents can forward feedbacks/suggestions or lodge complaints online. In a way, UMS serves as an Electronic Bulletin Board also to inform about all the university activities, online attendance and result system. Moreover, University has high-tech computing resources and network all across the campus, supporting 50000+ computer terminals. LPU also has probably one of the largest in campus Wi-Fi infrastructure in the world.
About LPU:
Lovely Professional University is India's Largest University*(* In terms of students on a single campus) with more than 25000 students (on one campus) is the culmination of mammoth efforts to change the shape of the Indian education to bring it at par with global standards and to shape the future of aspiring students by providing them a world class platform to hone up their talents.
The University believes in” Transforming the Education”, to create “Well Qualified Professionals” who can be employed effectively from day one, once they have completed their studies. This is achieved by inculcating in the students all those traits and skills that are required at the workplace, to make a complete professional. This approach of Lovely Professional University is what prompted us to get into an association with them.
The university has also been ranked among the top universities of India by various TV, magazines and newspapers including 4P’s (Third most Powerful Private University in India); Education Times, (TOI) - 6th Best Private University for Engineering in North Zone, Zee News (11th best University for Placements), Business World (9th Best B- School in terms of Infrastructure) and many more.
The University's Distance Education, in a short span of time, has been ranked as the 7th best in Distance Education survey conducted by the Human Factor Magazine. Through affordable quality education and use of Technology, the University is serving the masses across the country and intends to reach out to education seekers across the globe. In one year of its operation, the Directorate of Distance Education has set up 200+ Study Centres across INDIA. Through un-conventional beliefs and strong determination, LPU is all set to change the face of Distance Education by making it a credible mode of learning.
The University has won the 7th E-India award for the year 2011 for being the best ICT enabled University.
