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    Intercultural Education in Engineering Curriculum: A Review of Communication Courses for Undergraduate Students in India
    (Scientific Research Solution Pvt Ltd., 2018) Nirban, Virendra Singh
    Intercultural communication in the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry is an everyday reality. Today, many companies are multinational; and those which are not, are still multicultural owing to huge cultural diversity within the nation. However, despite a harmonious coexistence of multiple cultures, the possibility of conflicts resulting from cultural diversity is palpable. Such conflicts, or likes and dislikes, arising out of cultural stereotypes often impede accurate evaluation of a person's communicative intentions and behaviour. This becomes a potential hazard at the professional as well as the personal front. Given that businesses are no more restricted to geographical boundaries, nor are companies hiring manpower from one location, the need to study and cultivate intercultural communication competence (ICC) becomes fundamental to business success. As part of a research work on ICC in the Indian Information Technology industry, this study analyses communication related courses currently being offered to undergraduate (Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology) students of the top ten engineering institutions of India, as identified in the 2017 Rankings by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, to see if current academic curriculum is adequately educating students for effective intercultural communication at the workplace. Findings suggest that the importance and need of intercultural education has mildly been realized, but its inclusion in current course curriculum is negligible. Limitations of the study and suggestions on how to introduce ICC in class are discussed.
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    Factors Extraction of Effective Teaching-Learning in Online and Conventional Classrooms
    (IJIET, 2020-06) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu
    Integrating technology in education through online courses can enhance the learning experience when coupled with the traditional methods of interaction. Online courses can help in providing access to education to people from remote and marginalized sections of the world. They help in developing critical thinking and increasing the capacities of students necessary for the 21st century. There has been a shift from traditional classroom teaching to teaching in a hybrid or blended manner. An online learning environment creates a potential learning space for students to use technology for effective teaching and learning process. A well-designed learning environment can blend conventional methods with technological innovations for increasing the accessibility and efficiency of the education system. The study collected data from graduate students (N=220) on various determinants of effective online courses and learning. Correlation was used to explore the relationship of the dimensions with the construct of effectiveness. Factor analysis was done and two factors were extracted, namely, student attributes, features of the platform and instructor quality. The findings of the study provide insights for measuring the effectiveness of online courses and initiate measures to handle the challenges to online education.
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    A Brief Review of Technology Indulgence and Student Wee Being
    (Bloomsbury India, 2019) Nirban, Virendra Singh
    he role of education in research is not just to provide skills that will allow doing research, but also to provide the critical appreciation of how research is to be done. The ideology of this book is constructed on the experienced phenomenon in the contemporary world. Thus, this book is an attempt for critical engagements leading to pragmatic solutions. The perspective of the book is to help readers develop a comprehensive perspective on interdisciplinarity on knowledge, education, and research and not to take an ideological stance. The papers involve cultural variations including varied methodological perspectives having intrinsic originality of multiple disciplines. We hope to present the book to assist the researchers in order to utilize new perspectives offering immense insight to pursue research in the quantitative and qualitative analogy.
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    Interdisciplinarity: Vignettes on Contemporary Knowledge, Education & Research
    (Bloomsbury Prime, 2019-02) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu; Yadav, Anupam; Choubisa, Rajneesh
    The role of education in research is not just to provide skills that will allow doing research, but also to provide the critical appreciation of how research is to be done. The ideology of this book is constructed on the experienced phenomenon in the contemporary world. Thus, this book is an attempt for critical engagements leading to pragmatic solutions. The perspective of the book is to help readers develop a comprehensive perspective on interdisciplinarity on knowledge, education, and research and not to take an ideological stance. The papers involve cultural variations including varied methodological perspectives having intrinsic originality of multiple disciplines. We hope to present the book to assist the researchers in order to utilize new perspectives offering immense insight to pursue research in the quantitative and qualitative analogy.