Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainties, Vignana Jyothi Institute Of Management (VJIM), Hyderabad, Changes The Face Of Education With Modern Practices
COVID-19 has forced universities, colleges, and schools across India, and the world as well, to make a shift from physical classrooms to online classes. Whilst this transition is happening smoothly for most PGDM colleges , some are still adapting to the new normal. But in the case of the Hyderabad-based Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM), as soon as the news of COVID-19 crisis broke out in India, the institute was quick to announce the suspension of classes and shift to the online mode in order to remain unaffected by the nationwide lockdown. The faculty members that spent hours and days making research-based presentations for classroom lectures now had a different task of conducting sessions online, sharing study materials, and importantly, audio files over the web with the students. In fact, the transition to digital took place in two ways – one, through live online classes conducted on platforms like Zoom or in the form of webinars and second, by the use of recorded cla