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commitment to carve out a harmonious existence. 4. Developing new insights, attitudes and mores of global
coexistence involving durable sentiments of multiculturalism, multiracialism, multyethnicism and unrestrained mobility across geographical borders and across cultures. Making all educational offerings including the curricula, syllabi, courses, learning resources, teaching, testing and counseling, management and alumni involvement global and humanistic in approach and application. Developing global technological skills in students to facilitate them to function successfully in the modern age of knowledge, competition, excellence and cutting edge total quality in all pursuits. Organising programmes of exchange at local, regional, national and international levels for individuals, communities, corporations, institutions, governments, NGO's and world bodies to promote mutual understanding, enrichment and accommodation for a harmonious world family of man. Creating a global climate and ambience of understanding and trust through confidence building measures for the preservation of peace, harmony and security in the face of arrogant world powers, of disasters and of threats of new evils like terrorism,
extremism, regional wars, civil strife etc. To ensure inter synergy among individuals, their communities, and the global human family foundations of positive attitudes will have to be laid in the minds and hearts of people in general, and of students and younger generation, through the active and enthusiastic partnership of the faculty and leaders of the community, for it is only education as an integrating human
enterprise is eminently capable of realizing the mission through the · envisioned triple synergy.
The Strategy of Implementing the Triple Synergy : It is necessary to work out a strategy of implementing the idea of the triple synergy in our dayto-day working of the system of education system at a specific level, namely primary, secondary, tertiary, professional etc. This will be a continuous process whose details should be worked out by a composite task force in every institution, be it a university or a college or a school. The task force should include different stake holders, namely teachers, students, alumni, and administrators' representatives. The cardinal steps of the action plan would be like the following ones.
