41 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from University Grants Commission, published by ugc.gov.in. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. 28 of the 41 pairs (68.3%) are explanatory questions and 13 restate a figure. 100.00% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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First 10 of 41 rows
| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| How does the National Innovation Council define innovation? | Innovation today is increasingly going beyond the confines of formal R&D to redefine everything. | The National Innovation Council defines innovation as: “Innovation today is increasingly going beyond the confines of formal R&D to redefine everything. Today innovation can mean new and unique applications of old technologies, using design to | 56 | definition | 1.000 | The National Innovation Council defines innovation as: “Innovation today is increasingly going beyond the confines of formal R&D to redefine everything. Today innovation can mean new and unique applications of old technologies, using design to | 1 | page=1,block=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the purpose of the procedure laid down by the Standing Committee? | annual monitoring of these grants | 7. MONITORING The Standing Committee shall lay down a procedure for annual monitoring of these grants. The DPR of grant under 5.2 and 5.3 shall contain a calendar of milestones to be achieved and expected outcomes, which shall form the basis of regular monitoring. The Standing Committee shall be authorized to sanction revisions in the DPR that may be required in the light of the experience of the grant. ***** | 68 | definition | 1.000 | MONITORING The Standing Committee shall lay down a procedure for annual monitoring of these grants. | 8 | page=8,block=3 | 0.700 | valid |
| How is innovation perceived as a strategy in developing economies? | as an important strategy for inclusive growth in developing economies | develop new products and services, new processes and structures to improve performance in diverse areas, organizational creativity, and public sector initiatives to enhance delivery of services. Innovation is being seen as a means of creating sustainable and cost effective solutions for people at the bottom of the pyramid, and is being viewed as an important strategy for inclusive growth in developing economies.” Yet the response of the university system to this challenge and opportunity presented by the 21st century has been, at least so far, piecemeal, diffused and limited. Indian universities have been particularly hamstrung in responding to these challenges. Lack of imagination in the universities and lack of encouragement from the state and funders has created a culture that actively shuns and often punishes innovation. | 345 | relationship | 0.970 | Innovation is being seen as a means of creating sustainable and cost effective solutions for people at the bottom of the pyramid, and is being viewed as an important strategy for inclusive growth in developing economies.” Yet the response of the university system to this challenge and opportunity presented by the 21st century has been, at least so far, piecemeal, diffused and limited. | ||||
| Why is no single discipline sufficient to address real-world problems? | because of the dynamics of the inter-related phenomena in the real world | The new century has brought new issues (climate change, technologies of biological intervention, trans-national law and justice) and has brought to fore some old issues (global poverty, accommodation of diversities, energy crisis) that defy the existing divisions and protocols of knowledge and demand adequate and fast responses to problems that affect the well being of humanity and indeed the planet. The context of knowledge production has been changing because of the dynamics of the inter-related phenomena in the real world. No single discipline will be able to generate adequate and complete knowledge about the inter-related phenomena and to provide solutions to the problems of the real world. The innovation required today invites us to go beyond the orthodox ideas about innovation itself. | 458 | relationship | 0.970 | The context of knowledge production has been changing because of the dynamics of the inter-related phenomena in the real world. | 1 | page=1,block=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What type of innovations are needed to address the challenges faced by universities? | innovations that go beyond changes in management, governance and financing | SCHEME ON INNOVATION UNIVERSITIES 1. OBJECTIVE India shares the global challenge of higher education in the 21st century. An unprecedented rise in the number of university students, their changing social profile, rise of interconnected networks of knowledge facilitated by new technologies, greater integration of world economy, increasing recognition of cultural plurality and the emergence of new problems that defy existing solutions define the context of higher education all over the globe. These changes present the universities with the challenge of innovation. This challenge requires innovations that go beyond changes in management, governance and financing. | 593 | summary | 0.970 | This challenge requires innovations that go beyond changes in management, governance and financing. | 1 | page=1,block=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the innovation needed today encourage us to move beyond? | go beyond the orthodox ideas about innovation itself | The new century has brought new issues (climate change, technologies of biological intervention, trans-national law and justice) and has brought to fore some old issues (global poverty, accommodation of diversities, energy crisis) that defy the existing divisions and protocols of knowledge and demand adequate and fast responses to problems that affect the well being of humanity and indeed the planet. The context of knowledge production has been changing because of the dynamics of the inter-related phenomena in the real world. No single discipline will be able to generate adequate and complete knowledge about the inter-related phenomena and to provide solutions to the problems of the real world. The innovation required today invites us to go beyond the orthodox ideas about innovation itself. | 748 | summary | 0.970 | The innovation required today invites us to go beyond the orthodox ideas about innovation itself. | 1 | page=1,block=2 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is required to address the challenges and opportunities in university education? | a paradigm shift in the established ways of thinking about university education | A response that measures up to this vast challenge and unusual opportunity requires nothing short of a paradigm shift in the established ways of thinking about university education. It calls for redefinition of knowledge and its purpose, reorganization of branches of knowledge, rethinking the existing practices of teaching-learning and research and recognition of the limits of what we know. Like all paradigmatic shifts, it involves recovery, reconstruction and bold re- imagination. We need to go back to foundational debates on the ideals of a university. We need to carefully preserve all that is good in the present model and treat this as the starting point of a reconstruction. At the same time there is no escaping the challenge of thinking afresh to meet the new situation that confronts us. | 101 | summary | 0.970 | A response that measures up to this vast challenge and unusual opportunity requires nothing short of a paradigm shift in the established ways of thinking about university education. | 2 | page=2,block=1 | 0.700 | |
| What is the primary goal of the 'Innovation Universities' scheme? | to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without | SCOPE The challenge of innovation requires that we go beyond these initiatives. the UGC would like to introduce a scheme called “Innovation Universities”. Under the scheme, the UGC invites proposals from Universities on (a) Innovative Teaching/Educational Programmes; (b) Innovative Research Programmes; and (c) Organistional Innovations for financial support during the XII Plan. The basic objective is to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without. The scheme is meant to support bold and big ideas that require substantial support and flexibility, ideas that usually do not fit into any of the existing patterns of funding and do not, therefore, see the light of the day. This basic mandate of the scheme will be interpreted flexibly. The proposal may or may not cover all the three areas outlined here; it may or | 404 | summary | 0.970 | The basic objective is to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without. | 3 | page=3,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the purpose of the Schemes introduced by the UGC? | to improve quality of teaching and research at the universities and colleges | The UGC has long recognized the need for innovation and has from time to time introduced Schemes to improve quality of teaching and research at the universities and colleges. Special Assistance Programmes (SAP) at various | 97 | summary | 0.970 | The UGC has long recognized the need for innovation and has from time to time introduced Schemes to improve quality of teaching and research at the universities and colleges. | 2 | page=2,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the basic objective of the 'Innovation Universities' scheme? | to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without | SCOPE The challenge of innovation requires that we go beyond these initiatives. the UGC would like to introduce a scheme called “Innovation Universities”. Under the scheme, the UGC invites proposals from Universities on (a) Innovative Teaching/Educational Programmes; (b) Innovative Research Programmes; and (c) Organistional Innovations for financial support during the XII Plan. The basic objective is to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without. The scheme is meant to support bold and big ideas that require substantial support and flexibility, ideas that usually do not fit into any of the existing patterns of funding and do not, therefore, see the light of the day. This basic mandate of the scheme will be interpreted flexibly. The proposal may or may not cover all the three areas outlined here; it may or | 404 | summary | 0.970 | The basic objective is to promote innovative ways of learning, sharing and collectively growing within and without. | 3 | page=3,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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