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| Monday, November 26, 2007
Vice-Chancellors to deliberate on higher education policies
They will also discuss education in the era of globalisation
- Recommendations, will help to improve National
Knowledge Index
- The meeting will facilitate formation of student
research conventions
CHENNAI: Anna University-Chennai will play host to the first
international forum of the Association of Indian Universities
in which Vice-Chancellors of various Indian universities and
educational administrators from abroad will deliberate on key
issues in higher education.
The association’s 82nd annual meeting, which will be inaugurated
by Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy on Monday, will see 150
Vice-Chancellors and foreign delegates from the U.S., Australia,
Germany, France and the Netherlands discuss education in the
era of globalisation and the need for connectivity among educational
institutions.
The key recommendations of the three-day event, which includes
a national seminar on the Knowledge Commission Report-2006,
will be forwarded to the Central Government.
Report on Knowledge Commission
“We will function as a think tank by creating an environment
for policy formulation. The highlight of the event will be the
presentation of an analytical report on the Knowledge Commission
Report,” Dayanand Dongaonkar, secretary general of the
association, told reporters on Sunday.
The recommendations, he said, would help to find ways of improving
the National Knowledge Index.
Other issues that will be discussed include the need for autonomy
in higher education, faculty shortage, funding mechanism and
volume of funding.
The meeting will also facilitate the formation of student research
conventions in which research students will compete for national
fellowships that will allow them to travel extensively around
the world.
Representatives of the Department of Science and Technology,
the Atomic Energy Commission and the Medical Council of India
will also attend the deliberations.
The seminar on the knowledge commission, set for Wednesday,
will be inaugurated by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala and will
have a special address by the former President, A.P. J Abdul
Kalam. This is the eighth time that the event is being held
in Tamil Nadu, and the second time in Anna University,
Y.C. Simhadri, president of the association, and D.Viswanathan,
Vice-Chancellor, Anna University-Chennai, were also present
Courtesy: The Hindu
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