600 Vice Chancellors to join National Conference of VCs at USTM

 GUWAHATI: The three-day-long National Conference of Vice Chancellors on Transformative Higher Education for Atmanirbhar Bharat will be inaugurated tomorrow by the Former President of India, Ram Nath Kovind at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM). Nearly 600 Vice Chancellors from different universities will take part in the conference, a press release stated.

In the inaugural session of the conference, special address will be made by Dr Ranoj Pegu, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Assam. The AIU Foundation Day Lecture will be delivered by Padma Shri Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, India while the welcome address would be delivered by Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of USTM.

The valedictory address on the third day of the conference will be made by Gulab Chand Kataria, Hon’ble Governor of Assam.

The Conference Sessions will start in the afternoon of 23rd March and will continue till 25th March. The themes for the sessions of the Conference include Internationalization, Modes of Engagement, Minimum Government-Maximum Governance, What Does It Mean for Universities, Promotion of Indian Languages, Reforms for Holistic Education, Creating an Ecosystem for Research and Excellence and Future of Education, Learning, and Workplace.

A host of VCs from universities like JNU, IGNOU, Symbiosis International, University of Massachusetts, Bharti Vidyapith, University of Hyderabad, and Directors of IITs, IISc, AICTE, NAAC, ICAR, ACU, IIIT would be joining this Mega Conference. And about 300 heads of higher education institutions along with several foreign policy-makers will participate in the conference in online mode. One can join the Sessions of the Annual Meet physically or virtually through the YouTube link: www.youtube.com/@ustm3124, as stated by the press release.

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