Indo-Global Education Summit launched

150 varsities from across the globe taking part along with 500 Indian institutions

HYDERABAD: Former Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has welcomed private participation in the education sector but urged them not to commercialise the sector and ensure inclusive growth.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Indo-Global Education Summit here on Friday, organised by the Indus Foundation. He reminded that education plays a key role in the development of the nation and he hoped that the summit will discuss new themes and will give new directions for taking higher education to the unreached.

R.P. Agarwal, former Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, spoke on the apprehensions of Indian institutions over the entry of foreign universities and the goals of Foreign Educational Institutions Bill introduced in the Parliament this year. He felt there will not be exodus of good teachers from the Indian institutions to foreign institutions in India as feared and this has been proven with the IITs, IIMs and Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore retaining their faculty despite entry of private players with attractive offers.

On the other hand, he felt, they will create more competition and attract good talent towards teaching. At the same time, he observed that there was a need for protecting Indian institutions. He felt there was a need for stringent norms to ensure entry of quality players only and not fly-by-night operators. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Civil Servant from government of West Bengal; George Iwama, Vice-Chancellor, University of Northern British Columbia; Goldy Hyder from Carleton University, Ontario, Canada and G. Subrahmanyam, Vice-Chancellor, Gitam University also spoke. C.D. Arha, Chairman of the summit and S.B. Anumolu, president, Indus Foundation also spoke.

Exploring opportunities

The summit is being held at Hotel Marriott from December 3 to 5 with the objective to explore opportunities for academic collaborations between Indian institutions and foreign universities apart from guiding Indian students about opportunities for higher education in foreign universities in over 40 countries. Entry is free for Indian students.

An estimated 150 universities from around the world and 500 Indian educational institutions will be present. The summit will have sessions on Engineering & IT, Business & Management, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Natural Sciences, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences. There will be interaction among representatives of Indian institutions and those of foreign universities for collaborations.

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