Pranab Mukherjee to host Visitor's Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan from Nov 4-6
This is the first time such a conference bringing together at one forum all heads of higher education institutions is being convened by President Mukherjee.
Earlier, separate conferences were held of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities, Directors of NITs, IITs, IISERs and IISC.
"The agenda for the Visitor’s Conference includes (a) improving the quality of higher education in institutions to bring them at par with the top institutions of the world; (b) capacity development of faculty; (c) engagement of institutes of higher learning with community and society for sustainable and inclusive development and (d) promotion of gender equity and cultural inclusion through higher education," read an official statement.
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