Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi to chair meeting of vice-chancellors
In addition, "Augmenting Lifelong Learning through National Credit Framework" will be presented by Dr.Bharathi Harishankar, Vice-Chancellor, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi
CHENNAI: In a bid to further improve the standards of higher education in the state, a national-level conference of vice chancellors of state and private universities, chaired by Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi, will be held at Udhagamandalam Raj Bhavan House on May 27.
A Raj Bhavan official release here in Chennai said UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar will be attending the two-day conference, vice chancellors of state universities from across the country will give presentations on "Best Practices adopted by the Universities".
On day one, detail presentation on "Institution Development Plan - Vision Document for Universities" will be given by Dr. S.Vaidhyasubramaniam, vice-chancellor, SASTRA university, In addition, Prof. Partha Chakrabarti, Former Director, IIT-Kharagpur will present a topic on "Building Research Excellence and Future of Artificial Intelligence"' and "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" subject will be covered Sruthi Kannan, Engineering Leader, CISCO.
In addition, "Augmenting Lifelong Learning through National Credit Framework" will be presented by Dr.Bharathi Harishankar, Vice-Chancellor, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women.
The release further said that on the second day of the conference, a subject on "Indian Red Cross Society and Universities' will be covered by Karthik Thirunarayan, Member, Committee of Administrators, Indian Red Cross Society, Tamil Nadu State Branch, Chennai.
Likewise, "Various Volunteer and Internship Programs in Auroville for University Students" topic will be presented by Dr.Jayanti S. Ravi, Secretary, Auroville Foundation, "Capacity Building for Faculty Members towards emerging Industrial Requirements" will be deliverd by Prof.R.Velraj, vice-chancellor, Anna University along with Dr.G.Ravi, vice-chancellor, Alagappa University and finally, "Universal Human Values" topic will be presented by Prof. H.D. Charan, Chairman, National Committee on Universal Human Values, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Experience sharing by students and scholars who have qualified in NET or UGC-CSIR tests and obtained junior research fellowship has also been scheduled.
