Telangana governor C P Radha Krishnan inaugurated the 98th AIU National Conference of Vice Chancellors on April 15, 2024 at Leonia Resorts, Hyderabad. In his keynote address, Radha Krishnan advised the students to equip themselves to compete with the best talents of the world and emerge victorious.
Earlier, he congratulated the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and ICFAI Foundation For Higher Education University for organising the conference and said that AIU is creating knowledge to power the higher education field. He also lauded the long lasting commitment of AIU for making India’s higher education system even more vibrant and inclusive. The introduction of Bharat Knowledge System (BKS) is one such step towards achieving that target, he added. He appealed to all the universities to create and groom enthusiastic and talented youngsters to realise the dream of Viksit Bharat envisioned by the prime minister Narendra Modi. The governor also hoped that our nation will emerge as the world leader in economy by 2047.
On the occasion, Professor G D Sharma, President AIU, Prof (Dr.) Pankaj Mittal, Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak, Vice President AIU and Prof. TG Sitaram, Chairman AICTE gave a brief about the topics and the conduct of the conference. Prof. L S Ganesh, Vice Chancellor, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education welcomed all the dignitaries to the conference on behalf of ICFAI. A book on Sustainable Goals written by 78 authors was launched on this occasion.
The three-day conference, hosted by ICFAI, will be conducted from April 15 to 17, 2024 on the topic Higher Education @ 2047. More than 500 vice chancellors from various central, state and deemed universities are expected to attend the conference (online and offline) to share their views on higher education.
The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) is a Deemed-to-be University established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. ICFAI Business School (IBS) is a constituent of IFHE.
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