National Conference of VCs-2023 concludes at USTM

Staff Reporter, Guwahati, March 25: The three-day-long mega academic event of the country, the National Conference of Vice-Chancellors on “Transformative Higher Education for Atmanirbhar Bharat'' has ended here today with its valedictory session graced by Gulab Chand Kataria, the Governor of Assam as the Chief Guest. The Conference was organised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi in collaboration with the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) from March 23 to 25 at USTM campus. The guests of honour for the valedictory session were, Shri Atul Kothari, National Secretary, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas; Rakkam A Sangma, Education Minister, Government of Meghalaya, and Dr Nani Gopal Mahanta, Education Advisor, Government of Assam. Addressing the august gathering, Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Assam thanked AIU and all the Vice Chancellors on behalf of Assam and all the states of the North East for participating in the conference at USTM and expressed his hope that India will again become Viswaguru based on knowledge, dedication and service. “I congratulate Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of USTM, for establishing and nurturing an unparalleled university, a true people's university”, he added. The valedictory session of the VC’s Conference was preceded by a technical session with the theme “Future of Education, Learning and Workplace”. The sub-themes of the session were: ‘Technology based personalized teaching-learning models’, ‘Changing role of teachers as facilitators’ and ‘Preparing the students for future jobs.’ This last technical session of the Conference was Chaired by Prof. Ranbir Singh, Former President, AIU and Chancellor, IILM University, Gurugram. It was co-chaired by Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, Former Vice Chairman, UGC & Former Chairman-EC, NAAC. The speakers at the session were Prof M M Pant, Former Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU (Online); Prof Marmar Mukhopadhyay, Former Director, NIEPA and Prof Parameswar K Iyer, Director, IIT, Guwahati. The session was followed by the AIU General and Business Session. The three-day-long National Conference of Vice Chancellors was attended by more than 500 hundred Vice Chancellors and Directors of IITs, IISc, NITs and other higher education institutions from India and abroad. The Conference ended with the vote of thanks extended by Dr Alok Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary, AIU followed by singing of the National Anthem.