Conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology to Be Held on…
Rashtrapati Bhavan : 20.08.2014
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will host a conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 22, 2014. The President is Visitor of all IITs.
This is for the first time that a Conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs is being convened by the President. Twenty-nine Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of IITs will participate in the conference.
The agenda of the conference includes steps required to improve global ranking of IITs; giving impetus to research and innovation; use of technology in pedagogy and online learning; deepening of the engagement of IITs with community and resource mobilization as well as alumni participation.
The Prime Minister and Union Minister of Human Resource Development will participate in the conference.
This release issued at 1215 hrs.
