His Excellency Hon’ble Governor of Telangana Shri C P Radha Krishnan inaugurated the 98th AIU National Conference of Vice Chancellors on 15th April, 2024 at Leonia Resorts. In his keynote address, he advised the students to equip themselves to compete with the best talents of the world and emerge victorious.
Earlier he congratulated AIU and ICFAI foundation For Higher Education University `for conduct of this conference and said that AIU is creating knowledge power to the higher education field. He also lauded the long lasting commitment of AIU for making our 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 realize the dream of Viksit Bharat envisioned by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Shri Radha Krishnan also hoped that our nation will emerge as the world leader in economy by 2047.
Prof. G D Sharma, President AIU, Prof (Dr.) Pankaj Mittal, Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak, Vice President AIU and Prof. TG Sitaram, Chairman AICTE spoke on the occasion and 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 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 Event was hosted by the ICFAI.