New President (AIU) Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak, V.C., CSJMU, Kanpur and Prof (Dr.) Indra Mani, V.C. VNMKV, Parbhani
The
three-days, 98th annual general meet and National conference of vice
chancellors 2024 of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) concluded with
enthusiasm at Leonia Holistic Destination, Shamirpet, Hyderabad during April
15–17. The conference is jointly organized by AIU and the ICFAI Foundation for
Higher Education University and the event themed “Higher Education @ 2047”. Telangana
Hon’ble Governor Shri C P Radhakrishnan inaugurated this conference on April
15.
VNMKV,
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Dr. Indra Mani actively participated this event and
shared agriculture higher education policies with special relation to New Education
Policy 2020. During this annual general
meet and National conference of vice chancellors 2024, Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak,
vice-chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur was
appointed as 103rd president of the Association of Indian
Universities (AIU).
“It’s
an honour for me to be appointed as the president of the Association of Indian
Universities (AIU). It is a great responsibility and a matter of pride. I will
try to create an ecosystem so as to encourage students to take up quality
research,” said Prof Pathak over phone from Hyderabad (Hindustan Times April 16, 2024). Also he said
that, “I will work hard to help the Indian universities to get world ranking.” And
will take up the issue of executing the new education policy’s (NEP) salient
features, raising central funding for the state universities involved in
important research activities, and work on taking the standards of Indian
universities to global levels. His tenure as president will be for one year
from July 1, 2024. Prof Pathak replaced Prof GD Sharma .
More
than 500 Vice Chancellors from various central, state and deemed universities were
participated in the conference both
online and offline, offering their insights on higher education.
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