Meet on transformation in engg education begins at VVCE tomorrow

Both engineering teachers and students will get a chance to network with educators from India and overseas and learn how to change engineering education at the conference. 

The Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering and the Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) are partnering to host the 10th International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (ICTIEE), 2023, at the Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering campus in Gokulam, Mysuru, from January 4 to 8, The Hindu reported. 

Both engineering teachers and students will get a chance to network with educators from India and overseas and learn how to change engineering education at the conference, the report added. 

The conference is set to begin on January 4 with the Annual Student Forum on Sustainability Enquiry and Myth Busting, which will be facilitated by Raju Dandu of Kansas State University and Ranji Vaidyanathan of Oklahoma State University, as well as Bergis Driver, Associate Member of the Institute of Town Planners of India, and Sneha Shahi, Conservationist and UNEP-Plastic Tide Turner Champion from India and National Youth Campaigner. 

Mysore City Walkathon 

A Mysore City Walkathon for Sustainable Planet Ideation and Model Development will start from the Vidyavardhaka campus on January 5 at 7.30 am. Parallel workshops on a variety of subjects related to engineering education will also be held for students. Additionally, workshops will be held to give participants a chance to network with and learn from international academic and business leaders such as Sohum Sohoni of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Umakant Kulkarni of the SDM College of Engineering, and Rucha Joshi of Plaksha University.  

CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education, and Vidyashankar S, Vice-Chancellor, Visvesvaraya  Technological University, will attend the official opening on January 6 at 11 am. Gundappa Gowda, President of Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Mysuru, and P Vishwanath, Secretary, will preside over the event. Distinguished speakers from academia and industry will also be giving a variety of presentations on subjects related to engineering education, including leadership, emerging technologies, sustainability, and reimagining the future of learning via effective teaching. 

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