Indo-Global Education Summit starts Sept 7

Indo-Global Education Summit, a platform that offers ample opportunities to Indian and foreign educational institutions for mutual collaborations, is scheduled to be held on September 7-9, 2012 in Hyderabad. The venue would be Hotel Taj Krishna and Hotel Taj Deccan.

As part of the summit, due guidance will be given to Indian students for higher education abroad at foreign universities. Indian institutes will get an opportunity to enhance their collaborations.  It is expected that around 1000 Indian educational institutions including over 100 foreign universities from US, Australia, South Africa and European countries will participate in the summit, as per the organizers at Indus Foundation.

An expo running parallel to the summit will focus on the technology & training solutions and highlight best practices in teaching, learning and training. Reportedly, 10,000 students and parents are expected to visit the expo.

Indus Foundation is organizing the summit which is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India. 

Focus of the summit will be:

• Collaborative research programmes
• Joint/dual degree programmes
• Distance education and vocational education programmes
• Faculty and students exchange programmes
• Study abroad programmes
• Other academic partnerships

Major fields to be covered in the summit are:

• Engineering & Applied Sciences
• Information Technology
• Business & Management
• Clinical & Health Sciences
• Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• Agricultural Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Environment & Natural Resources
• Education & Teacher Training
• Arts & Humanities
• Social Sciences

The summit is specifically designed for Managing Directors, CEOs, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Deans, Department Heads, Faculty, Trustees, Correspondents, Government Officials, and others connected with higher education. Read more

Participating universities include:

• Aachen University, Germany
• Aston University, UK
• Dartmouth College, USA
• Iowa State University, USA
• King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
• McGill University, Canada
• McMaster University, Canada
• Montana State University Billings, USA
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Purdue University, USA
• University of California Berkeley, USA
• University of Montana, USA
• Hadassah Medical School, Israel
• Lille Catholic University, France
• Paris-Dauphine University, France
• University of Cape Town, South Africa
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• University of Hong Kong, China

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