New Delhi (NVI): HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, today established a committee to suggest ways to ensure more students stay and study in India.
The committee, to be headed by the Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) will address the needs of students aspiring to go abroad by providing them with appropriate opportunities of education in the country and supporting the students returning from abroad to complete their programmes.
The Union HRD Minister held a brainstorming session regarding “Stay in India and Study in India” with senior officials and Heads of Autonomous and Technical Organisations concerned of MHRD in New Delhi today.
Pokhriyal said, “Because of COVID-19 situation many students who wanted to pursue studies abroad have decided to stay back in India and pursue their studies within India. He said that there are also rising number of Indian students returning to India with concern about completion of their studies.”
He emphasized that Ministry of HRD should make all efforts to look into the needs of both these categories of students.
Furthermore the committee will also explore mechanisms for starting Multi-disciplinary and innovative programs, twinning and joint degree programs, Cross Country designing of centers, facilitating online lectures by eminent faculty abroad, linkage between academia and industry, facilitate Joint degree ventures and lateral entry to Indian Higher Education Institutions.
MoS for HRD Sanjay Dhotre was also present on the occasion. Secretary, Higher Education, Amit Khare, Chairman, UGC, D.P. Singh, Chairman, AICTE, Anil Sahasrabudhe, Joint Secretary (ICC), Neeta Prasad and Secretary General, AIU, Pankaj Mittal participated in the meeting.
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