Seminar on Vocational Education

Updated on: Monday, February 13, 2012

G.R.E.A.T (German Research Centre for Comparative Vocational Education and Training) and Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CMIS-UC) at the University of Cologne have joined hands with Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, New Delhi, to organise a seminar on Increasing the Effectiveness of Vocational Education in India and Germany from February 13-16, at the German House, 2, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri.

The seminar is the outcome of the visit of the German delegation to India headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the bilateral talks held in New Delhi on May 31, 2011 between Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan and India's Minister for Labour, Mallikarjun Kharge.

The seminar is supported by the German Embassy and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the programme for initiation and intensification of bilateral relations and by Shri Ram Centre.

The seminar will bring together the German experts coordinated by Matthias Pilz, director, GREAT and CMIS-UC and Indian experts coordinated by Joginder S Sodhi, director, Shri Ram Centre.

Courtesy: Myeducationtimes.com

Times of India

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