84th snnual meeting of the Association of Indian Universities inaugurates

Updated on: Saturday, November 14, 2009

Amritsar: The education cannot be developed with competition instead co-operation and partnership is the need of the hour. Although finance is the vital part in the development of education but commercialisation of education must be avoided. These remarks were made by Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, University Grant Commission, New Delh.

He was delivering his key note address at the inaugural session of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association of Indian Universities here today in the Guru Nanak Bhawan of the Guru Nanak Dev University.

This three-day conference is being hosted by Guru Nanak Dev University in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to discuss the issues and problems faced by higher education.

Dr MD Tiwari, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad presided over the inaugural session. Prof Ajaib Singh Brar, Vice-Chancellor welcomed the chief guest and other participating Vice-Chancellors. Prof Beena Shah, Secretary General, AIU detailed about the meeting. More than 160 Vice-Chancellors from the various parts of the country are participating. This meeting would be concluded on November 14.

84th snnual meeting of the Association of Indian Universities inaugurates

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