International Universities Conclave to be held on January 18
Sanjay Trivedi
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- The Department of Education, Government of Gujarat in collaboration with the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University and Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad will be organizing an International Universities Conclave 2019 on January 18, 2019, the inaugural day of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
- The conclave will focus on the subject of Internalization of Higher Education (Joint Prospects). Minister of Education Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma and Minister of State for Higher Education Mrs. Vibhavari Dave are expected to be present at the event and address the audience comprising heads of national and international academic institutes.
- The academicians of Indian universities will be represented by Vice Chancellors of Universities, academicians, educationists and principals are expected to attend this programme. The Conclave will be attended by around 20 participants from fifteen universities.
- Elaborating on the theme of the Conclave, Mrs. Anju Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Government of Gujarat, said, “Internalisation continues to be on the agenda of higher education providers worldwide. The conclave aims to understand how the process is being conceived
- and implemented throughout the world for internalization of higher education. This will include examining the impacts of internationally open programmes by facilitating dialogue between academia from the country and those from foreign universities.”
- The expected outcomes of the programme include underlining the importance of the role played by institutional policies; providing information regarding increasing technological changes and intense globalization trend in academia; effect a cultural change through infrastructure and global trends so to improve administration, financial health and performance of organisations and facilitate discussions to initiate academic collaborations with foreign universities.
- Seminar on ‘Repositioning Indian Talent Pool on a Global Frontier’
- In a bid to undertake a skill gap analysis of the growing workforce in the country, enhance the quality of the talent pool and showcase the potential of this workforce to the global business community, the Department of Labour and Employment is organising a seminar on ‘Repositioning Indian Talent pool on a Global Frontier’ on January 20, 2019, the concluding day of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
- The seminar will witness participation from leading executives of companies from various sectors, professors, research students and office bearers of leading institutions; start-ups and incubation centres, mentors and professional services firms. The session, which will span over three hours, aims at facilitating discussions around strength of emerging ecosystems and gaps in promoting excellence across the sectors and identifying ways to integrate our ecosystem with international ecosystems by addressing the skill gap.
- The seminar will include two sessions titled ‘Showcasing Global Trendsetters’ and ‘Breaking the Creating and Efficiency Barriers’. The first session will focus on factors that have led to our companies to position themselves as global leaders in sectors such as Pharmaceuticals, Textiles through innovation and R&D. Mr. Narayan Ramaswamy from KPMG will moderate this session, which will include panelists such as Mr. P Kunhikrishnan from ISRO, Mr. V Swaminathan from Kotak Mahindra, Mr. Pramod Choudhary, Pratibha; Mr. Pratul Shroff, e-Infochips and Mr.. Sivan Menon, Sangiti.
- The second session will be moderated by Mr.s. Mona Khandhar, Secretary& Commissioner Rural Development and will include a panel comprising of Prof. Rajesh Nair, MIT; Mr. Suresh Goyal, Macquarie; Mr. Ahmed Sokarno, VETEA, Dr Shailendra Raj Mehta, MICA.
- Addressing the media here, Mr. Vipul Mitra, IAS, ACS (Labour and Employment) said, “The seminar aims to cover aspects of international market opportunity for Gujarat-based players encompassing market size, growth drivers, industry trends; acknowledge the role of young institutions like Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, National Institute of Fashion Technology - Gandhinagar, Indian Institute of Technology - Gandhinagar, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India etc. in bringing the right skill sets to the ecosystem; identify whitespaces in the market and measures to be taken by players to address these opportunities.”
- Sharing the overall vision for the seminar, Mrs. Mona Khandhar, IAS, Commissioner of Rural Development said, “India is categorised as a lower middle income country. However, the national has charted a different growth path in the service sector, particularly with the service industry and start-ups. This seminar aims at making the overall ecosystem of human resources excel and more efficient and put India on the threshold of the higher middle income group”
- The past decade has witnessed a range of changes in global trade paradigms, unveiling new emerging markets and channels for global business expansion. India’s position in global trade has seen a significant shift over the last 25 years, evolving both in product mix and destination markets. However, as per the latest World Bank report, India is still identified as a ‘Lower Middle Income’ country amongst developing economies. It is our collective aspiration to shift our status to a ‘Middle Income’ country.
- A multipronged international expansion strategy is increasingly being favoured by players – strategic alliances, omni-channel presence, product localisation, digital marketing are some of the competencies required to garner incremental international market share. Indian companies need a well-trained and updated workforce to compete at a global level and fulfil market expectations. Though
- there is a positive correlation between GDP and employment, aggregate productivity of labour determines the growth trajectory of a country. Since Productivity is a function of GDP and hours worked, it is pertinent to have a high productive output to have a higher GDP. To fulfil the global expectations in the long run, companies need to rapidly position themselves globally in terms of creativity and innovation, which, very few Indian companies have been able to fulfil as yet.
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