March 28, 2023
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‘India’s G20 presidency one of healing, harmony, hope’

The summit will bring together 160 national and international participants from all G20 countries across six continents…reports Asian Lite News

India’s G20 presidency aims to be a presidency of healing, harmony and hope, said V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs, at the inaugural address of the World Universities Summit 2023.

The five-day summit was titled the G-20 Higher Educators Forum’s Universities of the Future Summit. The Theme of the Virtual Summit is Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility & Community Impact in G20 Countries was inaugurated today.

Speaking at the inauguration, Muraleedharan said, “I wish to compliment the O.P. Jindal global university for this initiative. I’m glad to note that over 91 universities and 146 speakers, vice chancellors, professors and academics are participating. I’m confident that this summit will produce substantive outcomes. India’s G20 presidency aims to be a presidency of healing, harmony and hope.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a new paradigm of human centric globalisation. We should not just limit India’s G20 presidency to isolated discussions among world leaders but to make it a people’s dignity and mass movement and I seek your support and the novelty of your ideas to inject youthful dynamism to our G20 Agenda. I’m also pleased to note that O.P. Jindal Global University is the very first university in India to set up a permanent centre for G20 studies and I wish the center well, both during India’s G20 Presidency and beyond. Universities have an important role to play in the creation of the intellectual capital of a country. Providing universal access to quality education is the key to India’s continued ascent and leadership on the global stage.”

The summit will bring together 160 national and international participants from all G20 countries across six continents. There will be substantive discussions, keynote addresses and discourses over the next five days which will include leading academics and educational professionals from all G20 countries.

A special address was given by Prof. (Dr) Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General Association of Indian Universities who said, “Students want to be lifelong learners. They don’t want to end their learning with the university or the college or the institution where they are studying, but they want to be lifelong learners, because the future is changing so fast, that unless they remain lifelong learners, they will not be able to sustain. Students want to be innovative and they want to be problem solvers.

Prof. (Dr) Mohan Kumar, Dean and Director, Jindal Global Centre for G20 Studies, said that the summit was an opportunity for India’s cooperation with the other institutions. “I believe the universities of the future face two fundamental challenges. The number one challenge is really to see how universities can be relevant to the workplace. You have to look at the curriculum, at the infrastructure and whether practitioners can play a role.

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