FICCI
organized a two day Higher Education Summit "Higher Education at the Crossroads:
Imperatives for Policy & Practice" in partnership with Canada on November
25 & 26, 2008 at FICCI, New Delhi. The event was supported by Ministry
of Human Resource & Development, Government of India and the leading global
consulting firm Ernst & Young was the Knowledge Partner.
Mr.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of
India, Prof. David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo, Canada
and Prof. Malcolm Grant, President & Provost, UCL, UK were the Key
Speakers in the event.
Canada was the Partner country and Prof. David
Johnston led a 60 member Canadian delegation
Over 500 Delegates
participated, of which more than 25% were foreign participants from 18 countries.
22 Higher Educational Institutions showcased their products and services at
the Exhibition and 190 B2Bs were organized for Indian and Canadian participants.
(Others
include EU, Belarus, Malawi, Malaysia, Bhutan, Kenya, Mauritius, Zambia, Australia,
Singapore, Rwanda, Eritrea, Gabon and New Zealand)
