

The symposium on ‘Doctoral Research—Emerging Scope in India and Abroad’ was organised recently by Education First in collaboration with Mewar University (MU) at Bhagalpur, Bihar. The event witnessed more than 70 HODs, professors and lecturers of different disciplines, apart from students of post graduate department and other educationists from the town.
Dr Ashok Kumar Gadiya, chairperson, MU, was the chief guest on this occasion. Prof NK Varma and prof Janardan Jha former VC of the university were guests of honour. While addressing the audience, Dr Gadiya dwelt on the emerging scope of doctoral research in a globalised world. He emphasised on the need to link research with industry and the role that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can play in improving the quality of research.
Other prominent guests were prof S P Anal, Syndicate member; prof SK Pandey; Dr Vijay Kumar Singh, dean, Faculty of law; prof Sarat Chand, Dr Rajiv Kant Mishra, prof Ravindra Bhagat and many others.