Central University of Orissa (CUO) Koraput VC Prof Sachidananda Mohanty addressed the valedictory session of a two-day South Zone Vice-Chancellors’ meet on Thursday as the chief guest, held at the Pondicherry University.
The meet was organised jointly by the Pondicherry University and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) attended by about 70 Vice-Chancellors from the southern region.
During the event, three technical sessions were organised on themes such as “Transformation in Higher Education through technological innovations: Recent trends and future scope for a knowledge society”,
“Creating workforce for tomorrow: Need to exploit industry-community collaborations” and “Technology, law and excellence for sustainable development”.
Prof Mohanty stressed on the need for liberal education, equity, accountability and freedom. He made a clarion call to all Vice-Chancellors to show equal respect for all disciplines and to pursue “Science with a human face”.
Among those present were the VC of Pondicherry University Prof Gurmeet Singh and senior official of the AIU and the invited gathering of academics and scholars.