To strengthen the partnerships and collaboration between universities, industry, Centre and State Governments all across north, to drive capacity building and innovations, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership with Indian School of Business (ISB) and Haryana Government is organising the Edu Summit 2015 at ISB Campus, Mohali on August 5.
Themed ‘Moving towards Knowledge based Economy - Basic Imperatives and Agenda for Reforms’, the summit is set to be inaugurated by Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor, Haryana, Punjab UT Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The Edu Summit would dwell on how to identify the critical sectors of industry for skill development, identification of sociological aspects involved in cultivating desired professionals, how northern industry can support in building research centres for some of the key sectors in the region, who would govern and serve in these centres, the kind of reforms needed for it, how can industry align its CSR activities beyond community development projects to large scale socio-economic development projects and how to strengthen and leverage Industry institute partnerships further.
To be addressed by world renowned eminent speakers including industry leaders, international universities and national champions in the sector, and to be attended by over 400 central & state Government officials, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Corporates, Educationists, think tanks & students, CII Edu Summit would comprise three sessions focusing on: Building a “Bell labs” for Every Industry, Investing in Building Professionals, Partnerships with the Government, Plenary on Northern Regional Economic Development.