Buoyed by the success of Investors Summit, the Uttarakhand is all set to host another big event, Gyan Mahakumbh to be inaugurated by the President Ram Nath Kovind. The two-day event being organised for improving the quality of higher education in the State, starting on November 3 at Patanjali Vidhyapeeth in Haridwar, is expected to be attended by academicians, education Ministers and heads of the education institutes from across the country.
The Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan Singh reviewed preparation of the mega event at Vidhan Sabha auditorium on Tuesday.
He directed the officers to ensure that all preparations for the event are completed on time. Rawat said that the focus of the proposed event would be on improving quality of higher education. “It would prove to be a milestone for evolving a new education policy,” he said. He, further, said that the Gyan Kumbh would be a national event and it would showcase quality in education, research and innovative works.
He informed that different stalls and exhibitions would be organised during the event.
Giving more details, the Minister said that the Union Human Development Minister and the education ministers of 17 States have so far accepted the invitation for the event.
The Higher Education Department has also invited secretaries, vice-chancellors of all the universities, directors of all the IITs, NITs and directors or chairpersons of all the educational institutions. The principals of top 100 colleges of the country have also been invited.
The review meeting was attended among others by the additional chief secretary Dr Ranvir Singh, additional secretaries R Rajesh Kumar and Jyoti Khairwal, VC Sridev Suman University U S Rawat, VC Sanskrit University Piyush Kant Dixit and VC Doon University C S Nautiyal.