Santiniketan: Directors, vice-chancellors and principals of around 377 higher education institutes from the eastern and northeastern zone of the country will participate in a conference — VIKAS 2025 — at Visva-Bharati on Friday.
The zonal conference, to be held by UGC, will be conducted at VB for the first time in two decades. "The implementation of the NEP 2020 and the Business Academy Meet will be held simultaneously. This is an event to share each other's experiences. VCs and principals will take the experience from here and implement it in each university," said UGC joint secretary Avichal Raj Kapoor. VB VC Probir Kumar Ghosh said it was a matter of pride for the institute to hold such an educational event that would have five technical sessions. "Discussion will primarily be on student-centric issues in NEP 2020," he said.
Among those addressing the session will be former UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. UGC secretary Manish Joshi, joint secretary Kapoor, NCVET chairman and IAS Nirmaljit Singh Kalsi will attend the event.
VB PRO Atig Ghosh hoped VB hosting the event would foster more such engagements.