The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal today discussed with his German counterpart, a consortia approach of twinning between universities of the two countries where two to three Indian Universities could partner with two to three German Universities for conducing degree level courses. The Minister was speaking on the occasion of his meeting with the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, Dr. Annettee Schavan in New Delhi today. The Minister said that setting up of such Meta – universities will be a welcome step to collaborate further in the higher education sector between the two countries. Speaking on the occasion of his meeting with the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, Dr. Annettee Schavan and delegates of Germany, Shri Sibal stressed that opportunities in the field of higher education and skill development in both the countries, are enormous. He further added that mutual recognition of Degrees and Diplomas awarded by the educational institutions of both the countries will be extremely helpful to enhance the mobility of the students. Shri Sibal also emphasized on increasing the avenues for vocational education and setting up of joint ventures between two countries under public private partnership (PPP) model for skill enhancement. Shri Sibal also noted that there is need to publicise the fact that many courses at graduate and post graduate level in Germany are conducted in English language, so that more Indian students could avail of the opportunity of studying in Germany. Shri Sibal added that we too in India could make much more efforts to familiarise our students with the German language at school and higher education level. The Minister noted that an Indo-German Science Centre has already been established under the initiatives taken in the recent past.
Shri Kapil Sibal appreciated the programme “A new passage to India” which is upto the year 2012 and discussed ways of carrying it forward after 2012.
Shri Kapil Sibal also offered that India could host an Indo-German Higher Education Summit in Nov./Dec. 2011 to be co-chaired by both the Ministers with the participation of academics, senior government officials and public & private industry on both sides. The Summit could explore issues like:
(i) Development of junior faculty including doctoral & post-doctoral programmes.
(ii) Mutual recognition of qualification, particularly in vocational education.
(iii) Joint research programmes
Two MoUs were signed between IIT Mandi & University of Stuttgart representing TU9 Germany and University of Hyderabad & Westfalesehe Wilhelmns University of Germany.
Senior officials of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Labour were present on the occasion including Ms. Vibha Puri Das, Secretary (HE), Shri Prabhat Chaturvedi, Secretary (Labour), Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary (DST); Shri Amit Khare, JS (International Cooperation), Prof. Timothy Gomslves, Director IIT Mandi, Prof. Deepak Khemani, Dean Students IIT-Mandi, Prof Dr K Anantha Padmanabhan and Prof Dr K Bhanu Sankara Rao Dean School of Engineering, Sciences & Technology of the University of Hyderabad.
Shri Kapil Sibal appreciated the programme “A new passage to India” which is upto the year 2012 and discussed ways of carrying it forward after 2012.
Shri Kapil Sibal also offered that India could host an Indo-German Higher Education Summit in Nov./Dec. 2011 to be co-chaired by both the Ministers with the participation of academics, senior government officials and public & private industry on both sides. The Summit could explore issues like:
(i) Development of junior faculty including doctoral & post-doctoral programmes.
(ii) Mutual recognition of qualification, particularly in vocational education.
(iii) Joint research programmes
Two MoUs were signed between IIT Mandi & University of Stuttgart representing TU9 Germany and University of Hyderabad & Westfalesehe Wilhelmns University of Germany.
Senior officials of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Labour were present on the occasion including Ms. Vibha Puri Das, Secretary (HE), Shri Prabhat Chaturvedi, Secretary (Labour), Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary (DST); Shri Amit Khare, JS (International Cooperation), Prof. Timothy Gomslves, Director IIT Mandi, Prof. Deepak Khemani, Dean Students IIT-Mandi, Prof Dr K Anantha Padmanabhan and Prof Dr K Bhanu Sankara Rao Dean School of Engineering, Sciences & Technology of the University of Hyderabad.
Courtesy :PIB
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