G20 meet on education begins in Amritsar
The Hindu
In the panel discussion, delegates from France, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Oman, South Africa, UNICEF, China and UAE were also participating
The G20 meet on education began in Amritsar on March 15 at Khalsa College and Guru Nanak Dev University with the seminars on different issues.
The seminars are being held in various halls of the campuses of these educational institutions amidst tight security arrangements.
A seminar on 'Strengthening Research and Promoting Innovation through Richer Collaboration' is being organised at Khalsa College on Wednesday by IIT Ropar in collaboration with other prominent higher education institutions.
The event will focus on the identification of relevant policies and best practices for research and innovations from the deliberations of G20 member-nations, officials said.
Earlier in the morning, delegates were accorded a grand welcome by authorities in Amritsar.
Meanwhile, Union Secretary (Higher Education) K. Sanjay Murthy, Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Director, IIT Ropar were among the prominent who were present at a panel discussion at Khalsa College.
In the panel discussion, delegates from France, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Oman, South Africa, UNICEF, China and UAE were also participating.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.