Shri Arjun Singh to inaugurate Vice Chancellors’ Conference at Vigyan Bhavan on the eve of the First National Education Day
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A Conference of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities and Directors of  Central Technical Institutions will be inaugurated by Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development,  here at Vigyan Bhavan on coming Monday, the 10th November, 2008. The Conference is being organized on the eve of the First National Education Day. The Conference will discuss many important issues relating to Higher Education including: The status of utilization of financial assistance provided to Universities and Central funded Technical Institutions for implementation of OBC reservation, Status and Issues relating to filling all the reserved seats in admission. Financial Assistance to be extended to Central Educational Institutions during XIth Plan for expansion of Higher Education to achieve the objective of ‘access’ with ‘excellence’. Recommendation of Chadha Committee in regard to quality issues pertaining to higher education. The Conference will be followed by a Panel discussion on ‘Issues Related to Higher Education in XIth Plan’ which will be presided by Shri R. P. Agrawal, Secretary (HE) with Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat, Chairman UGC, Prof. Goverdhan Mehta and Prof. A. Gnanam on the panel.   -------------------------- KKP/sa