First Indian, Australian education and skill meeting tomorrow at IIT Gandhinagar

NEW DELHI: The First Australia India Education and Skill Council (AIESC) meeting will be held tomorrow, November 6, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar to foster collaboration, participation and synergy in areas of mutual interest in education and skill domain.

The meeting will be jointly chaired by union education and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Jason Clare MP, Australian minister for education, and Brendan O'Connor, Australian minister for skills and training.

This meeting will provide a platform for academic and skill experts to discuss a wide range of mutually agreed priorities, with the ultimate aim of shaping the future of education and skilling in both our nations. The discussions will follow the key three themes of shaping future workforces, strengthening institutional partnerships in education and driving research impact through internationalisation. The meeting will be attended by senior government officials from India and Australia along with heads of Higher Education Institutions and skill sectors from both the countries.

As part of the collaboration, the ministers will be visiting Centre for Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar, which works on nurturing scientific temper and the inherent creativity in students and teachers through creation of tools, dissemination of ideas focussing on STEM art, toys, setting up of science centres and lab work at IIT Gandhinagar.

The ministers will also pay a visit to Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDDU) and Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK).

The two-day programme also includes a visit by Dharmendra Pradhan and Jason Clare MP to Gift City site visits of Deakin University and University of Wollongong campuses and Arambh (the beginning): Australian University campuses in India. On the second day, a discussion on Research Dialogue: New Horizon in Research Collaboration will be held.

The interaction is expected to identify innovative opportunities for deepening bilateral research collaborations in a thriving research ecosystem through industry partnerships, research workforce and strategies. It will also aim to facilitate research networks across chose disciplines between the two countries.