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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Association of Indian Universities’ 95th Annual Meet and National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors (VCs) on April 14, 2021, at 11 am through video conferencing. He will also launch four books related to Dr B R Ambedkar authored by Kishor Makwana. Governor and Chief Minister of Gujarat and Union Education Minister will also be present. The event is being hosted by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad.
Association of Indian Universities (AIU), a premier apex body of higher education in the country, is conducting its 95th Annual Meet this year on April 14-15, 2021. The Meet is an occasion for AIU to showcase its past year’s achievements, present its financial statement and throw light on activities for the forthcoming year. It is also a platform to inform the members about the recommendations of Zonal Vice-Chancellors Meets and other discussions conducted throughout the year. The Meet will also commemorate and celebrate the 96th Foundation day of AIU, established in 1925 under the patronage of stalwarts like Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
A National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors on the theme ‘Implementing National Educational Policy-2020 to Transform Higher Education in India’ is also being organised during the Meet. It aims to work out implementation strategies for the recently launched National Education Policy− 2020 with a clear-cut action plan on effectively implementing the policy in the interest of its primary stakeholders, the students, according to a PIB release.
The Prime Minister will also release the following four books based on Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s life written by Kishor Makwana:
- Dr Ambedkar Jivan Darshan,
- Dr Ambedkar Vyakti Darshan,
- Dr Ambedkar Rashtra Darshan, and
- Dr Ambedkar Aayam Darshan