⇒ Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu addressed the World Universities Summit as a Chief Guest on 21 July 2021. Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan also addressed the summit.
Addressing the Summit, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu asked universities to become thought leaders in finding solutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty and pollution.
Theme:
The theme of the summit was “Universities of the Future: Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility and Community Impact”.
Organized by:
The three-day World Universities Summit was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), an Indian Institution of Eminence.
Participants:
The summit witnessed 150+ Thought leaders from 6 continents and 25+ Countries from United States of America to Ghana to Russia to South Korea to Israel to Italy.
Discussion:
The O. P. JGU hosted intense discussions and debates on how the education environment has changed forever, how the future will need to account for new realities, and how to address the limitations that have emerged during the pandemic.
The Summit defined the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on higher education and on learning environments worldwide.
The Summit also brought into focus the sharp gaps in higher education that were exposed as rapid changes had to be implemented and there were issues of the digital divide preventing access to continued education for many.