President to host NIT directors’ meet

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will host a meeting of directors of National Institutes of Technology (NIT) here Oct 29-30.

This is the second conference of directors of NITs during the present presidency. The first conference was organised November 2013. Directors of 30 NITs will participate in the conference.

The agenda of the conference includes steps required for deepening research and technological innovation for meeting national development goals, technology-enabled learning, building international networks and linkages for quality improvement and initiatives for capacity development of faculty, the release added.

An action-taken report on the recommendations made in the conference of directors of NITs 2013 will also be discussed during the conference.