November 11th 2023.
The Indian Institute of Technology's (IIT) Roorkee campus hosted the International Relations (IR) Conclave 2023 on November 6th and 7th, 2023. This event was a platform for discussing the various challenges that international education collaboration entails, and was attended by a diverse range of stakeholders. Leaders, experts, and officials from various academic institutions and funding agencies gathered to discuss the internationalisation initiatives of the IIT system.
The primary aim of the conclave was to promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and group ideation on matters of vital significance concerning internationalising higher education. The panel consisted of B Chandrasekar, executive director of corporate planning at EdCIL, V C Srivastava, dean of international relations, Ankit Agarwal, organising secretary of the IR Conclave, and K K Pant, director of IIT Roorkee, S K Varshney, International cooperation, department of science and technology, and Nitin Seth, director, Indo-French centre for promotion of advanced research.
K K Pant highlighted the importance of inter-IIT collaboration and links between new and old generation IITs in order to address the difficulties facing research and development today. S K Varshney stressed the significance of IITs participating in internationalisation initiatives and getting together to talk about difficulties in interdisciplinary academic and research partnerships. He also noted the importance of knowledge sharing among IITs to improve the academic and scientific brilliance of both students and researchers. Nitin Seth discussed the significance of research cooperation between French and Indian institutions to promote scientific excellence, tackle global issues, and build a better future via cooperative research and shared skills.
The conclave included workshops on topics such as “International students: challenges ahead”, “International networking & faculty exchange”, “Challenges of IR office: open discussions”, and “Responsibilities and digitization of IR office”. Furthermore, IIT Bombay was ranked 40th in the QS University Ranking 2024, further highlighting the importance of internationalisation initiatives. The IR Conclave 2023 was a great success and a great example of how collaboration and knowledge sharing can help to promote internationalisation initiatives.
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