Indo-Global Education Summit 2011 on academic collaborations and student enrollment - November 4 to 12, 2011

Invitation from India

Greetings and good wishes!

I am pleased to invite you and your institution to participate in the Indo-Global Education Summit 2011 on academic collaborations and student enrollment. The Summit will be held in New Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai from November 4 to 12, 2011.

As you know, Indian educational system has been undergoing a paradigm shift in the recent past. India has the world's second largest post-secondary student population of around 14 million. It is expected that this number will double over the next 12 years. Further, the Indian economy is transforming into an international powerhouse requiring India to provide the best possible educational opportunities for its citizens. In the face of a growing demand for post secondary education and limited capacities, India is turning to foreign universities to bridge the anticipated gap. India is also keen to improve the quality of its own higher education with the help of reputable foreign universities. Government of India is playing an active role in this process.

Indo-Global Education Summit 2011 is a unique event which is being organized in India as a sequel to the highly successful Education Summits held in 2009 and 2010. The Summit 2011 will have sessions on collaborative research programs, joint undergraduate and graduate programs, twinning & transfer programs, distance education programs, faculty & student exchange programs, study abroad in India programs, and other academic partnerships. The major fields covered would be Engineering & IT, Business & Management, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Natural Sciences, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences. There will be one-on-one meetings between representatives of Indian institutions and those of foreign universities. for forging academic collaborations. The Summit 2011 is specifically designed for university vice-chancellors, presidents, provosts, deans, enrollment / recruitment officers, and their executive-level team members.

Highlights of the Summit 2011

* Most comprehensive educational event of its kind ever held in India
* Biggest networking event for leaders in education from around the World
* Convergence of who is who of the huge Indian educational system
* Participation by an estimated 200 top universities from around the World
* Participation by an estimated 1,000 Indian educational institutions
* Attendance of an estimated 15,000 Indian students interested to study abroad
* Major Sessions on academic collaborations in several academic disciplines
* Recruitment sessions involving one-on-one meetings with Indian students
* Awards for educational excellence to institutions world-wide
* Extensive media coverage for the Summit during and after the event
* Special programs for spouses of foreign participants of the Summit

The Indus Foundation is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India. The Foundation is well established in India for over 15 years, with its own extensive network of offices. An important mission of the Foundation is to galvanize high-impact educational collaborations between reputable foreign universities and Indian institutions. The Foundation recognizes that collaborative programs and other academic partnerships between foreign universities and Indian institutions are extremely useful in meeting the rapidly growing educational needs in India. Further, the Foundation is committed to assisting Indian students for study in reputable foreign universities. The motto of the Foundation is: Educational Excellence Without Borders. Over the years, the Foundation has emerged as a leading player in the Indian education field.

Further details of the Summit, including the registration form, will be sent upon hearing from you. The Summit is expected to have more applicants for participation than it can accommodate. Early registration is strongly suggested.

Thanking you and with warm regards,

Mr. C.D.Arha, IAS (Retd.)
Formerly Secretary to Government of India, New Delhi Chairman, The Indus Foundation 308, 3rd Floor, Mallik Chambers Hyderguda, Hyderabad-500029 INDIA
Tel: 91-40-40079023
E-mail: indus@indus.org
http://www.indus.org

The Indus Foundation Inc.
23 Koster Blvd., Suite 8B
Edison, New Jersey 08837
USA
Tel:(732) 205-9810
Fax:(732) 205-9811


MESSAGE OF DR. KAPIL SIBAL, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi

The Ministry of Human Resource Development firmly subscribe to the view of EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITHOUT BORDERS, the byline of the Indus Foundation. I am pleased to learn that the Indus Foundation, is organizing the Indo-Global Education Summit on Academic Collaborations and Student Enrollment. My best wishes to Indus for a very meaningful Indo-Global Education Summit.


COMMENTS OF A FEW PARTICIPANTS OF SUMMITS 2010 & 2009:

I was very pleased and excited to participate in the Indo-Global Education Summit this past month. I think the idea behind the Indus Foundation's concept of providing a venue in which to assist Indian and foreign institutions to forge academic partnerships over the upcoming years, is brilliant and far-sighted. The initiative appears to be working already, at least from my institution's perspective, as evidenced by the great deal of email interchange between our institutions since the conference. We hope to see some of these initial forays result in substantive and programmatic joint efforts over time. I also appreciated the opportunity to interact with Indian students at the conference and I expect to see more Indian faces on our campus in the upcoming academic years!

As an aside, I'll mention that I have a long-standing fondness for Indian art, architecture, and culture and India's magnificent history. Participating in a conference that I know will have far-reaching consequences for global educational goals--has been doubly gratifying to me. You are doing such important work. Please know that I would be happy to support your local (USA) branch in its work in the future.

Dr. Carol Magai, Dean of Research, Long Island University


Participating in the Summit 2010 was one of the most enriching and productive experiences of my whole professional life: through the Summit in Hyderabad and the universities tour to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi I was able to know better your beautiful country, admire its people and culture and, most of all, understand the university system. The whole program was very well designed and very efficiently conducted by Mr. Anumolu and his staff. I did find my partners-to-be in India through the Summit, and this is an excellent outcome.

Dr. Rosa Brito Meyer, Associate Vice-President, Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil


I'm just back to Virginia, after spending the whole month of December abroad. In fact I was waiting to write to you to thank you so very much for the wonderful opportunity you gave us with the Summit on Indo-Global education. The impact is, no doubt, even more important that you could imagine. I left India with the strong desire to return back, not only to see again your glorious country, but to help as much as I can connecting our institutions, faculty and students. I already had a meeting with my colleagues to expose to them my ideas on how to proceed. I will have other meetings soon with different schools and departments of our University. I've been very impressed by the Summit and by the people I have met. You can count on me to do my very best to bring my modest contribution to your fabulous work.

Ms. Majida Bargach, Associate Director, University of Virginia


Thank you for organizing this wonderful trip. Peggy (vice-provost) and I both found it to be most instructive. Exciting things are happening in India, and it is imperative that we have opportunities such as this, to get to know each other. Thank you also for the magnificent dinner at your home. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of service to you in your efforts to bridge Indian and American higher education.

Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, Provost & Senior Vice President, Tufts University


Thank you for the truly enlightening experience of the recent Education Summit. It was an extremely enriching and fruitful collaboration in terms of bringing us together with our colleagues from across the world in the Indian education sector. I also appreciated the opportunity to spend time with a wonderful group of American universities. The attention to detail and seamless transition during the Summit and between cities was a mark of a highly skilled planning team and was indicative of the care and thought your committee put into this Summit and your efforts are genuinely appreciated.

Ms. Vanessa Vardon, Graduate, Research and International Programs Manager, Drexel University


It was a great pleasure meeting you and attending the summit. I would like to thank you for the excellent arrangements and for providing the opportunity to meet with personnel from Indian higher education institutions. Dr. Tadisina and I will be following through with some of the contacts we had established at the Summit. If you get an opportunity to visit US in the near future, I would like to extend an invitation for you to visit our University.

Dr. Ram Viswanathan, Professor, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale


Thank you for organizing the outstanding Summit. You and everyone else from the Indus Foundation have much to be proud of. The event was a phenomenal success, thanks to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved.

Dr. Bert Barry, Director of International Services, Saint Louis University


First of all, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to you and your organization for the excellent job you did with the Summit. Both my wife and I enjoyed our participation immensely. I am now in the process of going through the various proposals I have received from institutions in India and will be trying to evaluate these with the help of our staff here to see which of these we may wish to pursue. I will be back in touch with you once we have decided what our next steps should be.

Dr. Stephen Durrant, Vice Provost, International Affairs, University of Oregon


Please know how much we at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology appreciated the opportunity to be represented at the Summit. To those of you responsible for the logistical matters, please accept my heartfelt thanks for the very smoothly managed event and the overall very fine experience. I have so many vivid memories it is hard to select the most meaningful; however, among the top of my recollections - as of this moment - are the highly accomplished chief guests, the sincerity of everyone with whom I worked, and the opportunities for future relationships with Indian professionals and students alike. The participation by Indian delegates and students was quite inspirational

Dr. Pamela S. Cutright, Campus Provost's Office, WVU Institute of Technology


It has been a while since we have returned to the US and I wanted to drop you a note. We enjoyed our trip enormously and are grateful for your hospitality. While the meetings were intense we were impressed by the level of enthusiasm of the participants and the number of opportunities. Since then we have established communications with a number of institutions and are considering a number of collaboration opportunities. Please convey our thanks to your staff but in particular to your family who hosted us in Hyderabad.

Dr. Keya Sadeghipour, Dean, Temple University College of Engineering