Panel Discussion on”How can Global Indians help Indian Universities become truly world-class universities and support Indian students to realize international dreams & become successful Entrepreneurs”
New Delhi/Greater Noida: Amity University, a leading Research and Innovation Driven University is actively engaged in providing global exposure to its students and researchers. With this vision, Amity started a unique series of Global Indians who have created niche in their field and are located at different parts of the world. First of the series was concentrated on Global Indians in Europe and a Panel discussion was organized on the theme “Global Indians: Towards World’s Growth Story”. Invited panellist and guest of honour in the event were Baroness Verma, Member Parliament, United Kingdom, Lord Rami Ranger, Member Parliament, UK, and Founder Sunmark Group, UK, Mr. Jim Bligh, Director, Corporate Affairs, TCS UK, Ms. Lakshmi Kaul, Head CII UK, Prof. Kamal Bhattacharya, Co-founder and CEO of Advancity, Ex-Professor MIT Sloan and Professor, IUBH Germany.
Panelists were welcomed by Dr. AtulChauhan, Chancellor, Amity University; Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University; Dr. S. Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation; Prof. Bhawna Kumar, Vice President, RBEF, Amity Education Group.
The event was also attended by hundreds of Professors, & students of various Amity University campuses were present at the online platform. The event started with traditional SarasvatiVandana and e-lamp lighting.
While welcoming the Panelists, Dr. AtulChauhan, Chancellor, Amity University said that India is at that point of history that it is making leaders of world. World Class Entrepreneurs, Parliamentarians, Academicians, Researchers engaged globally are from India. Future of our country is truly going to be great. Dr. Chauhan added that growth of India depends on how Indian Diaspora are supporting industry, universities, politics etc. NRIs are greatest ambassadors of India in their respective countries. Dr. Chauhan said that to be successful in life never forget to have duty towards society.
Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor said that students are strength of any university and Amity is blessed to have best of brains as faculty & researchers and best learners in form of our students. Dr. Singh added that students must learn and motivate from these great leaders who are making India shining with their work globally. Students need to inculcate their best practices and learn from their experiences.
Baroness Verma, Member of Parliament, UK said that a university is great reservoir of talent, culture and resources. Amity is one such university which is coming globally with great pace having great talent. Now Students have responsibility to give it back to university and society. Baroness Verma added that we in India forget how much India has given to world. Some of the great teachings, leanings, personalities of past should be known to the world. Baroness Verma said that this pandemic has taught us one great lesson that we all have to come together. We all have become global citizens and best minds must share their ideas. Giving advice to students, Baroness Verma said that there is so much of information is available through multiple sources, one should be able to differ between true and false information.