India proposes higher education summit with Germany

New Delhi (PTI) - India Tuesday proposed to host an
Indo-German higher education summit this year to explore
issues like mutual recognition of qualification and joint
research programmes.
The proposal was discussed at length during a meeting
between HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and visiting German Minister
of Education and Research Annettee Schavan here.
The education summit, which could be held between
November and December this year, will also explore
possibilities of development of junior faculty, doctoral and
post-doctoral programmes, said a statement issued by the HRD
Ministry.
The move to hold such a summit between the two countries
comes close on the heels of both India and USA also agreeing
to host an Indo-US summit this year.
Sibal and his German counterpart also discussed a
consortia approach of "twinning between universities" of both
the countries where two to three Indian Universities could
partner with two to three German Universities for conducing
degree-level courses.
They felt setting up of such 'meta' universities would
lead to further collaboration in higher education sector
between the two countries, the statement said.
Sibal said mutual recognition of degrees and diplomas
awarded by the educational institutions of both the countries
will be extremely helpful to enhance the mobility of the
students, said a statement issued by the HRD Ministry.