Knowledge Utsav, the Largest R & D Conference in India

The Indian education system is setting new benchmarks everyday with one or the other achievements. After signing multi million education deals with US & UK and launching the proposal of Unique ID systems, next in line is the largest research and development (R & D) conference in India for the first time ever.

The conference to be held on August 28, 2010, Saturday is going to be a huge platform bringing 400 research papers from 44 disciplines along with over 100 inspirational talks. This meet named ‘Knowledge Utsav’ is to provide India the much needed R & D momentum by bringing together the brightest of the researchers and developers across various disciplines. This largest ever R & D event is organized by EDU.IN in association with Tumkur University and Jain Research Foundation (JGi) at the Jain University, Global Campus, Kanakapura Taluk, Bangalore Rural.

Those in education industry believe that despite the reforms introduced by the government, there is a long way to go to achieve academic success globally. The roadmap for 21st century needs to address the upcoming challenges to nurture future leaders. This Utsav is conceived with objectives of encouraging creative thinking while creating a platform for government, researchers, scientists and students to interact and exchange ideas. It has been emphasized time and again that India possesses immense talent and potential which is yet to be explored. The conference aims at lending a helping hand to aspiring researchers by providing them some visibility.

If any of the researchers, students, faculties, corporates, scholars or R & D Organizations are interested in participating in the Utsav, they need to apply by August 9. Those whose abstracts are selected after screening of the entries shall be intimated by August 12. This meet is sure to revolutionize the R & D sector in India.

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Indian Education Industry Going Places

The ever growing education market of India is expected to reach a staggering US$50 billion by 2015 according to industry estimates. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) in its recent study said that more than 50% of Indian middle class families have started saving for their children's higher education.

I. With nearly a 20 to 25% rise in the income levels, the saving ratio has considerably gone up reflecting potential for growth in education industry. Till few years ago, it was looked upon as an expense but the need for higher education has been felt increasingly by Indian middle class. India has one of the largest middle class in the world which is calculated to be about 300 million.
India’s total education market size is valued to be around US$25 billion of which higher education sector contributes nearly US$15 billion. It is expected to more than double in next five years as evaluated by Assocham’s projections.

II. Not only this, education boom in India is spreading its wings to Canada and UAE as well. Canadian universities and colleges are opening up their doors to welcome higher number of Indian students. Canada India Education Council (CIEC) founded by former Canadian foreign minister Pierre Pettigrew believes that their education system is among the best and there is a need to build the bridge between India and Canada to promote it as an education destination. CIEC will endeavor to operate exclusively and strategically within the burgeoning Canada-India education corridor by creating a social, legal and physical presence in both India and Canada.

III. A human resource meltdown has been predicted by Kapil Sibal, HRD (Human Resource Development) minister of India. He foresees a shortage of young professionals as the population ages and is making efforts to come over the deficit by engaging in talks with other countries like UAE.

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