South zone VCs’ meet ends at Bharathiar University

Coimbatore: The Association of Indian Universities (

AIU

) South Zone Vice Chancellors’ Meet 2021-22, hosted at

Bharathiar University

, concluded on Saturday.Vice-chancellors of several universities took part in the two-day conference. The theme was ‘Realising Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Through Higher Education Institutions for Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education”.In his special address, T R Paarivendhar, chancellor of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, said government and private education institutions must be given equal access to quality education and educational rights. Quality of education has gone up, said chairman of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and KCT Educational Group

B K Krishnaraj Vanavarayar

. “The progress is due to scientific and technological advancements.”Bharathiar University vice-chancellor P Kaliraj, AIU-New Delhi president

G Thiruvasagam

and AIU secretary-general

Pankaj Mittal

were among those who spoke on the final day of the conference.