“National Education Policy 2020 is a true hallmark of the 21st century, overhauling & reforming all aspects of education domain including system, regulation & governance"- Dr Prachi Kaul, Director, SICI writes in her article- "National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: A New Dawn"
SICI’s e-newsletter ‘Engage’ is now out!
Ministry of Education (former Ministry of Human Resource Development - MHRD), launched new National Education Policy (NEP) on July 29, 2020 to bring much needed transformational reforms in school and higher education in India.
Access the Policy here: https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/NEP_Final_English_0.pdf
SICI has been catalyst in changing the face of higher education & research corridor between India & Canada. While sharing best wishes on Canada Day (July 1) with SICI’s Canadian member institutions and friends, Honourable Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank ji, Minister, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, penned down his thoughts on this amazing engagement.
CU plans to feature the honorary doctorate recipients as part of CU Celebrate, a virtual celebration of its graduates. Besides being a virtual convocation, CU considers it as an opportunity to recognize its 6,244 new graduates from Concordia’s four faculties and the School of Graduate studies. The honorary degree recipients represent STEM outreach, sustainable industry, Indigenous language preservation, journalism and modern dance.
Members are our strength & their inputs are valuable. SICI's Indian Members’ Council & Annual General Meetings will be held virtually via Cisco Webex on Saturday, June 20 from 9:00a to 12:00p.
The Institute honours the stalwarts in recognition of their services and contributions that they have made to the Institute.
The recipients of the SICI honour roll before the Institute became Bi-national :
(i) The Honourable Flora MacDonald, former CAC Chair
(ii) Michael Brecher – McGill University
(iii) Mr. P. N. Malik – long time consultant, India Office, SICI
Hon’ble Sh. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, e-released National Institutional Ranking Framework India rankings 2020 on June 11. Heartiest congratulations to our esteemed members IIT Madras, on securing No. 1 position under NIRF in the overall category, followed by IIT Delhi (3), IIT Bombay (4), IIT Kharagpur (5), IIT Kanpur (6), IIT Guwahati (7), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (8), IIT Roorkee (9) and Banaras Hindu University (10).