President, University at Buffalo, USA
The Consortium for Advancing Indian Tertiary Education (CITE) is a brilliant platform, thanks to the vision and leadership of several American and Indian leaders in higher education. CITE has the potential to transform India’s higher education ecosystem by positively impacting teaching, learning, research, faculty development, industry integration, government engagement, internationalization and the global branding of our universities and institutes of higher education.
Support from academic leaders, university founders, vice chancellors and Indian diaspora leaders from around the world will add immense value to Indian higher education, particularly in the realm of regular guidance and mentoring from globally recognized experts from the developed world. CITE can truly bring the best of Western academia to India and take forward the best of Indian academia to the West.
CITE provides an ideal platform for discussing and deliberating policy matters with government (both stage and central), creating opportunities to learn from developed-country universities in global accreditation and ranking, and to coordinate with industry experts on raising research funds under CSR.
As a founding member, I extend my support to CITE and look forward to collaborating with all its members, advisors and leadership team to organize regional and national conferences to strengthen India’s position in global higher education.