Former IIT-G Director Prof TG Sitharam assumes charge as AICTE chairman

GUWAHATI: Former Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Prof TG Sitharam assumed the charge as the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on December 21.

Prof. Sitharam took over charge from Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairperson, University Grants Commission, who had the additional charge of AICTE since September 2022. With the approval of the Minister of Education in his capacity as chairperson of IIT Council, Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer took over charge as Officiating Director of IIT Guwahati from Prof. Sitharam on December 20.

Prof. Sitharam envisions providing transformative education to Indian students to create leaders and innovators, and generate new knowledge for a sustainable society. In his new role, Prof Sitharam aims to make India a global educational knowledge hub with increase in the gross enrollment ratio in higher education to 50% by 2035 through interventions of AICTE, stated a press release.

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