Indo-European Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 6th and 7th of May 2010 Conference Centre, University of Delhi, India Indo-European Conference is jointly organised by the "University of Delhi", "India-EU Study Centres Programme" and the "Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window 13-India". The conference will provide the delegates an excellent opportunity to listen to the top European and the Indian experts on the established European practices and the Indian initiatives on quality assurance in Higher Education. It comes at a time when the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of the Govt. of India is actively considering the ways to regulate the delivery of Higher education in India so as to position itself for leadership in the knowledge-based economies of the coming era. The “Joint Declaration on Education” signed by the European Commission and Government of India (MHRD) expresses a conjoint will to increase academic mobility and develop links between the Indian and the European higher education institutions. Ongoing EU-India collaborations in higher education, it is believed, are confronted by numerous challenges that have to be dealt with at multiple levels and most importantly, at the levels of policy and implementing agencies on quality assurance mechanisms and the participation of stakeholders. This Indo-European conference will be focusing on: Session I – "Need for Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges" Session II – "Trends and Best Practices on Quality Assurance in Higher Education" Session III – "Accreditation and its Relevance to Quality Assurance in Higher Education" Session IV – "Role of Information, Communication and Technology in Quality Assurance in Higher Education" Session V – "Road Map to Future: Quality Assurance in Higher Education" There is no registration fee for participation. Further Details & Online Registration: http://www.ieconqa.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.