MoS for Education Sanjay Dhotre to chair 8th BRICS Education Ministers meeting tomorrow

Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre will chair the Meeting of the 8th BRICS Education Ministers in virtual mode tomorrow. This meeting is being held as part of the 13th BRICS Summit being hosted by India this year. Education Ministers from the five BRICS member states will attend the meeting along with senior officials.

Earlier, the International Governing Board, IGB of the BRICS Network Universities met on 29th of last month, to take a look at the progress made by member states under this initiative so far and discuss ways to take it further. The IGB stressed upon the need to promote development of mechanisms to enhance academic and research collaborations among BRICS member states.