30th Annual Report 2017-18

27 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017-2018 SHODH SHIKSHA SAMEEKSHA IMPACT OF THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRES OF THE UGC ON RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS An event initiated by the MHRD/UGC, named, "Shodh Shiksha Sameeksha", was arranged on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Chandrasekhar Auditorium, IUCAA, Pune, to explore the impact of the Inter-University Centres (IUCs) of the UGC on Research and Teaching at Indian Universities and Higher Educational Institutions. The IUCs involvedwere: The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, The Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), NewDelhi, The UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research (UGC-DAE CSR), Indore, and The Information and LibraryNetwork (INFLIBNET) Centre, Gandhinagar. The event was graced by the presence of Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister of HRD, Government of India; Virander