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Seychelles to get full support for establishing virtual university besides an international centre on environment

Press Release

New Delhi, May 15, 2018 (United Nations International Day of Families) : The Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) has decided to provide full support and turnkey advice to the Government of Seychelles for the establishment of an open and virtual university to be headquartered in Seychelles for taking care of the vocational education needs at the tertiary level for the students from the Afro-Asian Region. This was announced during a Press Conference jointly addressed by Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan who had recently come back after visiting Seychelles on a goodwill mission.

They also added that an offer has also been made to the Ministry of Environment, Government of Seychelles for a joint venture international education project with a view to establishing and International Institute of Ecology and Environment in Seychelles with a view to conducting research oriented activities in order to mitigate the disastrous effect of global warming.

The visit of Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan to Seychelles was a grand success. They were in Seychelles from 30 April 2018 to 7 May 2018. The met the following persons and the details of meetings with them are as under :

Meeting with H.E. the High Commissioner of India Dr. Ausaf Sayeed

During the meeting the proposal of establishing the Afro-Asian Open and Virtual University besides the International Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE) in Seychelles was discussed. The High Commissioner appreciated this move and assured of all possible coordination. Copies of the proposals and the book on Seychelles were presented to him.

H.E. the High Commissioner of India Dr. Ausaf Sayeed with the Directors of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan receiving three books.

Meeting with the Principal Secretary, Human Resource Development Department, Government of Seychelles

Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan met Dr. Linda Barallon, Principal Secretary, HRD and presented to her the proposal for the establishment of the Afro-Asian Open and Virtual University in Seychelles. She appreciated this idea and said that there is a great demand for such a University in Seychelles. She assured that she will get the Proposal processed and examined favourably. She also received the Encyclopedias and the Book on Seychelles.

Dr. Linda Barallon, Principal Secretary, Human Resource Development with the Directors of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan

Meeting with the Principal Secretary Tourism Department, Government of Seychelles

Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan also met Ms. Anne Lafortune, Principal Secretary, Tourism and presented to her the Encyclopedia of Ecotourism besides the Book on Seychelles brought out by us recently. She assured of all possible cooperation in future for exchanging views for promoting tourism in Seychelles.

Ms. Anne Lafortune, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department with the Directors of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan receiving the official documents.

Meeting with Mr. Fredrick Kinloch, Director on behalf of Mr. Alain De Comarmond, Principal Secretary, Environment

Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan met Mr. Fredrick Kinloch, Director on behalf of Mr. Alain De Comarmond, Principal Secretary, Environment. He was very much enthusiastic about the establishment of the International Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE) in Seychelles with India's cooperation. He also received the proposal besides the Encyclopedias of Global Warming Reduction and the Book on Seychelles. He also assured that he will contact us soon after getting the approval from the Ministry Senior Officials.

Mr. Fredrick Kinloch, Director, Environment Department with the Directors of the Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan receiving the IIEE Proposal and Seychelles Book.

Dr. Utkarsh Sharma and Ms. Vaaruni Dhawan opined that separate funds have been allocated for acquiring land and building in Seychelles besides equipping the building with books, computers and laboratory equipments.