‘Visit from the Embassy of the United States of America’

 

 I met with Ms. Vanessa Harper, Public Affairs Officer and Elizabeth Khuse, Consular Officer both from the Embassy of the United States of America. The aim of the visit was to discuss areas of collaboration in the Tertiary Education between my ministry and the US Embassy for student exchange, inter university linkages and staff exchanges.

‘Visit of delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi’

 

During my visit to India in January 2011, I had discussions with the Minister of Human Resource Development, Mr. Kapil Sibal on the possibility of setting up an IIT-like institution in Mauritius. It was agreed that a high level delegation from IIT Delhi would visit Mauritius to look at the feasibility of implementing such a project here. A six member delegation headed by Professor M. Balakrishan arrived in Mauritius yesterday and paid courtesy call upon me.

‘Consider that behind every fear lives your next level of growth’ RS

‘Final Consultative Meeting of the National Research Groups’

 

 I proceeded to the opening of the ‘Final consultative meeting of the National Research Groups’, today at the Conference Hall of Cyber Tower 1, Ebène. I would like to thank the chairpersons and members of the five National Research Groups for their dedication and commitment, all the participants of the consultative meetings and work sessions, and all the participating organisations for their support in allowing their staff to invest their time and share their valuable expertise in the different thematic groups.My Ministry is providing the opportunity and a platform whereby each one of them will be able to suggest relevant research which we can carry out in view of alleviating the immediate problem but also in view of forecasting future issues and providing solutions. I hope that this Final Consultative Meeting of Stakeholders for the five research areas will allow the research community to confirm the priorities and also to identify areas of interest requiring a mix of competencies. I wish them all the best for their deliberations and discussions !

‘Courtesy call’

 

 I met with Mr. Nicolas Weiss, Dr.Pierre Tapie, PhD, Dean and President, and Mr. Philippe Pierre Dornier, Director, both from ESSEC Business School. Dr Pierre Tapie lectures and writes on the challenges and organisation of higher education, global responsibility and Business in Society.