India needs at least 1 mn fast chargers to adopt EVs by 2030: Amitabh Kant
The G20 sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant has said that India needs at least one million fast chargers to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.
Australian business delegation was currently in India as part of The Australia Business Week in India 2017 organised by The Australian Trade & Investment Commission.
The delegation is exploring opportunities for research and educational linkages between Australian and Indian educational institutions.
They met Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, NV Varghese, vice-chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration and Rajender Singh Sangwan, director, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, who provided an overview on the future of higher education in India.
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Some of their key activities involve PhD and research workshop involving leading Australian and Indian universities. The group of eight comprising Australia’s eight leading research-intensive universities interacted with vice chancellors, deans, academicians and researchers of India’s leading universities and research institutions at a PhD and research workshop.
At a professional development master class, over 40 school principals and counsellors focusing on theories of learning and instructional design principles, creating a culture of enquiry, building professional learning communities curriculum leadership including design and delivery and pedagogy and assessment methods.
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