Greater

Noida, 02 July (HS): Students of the country can get the opportunity to do

various courses and research from Western Sydney University in Greater Noida

itself. Preparations are on to open a campus of Western Sydney University in

Greater Noida area. On Wednesday, an Australian government delegation reached

Greater Noida. They expressed their desire to open a campus of the university

after meeting with the Authority's CEO NG Ravi Kumar, ACEO Saumya Srivastava

and other officials. The Authority is also ready to provide space for opening

the university campus. A final decision is expected soon from both sides.

The

Australian delegation included Australian Minister and Counsellor (Education

and Research) Australian High Commission George Thivos, Nathaniel Webb, First

Secretary (Education and Research), Australian High Commission, Western Sydney

University Deputy Vice Chancellor and COO Bill Parasiris, Executive Director

Marion Jones, Project Manager Shubham Gupta and Lead Researcher Collaboration

and Partnership South Asia Kopal Chaubey, Senior Policy Advisor (Education and

Research) in Australian High Commission Anu Jain. The delegation reached

Greater Noida Authority at around 11.30 am. Apart from ACEO Saumya Srivastava,

a meeting was held with OSD NK Singh, General Manager Project AK Singh and

other officials from the Authority. The delegation proposed the university to

open a campus in Greater Noida, on which the Authority also agreed to provide

space.

Consent

has been given. After this, the delegation met CEO NG Ravi Kumar and informed

him about their project. The CEO said that Greater Noida has a special identity

as an education hub. There is a lot of scope in the field of education here.

Western Sydney University can play an important role in preparing the youth for

employment by providing training according to the needs of entrepreneurs. The

delegation also praised the infrastructure of Greater Noida and said that a

final decision will be taken soon. Plants were also presented to the members of

the delegation by the ACEO. With the opening of Western Sydney University, the

youth here will get a golden opportunity to do research along with a degree.

During the meeting, senior managers PP Mishra, Ratik and Saurabh Bhardwaj and

representatives of Udyam Mitra were also present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi