Nobel laureate inaugurates education summit at Chandigarh University
Dutch Nobel laureate in physics, Prof Gerardus’t Hooft inaugurated the three-day fourth Global Education Summit-2024, themed ‘Sustainable & Equitable Education’, at the Chandigarh University.
The summit’s inaugural ceremony saw an overwhelming participation of university faculty members and students and was attended by a panel of speakers, including Prof Hooft, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999, Thirapath Mongkolnavin, Minister and deputy Chief of Mission, Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, Dr Dinesh Shukla, Chancellor and founding president, American International University West Africa, Gambia, Prof Dr Matilde Maria Olarte Martinez, Vice Rector for Cultural, Heritage Sustainability and Campus Development, University of Salamanca, Spain, and Jai Inder Singh Sandhu, senior director, Chandigarh University.
“When as a researcher you are trying to solve a particular problem, it seems impossible to solve it initially, but as you start working on it, the exciting journey of research and innovation takes you to finding the solution of the problem,” said Hooft. He further added, “I like to see particle physics and science continuing to make discoveries in future as well. We need much more activity by all scientists, not only from Europe and the USA, but country like India and China and elsewhere to contribute to finding theoretically and experimentally how this world is held together.”
The summit is being attended by 60 academicians from 50 renowned universities of 30 countries for dialogue, networking and collaborative discussions on future of education.
