In celebration of the ISTE Day 2008, the Delhi Section of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) is hosting a conference on “Technology for Rural India: Challenges and Perspectives” on 31 May and 1 June, 2008. The venue for this conference is Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi-110075.

The conference will focus on strategic technological development and research on problems specific to rural India. The event is targeted to educationists, researchers and students and will include technical sessions, invited lectures, special workshops, interactive sessions and student activities.

The Deadlines are:

1. Registration: 15 May, 2008

2. Initial submission of papers: 30 April, 2008

3. Acceptance notice: 5 May, 2008

4. Final submission: 15 May, 2008

5. Postal submission of student essays: 30 April, 2008

Authors can check in here.

About ISTE: The Indian Society for Technical Education is a national forum for educationists, which espouses the cause of technical education and its stakeholders- faculty, students and the industry, through a strong network of Sections, Chapters and the Headquarters. If your organization does not already have a faculty and/or students Chapter, we urge you to initiate them at the earliest and thus join the forum – all relevant information is available here.