India, Aug. 25 -- Reforms in Ph.D. programmes, acceleration of research commercialisation, integration of AI into curricula, stronger alumni engagement, promotion of student mental wellbeing, and expansion of global collaborations through the IIT R&D Fair, international students, and foreign faculty support were among the key issues discussed at the IIT Council meeting, held at IIT Delhi on Monday after a gap of more than two years.

The 56th Meeting of the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the apex coordination body of all the 23 premier engineering institutes held its meeting under the chairmanship of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The 55th IIT Council was held at IIT Bhuwaneswar on April 18, 2023.

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