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Prof. Teresa Zielińska is the new President of the Heritage Network
On April 8-11, 2024, the Heritage Network 2024 General Assembly was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) with the participation of member universities from Europe and India. During the assembly, a new HN President was elected. She became Prof. Teresa Zielińska of Warsaw University of Technology, Plenipotentiary of the Rector for Internationalization of Studies in Science and Doctoral Education.
Prof. Teresa Zielińska (front row, third from right) with Heritage Network 2024 General Assembly. Photo HN.
The Heritage Network aims to strengthen Higher Education Cooperation (research and training), and develop academic and research exchanges between partner institutions, and foster high-level educational programs in Engineering, Sciences, Design, and Technology between Europe and India. The Network also organizes workshops regularly on scientific and technical topics of mutual interest. The theme of the General Assembly for the year 2024 was “Sustainability: Teaching, Research, and Innovation”.
The members include 13 premier universities from 10 European countries and 16 Indian institutes. From the European side members of the network include Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France), TU Dresden (Germany), TU Dublin (Ireland), Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Royal Institute of Technology/ KTH (Sweden), Politecnico di Milano, University of Genoa (Italy), Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), CTU (Czech Republic), TalTech (Estonia). From the Indian side, members are IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, IIT Indore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, NIT Karnataka, IISc, IIT Guwahati, IIT Ropar, IIT Hyderabad, NIT Rourkela, and NIT Warangal.
The newly elected President (HN), Prof. Teresa Zielińska stated that “I have witnessed, promoted & initiated multiple avenues of cooperations between European & Indian institutions since the inception of the Heritage Network and will strive to make it more successful with more tangible outcomes”.
During the meeting, the European & Indian member Institutions discussed strengthening their existing collaborations and proposed enhancing network-related activities.
