Prof. George Thadathil SDB, Director of Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS) addressing the participants in Siliguri
(IUS) – In the wake of India reclaiming its position as the leading source of international students in the IUS for the 2023-24 academic year, University of North Bengal Siliguri organized a lecture on “Traversing the Terrain of Internationalisation of Education” by Salesian Father Prof. George Thadathil, former Principal of Salesian College Sonada & Siliguri, on November 19.
Prof Thadathil was on his first visit as Director of Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS) to participate in the Don Bosco Higher Education India annual meeting, which was held in Salesian College Sonada from November 14 to 17.
The intellectually stimulating event attracted a diverse audience of three former vice-chancellors, faculty, researchers, and PG students, providing profound insights into the challenges and opportunities inherent in globalized education.
Prof Thadathil’s thought-provoking reflections included the broader implications of global student mobility, such as the prominent former representation of Chinese students in the United States. They prompted critical introspection on whether countries like India are merely providers of raw intellectual resources in the global educational narrative.
An accomplished scholar, Prof Thadathil currently serves as the General Coordinator for the Global Salesian University Network based in Rome. He has authored several notable works, including Communities and Identity Consciousness: South Indian Trajectories and Democracy in Darjeeling. He has edited several Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences series and was awarded the prestigious Silver Medal by the International Association of Facilitators in 2019.
Source: Don Bosco South Asia