Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST) is currently hosting the 2nd Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) Mt. Kenya Regional Alumni Chapter International Conference on Higher Education.  The International Conference which runs from 4th to 6th October, 2017 has brought together scholars from various Universities as well as other sectors.  The theme of this year’s conference is University-Industry Linkages: Identifying and Synergizing Opportunities for Quality Higher Education. The conference was officially opened on 4th October, 2017 by Dr. Salome Guchu, Ag. Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya National Innovation Agency, who represented Prof. Collete Suda, Principal Secretary, State Department of University Education, Ministry of Education.  In Prof. Collete’s speech read on her behalf by Dr. Guchu, Prof. Collete was happy to note that the conference was a true demonstration of collaboration between universities.  She further thanked DAAD for their great support towards the conference and to KDSA for organizing it. Prof. Collete was happy that the theme of the conference touches on the mandate of universities.  She was also impressed by the topics presented.  Prof. Collete was convinced that at the end of the conference tangible recommendations would emanate.

 

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Dr. Salome Guchu, Ag. Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya National Innovation Agency, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) Mt. Kenya Regional Alumni Chapter International Conference on Higher Education on 4th October 2017 at Meru University of Science and Technology

 

Prof. Japhet K. Magambo, Vice-Chancellor of Meru University of Science and Technology, addresses participants during the 2nd Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) Mt. Kenya Regional Alumni Chapter International Conference on Higher Education held in the University

 

Participants during the 2nd Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) Mt. Kenya Regional Alumni Chapter International Conference on Higher Education held at Meru University of Science and Technology

 

A section of the participants during the 2nd Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) Mt. Kenya Regional Alumni Chapter International Conference on Higher Education held at Meru University of Science and Technology