UGC directs Universities to encourage participation in Global FinTech event
The event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 3, the UGC mentioned in a letter to the VCs and college principals.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged the Universities and colleges across the country to encourage participation in the global FinTech event "Infinity Forum". The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) is organizing a global FinTech event "Infinity Forum" on December 3 and 4, 2021 in virtual mode.
The event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 3, the UGC mentioned in a letter to the VCs and college principals. The letter further mentioned that this year the countries like United Kingdom, Indonesia and South Africa will also be participating in the event.
The event has been positioned as an annual global thought leadership platform on FinTech where pressing problems, progressive ideas, innovative technologies from across the world get Discovered, Discussed and Developed into Solutions and Opportunities.
“IFSCA is offering an opportunity to students to develop and submit Call for Action papers on (i) Policy recommendations emanating out of various sessions at the Infinity Forum and (ii) suggestions on themes and sub-themes for discussion at Infinity Forum 2022,” the UGC has said in the letter.
The Forum will focus on three key themes (i) FinTech beyond boundaries with governments and businesses focusing beyond the geographical boundaries in the development of global stack to promote financial inclusiveness, (ii) FinTech trend Finance by having convergence with emerging areas such as SpaceTech, GreenTech and AgriTech to drive sustainable development, and (iii) FinTech Beyond Next with focus on how Quantum Computing could impact the nature of FinTech industry in the future and promote new opportunities.
Students can register for the event on till today; i.e. November 30. The Call for Action papers should be sent by December 18.
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