During the VC Meet held at Mumbai, Chandigarh, Pondicherry, Bhopal, and Shillong, Konica Minolta showcased its mono and colour machines. The guests also got the chance to visit the Konica Minolta display zone and witnessed live demonstrations of its machines at the events, and discussed on Konica Minolta’s machines, its features, and the solutions it provides. Konica Minolta India supported these zonal meets as an official printing solution provider, facilitating the printing of the agendas, notices, and workshop and research papers during the conferences.

The VC Meets are one of the major events organised by the country’s university fraternity, and the five zonal meets held recently were attended by more than 200 VCs from various universities. The events also saw the presence of distinguished guests like Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai, the additional secretary – higher education Dr SS Sandhu (IAS) in Chandigarh, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi (IPS) in Pondicherry, the state minister for education in Shillong, and by Jitu Patwari, minister of sports and youth welfare and higher education – Madhya Pradesh, who attended the zonal meet in Bhopal as the chief guest.

Kuldeep Malhotra, vice-president, sales, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, said, “The higher education segment presents a huge opportunity for Konica Minolta India to provide its solutions to various stakeholders like institutions of higher learning. The objective behind the University VC Meets is to reach out to educators and institutions across the country and showcase our products to potential stakeholders. In the process, we also envision helping and supporting them with a smooth execution of events where they can come together to exchange knowledge and collaborate on furthering the higher education landscape in India.”

Through the University VC Meets, AIU aims to serve as a liaison between the universities and the government, and to cooperate with other universities or bodies (national or international) in matters of common interest. Furthermore, the company envisions a greater role in organising and facilitating conferences, seminars, workshops, lectures, and research on various themes pertaining to higher education.