Institution Name: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology
Event Type: Conference
Conference Name: Higher Education Research Conference
Conference Start Date: 21-11-2025
Conference End Date: 22-11-2025
Conference Mode:
Conference Organizing Department: India Higher Education Research Network
About Conference:
India Higher Education Research Network (IHERN) is organizing the flagship higher education research conference. The India Higher Education Research Conference (IHERC) will be conducted on 21-22 November, 2025 at IIT Delhi. The conference will serve as a platform for presenting high-quality research of relevance to Indian higher education, and also for discussing practice and policy issues relating to Indian higher education. The conference will enable and promote research in the scholarly field of higher education, and linking the same with the practice and policy of higher education in India.
IHERC 2025 will be at the intersection of various scholarly fields, including but not limited to higher education studies, the empirical context of higher education in India, and the practice and policy of higher education in India. The conference expects to have participation from the global scholarly community, with interests in Indian higher education.
Themes:
The conference will be organized around contemporary topics about higher education in India, including but not limited to the below
- Employability and student success
- Equitable Access and Success in Higher Education: India and the Rest of the World (session by World Access to Higher Education Network (WAHEN), University of West London, UK)
- Expansion, Access, and Participation in Higher Education
- Financing in Higher Education
- Higher education and development
- Industry academia relationship
- Internationalisation of higher education
- Policy in higher education
- Privatization and marketisation
- Research excellence and global competitiveness
- Sustainability in higher education
- Teaching quality and learning outcomes
- Technology integration or online higher education (Special session by NIEPA, Delhi)
- Probing Interdisciplinarity: Goals, Contours and Response (Special session by IIM, Ahmedabad)
- The Many Purposes of Higher Education in a Globalized World (Special session by Indira Mahindra School of Education, Mahindra University)
- Third mission of universities
- Other topics of relevance to higher education in India
Who can participate? Research Scholars /Faculty/Industry Persons
Conference Fees and Registration: Information on the registration fee will be updated soon, stay tuned on institution website and social media for all the latest updates!
College Website: https://iiitd.ac.in/
How to Apply: Interested participants are requested to follow the instructions given below to submit their conference paper.
Submission Guidelines
- Click the Abstract Submission- Clickhere.
- Sign up or log in to EasyChair using the provided link.
- Once logged in, click on “New Submission” on your EasyChair dashboard.
- Fill in all the required fields in the submission form.
- Click “Submit” to complete your abstract submission.
Important Dates:
- Abstract submission opens: 21 April 2025
- Deadline for abstract submission: 24 July 2025
- Acceptance decision by: 21 August, 2025
- Registration to open: 1 September, 2025
- Deadline for full draft paper submission: 22 October 2025
- Conference dates: 21-22 November, 2025
Conference Website: https://iiitd.ac.in/IHERN/iherc2025/index.html
Contact Person:
Gauri Khanna
Conference Manager
Email: iherc2025@iiitd.ac.in
Institution Address:
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology
Delhi Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
(Near Govind Puri Metro Station)
New Delhi, India – 110020
About Institution:
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) was created by an Act of Delhi legislature empowering it to carry out R&D, conduct educational programs, and grant degrees. The General Council is the apex body of the Institute, chaired by Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Delhi and the Board of Governors is the policy and decision-making body of the Institute. The Senate is empowered to take all academic decisions.
IIIT-Delhi is accelerating on the path of becoming one of the leading comprehensive research-led teaching institutes in India and has proven to be consistently responsive towards the evolving needs of society. The faculty members at IIIT-Delhi are among the finest in the country and are internationally recognized. Carrying out cutting-edge research is in the institutional DNA of IIIT-Delhi.
