ESRUC 2013 "4. Avrasya İpek Yolu Üniversiteleri Toplantısı"

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Eurasian Silk Road Universities Consortium (ESRUC), it is my honor and privilege to welcome all ESRUC members and guests participating in this year’s Annual Convention. As an active ESRUC member and a globally engaged institution, KIIT will be hosting this event. The theme of the 2013 Annual Convention–“Investigating the Social, Cultural and Global Issues along the Silk Road” is divided into 16 different sub-themes and 4 workshops indicated overleaf. KIIT University, India is known to be an open, pluralistic and forward-looking institution with a broad and long-term global perspective and outstanding member of ESRUC. Therefore, we look forward to have the opportunity to exchange knowledge, meet each other and search for possible collaborations among the institutions as well as hope that inter-institutions’ relations will be developed and strengthened in the near future under the patronage of ESRUC Consortium. With this, it is also my prayer to gather enough strength to steer the ESRUC Consortium to greater heights. Yours faithfully, Professor Dr. Hikmet KOÇAK President Dr. Achyuta SAMANTA Patron, 4th Annual Convention