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DESCRIPTION:Event Report\n\nIEEE Canada – Global Talk Series (Expert Sess
 ion 1)\n\n🌍 Global Insights – Wisdom Beyond Borders\nTitle: Higher Ed
 ucation\, Higher Purpose: Are We Losing It?\nDate &amp; Time: January 24\, 202
 6 | 9:00 AM (EST)\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Rajeshwari Narendran\nMode: Virtual\n---
 ------------------------------------------------------------\n\nOverview\n
 \nThe first expert session of the IEEE Canada – Global Talk Series\, tit
 led “Global Insights – Wisdom Beyond Borders\,” was successfully hel
 d on January 24\, 2026. This session marked the formal launch of a new glo
 bal knowledge initiative by IEEE Canada\, through the IEEE Education Commi
 ttee\, under the banner “Global Insights: Wisdom Beyond Borders” (Regi
 on-7 Talk Series).The session received an enthusiastic response\, with mor
 e than 50 participants attending from Canada\, India\, the United States\,
  and the United Kingdom\, reflecting the truly global outreach of the init
 iative.\n\nThis session marked a strong beginning for the Global Talk Seri
 es and set a meaningful tone for future knowledge-sharing engagements.\n\n
 Session Proceedings\n\nThe event commenced with a Land Acknowledgement\, f
 ollowed by a formal welcome address and an introduction of the distinguish
 ed speaker\, Dr. Rajeshwari Narendran — Alumni of Harvard Business Schoo
 l and Director\, NTPC Business School\, India.\n\nGratitude was extended t
 o the technology partners and university partners\, whose collaboration co
 ntributed to the success of the session.\n\nKey Highlights &amp; Speaker Insig
 hts\n\nDr. Rajeshwari Narendran delivered a deeply insightful and reflecti
 ve talk on the evolving purpose of higher education. She emphasized the im
 portance of reconnecting education with core human values and roots\, shar
 ing her powerful success mantra:\n\n“Stay connected to the roots — sta
 y in touch with the soil.”\n\nShe introduced the concept of “SPARSH”
 \, describing it as a magical mentoring therapy that fosters healing\, emp
 athy\, and holistic growth by strengthening the mentor-mentee relationship
 . The session strongly highlighted the need for value-based education alon
 gside technological and career-oriented learning.\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Rajesh
 wari \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/533369
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/533369
ORGANIZER:inder_preet74@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:10
SUMMARY:Higher education Higher Purpose: Are we losing it?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/533369
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 4\, 2026. This session marked the formal launch of a new global knowledge 
 initiative by IEEE Canada\, through the IEEE Education Committee\, under t
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 \;SPARSH&amp;rdquo\;\, describing it as a &lt;em&gt;magical mentoring therapy&lt;/em&gt; t
 hat fosters healing\, empathy\, and holistic growth by strengthening the m
 entor-mentee relationship. The session strongly highlighted the need for v
 alue-based education alongside technological and career-oriented learning.
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