Media Releases

“We Hope To Double Student Enrolment From India” ­ Prof. Meric S.Gertler, President, UofT

May 17, 2016

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Pres­i­dent Mer­ic Gertler is inter­viewed. Gertler is, to quote from his bio, “one of the world’s fore­most urban the­o­rists and pol­i­cy prac­ti­tion­ers. He is wide­ly known as an expert on innovation,creativity and cul­ture as dri­vers of the eco­nom­ic dynamism of city­ regions”. In the recent past, he has made a num­ber of vis­its to India as that coun­try is tak­ing a giant leap into trans­form­ing its urban land­scape through an ambi­tious ‘smart cities’ pro­gram. Read more.