GLOBAL SOUTH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION SUMMIT AWARDS & EXPO 2025
Theme : Financing Internationalization Of Education & Artificial Intelligence In The Global South
Participation : Hybrid – Virtual (Via Video ) & In – Person
Venue : House of Lords: The Parliament Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Date : 18th – 20th July 2025
THE GLOBAL SOUTH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION(GSUA)

The GSUA is the World’s first largest educational conference of University Chancellors, Presidents, Vice Chancellors and College Principals, as well as World leaders and Investors with a mission to collectively address the reformation of fragmented education in our fractured world.
GSUA is a conglomerate of ;

ASSOCIATION OF ARAB UNIVERSITIES (AARU)
AArU works within the framework of the Arab League to support and connect universities in the Arab world, and to enhance cooperation among them.

THE ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN PRINCIPALS (AIP)
AIP provides a platform for collaboration, professional development, and the sharing of best practices among school and college principals.

ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (AUAP)
AUAP is a platform for interaction and collaboration between members, and to be the effective voice of universities in Asia and the Pacific region.

ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (AAU)
AAU Promote interchange, contact and cooperation among universities and other institutions of higher education in Africa;

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (ISTE)
ISTE is a national, professional, non-profit organization in India dedicated to advancing and improving the quality of technical education, and is one of the leading bodies for educators, administrators, and industry professionals in the field of engineering and technology.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR DATA SCIENCES & INNOVATION - GLOBAL (ISDSI-G)
ISDSI-G is a global organization dedicated to promoting data sciences, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
THE GSUA SUMMIT, AWARDS & EXPO 2025
With over 2000 invitees from over 800 universities across 80 countries, the GSUA Summit, Awards and Expo ’25 promises to be a lily pad for the generation of ideas which will spur on greater advancements of education in the Global South, with facilitation by seasoned speakers drawn from academia and the corporate world .
A tripartite commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations, the UN International Year of Cooperatives (IYF2025) and the Platinum Jubilee of the Afro-Asian Conference, the auspicious launch of GSUA and the Global South Centre for Research, Innovation, Peace and Technology for Sustainable Development (G-SCRIPTS-D), will witness the official inauguration of:
- The Global South Farmers Association (GSFA)
- The Global South Engineers Association (GSEA)
- The Global South Architects Association (GSAA)
- The Global South Solar Energy Association (GSSEA)
- The Global South Mining Alliance (GSMA)
- The Global South Science and Technology Association (GSSTA) and
- The Global South Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GSCCI)
The GSUA Summit discussions will aim to take the dialogue from strategy towards implementation, and the possible models that can work best for in particular, the developing countries of the Global South as a means to narrowing the ever increasing Global – North South Divide and the rebuilding of the bricks of our fractured world as propagated in 2018 by the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland.
Within the ambit of unlocking the wealth of universities, the summit will also focus on the initiation of the specific Strategic management of universities skills for purposeful and sustainable development.
The summit will endeavour to create a base for knowledge sharing and deliberations about the various activities in the talent and skill development space, undertaken by secondary and higher education as well as the public and private educational and corporate institutions that are working resolutely to address the shortcomings in the education and knowledge sphere.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

H.E. Prof James Wani Igga
Vice President of South Sudan

Ambassador Prof Muhammadu M.O.Kah
Permanent Representative, of the Republic of Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva and Vice President Human Rights Council

Prof. Andy Corneliu Pusca
President, Danubius University, Galati, Romania

Prof. Shawn Chen
Founder, Chairman Sias Group and Sias International University, China

Prof. Sir Manuel Freire-Garabaly Nunez
Founder and Chairman, Alkalifah Business School.

Prof. Etienne Ehouan Ehile
Immediate past Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU)

Dr Shahid Yamin
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Global Opportunities Commercialisation.Australia

Prof. Paul Phillips
Professor of Strategic Management and former Director, Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK.

Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I
Immediate Past President Pan African Chamber of Commerce (PACCI) & Ghana National Chamber of Commerce (GNCCI)

Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas
President Institute of Management Services (IMS) UK

Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama
The Secretary Generals of Arab Association of Universities (AAru

Prof. Dr. Ricardo P. Pama
The Secretary- General the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)

Dr. Narimane Hadj Hamou
Founder & CEO of the Center of Learning Innovations and Customized Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS).

Dr Sonam Choiden
President at Gedu College of Business Studies (GCBS), Royal University of Bhutan (RUB)

Amb. Adeshola Helen Onadipe
Founder Africa Change Movement and World Peace Ambassador

Zack H. Abdi
Managing Director for Provectus Middle East

Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Swarup
Founding Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University and Chairman Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii

Julian Plumley B.A. M.Eng
CEO – Endoxa Learning Ltd. Endoxa Learning

Dr. Muhammad Imran Ullah
Chancellor, Abasyn University, Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Rector International Islamic University Malaysia and past president of the International Association of Universities (IAU)

H.E. Madam Rita Tani Iddi
Ghana Deputy High Commissioner UK and Ireland

Arijit Bhattacharyya
Founder Virtualinfocom, Founder & CEO World leader Summit & Founder Coinnovate ventures

Prof. Ashish Dongre
Vice President, the Solar Energy of India (SESI) and Executive Council Member, Indian Society for Technical Education

Dr. Abdulla Mushtaq Rashad
Chairman AVID College, Maldives

Dr. Hanane Abouhakim

Dr. KRS Murthy
President Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) USA

Prof. Geetha Bali
Researcher ,Cell Space Research Foundation-Bangalore.
Member ,National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences-Bangalore,

THE GLOBAL SOUTH CENTRE FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION, PEACE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The Global South Centre for Research, Innovation, Peace and Technology for Sustainable Development (G-SCRIPTS-D) will be officialy inaugrated during the GSUA Summit .
G-SCRIPTS-D is a comprehensive research, inventions, science and technology center with specially designed galleries, testing exhibits, and several robotic, electric and electronic workshops located at Gurukul the School .
G-SCRIPTS-D PATRONS

H.E Lansana Kouyate
Former Prime Minister of Guinea Former Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political Affairs Vice President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia Former Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Chairperson, Al Maskari Holdings, Emirates, Tricon Group (Energy Operations) Johnson Controls and Global Communications, JCGC, Singapore Expo, SGME, and ORSAT and United Mercy Foundation.

Shaikha Al Maskari
Chairperson, Al Maskari Holdings, Emirates, Tricon Group (Energy Operations) Johnson Controls and Global Communications, JCGC, Singapore Expo, SGME, and ORSAT and United Mercy Foundation.

Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas
President Institute of Management Services (IMS) UK

Dr. Sandeep Marwah
President Centre for Education Research and Growth (CERG) and Chancellor AAFT University

Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole
The Secretary – General Association of African Universities (AAU)

Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama
The Secretary Generals of Arab Association of Universities (AAru),

Prof. Dr. Ricardo P. Pama
The Secretary- General the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)

Prof. Dr. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Rector International Islamic University Malaysia and past president of the International Association of Universities (IAU)

Arijit Bhattacharyya
Founder Virtualinfocom, Founder & CEO World leader Summit & Founder Coinnovate ventures

Dr. Hari Eppanapally
Chairman The CIC Group and Founder Lead Foundation Global (USA)

Lt Gen Anil Malik (Veteran)
Former Indian Army Director General, Discipline , Ceremonials and Welfare.

Dr. KRS MURTHY
President Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) USA
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