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Nov

2018

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Strategic Engagement with Auckland

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Business Standard Times of India Yahoo News Outlook Times Now Jagran Josh NDTV Global News, NZ Indian Weekender, NZ IIT Kharagpur and the University of Auckland signed an MoU to foster academic exchange and research collaboration, faculty exchange and visiting/adjunct appointments, and student mobility. The institutes will typically explore opportunities for research in Healthcare Technologies, New Materials, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence. “This is the first strategic partnership of the University of Auckland with a higher educational institution in India. The SPARC program of India is of specific interest to us. There are several research areas which are of mutual interest…

Sep

2018

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By Chirosree Basu

Forging a global connection

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IIT Kharagpur is the national coordinator of GIAN, an MHRD-run international outreach programme The Global Initiative of Academic Networks or GIAN was launched on November 30, 2015 by the then Union minister for human resources development, Ms Smriti Irani. The initiative intended to enhance the quality of higher education in India through foreign collaboration. At the inauguration Ms Irani said, “GIAN is not limited to only those from the IITs and national institutes but will also be available for government institutes who do not usually expect an opportunity to meet, interact and learn from international faculty.” Under GIAN, reputed international…