Creating new leaders

Updated on: Monday, September 07, 2009

As part of a unique scholarship programme to develop Indian scientific research leaders of tomorrow, 32 students from three varsities — Jawaharlal Nehru University, Bengal Engineering and Science University and Amity University — visited Queen’s University in Belfast.

Queens’ scientists have invented the world’s first low-cost technology to provide arsenic-free water to affected areas in eastern India, say IANS reports and the visiting Indian students got to work alongside the scientists responsible for the invention.

The Queen’s India Welcome Scheme was primarily created to allow Indian science and technology students to experience life and work in Belfast, said sources at the university.

IANS reports that in addition to the scheme for university students, Queen’s is also currently running a pilot project with several schools in Delhi and Kolkata. Said M. Satish Kumar, Director of Queen’s India initiative, “The sharing of knowledge and skills across international borders is vital in today’s world and I have no doubt that significant strides will be made as a result of this partnership.”

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