Going Global

Updated on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Bharath University has tied up with select foreign universities and institutes to offer a global perspective on various fields to the students. Lecturers and experts from various foreign universities will be invited to the campus to offer training and orientation programs to students. This includes seminars, workshops and conferences on the core subject areas while also offering skill development, personality development and training to the students.

As a part of this initiative, five guest lecturers have been invited to deliver lectures on their area of specialisation. They will host conferences and workshops that have been organized to share new ideas, discuss and debate on the latest developments in their diverse innovative fields. The faculty will also be trained on international teaching practices and curriculum to enhance the teaching procedure.

The five guest lecturers are, Dr Shaban Buza, visiting professor, University of Prishtina, Dr Miguel Calvo Melero, University of the Basque Country, Spain, Dr Gabriela Teodorescu, professor and head, environmental engineering, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania, Dr Pierre X, CEO, Global Market Consulting, Paris and Dr Nancy Scannell, associate professor of finance, University of Illinois, Springfield.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr K P Thooyamani, vice-chancellor, Bharath University, said, “Through our international division headed by Dr M Sridhar, we are associating with a lot of corporate and foreign universities to expose students to the international standards and practices in teaching, learning and result oriented research. We have lined up a series of such visits by international experts and professors to engage students throughout the training programme.”

Also, all the visiting faculties will be assisting in the designing of the curriculum in environmental engineering, GIS engineering and robotics for twinning programme and semester abroad programme.

For further information on Bharath University, please visit www.bharathuniv.ac.in.

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