Indian, Canadian Univs sign accords for specific initiatives

Updated on: Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Taking forward its educational ties with India, Canadian universities today announced funding for a series of India-specific initiatives valued at over 4
million USD which also include a new 'Globalink' Canada-India Graduate Fellowship programme.
The fellowship programme will provide up to 51 scholarships valued at more than 3.5 million Canadian dollars for Indian students who have participated in the MITACS Globalink program in 2010, said Vice Chancellor of University of British Columbia Stephen J. Toope.

He said this during the signing of MoUs between institutes of the two countries attended by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and Canada's Minister of State for Science and
Technology Gary Goodyear.

Toope said eight Canadian universities have come together to provide the graduate fellowships for the top Indian students who wish to pursue a Masters or PhD in Canada.

University of British Columbia also entered into an agreement with IIT, Delhi, to renew a long-standing student mobility programme, which involves undergraduate engineering students spending time at each othersâ€™ institutions.

Likewise, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Amal Jyothi College of Engineering also signed an MoU to jointly offer a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nuclear Power degree.

The Royal Roads University and IGNOU also signed an agreement to establish an education partnership that will explore joint delivery of programmes through blended and distance education programs.

Besides, the former varsity also signed an agreement with ACN School of Business to establish a partnership on academic cooperation.

Sibal said on the occasion that collaboration between Canadian and Indian Universities through these agreements will help deliver "technological solutions affordable to the common man".

The engagement with the Canadian universities comes in the backdrop of several US universities also forging ties with Indian universities and institutes to set up centres of excellence here and offering high-end research-oriented programmes.

Indian, Canadian Univs sign accords for specific initiatives

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