Canada's Carleton to sign pacts with Indian educational institutions

Updated on: Monday, February 07, 2011

Canada's world-famous Carleton University is set to sign memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with various Indian educational institutions during the visit of it president and vice-chancellor to India next week.

Carleton is the only university in the world to have a full-fledged India-centric Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy to raise awareness about bilateral studies and public diplomacy, and develop initiatives to build a better understanding among both countries.

University president, Roseann Runte, who will be in India shortly, told the sources she would meet top Indian academics and sign MoUs with various institutions during her five-day visit which takes her to Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

"We will sign MoUs with Jindal Global University near Delhi, Jai Hind College under Mumbai University, IIT Mumbai and Petroleum University. These MoUs are geared towards exchange of faculties, students and interns, joint research and programmes, and conducting joint degree courses,'' she said.

Dr Runte, who will be the guest of honour at the cultural celebrations of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Hyderabad campus, said she would also meet representatives of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to discuss joint initiatives with them.

"We may sign an MoU with FICCI on internships, conferences and sharing information among businesses in the two countries," she said.

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