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IIT-Kanpur, IIM-Kozhikode tie up with Yale
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
In a step towards enhancing educational links with the US, the
Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode and the Indian Institute
of Technology-Kanpur are tying up with the Yale University for
collaboration in higher education.
The three institutes signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday
for cooperation in higher education through research, a statement
from the human resource development (HRD) ministry said.
Under the 'Yale-India Leadership Initiative', the partnership will
begin with a term of five years and can be renewed after that. A
six-member committee with equal participation from the three
partnering institutes will determine the norms/qualifications for
participating in these leadership programmes.
"This tie-up will expose university and academic leaders in India
at the levels of vice-chancellor, director, and deans to the best
practices of academic administration and institutional management
in the United States," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said after the MoU
was signed.
The MoU would also engage in joint faculty research on higher
education and collaborate to organise workshops and seminars on
relevant areas of academic administration and leadership. The
first programmes under the agreement would take place in 2011 in
New Haven, Connecticut.
"Yale is pleased to undertake this important and much needed
effort on higher education with IIM -Kozhikode and IIT-Kanpur. We
look forward to working with them to advance the cause of higher
education in India by sharing what we have learned over three
centuries as an institution and we similarly look forward to
learning from our partners in India in this age of global
education," Yale president Richard Levin said.
The partnership will take effect from January 2011.
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