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Canadian varsity to set up first India Chair
Tuesday January 18, 2011 05:12:53 PM,
IANS
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Toronto:
Canada's Carleton University will soon have an India Chair to
promote research and understanding about the emerging South Asian
giant.
The Ottawa-based university will sign a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the Indian government Jan 24 for setting
up the India Chair at its Canada-India Centre of Excellence in
Science, Technology, Trade and Policy.
After launching its Canada-India Centre of Excellence in Science,
Technology, Trade and Policy in February last year, Carleton will
now also become the first Canadian university to have a
full-fledged India Chair.
A unique institution in itself, the Canada-India Centre of
Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy promotes
bilateral studies and public diplomacy, and develop initiatives to
build a better understanding between the two countries.
"The Indian high commissioner is signing an MoU with the
university for an India Chair to serve as a platform for public
policy on India outside the confines of governments. The Chair
will be the platform to discuss and promote understanding and
cooperation between the public and private institutions of the two
countries," an Indian diplomatic source told IANS.
The government of India will contribute to the creation of the
Chair.
Though some Canadian universities have India study programmes in
their Asian departments, none has a full-fledged India Chair.
"This Indian Chair will give India a visibility in Canada. For
long, India has been requesting Canada to have an India Centre
(Chair). It is a very good thing," said Toronto-based Ravi
Seethapathy, former chair of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
that promotes academic activities and exchanges between the two
countries.
Among other Canadian universities, Vancouver-based Simon Fraser
University has the regional Chair on Canada-India Business and
Economic Development to foster economic and academic links between
British Columbia province and India.
This Chair is part of the university's Centre for Indo-Canadian
Studies which provides information for people eager to do business
with India and is the sister organisation of the Canadian Studies
Centre at Panjab University in Chandigarh.
Vancouver-based British Columbia University and the University of
Regina in Saskatchewan province also have India study programmes.
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