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              Bangalore: Australia's 
              La Trobe University Thursday tied up with three leading Indian 
              institutes to promote student exchange programmes and joint 
              research projects, an official of the varsity said here Thursday.
 The Indian institutes are Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara (JSS) 
              University at Mysore, about 140 km from here, Maharashtra 
              Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cummins College at Pune.
 
 "The tie-ups will enable students of JSS, MIT and Cummins to 
              participate in exchange programmes and conduct research projects 
              benefiting students of our university and the three partner 
              institutes," La Trobe's science, technology and engineering 
              faculty dean Brian McGaw told reporters here on the occasion.
 
 Reputed for academic excellence and research achievements, the 
              university was named after Victoria's first lieutenant-governor La 
              Trobe. About 140,000 students graduated from its five campuses 
              across the state since its inception in 1965.
 
 The Australian varsity invested Rs.1,651 crore in setting a world 
              class Centre for AgriBioscience through public-private partnership 
              for conducting research and development (R&D) in agricultural 
              bio-sciences.
 
 "The partnership with Indian higher education institutes will 
              enhance our presence in the sub-continent. Research at AgriBio 
              will contribute to the protection of agriculture from disease 
              threats, improve primary industries competitiveness and focus on 
              climate change and drought," McGaw asserted.
 
 La Trobe entered into similar tie-ups early this year (February) 
              with Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, in 
              Rajasthan, Delhi Technological University, leading IT major HCL 
              and auto major Mahindra Reva.
 
 
 
               
 
              
              
 
 
 
              
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