India makes sustained outreach to US universities to build knowledge partnerships
India makes sustained outreach to US universities to build knowledge partnerships
WASHINGTON, Apr 12: India, which sends the largest number of STEM students to the United States, is making a sustained outreach with American universities to build knowledge partnerships.
As part of this effort to build knowledge partnerships, India’s ambassador to the US Taranjt Singh Sandhu has intensified interactions with US universities.
“With over 200,000 Indian students in the US, and most of them in the STEM areas, collaboration in higher education, is an area of exciting possibilities. There are opportunities for student exchanges; online education; university-to-university collaborations. We hope that with its strong focus on India, UNC will take the lead in this area,” said Sandhu in his address to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during one such interaction.
India, which sends the largest number of STEM students to the United States, is making a sustained outreach with American universities to build knowledge partnerships. As part of this effort to build knowledge partnerships, India s ambassador to the US Taranjt Singh Sandhu has intensified interactions with US universities. With over 200,000 Indian students in the US, and most of them in the STEM areas, collaboration in higher education, is an area of exciting possibilities. There are opportunities for student exchanges; online education; university-to-university collaborations. We hope that with its strong focus on India, UNC will take the lead in this area, said Sandhu in his address to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during one such interaction.
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New Delhi: Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today informed that the UGC has placed the draft Regulations on Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Education Institutions to offer Joint Degree, Dual Degree and Twinning Programmes, in the public domain and invited suggestions from all the stakeholders. The Minister sought insights and feedback from the public including the academia and all other stakeholders to enable the Ministry of Education to bring about effective implementation of this aspect of NEP. The Minister also informed that the last date of receiving suggestions/feedback has now been extended to 15
NEW DELHI: Indian and foreign higher education institutions may soon be able to offer joint or dual degrees and twinning programmes with the University Grants Commission (UGC) finalising a draft for the regulations of these programmes.
However, a final decision in this regard will be taken following evaluation of feedback received on the draft, which has been put in public domain.
According to the draft UGC (Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Education Institutions to offer Joint Degree, Dual Degree and Twinning Programmes) Regulations, 2021, higher education institutions of India can collaborate with foreign counterparts for credit recognition and transfer, twinning arrangement as well as offer degrees.
University Grants Commission (Picture Source:- UGC web)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has readied the draft regulations for academic collaborations between Indian and foreign higher education institutions to provide Indian students with the option to study under dual degree programmes and also get the benefit of credit transfers and joint degrees,
Times of India.
It is likely that the UGC (Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Education Institutions to offer Joint Degree, Dual Degree and Twinning Programmes) Regulations, 2021 will be notified soon.
The draft regulations state that any degree or diploma awarded based on these collaborations shall be equivalent to any corresponding degree or diploma by the Indian higher education institution; there shall be no further requirement of seeking equivalence from any authority .