A five-member delegation from Royal Bhutan University reached IIT Kanpur to seek its help in establishing a world class management institute in capital Thimpu.

Besides developing the infrastructure of the institute and arranging for its faculty, IIT-K will also be designing the curriculum for its MBA course.

“The delegation met with professors of different departments, management students and also collected detailed information about management courses”, Assistant Registrar, IIT Kanpur, K V Satyamurthi told PTI.

The delegation, headed by Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Bhutan University Dr. Dasho Pema Thinley, is on a two day visit of IIT-K.

Acting Director of the IIT, Professor Kripashankar said that the delegation will discuss issues relating to faculty and student exchange programme, development of curriculum and IIT internships for Bhutanese students during their visit.