Mahindra University welcomed a delegation comprising provosts, deans and academic leaders from 15 renowned US universities, marking a significant step towards fostering deeper ties between Indian and American academia. The visit aimed at advancing internationalisation objectives and exploring collaborative avenues between the institutions, as per the press release.
During the visit, discussions centred on enhancing student and faculty mobility between the United States and India, forging research partnerships, developing co-offered or dual-degree programmes, among other collaborative initiatives. Emphasis was placed on exploring interdisciplinary research opportunities, especially in fields such as public health and vaccine research, crucial in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, as mentioned in the release.
“This collaboration opens doors for deepening research partnerships, facilitating meaningful student and faculty exchanges, and fostering cross-cultural interactions between our institutions,” Yajulu Medury, vice chancellor, Mahindra University, said.
“We are committed to interdisciplinarity, and the delegates left after several preliminary but concrete exchanges of ways forward. One was that underexplored collaborative areas in student and faculty mobility such as media and communication, education, and humanities in general are very much on the table now,” Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, dean, School of Media, Mahindra University.