University of Houston forms partnership with Banaras Hindu University
Nevada (US):The University of Houston in Texas (USA) and Institute of Technology of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi
(India) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in instruction and academic exchange. This new relationship will reportedly include joint education
programs at the graduate level, exchange visits of scholars and faculty collaboration
in research and technology. Collaborative programs the two institutions will explore
include dual degree programs in which degrees could be granted by both parties.
The MOU agreement is reportedly for five years. Welcoming this collaboration
between
two prominent education centers of USA and India, acclaimed Indo-American
statesman
Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that some other leading
institutions of both the countries should also form partnerships so that students
and faculty could share strengths the other partner offers. Learning brought more
light to the mankind, Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership
Confederation, added.