Manipal varsity inks agreement with China's top tech institute

BEIJING: In the first case of high tech cooperation between universities of India and China, the Manipal University of Karnataka today signed a high technology partnership agreement with one of China's top technology institutions.


The Manipal University, one of top Indian private educational institutions, has entered the partnership deal with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).

This is the fist case of collaboration involving high tech cooperation between universities of India and China, Prof Madhav Das Nalapat, Honorary Director of Manipal University who signed the agreement with Wangying, Director, International Student Centre of the BIT, said.

The agreement is significant as BIT is China's top technology teaching institutions where international students from a number of countries, including Pakistan and other Asian countries, are studying courses involving high technology, he said.

The agreement includes exchange of graduate, undergraduate students and academic personnel, cooperative research and development and exchange of academic or scientific materials and publications.

The Manipal University also plans to sign a similar agreement with Nanjing Aeronautical University which involves exchange of faculty and students to study various courses including Robotics and Nano technology, he said.

Last November, the Manipal University signed comprehensive partnerships with Tianjin University and Shanghai's Tongji University, becoming the first Indian University to work out collaborative programmes with Chinese academic institutions.