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A three-day Malaysia-India Higher Education Forum began successful the metropolis connected Monday, bringing unneurotic universities from some countries to research imaginable semipermanent collaborations successful acquisition and probe successful concern and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects.
A full of 17 universities of Malaysia and 26 from India volition independently research collaborative ventures successful higher acquisition and research, specified arsenic dual degrees, associated PhDs, and associated probe and publication.
The Forum is organised jointly by Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), the selling limb of the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, entrusted with promoting Malaysia arsenic an acquisition hub, the Consulate General of Malaysia successful Chennai, the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), and Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences.
While imaginable collaborations was 1 of the objectives, the level besides sought to showcase Malaysia arsenic an acquisition destination for Indian students, particularly successful medical, paramedical, and exertion fields.
K. Saravana Kumar, Consul General of Malaysia to South India, who inaugurated the event, said the acquisition assemblage successful Malaysia was robust with authorities institutions, backstage institutions, and subdivision campuses of overseas universities offering a wide assortment of opportunities for students from India. “We are besides looking astatine however universities successful India tin summation from these collaborations, specified arsenic speech of students, academicians, collaborations connected areas of research, endowment development, and assistance some countries hole aboriginal manpower for the world,” Mr. Kumar added.
Novie Tajuddin, CEO, EMGS, said portion astir existent collaborations betwixt Malaysian and Indian universities were connected short-term programmes, the absorption was present connected gathering bridges betwixt institutions of the 2 countries to connection dual programmes oregon adjacent facilitate opening offshore campuses successful some nations.
Vinay Kumar Pathak, president, AIU, said engineering, management, and infrastructure improvement could beryllium immoderate of the areas wherever universities could person collaborative programmes. “Our archetypal road nether the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) exemplary was built by Malaysian companies. They besides person tons of skyscrapers giving their cities a modern touch, which is the request of the hr for our metros. Joint probe publications, which transportation a batch of weightage successful QS and Times assemblage rankings, was besides a low-hanging fruit,” helium added.
Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, AIU, said astir 15 to 20 overseas universities were each acceptable to found campuses successful India, portion 10 to 12 Indian universities had acceptable up campuses abroad. “Letters of Intent from the overseas universities person been received. That is simply a large leap forward,” she added.
N.M. Veeraiyan, Chancellor, Saveetha Institute of Technical and Medical Sciences, and Ashwani Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Saveetha Institute of Technical and Medical Sciences, spoke astatine the inauguration.
