IIT Madras, BHU agree for student exchange, shared use of research infrastructure

IIT Madras and BHU have also agreed on shared use of research infrastructure by their researchers and faculty members.

BHU and IIT Madras has signed an MoU for student exchange programmes and use of research facilities (Credit: Banaras Hindu University)

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The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have signed an agreement for student exchange programmes and use of research facilities. The agreement has been signed for a period of five years now and seeks to explore other opportunities of engagements to support students, faculty and research.

The agreement, as per an official statement, provides for exchange of PhD students between the two institutes by enabling them to spend up to one semester in the other institute for research activities. The understanding, it adds, will pave the way for exchange of faculty members by facilitating them to spend up to six months in the other institute and carry out research.

The agreement signed by BHU Vice-Chancellor Professor Sudhir Kumar Jain and IIT Madras Director Professor V Kamakoti seeks to aid in the formal interaction and collaboration between both the institutions.

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IIT Madras and BHU have also agreed on shared use of research infrastructure by their researchers and faculty members. The scope of collaboration will extend to a diverse field of study and research including in science, engineering, arts, medicine, agriculture, humanities and interdisciplinary areas.