IIT Patna, France’s Toulouse INP sign MoU for academic cooperation

The purpose of this agreement, the IIT Patna statement added, is to develop academic co-operation and to promote mutual understanding between the two institutes on a basis of equality and reciprocity.

Both institutes have agreed for exchange of academic and administrative staff, exchange of students, joint supervision of doctoral studies, conducting collaborative research projects, conducting lectures and organising symposia, exchange of academic information and materials, promoting academic collaboration in fields of mutual interest and providing internship opportunities.

IIT Patna and Toulouse INP also have agreed to jointly organize the exchange of academic, administrative staff and students for short-term programmes on topics of mutual interest and to invite each other’s faculty, students and scholars to participate in fostering and engaging in a wide range of research or training and academic programmes to address the challenging problems.

This MoU, the institute added, is a major initiative towards achieving the common goals of both institutions in the field of research and innovation.

The MoU was signed by Prof. T N Singh, Director, IIT Patna, Dr Asif Ekbal, Associate Dean, Resources, IIT Patna, Dr Raju Halder, Associate Prof (CSE) IIT Patna and Professor Pascal Moussien, Vice President, International Relations, Université de Toulouse, France.