Belagavi based KLE University signed a memorandum of understanding with Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), Philadelphia, on Monday.
KLEU Chancellor Prabhakar Kore and Stephen Klasko, president and CEO, TJU, signed the documents at the KLE centenary convention centre here.
Dr. Kore said the MoU with the 193-year-old TJU would help KLEU in research and development, teaching programmes, and student and faculty exchange. The MoU is the culmination of two decades of research collaboration with Richard Dermon of TJU, he said. “KLEU is one of the three institutes TJU has tied up with around the world. The other collaborations are in England and Italy,” he said.
The primary area of research would be obstetrics and gynaecology, diabetes, organ transplant, neuro–degenerative disorders, radio imaging and data processing. We will also benefit from public health and alternative medicine in which TJU has vast research experience, he said.
Dr. Klasko described the two universities as ‘twin sons from different mothers,’ whose common motto was to serve the under served. “We are both private non profit institutions that have so many things in common. We can do great things by working together,” he said. He said he was impressed by KLEU’s reach. “I travel around the world and visit the most technically advanced institutions. But I was impressed by KLEU’s empathy with the public. The cooperation between doctors and nurses here is extra ordinary too, he said.
Neil Gomes, chief data officer of TJU, said TJU would work with KLEU on data collection on medical trends and process it to make health care accessible and effective to patients.
Members of KLE society board of directors, faculty and others were present.
