A German delegation from the Calw and Reidlingen Universities is visiting Kannur University as part of an academic exchange programme.
The delegation led by Nils H. Birschmann, Director of SRH Holding and Head of SRH Corporate Communications, began its visit on November 2 as part of the student and faculty exchange pact between the Kannur University and the two German universities managed by the SRH Holding.
German foundation
SRH Holding is a German foundation that runs nine universities, 13 hospitals and several educational institutions in Europe and South-America, according to delegation members.
“For almost 10 years we have a partnership with the Kannur University based on a memorandum of understanding,” Mr. Birschmann told The Hindu .
MBA graduates
He said that most of the students are MBA graduates or those from media and communications management.
The German team will attend the month-long academic and non-academic events being organised by the Kannur University’s Department of Management Studies (DMS). The team will also visit educational and other institutions in the State and in the neighbouring States.
The exchange programme started in 2006.
The tie-up has had its origin in 2002 when then Vice-Chancellor late P.K. Rajan visited Calw in Germany as part of a delegation from here to attend the International Hermann Hesse Festival.
Dr. Rajan had then mooted the proposal for the tie-up then.
The German team visited District Collector P. Bala Kiran in his office here on Monday.
Mr. Kiran explained to the team about the online government services, digital filing system and literacy activities in the State. DMS faculty members P.T. Raveendran and U. Faisal were also present.
