The National Institute of Technology - Calicut (NITC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for research collaborations and student and faculty exchange programmes with Ulster University, Belfast, UK, here on Wednesday.
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Prof. Prasad Krishna, Director, NITC, and Prof. Paul Seawright, Ulster University (in absentia) signed the MoU.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Krishna said the MoU would be a starting point for joint academic programmes like PhD guidance, credit transfer of UG and PG students, and funded projects between the two universities. The MoU was signed in the presence of Prof. Jayanta Mondal, research director, Belfast School of Architecture and Built Environment, and Nikhilkumar Shah, lecturer in energy and building services, Ulster University, and NITC Deputy Director P.S. Sathidevi.
Prof. S.M. Sameer, Dean, Academic; Prof. P.P. Anil Kumar, Dean, Alumni Affairs; Prof. M.K. Ravi Varma, chairperson, Centre for International Relations and Foreign Language; Prof. Soney Varghese, head of the department of School of Material Science and Engineering (SMSE), and Shijo Thomas (SMSE), all from NITC were present.
The MOU was signed as part of the exchange project funded by Royal Society, UK, with Nikhilkumar Shah and Jayanta Mondal as the lead researchers from Ulster University and Dr. Thomas as the lead researcher from NITC.