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Calcutta, Glasgow universities sign pact
Saturday November 12, 2011 04:59:55 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: In a bid to
enhance academic and cultural collaboration, the University of
Calcutta Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
"This is the age of collaborations and MoUs. We already have
relations with Glasgow but this agreement provides a formal colour
to that relation and the mutual cooperation will benefit both the
universities," University of Calcutta vice chancellor Suranjan Das
said.
"We have signed many MoUs earlier, but this one is special. The
financial support the university is providing is an immense help
for our students who generally cannot afford the costs in the
West," Das said.
Glasgow vice chancellor Anton Muscatelli said: "The first Indian
graduate from our university was from Bengal. The city has a very
rich cultural and educational heritage. Both the universities are
very old and renowned so a formal partnership was a natural
progression."
Along with student and faculty exchanges, the agreement also
provides for collaborative research projects, lectures and
symposia on various subjects.
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