The National Institute of Technology - Puducherry (NITPY), Karaikal, on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia, for an academic exchange through Multidisciplinary International Quality Improvement Doctoral Degree Programme (MIQMDDP).
The MoU, signed by NITPY Director K. Sankaranarayanasamy, and Eba Mijena, Member of Parliament, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Chief Executive officer, Academic Affairs, Ministry of Education, provides select research scholars from both sides an opportunity to spend six to 18 months at the partner institute for the MIQMDDP.
Accommodation and food will be provided free of cost to the visiting research scholar who will keep receiving scholarship or stipend from the home institute during the visit.
The research scholars under this programme will get guidance from the faculty members of both institutions.
The collaboration will improve collaborative multidisciplinary research of both the nations and boost the quality of research, Prof. Sankaranarayanasamy said in a press release.
