Rutgers University signs MOU with India for visiting lectureship

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India’s Consul General in New York Sandeep Chakravorty, left, signs an MOU between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Rutgers University Feb. 21, 2019, to establish the ICCR Visiting Lectureship in Contemporary Indian Studies. Rutgers University Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara A. Lee, right, is seen signing the agreement. (Photo: courtesy Indian Consulate)

Rutgers University, N.J. which has a significant number of Indian and Indian-American students, signed a memorandum of understanding Feb. 21, with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, to establish an ICCR Visiting Lectureship in Contemporary Indian Studies.

The MOU will remain in force till 2023, a press release from the Indian Consulate in New York, said, adding that this agreement “marks a new phase in academic exchanges between India and Rutgers University.”

ICCR had earlier established a Chair at Rutgers School of Management & Labor Relations in 2017.

The new MoU will facilitate “focused short term” visits of reputed experts at Rutgers University.

Rutgers University signed a memorandum of understanding Feb. 21, with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, to establish an ICCR Visiting Lectureship in Contemporary Indian Studies. Seen in photo are those present at the signing ceremony Feb. 21, including India’s Consul General in New York Sandeep Chakravorty, Rutgers Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy, and Senior VP for Academic Affairs Barbara A. Lee. (Photo: courtesy Indian Consulate)

“The chair is likely to draw immense interest from the student community at Rutgers University in view of the increasing interest in India studies as well as large concentration of Indian diaspora in New Jersey,” the press release said.

The Consul General of India in New York Sandeep Chakravarty, signed the MoU on behalf of ICCR; Rutgers’ Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara A. Lee and Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy,  signed the MoU on behalf of Rutgers University.

Consul General Chakravorty welcomed the signing of the MOU and noted that the focus of Rutgers University on India has increased significantly in recent months. He also extended the help of the Consulate to connect students of Rutgers University to Indian companies present in the U.S. for both jobs and internship opportunities.

Chancellor Molloy welcomed the signing of the MOU and noted that Rutgers is ready to further intensify its partnership with India.

Both sides also welcomed the launch of the 1st ICCR-Rutgers India Conference scheduled for Feb. 22, and expressed confidence that this will become an annual feature. The theme of the Feb. 22 conference will be “Delivering DemocracyThe Indian Experience’.

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