IITs signs scholarship agreement with Univer­sity of Melbourne

 

Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Ind­ian Institute of Tech­nology, Kanpur, Indian Institute of Science, Ben­g­aluru, and Univer­sity of Melbourne are joining hands for a multimillion-dollar scholarship. 

 

As part of this progr­amme, the Australian go­ve­rnment will provide three million Australian dollars to 16 research sc­h­olars from these institutes for research for the next three years.

Dean of international and alumni relations at IIT-Madras Professor R. Nagarajan said that the institute had embarked on a systematic progra­mme of research collaboration with leading universities across the world. 

 

“We envision a four-stage process, starting with faculty interaction, leading to research sch­olar exchanges and joint supervision of PhDs, cu­l­m­inating over time in joint doctorate program­mes.”

 

Speaking ahead of the launch, vice-chancellor of the University of Mel­b­ourne Professor Clyn Davis said by enabling the stude­nts from India and Aus­tralia to undertake joint research, several global challen­ges and technological needs could be addr­essed.