IIM Jammu signs MoU to open transit off-campus at the University of Ladakh

IIM-Jammu director B S Sahay and Ladakh University vice-chancellor S K Mehta signed the agreement, a memorandum of understanding.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu signed an agreement with the University of Ladakh in areas such as academic cooperation, faculty exchange, and joint research. IIM-Jammu director B S Sahay and Ladakh University vice-chancellor S K Mehta signed the agreement, a memorandum of understanding. Under this MoU, The IIM-Jammu will open a transit off-campus at the university, an official spokesman said here.

“Today is a historic day for IIM-Jammu as the University of Ladakh has agreed to give space on its campus for the opening of the Transit Off-Campus in Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh,” Sahay said.

The collaboration between both institutes will lead to outcomes in the interest of stakeholders and lead to sustainable growth and development for the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, he said.

He said both institutions have agreed to work in the areas of academic development, promotion of entrepreneurship, executive education, skill development, organising joint conferences, short-term education programmes, research, boot camps, and various other areas. 

Mehta said the collaboration with IIM-Jammu will help the university to develop competence in many key areas ranging from the development of educational and training programs, long-range planning, development of entrepreneurship, better exposure for faculty, students, and institutional development.

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