SPPU signs five MoUs with American universities as part of NEP 2020

The SPPU has signed three MoUs with City University New York (CUNY), and one each with Dresel University and University of California, LA (UCLA). SPPU already has an MoU with Melbourne University, Australia.

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has collaborated with American universities by signing five Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs). The pacts have been signed as part of the New Education Policy’s (NEP) push to develop ‘internationalization’ programmes, senior university officials said. SPPU vice-chancellor Professoressor Karbhari Kale led a team of officials on a week-long tour of American universities last week. Several of the university officials they met were interested in studying Indian culture, arts, music and Yoga-related courses, he said.

The SPPU has signed three MoUs with City University New York (CUNY), and one each with Dresel University and University of California, LA (UCLA). SPPU already has an MoU with Melbourne University, Australia.

Master’s programme in Biomedical Engineering at SPPU

“It was an important tour for us, as prominent universities have now got connected with SPPU. Through these MoUs, we will be able to conduct student and faculty exchange programmes, dual degree programmes, conferences and seminars as well as research on various subjects. We will also be able to introduce credit courses, and other kinds of collaboration which will be of great benefit to our students,” Professoressor Kale told HT.

Under this MoU, SPPU and Drexel University will jointly launch a Master’s programme in Biomedical Engineering at SPPU, which will be addressed as the RUSA 2.0 SPPU project.

The professor added that the Masters's programme will be launched not only to help students in higher education but also to help both institutes strengthen infrastructure at both ends.

 “In all the universities we visited, the one common thing we noticed was their willingness to study Indian culture, tradition, art, music, Yoga, and Ayurveda. As there are no faculties to teach these things there, through this collaboration our faculties from the field of arts, music, yoga and even Ayurveda will be able to teach foreign students. The UCLA specifically raised this demand about collaborating with us to teach Indian culture, arts, music and dance programmes at their university,” Professor Kale said

Professor Aditya Abhyankar, head of the department of Technology SPPU, Professor Ujwala Chakradevo, vice chancellor of SNDT Women’s University Mumbai and Professor Ashish Paturkar, vice chancellor of Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Science University Nagpur, were also part of the weeklong tour.

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