Purdue University's delegates visit India to boost 125-year relationship

Purdue University's leadership team visited three cities in India including Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and held 12-high level meetings with government officials, industry leaders and top academic institutes.

Study in US: Purdue University's President Mung Chiang recently led a high-level delegation to India for a three-day visit. The aim was to expand the university's global leadership in business and innovation. The Purdue University team held 12 high-level meetings across Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.

The US university said that this visit marks a new chapter in the university's 125-year relationship with India as its first Indian student joined the university 125 years back. The team sought out opportunities for educational collaboration, new opportunities in AI, finance, aerospace and quantum computing, also to expand the joint R&D initiatives.

“The 125-year partnership between Purdue University and India, spread across three centuries, reflects shared values of innovation, excellence and leadership. Our recent visit has laid the groundwork for even deeper and broader collaboration in the years ahead, and we are excited to partner with universities, companies, government agencies and alumni in India, ” said Chiang.

Purdue alliances with Colombian universities

Purdue University is the only university in the US which entered a new alliance with four main Colombian universities to expand research collaborations and comprehensive student programs. Purdue University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración, Universidad del Norte, Universidad EAFIT, and Icesi University.

Karen Plaut, Purdue’s executive vice president for research said, “Creating new opportunities on both continents will create opportunities for both the 4U Alliance and Purdue. The goal is for future collaborations that utilize the expertise of each university to further the research potential.”

Juan Diego Velásquez de Bedout, Purdue’s assistant director of global partnerships said, “We want to find opportunities that hopefully resonate with as many of the universities at the same time, offering a consortium of universities for future collaborations."

María Paola Podesta, vice president for academic affairs at Universidad EAFIT commented, “Purdue is committed to Colombia through its alliances with other universities in the country. The signing of this 4U+Purdue memorandum is a powerful example of how the construction of trust, collegiality and especially the conviction of the transformative power of education and innovation, science and technology, allows capabilities to come together to continue on the path of the formation of talent and the advancement of knowledge.”

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