Bangladesh Vice Chancellors delegation to visit India

DHAKA, Dec. 12 (nsnewswire) — At the invitation of the Government of India, a first-ever high-level delegation of Vice Chancellors of leading universities of Bangladesh is visiting India from December 14 -19, 2013.

The visit is aimed at strengthening educational cooperation, exchanges and contacts between India and Bangladesh. Members of the delegation are drawn from prominent public and private universities of Bangladesh.

According to a statement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, the delegation is scheduled to travel to New Delhi, Kolkata and Agra, where they will, inter alia, visit the Jawaharlal Nehru University, OP Jindal Global University and the Indian Institute of Management, and attend a presentation on India’s National Knowledge Network.

The delegation is also expected to meet the Union Ministers of External Affairs and Human Resource Development and Chairman, University Grants Commission, besides other senior officials, said the statement issued here on Thursday.

It said Vice Chancellors of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), BRAC University, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Southeast University (SEU), State University of Bangladesh (SUB), University of Chittagong (CU), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and University of Rajshahi (RU) are participating in the delegation.