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Queen’s announces new Indian Academy
Dr Stephen Farry, Minister for Employment and Learning; India’s Minister for the Development of the North East Region Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar and Queen’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Peter Gregson, pictured at the announcement of Queen's Academy in India.
Queen’s is to develop a Queen’s Academy in India (QAI). Over the next four years the Academy will train up to 250 Indian students and university faculty to help expand the number of new, well-qualified university staff available in the North Eastern region of the country.
The initiative will support the Indian Government’s expansion strategy for higher education which aims to develop the university sector within the country.
Queen’s already has several existing partnerships in education and industry in India. The QAI will equip students and staff from new partners Tezpur University, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam University (Silchar), and North Eastern Hill University with PhD and Masters qualifications in research, and Postgraduate Certificates in Higher Education Teaching.
The first intake of participants to the Academy will take place in Spring 2014.
The QAI announcement was made during a visit of over 300 Indian business leaders to Belfast for the 2013 Global India Business Meeting. As part of the visit Queen’s hosted a seminar on A Partnership to Promote the Knowledge Economy in Riddel Hall.
