PEC signs MOU with NJIT, USA (28th March 2011)

 

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed and exchanged between PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA on March 28, 2011 by Dr. H.Ross, Chief of Staff, NJIT and Dr. Manoj Datta, Director, PEC University of Technology. Dr. S.Saigal, Distinguished Professor and Dean  New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT), USA who is an Alumnus of PEC, was the driving force behind the collaboration. The MoU was been signed with the major objective of establishing academic collaboration and fostering student exchange between the two Universities. Dr. Vasundhara Singh, faculty in-charge at PEC and Dr. Sanjeev Sofat, Dean Academic Affairs facilitated the collaboration.This agreement includes various activities which will enable both PEC and NJIT to exchange students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for internship/projects and course work in regular engineering curriculum for a period of up-to six months to one year. The MoU will also foster co-operation for faculty exchange through deputation for short term assignments upto a period of one year and other activities which will include joint projects, joint supervision of doctoral students and other academic programmes of mutual interest. This agreement will be valid for the next five years.

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