Allahabad: An umbrella body of Indian universities and its counterpart from Taiwan have signed an accord for academic cooperation through collective research and faculty exchanges.
An agreement to this effect was signed by the
Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Foundation
for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan
(FICHET) during the visit of AIU delegates to the island
nation earlier this month.
China has been opposed to any country entering into
cooperation with Taiwan, which considers it as its integral
part.
"The decision to have academic tie-ups with Taiwan was
taken after due consultations with the Ministry of External
Affairs, which gave us a green signal for the collaboration,"
AIU President M D Tiwari, who is also Director of the Indian
Institute of Information Technology here, told.
"In recent years, Taiwan has emerged as an important
educational destination with its world-class academic
infrastructure.There has been a steady increase in the number
of Indian students enrolling in Taiwan with 80 per cent of
them pursuing doctoral courses.
"However, degrees and diplomas awarded by Taiwanese
institutions have not so far been getting recognition in our
country," Tiwari said.
PTI
