Dharmendra Pradhan, presided over the Letter of Intent (LoI) handover ceremony to the University of Liverpool today in New Delhi. This will be the second foreign university to be issued LoI under the UGC (Setting Up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023.
Ms. Lindy Cameron CB OBE, British High Commissioner to India; Dr. Vineet Joshi, Interim Chair, UGC and Secretary Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education; Prof. Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool; Prof. Tariq Ali, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement and Partnerships, University of Liverpool; officials from the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of education, University Grants Commission, and other dignitaries were also present at the event. Three important MoUs were also signed today to explore future collaborative opportunities with companies and organisations including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited, YouWeCan, and Dream11.
Shri Pradhan, speaking at the event, said that the LoI reaffirms India's emergence as a trusted partner in global higher education. It is yet another milestone in India's journey of deepening academic partnership with leading global universities—an aspiration firmly embedded in the transformative vision of the National Education Policy 2020, he said.
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