IMT-Nagpur Boosts International Connection With Link To Australia?s MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Online, July 5, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Expanding its already large list of international academic links, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Under the agreement, the two institutes have agreed to develop academic co-operation and exchange programs, including student and faculty exchange, joint research and conferences.

In addition to agreeing to faculty exchange, graduating student and research scholar exchange and joint conferences, the institutes will conduct joint research in business management, including higher degree research programs. While commenting on the nature of the collaboration, Prof. Rajanandan Patnaik, Chairperson, International Relations remarked- ?All our MOUs are built on goodwill and binding in honor. We and our partner are sensitive to upkeep the reputation for excellence and integrity in education, research and scholarship. Our cooperation is built to further these causes.?

On track to becoming one of Australia's leading research universities, Macquarie is investing heavily in research, learning and teaching, new buildings, new teaching facilities and in developing mutually beneficial relationships with industry.

Since 2007 Macquarie has consistently moved up the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Rankings of World Universities and in a recent Excellence in Research for Australia exercise performed by the Australian Government, five of its research areas - Earth Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - were noted for their ?outstanding performance well above world standard.? Macquarie was also recently named as the top university in Australia for research in environmental science and ecology based on the number of citations per researcher.

Macquarie is the latest in a long list of international linkups IMT-Nagpur has made in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lichtenstein, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Dr. Patnaik has bright plans in order to enhance IMT Nagpur?s global linkages. He concludes on a positive note by stating- ?The future plans for International Relations at IMT Nagpur would be to have a more comprehensive geographic footfall and presence through our partners. We are looking forward to more student-faculty exchange programs that further teaching and research.?