IIT, Taiwan varsity sign Mandarin deal
Taiwan will come out with various plans to attract more Indian students to study in higher education institutions in their country.
Inaugurating the Taiwan education programme to teach Mandarin for students of IIT-Madras on Wednesday, Tien Chung-Kwang, ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, said that a mere 500 students from India pursue various courses in Taiwan and the country has thrown open lot of opportunities for Indian students.
“We had a meeting in Delhi this week to study the feasibility for economic cooperation with India. IIT-Madras is the fourth institute in India where we have started the Taiwan programme,” he said.
IIT-Madras and National TsingHua University (NTHU) in Taiwan signed an MoU on Wednesday to promote Mandarin among Indian students, and to facilitate better understanding between higher education institutions of both the countries. Taiwan education programme is co-funded by NTHU.
“This initiative will contribute to strengthening IITM's teaching and research programmes on China studies,” Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director, IIT-Madras said.
Lih J. Chen, president of National TsingHua University, said in the past decade, more number of outstanding Indian institutions of higher learning are making an impact on the human resource demands of Taiwan’s academic institutions and high-technology industries. In particular, IIT campuses, of which Madras chapter is one of the outstanding ones, he noted
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