Yale University signs MoU with IIT-K, IIM-K
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Kozhikode, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur and Yale University , USA have entered into a partnership to advance higher education in India [^] through academic leadership development programmes for higher education leaders in India and through research on Indian higher education. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between Dr. Richard Levin, President of Yale University, Dr. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM - Kozhihode, and Dr. Sanjay Dhande, Director of IIT - Kanpur in the presence of Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal and Minister of State for HRD D. Purandeswari, here today. Speaking on the occasion, Kapil Sibal said that this partnership, which will take effect from January 2011, will be sited in two new Centers of Excellence for Academic Leadership (CEAL) to be established at IIM - Kozhikode and IIT - Kanpur. "The partnership will begin with a term of five ye...