The University of Hyderabad (UoH) will expand its research engagement, student and faculty exchange programmes with universities and research institutes in Brazil.
This is being facilitated under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) of the Ministry of Human Resources Development. The UoH has been identified as the nodal institution for Brazil. Also 25 nodal institutions selected in India will work with the National Coordinating Institute, IIT Kharagpur.
The IIT Kharagpur will soon release the call for joint research proposals (2018-20).
Under SPARC, 25 nations have been listed for collaborations in different fields of research to help mobility of students, international faculty. This again is part of the Government’s initiative called Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) launched in November 2015.