Meeting for Launching the Intellectual Support Consortium for Consolidating Educational & Research System at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur

July 12, 2007

A meeting to launch the Intellectual Support Consortium for Consolidating Educational & Research System at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDM-J) (tentative name) will be held on July 12 (Thu) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The meeting will be attended by Professor Sanjeev Bhargava, Director of the IIITDM-J, Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama, President of the University of Tokyo, Dr. Masuo Aizawa, President of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and related officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In December 2006 when Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, visited Japan, the two leaders of Japan and India confirmed that they would cooperate with each other for the development of the IIITDM-J with a view to fostering human resources for the promotion of the manufacturing industry of India and promoting academic exchanges between the two countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended support through refining the curriculums and the implementation of short-term intensive courses, with a help of Japanese professors and corporate researchers. It has decided to launch a consortium so that the Japanese side will be able to extend industry-government-academia support for the IIITDM-J.

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