PHD CHAMBER ACADEMIC DELEGATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MISSION AT CANADA

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 06^th November:- The 18 member PHD Chamber academic delegation has reached back Chandigarh today after completing their mission successfully in Canada. The delegation focused on student-faculty exchange programs, twinning programs, professional development programs and other academic arrangements.  The delegation has successfully signed the Protocol of understanding with Thompson Rivers University and Sprottshaw Colleges. Besides Thompson Rivers University and Sprottshaw Colleges, the delegation visited University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Fraser Valley University, and Vancouver Film School etc. during their stay at Vancouver.

Expressing complete confidence about the outcome of the visit, Dalip Sharma, Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chandigarh said, that the discussions held with Advance Education minister, Amrik Virk and the officials of British Columbia Council for International Education, various Universities and Institutions at British Columbia and Vancouver  and the Indo-Canadian institutional tie-ups and agreements held there, would give a major fillip to the Indo-Canadian academic linkages soon. Sharing that the aim is to make the Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) cost effective, easily affordable and economical, thereby reaching out to maximum number of Universities and Institutes, Dalip Sharma said, that PHD Chamber would provide a single, larger platform, not at the institute level but at the mass level, where maximum institutes can nominate their faculty under such FDPs.

Along with the PHD Chamber of commerce and Industry, the senior officials from Department of Technical Education, Haryana State board of Technical Education also joined the mission. Top management members from Baba Farid Group of Institutions, Baddi University, Aryans Group of Colleges, Bhai Gurdas Group of Institutions, Madhav University, Manav Bharti University, Ramgarhia Group of Institutes, Sri Sukhmani Group of Colleges, Pathfinders Professional Services & OBCO Migration and Educational consultants were part of the 18 member delegation.

 Apart from Amrik Virk, the delegation got an opportunity to interact with the officials of British Columbia Council for International Education, Indian Consul general in Vancouver Ravi Shankar Aisola and their team.

The delegation had an interaction with high level financial authorities of Bank of Montreal and Scotia Bank to understand the financial institutions' support in the mutual ventures and bilateral trade arrangements.  The business community of Vancouver hosts a friendship dinner for the academic delegation in Canada.  

The members of the delegation expressed satisfaction with their visit and shared that it was a wonderful experience meeting the institutions and other personalities in person and understand the bilateral trade opportunities in the education industry. They are confident to progress further and announcements of formal arrangements and joint ventures between Indian and Canadian institutions.