The collaborations

AIRSC ACADEMY OF SAFETY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

(AN UNIT OF: ALL INDIA RAIL SAFETY COUNCIL)

 And

AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

Significance of agreements, development of Safety Education programs.

These agreements have implemented faculty and student exchanges, joint teaching and research arrangements, joint conferences, joint publications, and double degree program with Austin university.  The international collaborations position India within the global networks of academic excellence and assume a leadership role in promoting global rail safety education in India.

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Indian Government Allowed International Collaboration for Indian Universities

India’s University Grants Commission (UGC) announced new regulations on 22 June 2016, since formally published on 13 July 2016, which aim towards initiating new international collaborations between Indian and foreign universities. 

According to guidelines issued in 2012, Indian universities were not permitted to tie up with a foreign university, but a foreign university could initiate an academic collaboration with an Indian university. However, no initiative has been taken by any foreign university to date, maybe due to the complex Indian bureaucracy. So under the new regulations, UGC has permitted Indian universities to establish new links with foreign universities. 

UGC will launch a new online application in the near future through which Indian universities, that hold the highest level of accreditation (“A” grade) from the UGC’s National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and which are operating successfully for at least six years, can apply for approval of new links/partnerships with foreign institutions. 

According to the new rule, eligible Indian universities will provide joint programs under which students may go abroad for a part of their study, and then earn academic credit at their home institution. They will receive their degrees from their home institutions, but their academic transcripts will include the name and logo of the foreign institution, making them more valuable. 

The time duration of study for students based on the new regulations is a maximum of 2 semesters for undergraduate (bachelor) programs and 1 semester  postgraduate (master) programs. 

As a result of this policy, Indian institutions with the highest accreditation status will now be able to develop and run twinning and collaborative arrangement with various foreign universities for study programs offered by them leading to the award of the degree. 

The move was hailed by the Indian Council of Universities (ICU), a consortium of private and public institutions across the country. In this new policy, one of the major reforms is that processing of proposals from Indian and foreign universities has to be made within 60 working days. 

This policy aims to build healthy relations with renowned foreign universities across the globe which will surely benefit Indian students.