Norway and India signed Letter of Intent

June 18 Norway and India signed a Letter of Intent, a so called Memorandum of Understanding, on cooperation in the field of higher education.

The agreement was signed by the Norwegian Minister of Higher Education and Research Ms Tora Asland and India`s ambassador to Norway Mr Banbit A. Roy.  

The aim of the agreement is to initiate cooperation between Norway and India in the field of higher education . The specific collaboration topics will be clarified in further follow-up between the countries. Areas considered appropriate by Norway are science and technology. It is important that collaboration within the field of education is linked with the collaboration done in the field of research, especially at master and PhD level.

- India is among the most important countries to collaborate with in the global knowledge society. This agreement could have important consequences for higher educational institutions and students in Norway, says the Norwegian Minister of Higher Education and Research Ms Tora Aasland.

 

The agreement is one among several initiatives to extend the scope for / of Norwegian higher education and research. - In a larger context Norway still is a small nation of knowledge. Therefore we have to use a wide international perspective when cooperating with foreign/ other nation` s educational and research communities, says Aasland.