GANGTOK, 21 June: The Fourth Global Studies Consortium consisting of universities spread across the continents ended in Shanghai yesterday with a call to make the global studies programme “widely prevalent and also inter-disciplinary”, informs a press communiqué received from Sikkim University today.
Sikkim University is in the steering committee of this consortium which seeks to facilitate collaboration in teaching, research and student and faculty exchange. SU was represented at the meet by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mahendra P Lama.
The Global Studies Consortium meet decided to strengthen the exchange of students on various global studies programmes both on a credit transfer and dual degree basis. Arizona and Pennsylvania University offered this on an immediate basis while Sikkim University and the University in Denmark will take time to undertake such ventures, the release informs.
While University of California along with Sophia University of Japan took the responsibility of looking into the curricula, Moscow University will produce the ‘Encyclopedia of Global Studies’ and Royal Management Institute of Technology, Melbourne, will host the next Global Studies Consortium meeting in 2013, the release informs.
The consortium meeting was preceded by two days of discussions on “Emerging Societies and Global Reordering” organized by China Forum of Global Studies at Shanghai University, China.
Prof Lama presented a paper on “New Regionalism and Economic Integration in South Asia: Repositioning China and India” which, the release states, inspired a good degree of discussion. The VC also informed the meet of how the School of Global Studies at SU was a first of its kind in India.
This Consortium has representations from the universities in Asia, Europe, Pacific region, Africa and the USA.
Sikkim University is in the steering committee of this consortium which seeks to facilitate collaboration in teaching, research and student and faculty exchange. SU was represented at the meet by its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mahendra P Lama.
The Global Studies Consortium meet decided to strengthen the exchange of students on various global studies programmes both on a credit transfer and dual degree basis. Arizona and Pennsylvania University offered this on an immediate basis while Sikkim University and the University in Denmark will take time to undertake such ventures, the release informs.
While University of California along with Sophia University of Japan took the responsibility of looking into the curricula, Moscow University will produce the ‘Encyclopedia of Global Studies’ and Royal Management Institute of Technology, Melbourne, will host the next Global Studies Consortium meeting in 2013, the release informs.
The consortium meeting was preceded by two days of discussions on “Emerging Societies and Global Reordering” organized by China Forum of Global Studies at Shanghai University, China.
Prof Lama presented a paper on “New Regionalism and Economic Integration in South Asia: Repositioning China and India” which, the release states, inspired a good degree of discussion. The VC also informed the meet of how the School of Global Studies at SU was a first of its kind in India.
This Consortium has representations from the universities in Asia, Europe, Pacific region, Africa and the USA.
aaaa...kudos to Prof Lama .....Prof Lama...globe trotting telling the world what a wonderful University he has help found!!! But isn't any Sikkimese interested in knowing as to how many people of Sikkimese origin have been given employment there...ok Sikkim is yet to produce its Ph.Ds but what about the Management side....is a Ph.D required there also....in that case how come so many are from Teesta paari, huh??? opening up of institutions means employment for the locals first...is that happening at SU?????
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