*Online meeting between CSKHPAU and Michigan State University, USA CSK H.P. Agriculture University looking for international collaborations: Vice-Chancellor Prof H.K.Chaudhary*

Online meeting held  between CSKHPAU and Michigan State University, USA CSK H.P. Agriculture University looking for international collaborations: Vice-Chancellor Prof H.K.Chaudhary

Palampur 27 April. An online interaction meeting between Prof. H.K. Chaudhary,Vice-Chancellor, CSK H.P. Agriculture University and Dr. Karim.M.Maredia, Director for International Collaborations and Professor, College of Agriculture, Michigan State University, USA was held today.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. Chaudhary informed about the genesis, history, mandate and other major achievements of his University. He also mentioned rich diversity of this region and other strengths of the University and State of Himachal Pradesh. The Vice-Chancellor informed about the execution of world bank funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project and told that under the project, there is provision of faculty and students exchange programme. The Vice-Chancellor told that, already, the University has MoU with national and international institutions. He also invited the Director and other faculty members from Michigan State University to Palampur.

During this interaction meeting, Dr Maredia said that his University has 50 thousand students from around 100 countries. There are several international collaborations and his University looks forward to long term collaboration with prestigious CSK H.P. Agriculture University. He told that there are possibilities of collaboration between both universities in the areas of online courses, faculty and student exchange programmes and hybrid and other guest lectures. Dr.S.P.Dixit, Director of Research and Dr. Ranvir Singh Rana, Principal Investigator of Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology project were present during the online meeting.