KHARAGPUR (WB): Eyeing an improved international ranking, premier technology institute IIT-Kharagpur has started inviting foreign students, faculties and even Nobel laureates every year to its campus.
The first International Summer and Winter Term (ISWT) at the IIT, which ended this month, had around 10 students from Australia and at least one international faculty in each of the 19 short-term courses.
"In the winter season we are expecting around five students from a university in Tokyo. There will be at least 10 foreign teachers as well during that time," Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, dean of alumni and international relations at IIT-Kgp, told PTI.
There would be now a regular two-way traffic between the institute and other foreign universities, he said.
"It is important for us to improve our international ranking and so now we are encouraging our students and faculties to go out to foreign universities and are also getting their ones to come here for visits".
By bringing together participants and faculty from India and abroad, the ISWT programme has subjects designed around current and multi-disciplinary themes of science, engineering, management and law.
The duration of each course is of two weeks or ten working days with a judicious blend of lectures and tutorials per day.
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