Lok Sabha Question No. 745 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Field of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 745 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## Field of Education

## 745. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  signed  bilateral  agreements  with  various countries  to  strengthen  international  cooperation  in  the  field  of  education during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the name of the countries; and
- (c) the progress achieved so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a)  &  (b):  A  list  of  countries  with  which  bilateral  agreements  have  been  signed  by Ministry of Human Resource Development during the last three years on cooperation in  the  field  of  higher  education  is annexed .  In  the  current  year,  no  bilateral agreement has so far been signed at Government level.
- (c) The  main  objective  of  bilateral  agreements  includes  exchange  of  students/ faculty/experts, sharing of information relating to education, holding of conferences/seminars,  Joint  Research  Programmes  and  research  collaboration amongst  higher  educational  institutions.  Implementation  of  these  activities  is  a continuous process in which the implementing agencies in India carry out activities in consultation with agencies in partner countries, as per the terms of the MoU.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a&b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 745  FOR  21.11.2016  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING FIELD OF EDUCATION

LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)/EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (EEP)/JOINT STATEMENT/ JOINT  DECLARATION  OF  INTENT  (JDI)  FOR  COOPERATION  IN  EDUCATION,  DURING  THE LAST THREE YEARS

|   S. NO. | NAME OF THE COUNTRY      | DATE OF SIGNING                                                   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | GERMANY                  | 11.04.2013 (MOU) 05.10.2015(JDI)                                  |
|        2 | PERU                     | 28.10.2013 (EEP)                                                  |
|        3 | ESTONIA                  | 15.10.2013 (EEP)                                                  |
|        4 | KUWAIT                   | 08.11.2013 (EEP)                                                  |
|        5 | HUNGARY                  | 19.11.2014 (EEP)                                                  |
|        6 | UNITED KINGDOM           | 13.11.2014(Joint Statement) 18.03.2015/07.04.2015 (UKIERI *- MOU) |
|        7 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 23.01.2015 (JDI)                                                  |
|        8 | CHINA                    | 15.05.2015 (EEP)                                                  |
|        9 | AUSTRALIA                | 24.08.2015 (MOU)                                                  |
|       10 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES     | 03.09.2015 (MOU)                                                  |
|       11 | JAPAN                    | 11.12.2015 (MOU)                                                  |

*UKIERI - United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative