English and Foreign Languages University head attends Vice-Chancellor's meet in Mexico

Osmania University: Prof E Suresh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), participated in the Vice-Chancellor's conference held in Mexico from November 30 to December 2. The conference was a joint initiative by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions of Mexico (ANUIES).

The aim of the conference was to provide a common platform to a dedicated group of vice chancellors to share their experiences on innovations and to expand ideas and solutions to the problems that the participant countries were facing. The conference was intended to facilitate international academic collaborations between the universities of two nations.

On this occasion, EFLU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (AUS), Mexico. Through this partnership, the universities will collaborate in academic, research, student and faculty exchange programmes. The MoU facilitates organising of national and international symposia, conferences, specialised exhibitions and joint research projects.

Prof Suresh Kumar also visited San José State University, San José; and Stanford University, Stanford, California in the United States to explore new trends in teaching and academic research. He emphasised the importance of global partnerships in order to improve the quality of academics and to provide greater opportunities to the students and teachers of the University.