IITs, IIMs, IISC to get foreign faculty
Some of India’s leading academic institutions like IITs and IIMs will have foreign faculty members this year under the national GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks) programme. IIT-Kharagpur has been selected as the national coordinator for collaborating with institutions like IITs, IIMs, IISc, NITs etc. under GIAN.
Professor P. P. Chakrabarti, Director, IIT-Kharagpur, said they have planned for 500 courses to be taught by foreign teachers in the year 2015-16 at an outlay of about Rs 35 crore.
Source: India Today
