Law School welcomes potential partners from India
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Dean of School of Law at the New College, Dr Mukund Sarda and Sirin Myles, Director of the UniversityÔÇÖs International Office
'I'm sure this new partnership will bring enormous benefits to staff and students from Reading and Pune.'
A potential partnership between the University of Reading and Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University (BVDU) in Pune, India could provide valuable shared teaching practice and lead to important research collaboration.
The University's School of Law was very pleased to welcome Professor Dev Chopra, Director International Relations, BVDU's New Law College recently. The visit follows a successful University of Reading trip to Pune late last year by Sirin Myles, Director of Reading International Office.
Following fruitful discussions a number of areas of collaboration, including research, were identified. Professor Chopra and Head of the University's School of Law Professor Chris Hilson agreed to explore initial teaching-related opportunities in Corporate and Commercial Law and Finance, Constitutional Law, International Law, and Labour Law. New Law College are also keen for their academic staff to enrol on postgraduate and professional development programmes at Reading.
Professor Hilson, said: "We were delighted to welcome Professor Chopra to the University. The visit was very successful and highlighted how both institutions could build a strong and healthy collaboration. Reading's expertise in Law will offer significant opportunities for BVDU's students and staff alike while New Law College will provide us with an established research and teaching partner in an increasingly important market."
Sirin Myles, said: "Currently we have 126 students from India studying a diverse range of subjects including accounting, agriculture, food science, marketing, banking and finance, computer science, real estate and law. I'm sure this new partnership will bring enormous benefits to staff and students from Reading and Pune."
Dr Anne Thies from the School of Law will be visiting New Law College in March 2011 to discuss areas of collaboration in further detail. This will include: New Law College students enrolling on the LLM and Study Abroad Programmes and the development of short courses. It is hoped that initial activities will start by October 2011.