IIT Guwahati - International Relations

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781039
About Alumni Affairs and
External Relations.
The motto of Alumni Affairs and External Relations is to
coordinate international activities of IIT Guwahati and
promote relationships with foreign academic and
research organizations. It is also responsible to
internationalize academic programme and IITG Research
Collaborations.
Team of Alumni Affairs and
External Relations
Prof. Subhash C. Mishra
Dean of Alumni Affairs and External Affairs
Mr. Dilip Boro
Deputy Registrar
Rajiv Gogoi
Junior Assistant
Mr. D. Debnath
Superintendent
Mr. Mithumoni Kalita
Junior Assistant
Challenges Faced by IITG
•
Fluctuations of full time foreign student admission
through ICCR and Embassies.
•
Fluctuations in Exchange students admission
•
Academic Calendar differences with the foreign
universities. Hence, sometime it is difficult to
materialise student exchange with such universities.
•
Medium of instructions is also a challenge. In Some
European Countries medium of instruction either in
French or in German
•
Fund arrangements / No Earmarked fund for
Internationalization
• More involvement of faculty is highly recommended.
• Increased Inter IIT interaction and showcase the
capability of IIT system to the international community.
• A liberal policy may be adopted to hire international
faculty at IIT system for longer period.
• Stronger participation in International Rankings. Also
the IITs and MHRD must strongly engage with the
agencies (like QS, THE etc.) to make the ranking methods
relevant to the context of India in general and IITs in
particular.
Role of Alumni Affairs and External
Relations, IIT Guwahati- in shaping
up the quality of the Institute
• Internationalization of IITG Research Collaborations.
• Faculty exchange programme with foreign universities.
• Student Exchange Programme with the foreign
universities.
• Provide exchange benefits to the foreign universities
(like, NO Tuition Fee, NO dormitory charges) etc.
•
Support and frame policies for International visiting
faculty members.
•
Frame policies to enhance full time / exchange
international students.
•
Frame policies for Double Degree , Joint PhD Degree
with foreign universities
•
Conduct Foreign Language courses at IITG (like
Japanese, French and German(in pipeline)
•
Technology Transfer
Internationalization of IIT Guwahati
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2
1
6
5
4
14
4
9
5
9
7
6
5
4
5
3
4
COUNTRY WISE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
5
4
3 3
1
1 1 1
USA
Finland
Austrilia
Belgium
UK
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Switzerland
Germany
India
Italy
japan
sweden
Singapore
Spain
UAE
estonia
bangladesh
korea
new zealand
taiwan
columbia
malaysia
netherlands
Department wise academic collaboration
6%
12%
25%
19%
CL
CE
DoD
EEE
ME
22%
16%
ENV
Details of full time international students
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Details of international students
International visiting faculty members
18
17
16
14
12
10
8
7
6
5
5
4
4
2
0
5
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
International recognition received by IITG faculty members
Mechanical
Enginneering;
50
Physics
; 40
Biotechnology;
85
Mathematics; 7
Humanities And
Social Sciences;
15
Electroincs and
Electrical
enginnering; 16
Computer
Civil
science
Enginnering; 39 Enginnering; 18
Chemical
Enginnering; 36
Chemistry; 95
25
20
15
10
5
0
Dhaka
UAE
Estonia
UK
Sweden
Japan
India
US
Germany
Australia
Belgium
Singapore
Italy
France
Switzerland
Newzealand
Cyprus
Taiwan
Korea
Faculty exchange program
Spain
No of Mtech/Mdes/MA students who were motivated
into PhD to Foreign unversities
Biotechnology
Chemical engineering
5%
23%
17%
Civil enginnering
5%
6%
10%
Computer science
enginnering
34%
Electronics and Electrical
Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Good practices
• Attracting best foreign students worldwide to study at IITG/IIT
system.
• World- renowned research that attracts the best academics
worldwide to work with IITG.
• Develop web-based materials in respect to our international
activity to act as a gateway to internationalization of IITG.
• Develop our Alumni Network to build reputation of IITs in the
key countries and regions.
• Support our domestic students to achieve greater
international experiences through a range of academic MOUs
/ agreements with foreign partners.
• Separate hostels, house and Mess with international
standards for foreign students and faculty members
• MOU Drive: outreach MoUs to establish SEP, Joint PhD, and
Double Degree, MOUs / Agreements with foreign universities.
• Create Brand Awareness in various countries worldwide with
strategic focus.
• Offer support to domestic faculty members to visit the reputed
and foreign universities and at the same time attract best foreign
visiting faculty to research with us through appropriate
memoranda of Understanding.
Thank you !