More potential for academic cooperation between India and Germany: Consul General Misera-Lang
The Hindu
Germany and India strengthen academic ties through partnerships and collaborations, fostering educational growth and innovation for the future.
Germany and India are both expanding partnerships in many fields and closer academic cooperation holds a lot of potential, Consul General, German Consulate Chennai, Kathrin Misera-Lang said here on Monday.
Ms. Misera-Lang was leading a high-profile delegation from German Academic Exchange Service or Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) comprising 27 members, including directors of DAAD New Delhi and rectors of 18 German institutes of higher education, to premier institutes in Hyderabad.
The delegation is on seven-day trip for its DAAD higher education policy visit to India and Hyderabad was their first stop. The tour concludes in Delhi with an education fair later this week.
Ms. Misera-Lang said the biennial visit was to form new networks, learn about the Indian higher education system, and strengthen relationships with already partner institutes such as the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, and University of Hyderabad. With improved collaborations, she said more German students would study and research in Hyderabad soon.
Speaking to The Hindu, DAAD Secretary General Kai Sicks said Germany has about 50,000 Indian students as per latest numbers, compared to 6,000 students 10 years ago. And India remains an important geopolitical region and an important ally in Germany, for Germany.
“The academic bridge between India and Germany is strong and future-ready. The presence of top representatives of Germany’s institutions in Hyderabad is a message of clear will and express ambition to intensify academic ties,” he said.
Mr. Sicks added that funding for education and research is “more committed and considered an investment,” even for Indo-German ties. As of 2023, DAAD funded 1.4 lakh German and International students with primary funding from the German Federal Foreign Office, the European Union, and various organisations.
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