Yale University, Ashoka University to expand collaboration

The ivy-league Yale University and India-based Ashoka University have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a framework for the two institutes to jointly develop opportunities through faculty-initiated and faculty-directed teaching and research activities.

Yale University President Peter Salovey, who visited India this week, signed the MoU with Ashoka University Vice Chancellor Rudrangshu Mukherjee.

As part of the framework, an existing Yale-Ashoka faculty committee will work to strengthen this relationship and explore opportunities for visiting faculty, visiting students, and joint research and publications.

Yale and Ashoka will also explore innovative opportunities for student experiences in India and develop new models for research and teaching on the liberal arts and sciences within India, a joint statement said.

Salovey lauded Ashoka's faculty for rethinking possibilities for higher education in India through the collaboration with Yale.

Mukherjee said Ashoka is keen to benefit from the experience Yale brings in the field of research and teaching in the liberal arts.

"Going forward, Yale and Ashoka faculty are in discussion on visiting appointments for Yale faculty; hosting Yale Summer Session course at Ashoka; hosting Yale courses and study trips at Ashoka; staging conferences and workshops such as the Yale Modern South Asia Workshop at Ashoka; and supporting the recruitment of Ashoka faculty from Yale's PhD students.