11 June 2010

Dundee Universities forging new links with India

EVENT: 12.15 pm, Monday June 14th
City Chambers, Dundee
Photo opportunity for signing ceremony with Principals from the two Universities and representatives of MIT Pune

Dundee has had a long association with India, primarily through the city’s history of jute trading. Now the city’s two universities are forging new links with the country through cutting-edge expertise in design, computer gaming and civil engineering.

Both the University of Dundee and the University of Abertay Dundee will sign a range of agreements with the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering Education and Research (MIT Pune), one of India’s leading centres of education and research, at a ceremony in the City Chambers on Monday June 14th.

Photo/interview opportunities available.

For media enquiries contact:
Roddy Isles
Head, Press Office
University of Dundee
Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN
TEL: 01382 384910
E-MAIL: r.isles@dundee.ac.uk
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