The Dominican Embassy in India is working to open up new opportunities for student exchanges and joint academic research between the Dominican Republic and India. Dominican Ambassador David Puig says the embassy has been actively reaching out to academia in both countries.
“We have been losing out as a country of the valuable opportunities to have ties with high-level universities in India to develop student and teacher exchanges and ongoing research. Both in DR and India there is an interest to develop these new international ties. We have spoken with several universities and they are all interested in developing their international exchange departments and connecting with universities in India,” he told DR1 News.
The talks are for student-faculty exchanges, twinning programs and joint research projects in topics related to IT, engineering, management, biotechnology, nanotechnology, among others. Bianca Baez, first secretary at the Dominican Embassy in New Delhi, India is assisting in coordinating the efforts.
Ambassador Puig last week was in Kerala in southern India to meet directors at three universities that showed interest. “The commonalities between Kerala and the Dominican Republic offer promising possibilities for the academic communities of both Kerala and Dominican Republic to engage in fruitful dialogue and research,” said Puig.
The universities of Kerala that have shown interest in starting academic collaboration with the Dominican Republic are:
The University of Kerala just recently opened their new Center for Latin American Relations. The major themes of research could include trade, agriculture, culture, political systems, translational studies and tropical medicine. Likewise, there is specific interest in looking into areas of trade in sectors such as cotton textiles and readymade garments, drugs and pharmaceuticals, furniture, transport equipment, metals, chemicals, plastic and linoleum products, tea, processed foods and marine products. Other important areas include information technology, tourism, mining and renewable energy, film and culture.
The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology given that the Dominican Republic is in the process of creating its own space agency.
The Cochin University of Science and Technology that has a good ranking for its engineering schools.
Recently the Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo signed an agreement with Jindal Global University for cooperation in the study of Law.
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New Indian Express
University of Kerala
O.P. Jindal Global University
Dominican Embassy in India
5 April 2022