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Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai, has signed an MoU with Curtin Business School of the Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, to facilitate mutual co-operation in the field of educational research.

Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, Welingkar Institute, and Professor David Wood, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Curtin University, signed the MoU in the presence of Steve Waters, Consul General of Australia. Avryil Latin, Deputy Consul General of Australia, Patrick Kearins, Trade Commissioner -Western India Consul (Commercial), Peter Forby, Regional Director-Western Australia Trade office and Jamal Qureshi, South Asia Regional Marketing Manager-Perth Education City, faculty, students from Welingkar Institute and other leading personalities from the academia and industry also attended the function.

Speaking at the occasion, Dr Salunkhe said, "This tie up with Curtin University will facilitate exchange of students and faculty members on a reciprocal basis and help conduct cultural projects, study tours and opportunities to conduct joint research projects in emerging fields. It will also offer new avenues for our students to study in an international environment. I am confident that our association will accomplish a balanced and broad-based co-operation not only between the two institutes but also between two countries in various areas of mutual interest."

Professor Wood said, "We have are over 15,000 students from 70 countries studying undergraduate and postgraduate business courses in seven verticals. With this MoU, students of Welingkar Institute will have an opportunity to attain the desired level of proficiency to face the competitive global market. Our teachers have a strong international profile and their multi-national reach ensures excellence in the emerging global picture, both in terms of teaching, research industry connections.”

“With so many countries in our region having aging populations, the need to outsource, import of contractual labour and providing health solutions for the workforce is gaining importance. Curtin has, therefore, taken up research projects in health sector to keep people away from hospitals. Climate change is another issue threatening the planet today so sustainability and searching for alternate energy sources is an important agenda for us."

With Australian government giving millions of dollars of funding as scholarships to international student community, coming together of these two leading institutes in the respective countries for signing of this MoU will open new vistas of growth and development for Indian youth.