August 20, 2007
BHU signs MoU with University at Buffalo, New York
Chronicle Editor @ Aug 20, 2007
The Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Dr. Panjab Singh has signed a 5-year collaboration agreement with Dr. John Simpson, President of the University at Buffalo (UB), in Buffalo, New York. The agreement calls for the exchange of faculty and students, collaborative research, and other cooperative activities between UB and BHU.
A comprehensive public research university, UB is the lead campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), the largest system of public higher education in the U.S, with more than 415,000 students on 64 campuses. The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed on August 8th at Buffalo, New York. The agreement was the result of over a year of discussions between BHU and the Provost of UB, Dr. Satish K. Tripathi. Dr. Tripathi earned his M.Sc in Statistics (1970) from BHU.
Like UB, BHU is a large comprehensive research university, with more than 20,000 students in 14 faculties and 124 departments. The largest residential university in Asia, BHU has more than 12,000 students living on its campus. Banaras Hindu University is setting up a 3,000 acre Rajiv Gandhi South Campus at Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
The University at Buffalo is in the process of signing similar agreements with other leading Indian universities and engineering institutions. UB is currently partnering with Amrita University to offer a dual master’s degree program in Management of IT-Enabled Services at the Amrita campus in Bangalore.
With some 1,000 students enrolled, India sends more international students to UB than any other country.
a) The news has appeared in University New Center release:
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UB ties in with India university
Business First of Buffalo - 12:46 PM EDT Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The University at Buffalo has extended its presence in India by launching a comprehensive exchange program with Banaras Hindu University.
A formal signing ceremony establishing the relationship was held Aug. 8 by UB President John Simpson. Banaras Hindu was represented by Panjab Singh, vice chancellor at the university.
UB recently launched a dual master's degree program with Amrita University in Bangalore.
With some 1,000 students enrolled, India sends more international students to UB than any other country.
b) It has also appeared in University New Center release:
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8788
NewsCenter
Thursday, August 16, 2007
News Release
UB Establishes Exchange Program with Leading Indian University
Release Date 08/14/07
Contact John DellaContrada
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo has established a comprehensive exchange program with Banaras Hindu University, one of India's leading comprehensive universities.
UB President John B. Simpson hosted a formal signing ceremony and luncheon on Aug. 8. Signing the new agreement with UB on behalf of Banaras Hindu University was Professor Panjab Singh, vice chancellor (president) of Banaras Hindu University, who was making a two-day visit to UB.
"The UB community is delighted to celebrate the establishment of a formal exchange program with Banaras Hindu University, a partnership that will enhance our university's ongoing internationalization and provide an outstanding partner in a critically important region of India," Simpson said at the signing.
"India's importance on the world stage -- both as an economic and as a strategic power -- is growing very rapidly, and its global influence will only continue to increase in the years ahead," he added.
Simpson noted that UB is increasingly active in India, and recently launched a dual master's degree program with Amrita University in Bangalore. Moreover, India sends more international students to UB than any other country. Some 1,000 Indian nationals currently are enrolled at UB and contribute in many ways to the university.
"I welcome this partnership between our two institutions, as it will be mutually beneficial in terms of joint research, education and other collaborative activities," said Singh. "We look forward to promoting and supporting our exchange program and to receiving visiting faculty and students from UB." Like UB, BHU is a large comprehensive research university, with more than 20,000 students in 14 faculties and 124 departments. The largest residential university in Asia, BHU has more than 12,000 students living on its campus. BHU is located in Varanasi (Banaras), the most revered cultural and religious center in India, a city whose origins date back many thousands of years, a holy pilgrimage site for millions of Hindus and members of other faiths.
It is anticipated that BHU and UB will exchange both faculty and students, and develop joint research activities in a number of fields of mutual interest. UB expects to develop a study abroad program at BHU, which has many outstanding programs and will be particularly attractive to UB students interested in studying Indian languages, history, culture and religion.
"We are delighted to formalize our relationship with Banaras Hindu University, a truly world-class institution," noted Stephen C. Dunnett, UB vice provost for international education. "We look forward to working with Vice Chancellor Singh and his colleagues to develop a range of collaborative activities of mutual benefit to our universities."
During his visit, Singh toured UB's three campuses and met with senior administrators and faculty about potential cooperative activities between UB and BHU in a variety of areas.
In addition, he had the opportunity to meet with a number of BHU alumni who are affiliated with UB, including Satish K. Tripathi, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, who earned baccalaureate and master's degrees at BHU and who invited Singh to visit UB.
The affiliation with BHU grew out of initial contacts made by Tripathi and Dunnett during their visit to the BHU campus in January 2006. Following this visit, a formal invitation was extended to Singh to visit UB.
The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. UB's more than 27,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.
c) Similar news also appeared in University at Buffalo Reporter
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Volume 38, Number 48 Thursday, August 16, 2007
UB establishes exchange program with Indian university
By JOHN WOOD
Reporter Contributor
President John B. Simpson (left) and Panjab Singh sign the agreement establishing an exchange program between UB and Banaras Hindu University. Also pictured are Joseph J. Hindrawan, assistant vice provost for international education (far left) and John J. Wood, associate vice provost for international education. PHOTO: NANCY J. PARISI
d) A file news about Dr. Satish Tripathi
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(News dated April 22, 2004 in University of Buffalo Reporter)
Excerpts from the article:
Satish Tripathi named UB provost
By ARTHUR PAGE
Assistant Vice President
Satish K. Tripathi, dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, has been named UB provost by President John B. Simpson.
| Tripathi, who will take office as UB's chief academic officer on July 1, has been dean of the engineering college and the William R. Johnson, Jr. Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering at UC Riverside since 1997. He also served as acting executive vice chancellor from March 2002 through June 2002. |  |
Prior to joining UC Riverside, he was a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, where his 19 years as a faculty member in the department included being chair from 1988-95.
Tripathi is an internationally accomplished computer scientist who has been involved in substantial funded research. He has published more than 200 scholarly papers, supervised 25 doctoral students and served on program committees of numerous international conferences……………………..
Tripathi is a fellow of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was a visiting professor at the University of Paris-Sud in France and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany while at the University of Maryland.
A native of India, Tripathi graduated top of his class from Banaras Hindu University in India in 1968. In addition to a doctorate in computer science that he earned from the University of Toronto in 1979, he holds three master's degrees—one in computer science from the University of Toronto (1976) and two in statistics from the University of Alberta (1974) and Banaras Hindu University (1970).
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