MoU SIGNED FOR INDO-FRENCH CYBER UNIVERSITY

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for establishing an "Indo-French Cyber University", was signed between the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India and the French Ministry for Youth, National Education and for Research, here, last evening. The MoU on behalf of Government of India was signed by Shri Ravi Mathur, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD and by Mr. M. Daniel VITRY, Director of International Relations, Ministry for Youth, National Education and for Research, Paris.

The Cyber University will be devoted to information exchanges between India and France in the fields of education, training, transfer of technology and research. The idea of establishing this University was first mooted by the French Ministry of Education during the visit of French delegation to India in November, 1999.

For the first phase, some disciplines have been identified for development of content and delivery of instruction to students through Cyber mode. These are Applied Mathematics, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Design Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Control Engineering, Management, Environment, Teaching of French language and Teaching of Hindi language. The learning resource material will be developed jointly by Indian and French Institutions.

English, Hindi and French will be the main languages used in Indo-French Cyber University. The content of the curriculum of these disciplines/courses will be at the level of postgraduate and research. Courses of Hindi and French languages will be offered through distance mode at appropriate level.