Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati

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1 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati

2 About Alumni Affairs and External Relations.

3 The motto of Alumni Affairs and External Relations is to coordinate international activities of IIT Guwahati and promote relationships with foreign academic and research organizations. It is also responsible to internationalize academic programme and IITG Research Collaborations.

4 Team of Alumni Affairs and External Relations

5 Prof. Subhash C. Mishra Dean of Alumni Affairs and External Affairs

6 Mr. Dilip Boro Deputy Registrar Rajiv Gogoi Junior Assistant Mr. D. Debnath Superintendent Mr. Mithumoni Kalita Junior Assistant

7 Challenges Faced by IITG

8 Fluctuations of full time foreign student admission through ICCR and Embassies. Fluctuations in Exchange students admission Academic Calendar differences with the foreign universities. Hence, sometime it is difficult to materialise student exchange with such universities. Medium of instructions is also a challenge. In Some European Countries medium of instruction either in French or in German Fund arrangements / No Earmarked fund for Internationalization

9 More involvement of faculty is highly recommended. Increased Inter IIT interaction and showcase the capability of IIT system to the international community. A liberal policy may be adopted to hire international faculty at IIT system for longer period. Stronger participation in International Rankings. Also the IITs and MHRD must strongly engage with the agencies (like QS, THE etc.) to make the ranking methods relevant to the context of India in general and IITs in particular.

10 Role of Alumni Affairs and External Relations, IIT Guwahati- in shaping up the quality of the Institute

11 Internationalization of IITG Research Collaborations. Faculty exchange programme with foreign universities. Student Exchange Programme with the foreign universities. Provide exchange benefits to the foreign universities (like, NO Tuition Fee, NO dormitory charges) etc.

12 Support and frame policies for International visiting faculty members. Frame policies to enhance full time / exchange international students. Frame policies for Double Degree, Joint PhD Degree with foreign universities Conduct Foreign Language courses at IITG (like Japanese, French and German(in pipeline) Technology Transfer

13 Internationalization of IIT Guwahati

14 COUNTRY WISE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS USA Finland Austrilia Belgium UK Canada Czech Republic France Switzerland Germany India Italy japan sweden Singapore Spain UAE estonia bangladesh korea new zealand taiwan columbia malaysia netherlands

15 Department wise academic collaboration 6% 12% 25% 19% CL CE DoD EEE ME 22% 16% ENV

16 Details of full time international students Details of international students

17 International visiting faculty members

18 International recognition received by IITG faculty members Mechanical Enginneering; 50 Physics ; 40 Biotechnology; 85 Mathematics; 7 Humanities And Social Sciences; 15 Electroincs and Electrical enginnering; 16 Computer Civil science Enginnering; 39 Enginnering; 18 Chemical Enginnering; 36 Chemistry; 95

19 Dhaka UAE Estonia UK Sweden Japan India US Germany Australia Belgium Singapore Italy France Switzerland Newzealand Cyprus Taiwan Korea Faculty exchange program Spain

20 No of Mtech/Mdes/MA students who were motivated into PhD to Foreign unversities Biotechnology Chemical engineering 5% 23% 17% Civil enginnering 5% 6% 10% Computer science enginnering 34% Electronics and Electrical Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering

21 Good practices

22 Attracting best foreign students worldwide to study at IITG/IIT system. World- renowned research that attracts the best academics worldwide to work with IITG. Develop web-based materials in respect to our international activity to act as a gateway to internationalization of IITG. Develop our Alumni Network to build reputation of IITs in the key countries and regions. Support our domestic students to achieve greater international experiences through a range of academic MOUs / agreements with foreign partners.

23 Separate hostels, house and Mess with international standards for foreign students and faculty members MOU Drive: outreach MoUs to establish SEP, Joint PhD, and Double Degree, MOUs / Agreements with foreign universities. Create Brand Awareness in various countries worldwide with strategic focus. Offer support to domestic faculty members to visit the reputed and foreign universities and at the same time attract best foreign visiting faculty to research with us through appropriate memoranda of Understanding.

24 Thank you!