The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has paid a working visit to the Republic of India under the Academician Visitor Programme of India Council for Cultural Relations.
Whilst in India, Prof. Boampong visited the Banaras Hindu University, where he was received by the Vice Chancellor Professor Jain.
The two Vice-Chancellors discussed areas of collaboration, including History, Music and Dance, as well as Medicine.
At NIIT University, Prof. Boampong was received by VS Rao, the Vice-Chancellor of NIIT University.
Prof. Vajja Sambasiva Rao welcomed Prof. Boampong and his accompanying delegation, stressing the keenness of NIIT University to develop the historical relations between their universities.
The meeting also discussed possible areas of collaboration in an area such as Engineering, particularly pharmaceutical engineering, computer engineering and artificial intelligence.
Gujarat University
At Gujarat University (GU), Prof. Boampong called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Himanshu Pandya, at his office.
The two Vice-Chancellors signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between their respective universities to collaborate in areas of Business Incubator and Design Thinking, Biomedical and Biotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry, Research, Physics, Blue Economy and Foreign Trade as well as International Business.
Receiving the UCC-Vice Chancellor and his delegation, Prof. Himanshu Pandya expressed delight at the visit and pledged his university’s support towards a fruitful collaboration between the two institutions.
Prof Boampong on his part was optimistic that a strong partnership could be forged between the two universities for mutual benefit. The delegation was shown around the University and visited places such as the International Office, the School of Molecular Sciences and the Business Incubator. The team also met some Ghanaian students studying at GU.
Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda
In a related development, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong interacted with the Vice-Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda, Prof. Srivastava.
The two universities agreed to collaborate in Music and Dance; Sociology and Social Work; Diaspora Studies and Medicine.
Key units in UCC to be linked to their counterparts in MSU are the Department of Music and Dance, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Centre for African and International Studies and the School of Medical Sciences.
National Forensic Sciences University
The final destination of Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong and his delegation’s visit to India was Ghandinagar where the delegation called on the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) - the world’s first forensic sciences university.
NFSU offers programmes in a wide range of forensic sciences such as in Cyber Security and Incident Response, Forensic Accounting & Financial Fraud Investigation, Homeland security & anti-terrorism, Forensic Odontology, Finger Print Science, Forensic Science, Digital Forensics and Forensic Psychology. NFSU also has state of the art technology labs for Investigation.
The delegation was warmly received by the Vice Chancellor Prof Dr. J. M. Vyas, Director of International Relations, Prof Chaudury and the Executive Registrar, Mr. Jadeja.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC