The premier institutes in Gujarat are looking westwards and in order to increase global perspective, they are hiring more foreign teachers. It has been reported that for the past two years, IIT-Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) has been rigorously roping in faculty from overseas.
IIT Gandhinagar has strength of 70 regular faculty members saw around 22 more join them in December 2013. Of that number, 13 are professors of foreign origin. IIT-Gn has made a healthy rise in its strength from seven in 2013 to 13 foreign professors in 2014. In National Institute of Design (NID), 35 foreign faculty members have taught across the 17 disciplines in the three campuses in 2013. It was also reported that Entrepreneurial Development Institute (EDI) had about six foreign faculty members visiting the students in 2013, from places like the US, China and Scotland.
At Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) bringing in professors from across the world is considered important to intersect the different fields of study. Currently, professors Kyle Shepherd, Aryan Kaganof and Matthew Pateman are currently holding interactive sessions with students, it was reported.
It was also reported that Pandit Deeendayal Petroleum University sees about six foreign faculty members on an average in the campus. Similarly, CEPT University had six professors in 2012, and four in 2013, with Prof Henry Skupniewiez working for the newly formed FabLabs in the CEPT campus, according to reports.
IIT Gandhinagar has strength of 70 regular faculty members saw around 22 more join them in December 2013. Of that number, 13 are professors of foreign origin. IIT-Gn has made a healthy rise in its strength from seven in 2013 to 13 foreign professors in 2014. In National Institute of Design (NID), 35 foreign faculty members have taught across the 17 disciplines in the three campuses in 2013. It was also reported that Entrepreneurial Development Institute (EDI) had about six foreign faculty members visiting the students in 2013, from places like the US, China and Scotland.
At Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) bringing in professors from across the world is considered important to intersect the different fields of study. Currently, professors Kyle Shepherd, Aryan Kaganof and Matthew Pateman are currently holding interactive sessions with students, it was reported.
It was also reported that Pandit Deeendayal Petroleum University sees about six foreign faculty members on an average in the campus. Similarly, CEPT University had six professors in 2012, and four in 2013, with Prof Henry Skupniewiez working for the newly formed FabLabs in the CEPT campus, according to reports.
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