Canada woos Indian students; Centre for Canadian Studies, Berhampur University, organises two day conference

BERHAMPUR: Canada will welcome Indian students into higher education to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. "Canadian universities not only provide scholarships but good infrastructure and teaching facilities. There is no problem for Indian students to get visa and go to Canada," deputy high commissioner of Canada in New Delhi Jim Nickel said on the sidelines of a conference at Berhampur University. Stating that Canada is one of the top destinations for Indian students in foreign countries, he said the number of Indian students have increased four times from only 3,000 two years ago. At least 50 Indian universities have already tied up with 35 Canadian universities for academic and research activities like exchange of faculty, he said. The two-day seminar on "Diplomacy, Defence and Development: Canadian and Indian Perspective", organized by the Centre for Canadian Studies, Berhampur University and sponsored by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI), New Delhi and DFAIT, Canada, was inaugurated by vice-chancellor J K Mohapatra. "India has a large number of youths. They can play a major role in Information Technology, engineering, social sciences, etc," he said. He stressed on the relationship between India and Canada in trade and commerce, energy security, information and technology, food security, diplomacy and defence. Among others, Chintamani Mohapatra, professor in School of International Studies (SIS), JNU, PG council chairman of Berhampur University N K Tripathy and Prof B C Choudhury were present.

Source: Times of India