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Rice University hosts IISc delegation
Two agreements were signed between Rice University and IISc.
The visit served to strengthen the relationship between partner universities. / Image - Rice University
Texas-based Rice University recently hosted a presidential delegation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to discuss their existing collaboration and explore opportunities to expand their partnerships in the future.
According to a University release, the meeting served to strengthen the relationship between the partner universities and was marked by the signing of two new agreements.
The first agreement facilitated the initiation of a joint Ph.D. student supervision program, allowing faculty members from IISc and Rice to collaboratively oversee students' research and dissertation work. The second agreement fostered the setting up of a student fellows' program to allow students from both campuses to engage in up to four months of research at the partner institution.
“Rice’s growing partnership with IISc took a momentous step forward in ambition and commitment,” said Caroline Levander, vice president for Rice Global and the Carlson professor in the School of Humanities. “Only a month after Rice’s presidential delegation visited IISc at their Bangalore campus and signed a strategic collaboration agreement, IISc’s senior leadership team came to Rice specifically to forge even stronger bonds between our institutions.”
The newly signed agreements also include provisions for office space, allowing Rice's India Institute to initiate operations and establish a presence in the country. According to Levander, the first employee is expected to be hired in early 2024, marking the commencement of efforts to represent Rice in India, raise awareness, and enhance the university’s academic reputation in the region.
In November 2023, IISc hosted a delegation from Rice University, which included DesRoches, Caroline Levander (vice president for Global and Carlson professor in the School of Humanities), Ramamoorthy Ramesh (executive vice president for research), Luay Nakhleh (William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering), and Thomas Killian (Dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences).
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