HYDERABAD: City-based premier B-School,
Indian School of Business (
ISB), on Friday said it has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
University of Pittsburgh, US, to work on joint research projects, exchange scholarly publications & reports, share experiences in teaching methods & course design, organise joint symposia, workshops & conferences, work on faculty development & students exchange.
Professor
Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB said, "It is a great opportunity for us to expand the frontiers of academic collaborations globally with like-minded partners. With this MoU with the University of Pittsburgh, we are keen to take up joint initiatives of global importance touching upon various areas of collaborative research and pedagogy. Pitt has been a trendsetter in the area of healthcare research. Through this MoU, we will work together to take ideas and research from the laboratory to the marketplace to enhance healthcare delivery systems."
University of Pittsburgh's chancellor
Patrick Gallagher said, "I look forward to collaborating with ISB to design strategic programmes in the areas of business, engineering and the medical sciences and in developing healthcare and engineering innovations that will benefit people and communities around the world."