Indian School of Business (ISB) has entered into a five-year MoU with the University of Pittsburgh in the US.

Apart from facilitating collaboration in a range of academic research and projects, the MoU is expected to boost ISB’s plan to take up major healthcare research aimed at taking ideas/innovation from laboratory to marketplace (or to patient), Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB told newspersons after signing the MoU here on Friday.

“Pitt has been a trendsetter and a pioneer 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,” he said.

ISB has been actively working on healthcare reserach. ISB is in the process of developing a data base by aggregating all available numbers in the form of a heatlhcare portal, the dean said.

“This is an exciting partnership for the University of Pittsburgh,” said its Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. “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.”

The two academic institutions have agreed to work on joint research projects; exchange of scholarly publications and reports; share experiences in innovative teaching methods and course design; organise joint symposia, workshops and conferences; work on faculty development and exchange; exchange students.

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