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VIT signs MoU with Columbia University on dual degree programme

VIT signs MoU with Columbia University on dual degree programme

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Columbia University's New York engineering school to offer dual degrees. The agreement was signed by VIT's founder and Chancellor, G. Viswanathan, and Columbia's Dean of Academic Affairs and Global Partnerships, Sen. Soulaymane Kachani, along with Indian Consul General in New York, Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, and VIT's vice-president, G.V.

Selvam. This partnership establishes VIT as the first Indian university to forge such a dual degree deal with Columbia, providing engineering students with unique international academic opportunities.

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