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India Chair at Shenzen varsity

Beijing: An India Chair has been established in Humanities and Social Sciences at Shenzen University (SZU) in southern China.

A memorandum of understanding on the Chair, between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and SZU, was signed by Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao and University President Zhang Bigong in Shenzen.

The university would host a visiting Indian professor in the capacity of Chair for a 14-week semester every academic year over the next four years beginning this autumn.

ICCR would implement the MoU on the Indian side select the professor in consultation with SZU, said a statement from the Indian Consulate at Guangzhou in the Guangdong province.

— PTI

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