The University of Hyderabad (UoH), India and Australia's Flinders University have entered into a landmark strategic partnership, formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The partnership deepens collaboration in healthcare management, digital health, and business education while enhancing faculty and student exchange, joint research, and professional development opportunities.
The MoU was signed by Professor B.J. Rao, Vice-Chancellor of UoH and Flinders University Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Stirling.
Key focus areas of the MoU include joint postgraduate twinning programmes in business and healthcare management; co-designed certificate programmes and short-term executive training; collaborative research in health workforce, digital health, aged care, operations, and leadership; faculty exchange, co-teaching modules, and student mobility; engagement with industry sectors in Telangana and South Australia; jointly hosted seminars, workshops, and innovation forums.
A cornerstone of the MoU is the longstanding academic collaboration between Professor G.V.R.K. Acharyulu, Dean of the School of Management Studies at UoH, and Dr Madhan Balasubramanian, Deputy Director of Health Care Management at Flinders University. Their sustained engagement has laid the groundwork for the joint programs and research frameworks formalized in this partnership.
