In an important development for internationalisation, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H), India and Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal have agreed to offer Joint Doctoral Programme (JDP) at the PhD level in all areas of research.

Many more decisions to strengthen the ties between the two institutes were taken during the recent visit of the IIT-H delegation to KU. Under this JDP programme, bright and motivated students from India and Nepal will have the opportunity to work on frontier areas of science, technology & design, and medical innovations.

The students admitted to the JDP at KU will have an opportunity to spend up to one year at IIT-H, supported by an IIT-H scholarship during their stay at IIT-H and vice versa. This association is aimed at developing successful academic and research collaborations in the areas of common interest and complementary capabilities. It seeks to harness the synergy at both institutions to propel excellent research.

To take the mutual academic and research collaboration to newer heights, both institutes have also agreed to exchange their faculty to work collaboratively on the grand challenges which are common to both countries. Both institutes agreed to further foster their ongoing collaboration, especially in the area of medical technology, yoga and heritage Science.