A five-year agreement was struck between the Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering (MPSTME) of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal's (SVKM) Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), a deemed-to-be university, and HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany. The contract was signed by Professor Sabine Rein, president of HTWG Konstanz, and Amrishbhai Patel, chancellor of NMIMS.
The agreement includes opportunities for students related to research, internships, and short study programmes; faculty exchange for activities like lectures, training, joint supervision of industry projects as well as offering mutually beneficial academic programmes.
Speaking on the occasion, Patel said, “NMIMS has taken several giant steps over the last four decades to deliver quality education and has grown to a multi-disciplinary university. It has become one of the top five private universities in India. This MoU is a milestone in our journey to provide access to a global curriculum and exposure to faculty from different countries. It will help create industry-ready talent and better engineers who will be able to implement global best practices. We are confident that this partnership with HTWG Konstanz, University of Applied Sciences, Germany, will be beneficial to both the institutions.”
Rein added, "We are glad that NMIMS has shown intent on cooperation and exchange of students and faculty with us. Founded in the 1990s, we provide education in engineering, law, and a number of other streams. We have faculty members with long standing experience from industry. We are pleased to sign this MoU which will go a long way in strengthening ties which will benefit students, faculty, and institutions."
