| Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Madras varsity, British institute join hands
Sign MoU to offer fast track post-graduate courses
Muhammad Farmer, Principal and Director, BITE (left), exchanging
documents
with S. Ramachandran, Vice Chancellor, Madras University in
Chennai on Monday
Chennai: The British Institute of Technology & E-Commerce
(BITE) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
University of Madras for offering one-year, fast track post-graduate
programmes.
BITE principal and director Muhammad Farmer and university Vice-Chancellor
S. Ramachandran signed the agreement. With this, the University
of Madras becomes the first university in the country to get
associated with the BITE to offer specialised courses in biotechnology,
nanotechnology, IT security, data mining, communication, biometrics,
energy, finance, human resource management, business law and
travel and tourism.
As per the agreement, the BITE will offer MBA Innovative Management
and MSC Innovative Technology in London for students enrolled
through the Institute of Distance Education. The students will
be offered 45 per cent scholarship. On completion, they will
get to work and stay in London as full-time employees for a
year.
Talking to TheHindu, Mr. Muhammad Farmer said the institute
was ready to enrol 30 students for the MBA course and 50 for
the MSC course, which will begin in September. “Though
we have the capacity to admit 1,500 students in a year, we don’t
enrol more than 600. We are a private institute, but we don’t
act like one in terms of admission. This tie-up will help knowledge-hungry
students from India enrich their knowledge and excel in chosen
field. Right now, there is a huge demand for biotech and nanotech
courses.”
BITE Regional Manager for India Mohammed Ghani said the institute
would offer counselling for Indian students at its Royapettah
office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. “These courses
cost around £10,000, but we offer 45 per cent discount
to students, if they enrol through the Institute of Distance
Education. Soon we will be setting up our office on the University
of Madras Campus to offer help continuously.”
Mr. Ramachandran said: “We are … restructuring and
reorienting the university to offer value-added services to
the students. Today, we are not able to provide Master’s
degree equivalent to those courses in other countries. Hence,
we have tied up with the BITE. Slowly, we are acquiring the
capability to offer these courses for students from India and
abroad.”
Courtesy: The Hindu
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