LPU inks pact with French institute

Our Correspondent

Phagwara, June 27

Lovely Professional University (LPU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a French institute in India, Institut Français en Inde (IFI).

Illustrative, Institut Français en Inde (IFI) is the cooperation service of France in the domains of university collaborations, student mobility, French language, visual and performing arts, heritage and architecture, cinema, literature, sports, gastronomy and urban development.

The cooperation is implemented through France’s network comprising of the French Institute in India, 14 Alliances Françaises, 2 research centres and four French schools.

The IFI and LPU have agreed to the areas of collaboration in academic, promotional and research-related activities. Under the agreement, the LPU and the IFI wil set up India’s first ‘Espace France’ on the premises of the LPU in September.

The Espace France is a space for promoting France and providing information on study opportunities and preparation for leaving for France, as well as on the French language and culture for the LPU students and staff.

Dr Bertrand de Hartingh, Counsellor for Education, Science and Culture, French Embassy in India signed the agreement for the establishment of the Espace France.

LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said: “The varsity is creating more international opportunities for its students’, so that they may prove themselves as globally fit citizens. The initiative taken by the LPU will benefit students who aspire to pursue studies in France by giving them a detailed exposure to the French language and culture.”

Illustrative, Institut Français en Inde (IFI) is the cooperation service of France in the domains of university collaborations, student mobility, French language, visual and performing arts, heritage and architecture, cinema, literature, sports, gastronomy and urban development.