The DAAD DIES Training Workshop program for Internationalization of Higher Education was recently concluded at the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) from 27th March – 4 April 2023. This workshop & training program is conducted in collaboration between the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and has been funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
For this training program, candidates selected from Asia, Latin America and Africa, who are engaged in the field of internationalization of Higher Education (HiEd), participated in three intense workshops on the management of internationalisation. The earlier workshops were conducted online from 7th to 18th March 2022 and from 17th to 28th Sept 2022. The program targets the heads of international offices and university managers responsible for coordinating international activities at their university.
Dr Ravikant Ranjan from the International Relations Office, IIT Roorkee was selected to participate in the DAAD DIES training program and his project proposal was “Setting Up Joint Master’s Degree Program (JMDP) at IIT-Roorkee”.
Dr Ranjan presented a poster regarding the project progression/completion at the workshop to the experts and participants
Dr Ranjan successfully completed his project proposal by setting up Joint Master’s Degree Program with Taiwanese Universities. For this purpose, online meetings were organized with partner universities and course structure was discussed with the faculty members of both sides (Link 1 | Link 2 ). A delegation from IIT Roorkee also visited partner universities in Taiwan to develop a better understanding and close coordination for the proposed program (Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 ).
It is the first Joint Masters Degree Program from IIT Roorkee and details can be found here: http://ece.iitr.ac.in/jmdp. Under this program students from both sides of universities are proposed to spend two semesters at a partner university and credits earned for the course taken will be recognised by both sides for the completion of the M. Tech. Program (JMDP Program Brochure Link).
During the workshop, various methodologies were used e.g. group meetings, case studies and response analysis by the experts and participants.
As a part of the workshop, participants visited nearby places of importance, universities & research facilities in Hannover and Berlin to understand their internationalization strategies and solution to the common problem faced by International Relations Offices. Dr Ranjan visited Freie University Berlin (FU Berlin), Hannover Institute of Technology (HITec), the Reichstag Dome, the Berlin Wall Museum, and the Brandenburg Gate among others.
As a member of the International Relations Office, Dr Ravikant Ranjan got relevant training related to the internationalization of higher education and completed his project proposal successfully.
