{"id":1113,"date":"2016-01-18T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:10:20","slug":"jindal-tsinghua-india-immersion-programme-fosters-better-sino-indian-people-to-people-exchanges-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/jindal-tsinghua-india-immersion-programme-fosters-better-sino-indian-people-to-people-exchanges-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jindal-Tsinghua India Immersion Programme Fosters Better Sino-Indian People-to-People Exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sonipat, Haryana, January 18, 2016:<\/strong>\u00a0 91̽»¨ has become the first Indian university to play host to a delegation of 23 Chinese students and faculty members from the prestigious Tsinghua University, Beijing, for a course on understanding India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his China visit in May 2015, Prime Minister Modi had visited the\nTsinghua University and acknowledged the university as a world-class\ninstitution which has been contributing in the creation of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-week \u201cJindal \u2013 Tsinghua India Immersion Programme\u201d has been\norganised by the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), O. P. Jindal\nGlobal University, in collaboration with School of Social Sciences (SSS),\nTsinghua University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering the inaugural address at the commencement of this course, Mr.\nLi Bijian, Minister Counselor, Embassy of China observed that year 2015 has\nbeen robust for Sino-Indian bilateral ties. \u201cPrime Minister Modi has met\nChinese President Xi Jinping 5 times on different occasions, there have been\nmore than 150 delegations at the ministerial level, and the coming year is\nexpected to be equally robust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further observed that, \u201cIn the field of economic co-operation, the\ninvestments have doubled since 2014. Companies like Ali Baba and Lenovo have\nincreased investments in India and created over 20,000 jobs for locals. But the\nmain lacuna has been the absence of deeper people-to-people exchanges, travels\nto each other\u2019s countries and social understanding. The Jindal-Tsinghua course\nis a major initiative towards this end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Bijian asked the students to take full advantage of this opportunity\nto understand India and congratulated Jindal University for doing an excellent\njob in bringing the people of the two countries together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. C Raj Kumar Founding Vice Chancellor O. P. Jindal Global\nUniversity spoke at the inaugural session and encouraged the students to think\nbeyond the possible and noted \u201cdiplomats and political leaders are often\nburdened with history and thus do not enjoy the luxury of thinking of\nimpossible solutions and making them possible. But youth on both sides of the\nborder can and should make efforts to think beyond boundaries both\ngeographically as well as mentally. The focus should be on similarities rather\nthan uniqueness of the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the role that institutions of higher learning can play,\nProfessor Kumar said, \u201cUniversities have a large role to play in building\npeople to people contact and fostering improved bilateral ties between the two\ncountries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on the relevance and purpose of the programme, Dr. Sreeram\nChaulia, Dean Jindal School of International Affairs said, \u201cThe purpose is to\neducate the visiting Chinese students about Indian culture, economy, commerce,\nbusiness and the key challenges that lie ahead so that it could provide a basis\nfor understanding contemporary Sino-Indian relations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Roger Chi-Feng Liu, Professor at JSIA while introducing the\nprogramme made a reference to \u201cThe Seven Blind Men and the Elephant\u201d story\nwhere he equated India to the elephant and advised the students to learn about\nIndia but not to expect to know everything. He said, \u201cThis programme is the\nstarting point in your journey to learn about the elephant that is India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese delegation is visiting Jindal University as part of a\nMemorandum of Understanding signed by the Jindal School of International Affairs\n(JSIA) and the School of Social Sciences (SSS), Tsinghua University, China. The\nMoU provides for exchange of faculty members, exchange of students for a full\nsemester and short-term certificate courses, joint research projects on\nChina-India relations, joint conferences and joint curricular activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-week programme is structured to deliver both classroom as well\nas experiential learning through field visits, historical tours and industry\nvisits. The themes of the sessions include: National and Regional security,\nIndian History, The Judicial System in India, Transformation of Social Order in\nIndia, Science and Technological Development in India etc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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