More foreigners coming to study at TNAU
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore:21.03.2019
In a bid to improve its global ranking, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is aggressively trying to collaborate with more foreign institutions on research and student exchange programmes. The number of foreign students visiting the varsity has increased, while it has also increased the number of universities with which it has tie-ups.
TNAU is 28th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework, but is yet to make it to the top 50 in any global ranking system.
While the university conducted a three-day networking workshop on climate, biodiversity and food security in association with Queen’s university, England, earlier this week, last week it decided to collaborate with the International Rice Research Institute on digital agriculture. “We have tie-ups with many institutes across the world including Ivy league institutions,” said international student collaboration in charge, T Raguchander. “Every year, two to three students go to the US for study, research or fellowships through our tie-ups.”
The bigger focus is on getting more international students to visit TNAU and pursue research, studies or fellowships. “The number of international students visiting TNAU has been increasing from hardly two or three before 2013 to almost 16 to 17 students a year in the last couple of years,” he said. “The students mainly come from countries like Bhutan, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Nepal among others. We have had a few from Canada too,” he added.
The university now has a student from Dalhousie University’s Agricultural campus, Nova Scotia, Hannah Arseneault, studying nematode identification techniques. “The plant pathologist in my university, Dr Prithviraj suggested I train in TNAU on identification of nematodes, their types and ways to manage it. It has been a valuable experience learning about plant parasitic nematodes, ways to collect soil samples, roots to check for infestation among others,” she said.
The number of students visiting from Western countries seems low. “It is because their cropping pattern is different and they have more temperate region crops compared to our tropical climate,” said Prabhakaran, director, plant protection studies. “They still come for our expertise in nanotechnology, nematology, etc.”
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore:21.03.2019
In a bid to improve its global ranking, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is aggressively trying to collaborate with more foreign institutions on research and student exchange programmes. The number of foreign students visiting the varsity has increased, while it has also increased the number of universities with which it has tie-ups.
TNAU is 28th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework, but is yet to make it to the top 50 in any global ranking system.
While the university conducted a three-day networking workshop on climate, biodiversity and food security in association with Queen’s university, England, earlier this week, last week it decided to collaborate with the International Rice Research Institute on digital agriculture. “We have tie-ups with many institutes across the world including Ivy league institutions,” said international student collaboration in charge, T Raguchander. “Every year, two to three students go to the US for study, research or fellowships through our tie-ups.”
The bigger focus is on getting more international students to visit TNAU and pursue research, studies or fellowships. “The number of international students visiting TNAU has been increasing from hardly two or three before 2013 to almost 16 to 17 students a year in the last couple of years,” he said. “The students mainly come from countries like Bhutan, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Nepal among others. We have had a few from Canada too,” he added.
The university now has a student from Dalhousie University’s Agricultural campus, Nova Scotia, Hannah Arseneault, studying nematode identification techniques. “The plant pathologist in my university, Dr Prithviraj suggested I train in TNAU on identification of nematodes, their types and ways to manage it. It has been a valuable experience learning about plant parasitic nematodes, ways to collect soil samples, roots to check for infestation among others,” she said.
The number of students visiting from Western countries seems low. “It is because their cropping pattern is different and they have more temperate region crops compared to our tropical climate,” said Prabhakaran, director, plant protection studies. “They still come for our expertise in nanotechnology, nematology, etc.”
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore
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