The tie-up will extend credibility to degrees offered by state institutes and will also open up global markets for students
There is good news for the aspiring engineers of Bihar. The University of Edinburgh has offered to tie-up with engineering and technical institutes of the state with the aim of raising educational standards.
A letter from the international university's School of Engineering and Electronics and Institute for Infrastructure and Environment has reached Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with the offer. Bihari by birth and a graduate from the Bihar College of Engineering, B Sinha, who is an Emeritus Professor at the university, has written the letter.
"I would like to bring a delegation from the university. We hope to discuss the possibility of helping the state raise edu cational standards in the field of engineering, IT, management and public health. We hope it will be possible to reach a bilateral agreement for mutual co-operation," Sinha has written. The offer letter has offered hope to engineering and technical institutes of the state.
