The University of Karachi (KU), on behalf of its International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Rhode Island (URI) in the US to establish a productive cooperative relations between the two institutions.
According to a press release, The ICCBS and URI are desirous to develop academic and cultural interchange between the two institutions in education, research and other areas of mutual interest and benefits,. The signing ceremony was held at the office of the KU vice chancellor and ICCBS Director Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary and URI President David M Dooley inked the MoU on behalf of their respective institutions.
The areas of cooperation includes pharmaceutical sciences, medical chemistry, molecular medicine, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, and standardisation of herbal medicines relevant to both institutions, in which the two institutions believe cooperation is feasible and desirable and which would contribute to fostering and developing a mutually beneficial relationship between the two institutions.
According to the agreement, both the institutions have agreed to enhance relations between the two universities and to develop academic exchange in the area of education and research, and have agreed to identify team members to work on joint research projects.
“The collaborative activities to be covered by this agreement may include faculty and research staff exchanges, study abroad programme, collaborative research programmes including the exchange of voucher samples, joint seminars, workshops, and service programmes. This agreement will be in effect for a period of five years from the date of execution and may be extended by mutual agreement in writing by both parties and may be terminated by either party’s giving six months written notice to the other party,” the spokesman for the ICCBS said.
