MORE TIE-UPS WITH ISRAEL ON CARDS

Varsity plans paper on Holocaust literature

Yogita Rao TNN 

Mumbai: University of Mumbai is planning to introduce a paper on Holocaust literature in the humanities stream. The university will also be signing a memorandum of understanding with institutes in Israel for several educational programmes. 
    Even as a batch of 20 students from the university’s Garware Institute of Career and Development have just returned from their internship programme last week, another batch is all set to visit the country in this academic session. “A five-member delegation will be visiting Israel, including vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar, in October,” said Rambhau Badode, in-charge director of Garware Institute. 
    He added, “There are topics covered in Jewish literature in the existing curriculum. However, the university is planning to incorporate a full-fledged paper on Holocaust literature. The topics can be included in history or sociology too.” Tie-ups with Israeli education institutes in various sectors, including micro-irrigation studies and internet security courses are on the cards. Joint studies and research will also be conducted simultaneously in universities in Mumbai and Israel. 
    Twenty students from the institute’s postgraduate diploma in agri-business management have returned from the Middle East after completing their internship. The students have earned Rs 3 lakh each for their project. 
    “The technical skills acquired will be shared with others and also will be used by these students in their career,” said Badode. The students worked in harvest operations, food processing units, and agriculture-related industries for five days a week .


Source:::: The Times of India, 03-09-2012, p.04. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW