Last week a delegation from the University of Liverpool visited Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) to strengthen existing relationships with world-leading institutions in the city and foster new ones.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tim Jones was joined by researchers from the University's Faculties of Health and Life Sciences, Science and Engineering and Humanities and Social Sciences. Here they met people and organisations with a shared aspiration for positive worldwide impact through outstanding research and collaboration.
Professor Tim Jones said: "We are a civic university with a global reputation and a vision to becoming a Top 100 university. It was a hugely positive visit to Bengaluru, where we were given a warm and generous welcome from all our hosts. This opportunity has allowed us to develop and invest in a range of strategic partnerships to help achieve our mutual ambitions.
"During the week we met with higher education institutions, industry and philanthropists with whom we have a shared values and aspirations. This visit was just the beginning and now we look forward to building on and developing our relationships to increase the global impact and reputation of our research and education."
Highlights of the week include:
£1.5m pledge
Professor Jones signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) to reaffirm and expand their long-standing research partnership. To further bolster this initiative, the two institutions gratefully accepted a pledge of £1.5 million from the Pratiksha Trust, on behalf of its co-founders, Kris and Sudha Gopalakrishnan.
The University already has a longstanding partnership with NIHMANS. Together they have research strands exploring brain infections, mental health, and neuro-imaging and epilepsy and an active dual PhD programme. Significantly more than 200,000 thousand lives have been saved since the inception of the partnership.
