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DAAD wishes you a happy and prosperous Diwali!

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New Horizons of Literary and Cultural Studies: German and Indian Perspectives

The first conference of the German Institutional Partnership (GIP) between the German Seminar of Freiburg’s Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Centre of German Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Department of Germanic and Romance Studies of University of Delhi and Department of German of Mumbai University set itself a broad target of exploring and expanding the horizons of Literary and Cultural Studies.

DAAD Young Ambassadors to meet in Delhi

The DAAD has selected 30 students, researchers and professionals as Young Ambassadors for 2018-19. DAAD Young Ambassadors are essentially young people who have either studied, done research in Germany and are keen to promote Germany as a destination for higher education. The Young Ambassadors 2018 kick-off meet will take place in New Delhi from 23 – 25 August 2018.

Sri Lanka has a great potential that needs to be explored - Heike Mock

The DAAD and National Science Foundation (NSF) Sri Lanka have launched a new joint mobility program. Heike Mock, Director the DAAD office in New Delhi that also is responsible for Sri Lanka in addition to India, outlines the details of this programme in this interview.

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India: DAAD Material Resources Grant to Symbiosis International University

Dr. Ram Kulkarni, Assistant Professor at Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International University, received a DAAD Material Resources Grant. Dr. Kulkarni has been a DAAD research scholar in Jena, Germany.

Sri Lanka: DAAD-NSF launch a Joint Mobility Program

To further strengthen cooperation on scientific and academic research between Germany and Sri Lanka, the DAAD and the NSF have launched a new Joint Mobility Program for Project-Related Personal Exchange.

Bhutan: DAAD Fact Finding Mission

In order to explore the possibilities of cooperation and a university partnership, Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Weigel (Peace Springer Endowed Professorship for Global Child Health) and Dr. Marzellus Hofmann (Vice Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Health) from the University of Witten / Herdecke (UW / H) visited the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB) along with DAAD officials on a fact-finding mission.

India: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for DAAD Dr. Arvind A. Natu

DAAD Research Ambassador Dr. Arvind A. Natu (Professor of Chemistry at IISER Pune) was awarded with the prestigious “Bundesverdienstkreuz”, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the Consul General of Germany in Mumbai, Dr. Jürgen Morhard.

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DAAD News Update June 2018 out!

Check out DAAD News Update for interesting competitions, information events, scholarship announcements and a lot more!

DAAD Seminar in Nepal for Alumni from the South Asian Region

On behalf of the German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD the Centre for International Capacity Development at University of Siegen is organizing the International DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar “Management of Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene linked with Nutrition security for Sustainable Development (WASH-NUT)” at Pokhara Nepal, 3 - 14 September 2018

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