The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan on Monday. At the virtual meeting, Prof TL Hwang of Taiwan University signed the MoU with Shoolini University Vice Chancellor Prof PK Khosla.
As per the MoU, student exchange will be initiated at the Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG) and PhD levels. Both the institutions agreed to offer residential facilities and fellowship as initial support to eligible students. Faculties initiated the plan and set their goals to perform research-related activities, drug discovery for disease like osteoporosis, microbial infection, asthma, and CNS disorders, and implementation of the interdisciplinary approach of biological disciplines.
Prof Khosla shared the research achievements of Shoolini University and talked about the ranking across the globe. He also mentioned the seven faculty members of Shoolini University who were among the 2 per cent scientists in the global list of top scientists, released by Stanford University.
Prof Hwang and Dr Sunil Kumar gave a presentation about the achievements of Chang Gung University, Taiwan, and Prof Saurabh Kulshreshtha, Dean Research, and Prof Deepak Kapoor, Dean Pharmacy, presented the academic and research profile of Shoolini University.
Prof Rohit Goyal, Controller of Examination (COE), Shoolini University, talked about the possibilities of natural products-based research aligning with the aim of Shoolini University of harnessing the Himalayan biodiversity. Dr Ram Dwivedi, Director of International Affairs, underlined the previous student exchange programmes with various institutions in Taiwan in the past few years.