University of Missouri and K.S.R. Educational Institutions of India have inked a five-year deal to support sophisticated research and training in nanotechnology and nanomedicine.
As per the deal, a joint facility will be built in India and the two institutions will swap their researchers for combined training, teaching and research programs. Qualified students can register for academic programs in the University of Missouri.
MU officials held a signing ceremony with K.S.R. Educational Institutions of India. Credit: MU News Bureau
The two organizations will partner on research financing initiatives and join forces to conduct national and international level nanomedicine and nanotechnology conferences. University of Missouri’s Vice Chancellor for Research, Rob Duncan stated that the institute is happy about the partnership with K.S.R., a consortium of 16 higher education institutions in Tamil Nadu, India.
Raghuraman Kannan, who serves as Assistant Professor of Radiology at University of Missouri and who will be the head of the initiative at University of Missouri, stated that University of Missouri has excellent capabilities and K.S.R. has an advanced facility for the designing of novel research materials. However, K.S.R., which does not have a medical institute, can send their qualified students to study about University of Missouri’s nanomedicine research efforts, he said.
Kannan further said that nanotechnology will be used in the future for disease treatment. Nanomedicine covers the fabrication of nanosensors that will be able to sense adverse microbes and bacteria. The Executive Director and Vice Chancellor of International Programs of K.S.R., R. Srinivasan commented that the institute has a good relation with the mechanical engineering and biomedicine departments of the University of Missouri, and is planning to expand these programs to its students.