March 2011

Sverker Svensson is leaving his position as head of department at the Academy of Music. He has worked there since the 1970s as a lecturer, faculty programme director, programme manager and, for the past 11 years, head of department. A reception was held yesterday to thank Sverker Svensson for his time at the Academy of Music. Marianne and Eva were … Continue reading →

We received a warm welcome here, even if it was slightly unusual to be welcomed at the airport as Ms Per Eriksson and Ms Ingemar Carlstedt. See the photographic evidence below. The others in the LU delegation are Professors Thomas Laurell, Rolf Johansson, Bengt Johansson, Mats Alaküla and Mats Johnsson, and Johan Gunnarsson, who has arranged the trip together with … Continue reading →

On the final day of the Lund delegation’s visit to India, some of the group visited IIT Bombay. IIT Bombay was established in 1958 and is one of the oldest of the 15 IITs in India. It is a research-intensive institute with a focus on Master’s and PhD degrees. We gave presentations of our respective institutions and discussed future cooperation … Continue reading →

Travel report from Anders Axelsson: After a stressful journey from Delhi to Bangalore, we were able to visit the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), a research centre with an almost 100-year history, which could be seen from the ‘British’ university buildings. Professor Balaram, the director of IIS, was our host and found the discussion so interesting that he stayed for … Continue reading →

Today the Faculty of Law representatives have visited the National Law School of India University on the outskirts of Bangalore. The University offers high class undergraduate and postgraduate education and has research within a large number of centres. The vice-chancellor, who was visiting Delhi at the time, rang to welcome us to “the cream of India”. The students, who study … Continue reading →

Eva, Anna Lindberg and Ann-Katrin Bäcklund visited the TATA Institute of Social Science (TISS) in Mumbai. TISS was established in 1936 and has a clear focus on sustainable development, equality and participatory development, social welfare and justice. TISS is a partner in Erasmus Mundus Action 2 and a number of students and staff have received scholarships to Lund and to … Continue reading →

Today was our last day in Delhi. In the morning we split up for three different visits. One group visited the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) at the Ministry of Science and Technology, which wants to introduce targeted stipends for postdoctoral fellowships at certain leading universities, of which Lund would be one. It was a constructive meeting and if things go … Continue reading →

Today the whole group visited IIT Delhi. First there was a presentation of each institution. After this we divided into small groups to discuss more concrete cooperation. Ann-Katrin Bäcklund and Anna Lindberg had more than 20 eager potential partners who wanted to discuss possible cooperation! In the afternoon we split into three groups. One group visited the Council for Scientific … Continue reading →

We opened the day with a presentation on India by Andreas Muranyi, science and technology attaché. It was useful to go over India, its development and its education system. Then we all travelled to the University of Delhi. The University has 300 000 students and 80 colleges. The previous vice-chancellor introduced a semester system with exams every semester instead of … Continue reading →

Most of our party have now arrived in Delhi, India. We are waiting for Anders Axelsson (LTH) to arrive tomorrow morning. Some of those who visited IIT Kanpur to discuss the upcoming joint quality assurance conference are going home today. Over the coming week we will visit a number of universities in Delhi, then on Wednesday we will move on … Continue reading →