Sri Ramakrishna Educational Institutions, under the SNR Sons Charitable Trust, Coimbatore, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sunderland, UK to advance academic collaboration, joint research, and student and faculty mobility.
The MoU was signed at the University of Sunderland’s City Campus. Sundar Ramakrishnan, Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust, led the delegation representing Sri Ramakrishna Educational Institutions. Soundararajan, Principal, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC), and Chitra, Principal, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science for Women (SRCW), accompanied him
Ian Moody, Director of the International Office; Lorraine Robertson, Deputy Director; Jamie Simpson, Head of International Development; and Tom Atkinson, International Regional Team Leader represented the University.
Following the signing, the delegation toured the City Campus and visited the Health Sciences facilities. The delegates met Prof. Jane Armstrong and Prof. Adrian Moore of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing to discuss a joint research agenda in health and allied sciences.
Later that afternoon, the delegation visited St Peter’s Campus, where they met Prof. Nadja Damij, Head of Research for the Faculty of Business and Technology. Discussions focused on collaborative research opportunities in business, computing, and engineering. The visit concluded with a tour of St Peter’s Campus, which houses programmes in Business, Engineering, Creative Arts, Media, and Computing.
