Two officials from the Cayuga Community College, New York, visited the Nagpur University

Two officials from the Cayuga Community College, New York, visited the Nagpur University

Dean of enrolment and chief international officer Cherryl Anderson and professor emeritus of philosophy Jeffry Delbel met vice-chancellor Vilas Sapkal and registrar Mahesh Yenkie for informal discussions. They included students and faculty exchange programmes, various courses and starting of US-based courses in NU or vice-versa. The officials later met newly-elected Management Council members and discussed the same issues.

"There are some problems in exchange of courses or students that need to be sorted out. The general courses in India like BA, BCom or BSc are of three years' duration while those in the US are four year programmes. First, we have to bring equivalence between these courses," registrar Mahesh Yenkie told TOI. He, however, clarified that it was only a preliminary discussion.

The delegation was accompanied by Dr Uday Bodhankar and his son Nikhil who works as international adviser for Cayuga Community College, New York. This 60-year-old institution offers degree programmes from its two campuses - Auburn and Fulton.