Tie up with Edinburgh Napier University

With Mr Paul Holmes, Academic Lead, International, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, signing a formal agreement on cultural collaboration with Prabha Khaitan Foundation

6 December 2018: Today, I, as the Trustee on behalf of Prabha Khaitan Foundation, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, for cultural collaboration and exchanges between the two institutions.

Receiving a memento from Mr Paul Holmes, Tanushree Shankar, Usha Uthup and Esha Dutta

Mr Paul Holmes, Academic Lead, International, for overseas partnerships for School of Arts and Creative Industries, signed the memorandum on behalf of Edinburgh Napier University. The signing ceremony was held at The Taj Bengal.

With Gautam De, Director of ICCR Kolkata, Paul Holmes and Dona Ganguly

Eminent Kolkatans and cultural aficionados, danseuse Tanusree Shankar, Usha Uthup, Dona Ganguly, Goutam De, Director ICCR, Gouri Basu, Director of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Mallika Varma, Nandita Palchoudhuri, Nilisha Agarwal and others were present on the occasion. The signing in was followed by a lunch.

With Gautam De, Paul Holmes, Nandita Pal Chaudhuri, Gouri Basu, Tanushree Shankar, Usha Uthup, Esha Dutta and Nilisha Agarwal

Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, which has 19,500 students from 140 countries on its rolls, is named after renowned mathematician and philosopher John Napier.

I strongly feel that literature and performing arts should travel side by side and as we have already spread our literary activities overseas, this MoU with Edinburgh Napier University is a step forward for performing arts and cultural exchange between Kolkata and Edinburgh.

I must thank the directors of ICCR and EZCC Goutam De and Gouri Basu respectively who expressed their solidarity with Prabha Khaitan Foundation and promised to continue extending their support to us.As per the agreement, the two institutions would explore possible collaborations and partnerships to promote performing arts and literature in India and Scotland.

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