Department has started a joint graduate programme on Big Data Research with Heidelberg University, Germany for human resources development. The programme is designed towards a joint doctoral degree from Heidelberg University and one of the Indian partner institutions for PhD programme. The five Indian Partner Institutions viz., IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT, Guwahati, University of Allahabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi have joined the programme. The programme has three components (i) 2-3 months short term summer training for 20 master students per year (ii) Joint PhD support for 10 students per year (ii) Associate young Researcher Visiting program for 4 scholars per year.

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