By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi,
On September 19th, 2025, a milestone in academic collaboration was achieved with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM/UEM University), ISKCON Mayapur, and the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC).
As outlined in this MoU, UEM, BRC, and ISKCON Mayapur intend to establish collaborative academic degree programs (Doctoral, Master’s, Bachelor’s, etc.) in fields such as Engineering, Law, Management, Humanities, and Basic Sciences. These initiatives aim to benefit all parties by promoting and developing a culture of interdisciplinary research and scholarship, as well as joint studies, research, and training.
The signing ceremony brought together distinguished academic leaders and spiritual representatives from all three institutions. From the UEM group, key participants included Prof. Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti, Director of the IEM UEM group, Prof. Dr. Sajal Dasgupta, Vice Chancellor of UEM Kolkata, Prof. Dr. Biswajoy Chatterjee, Vice Chancellor of UEM Jaipur, and Dr. Arun Kumar Bar, Principal of IEM Kolkata. Other notable attendees from UEM included Dr. Sanghamitra Poddar, Dean of Alumni Relations; Dr. Malay Ganguly, Dean of Academics; Dr. Rajiv Ganguly, Dean of Science; Dr. Moutushi Biswas Singh, HoD Computer Science at IEM Kolkata; Dr. Abir Chatterjee, Dean of Research, UEM Kolkata; and Associate Professor Sankar Mondal.
Representing ISKCON Mayapur and the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre were Subheksana Das, Co-Director of ISKCON Mayapur, Aradhya Bhagavan Das, Secretary of the Mayapur Board of Education, and Dr. Sumanta Rudra, Dean of Academic Affairs at BRC. The gathering also welcomed Ms. Nora Kovacs, a student from Bhaktivedanta College in Hungary, underscoring the initiative’s international scope.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/iskcon-mayapur-uem-university-and-brc-sign-mou-for-academic-collaboration/
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