The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong and the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) have entered into an agreement to facilitate cooperation between the two institutes to promote professional growth both at the national and international levels in design and management, besides promoting cross-disciplinary learning as per the National Education Policy 2020.
The MoU with an initial tenure of three years was signed on behalf of NIFT Shillong and IIM Shillong by Prof. D. P. Goyal, Director IIM Shillong and Dr. Arindam Das, Director of NIFT Shillong today.
Goyal said the key areas of collaboration are knowledge sharing and joint activity cover students exchange programs, joint field trips, faculty training, mentorship, PhD supervision, joint research and publications, collaboration with foreign experts, and participation in workshops, seminars and conferences.
Das termed the MoU historic and said it has opened up various possibilities of collaborations for mutual benefit.
