SIEM, India is offering an Engineering and IT mission targeting higher education institutions in East India.

The objective of the mission is to provide a platform to UK Institutions to establish stronger links via faculty discussion, collaborations on topics of mutual interest and recruitment. The participating UK institutions will meet with faculty at the Indian institution, take part in round table discussions, and deliver presentations on specific topics to prospective students.

Why Engineering and IT in East India?
Engineering, IT and Technology are the most popular subjects in East India and Kolkata is home to a number of leading engineering institutions.
The premier engineering institutions provide four to five year B.Tech/B.E. degree courses. Due to the rising popularity of these courses, an increasing number of private institutions are entering the market thereby giving rise to newer centres of engineering and technical excellence in the city.

Engineering is the top subject choice in both undergraduate and postgraduate level as per the visitor profile statistics of the last exhibition in Kolkata, recently concluded in November 2013.

The prominent engineering and Technology institutions in Kolkata include Jadavpur University, BESU, Heritage Institute of Technology, BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology.

IIT Kharagpur is the one of the most prominent engineering institutes in India and is based in the industrial city of Kharagpur which is three hours from Kolkata

Information about the mission:
This mission would comprise interactions with the faculty and students of prominent institutions.

Probable institutions targeted during the mission –

• Jadavpur University
• Bengal Engineering and Science University
• Heritage Institute of Technology
• B.P Poddar Group of Institutions
• IIT Kharagpur 

Important note:

• Travelling UK academicians will be expected to deliver subject specific seminars
• The event will be targeted towards postgraduate recruitment and collaborations.
• Either one or half working days at each Indian institution
• Seminar topics will be sent once we have received minimum numbers of expression of interest
• Kindly nominate only one academic from the IT, Engineering and Technology department.
• Only one delegate per institution will be allowed to participate
• This mission is open only to UK Institutions and agents will not be allowed to participate.

Proposed dates:
17 to 20 February 2014

Selection criteria:

• A minimum of four UK Institutions will be accepted for participation
• Selection will be on first-come-first-served basis

Costs:

• UK academicians to fund their own international air travel, accommodation and related expenses.
• Local travel to institutions within city will be covered by the British Council
• A participation fee of £850+VAT per institution will be charged