Establishing links: US, K-P universities forge partnership

Provincial Secretary for Higher Education Farah Hamid, US Consul General were also present at the occasion.

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister (CM) Amir Haider Khan Hoti formally launched two partnership programmes between American and K-P universities at the CM house on Tuesday.

The three-year agreement supports faculty exchanges and joint research between the Southern Methodist University and the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University and between the University of Kentucky and a consortium of five K-P universities.

Provincial Secretary for Higher Education Farah Hamid and US Consul General Robert Reed were also present at the occasion. Reed said, “It is these linkages – people-to-people exchanges – that truly benefit both our nations.” The US will invest $8.6 million in the project over the next three years.

The partnership includes  faculty exchange and focuses on a range of liberal arts subjects. Each centre supports graduate programmes and provides opportunities for joint Pakistani-US research.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd, 2013.