India, Germany plan joint vocational university

New Delhi, April 16 India and Germany are planning to set up a jointly funded, central vocational university that will provide employment-oriented training to youth.
"We are looking at some jointly funded projects. We are looking at a couple of possibilities and one possibility is of setting up a central vocational university," Indian Ambassador to Germany Sujatha Singh told the media.
She said the matter was under discussion and both sides were hopeful of finalising it soon. The university is likely to be based in one of the major cities of India and will provide technical education.
"It is in the process of discussion. We hope that we can make some good progress on this over the next few months and bring it to fruition," Singh told this correspondent in Berlin who had travelled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week. Read more...