IIM Raipur, EFLU sign MoU for translation of teaching materials
Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur and the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 8, Monday. The MoU aims to facilitate the translation of IIM Raipur’s teaching cases into Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish by EFLU.
Professors Ram Kumar Kakani, Director of IIM Raipur, and Surabhi Bharati, Vice Chancellor (Acting) of EFLU, signed the MoU during a special event held at the EFLU University’s administrative building.
Speaking on the occasion, Professor. Ram Kumar Kakani said that the MoU would help internationalizing the huge repository of the teaching cases of the IIM Raipur through their translation into foreign languages.
“Despite the advent of advanced technologies tools like Meta AI, ChatGPT, there is a greater demand for high quality, peer reviewed, and curated content in management in the multicultural and multilingual world that we are living in and this is where this MoU is vital,” he said.
The IIM Director expressed confidence that this MoU with the EFLU in translating the teaching cases would help get the wider reach at the global level for the scholarly works.
Professor. Surabhi Bharati offered to expand the scope of the MoU to explore more possibilities for student and faculty exchange and for offering courses on foreign languages, communication skills, and cultural studies.
The event was coordinated by the Centre for Translation and Interpretation wing of the EFL University. EFLU Registrar (In Charge) Professor. K. Narasimha Rao, academic Deans, and other senior university administrators were present.
