Vice Chancellor of Punjabi University Mr. Swan Singh Boparai with UCFV VP Academic Wayne Walsh

UCFV is exploring different possibilities for collaboration with Punjabi University, in particular between UCFV's future Chair of Canada-India Business Development and the new Punjabi University Research Chair on the same topic, which was announced by the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, during his recent visit to British Columbia.

During his meeting with UCFV senior administrators and faculty, Vice-Chancellor Boparai explained that Punjabi University had launched "a new educational movement for equitable distribution of knowledge and for the upliftment of rural poor."

"When the whole world is at the threshold of new beginnings, large sections of rural people are lagging behind," he noted. "Keeping this in mind, Punjabi University has rededicated itself for the employment of rural people through equitable and affordable technical education."

Dr. Wayne Welsh, Vice-President Academic at UCFV, welcomed the new opportunity for collaboration and pointed out that the two universities have much in common. The two institutions are engaged in discussions about creating a collaboration agreement between the two institutions.

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