India establishes visiting chair at Chinese university

'Shenzhen University will host a visiting Indian professor in the capacity of a Chair in humanities and social sciences for a 14-week semester every academic year over each of the next four years beginning autumn 2008.A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to China, and Zhang Bigong, president of the university.The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will implement the MoU on the Indian side and will be responsible for selecting the professor in consultation with Shenzhen University.