Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) has inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with non-profit public organization namely Global Village Foundation (GVF) for collaborative studies and research on social and economic public policies.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal and Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu and was signed by the Registrar of the MDU, Jitender Bhardwaj and Chairman GVF Balram Nandwani. The Vice Chancellor of the MDU, Prof. Bijender Kumar Punia, Dean, Academic Affairs Prof. Sunita Malhotra, Director, Public Relations Sunit Mukherjee were also present.
- Haryana Chief Minister said that need of the hour is to orient higher education and research towards social concerns, and utilize the research to achieve goals of development.
He expressed the hope that both the organizations would work to create social awareness in the state on important social issues, and contribute towards formulation of effective socio-economic public policies.
- This MoU with GVF will facilitate new knowledge generation, innovative technology development, skill development, inter-disciplinary research, and establish platform for socio-economic public policy formulation.
- Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohtak University, Rohtak, came into existence by an Act No. 25 of 1975 of the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1976 with the objective to promote inter-disciplinary higher education and research in the fields of environmental, ecological and life science.
