Nepal, India to sign five MoU to strengthen educational, cultural ties

KATHMANDU: Five different agreements will be signed between Nepal and India to strengthen the century-old educational and cultural ties between the two countries. Five memoranda of understanding (MoU) are expected to be signed on Monday in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during the former's visit to Lumbini, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Indian Educational and Cultural Foundation will sign one MoU each with Lumbini Buddhist University and Tribhuvan University and three MoU with Kathmandu University. Lumbini Buddhist University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Tribhuvan University Nepal and Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) and ICCR, Kathmandu University and ICCR, the KU and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai are scheduled to sign two other MoU. READ ALSO:

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