Indian Coast Guard Signs an Mou with JMI for Academic Mobility of Personnel
- The MoU between Jamia and the Indian Coast Guard will provide them with an opportunity to seek a career outside the naval field.
- Naval officers who join the services at a very young age will be able to pursue education for their advancement.
Jamia Millia Islamiahas signed a Memorandum of Understanding with theIndian Coast Guard, Ministry of Defence for academic mobility of personnel of the Indian Coast Guard. TheMoUbetween the two will provideacademic collaborationbetween the two institutes. Jamia Millia Islamia will offer bachelor’s and master’s programmes to officers and sailors of Indian Coast Guard.
The MoU was signed at the varsity by Mr. AP Siddiqui (IPS), JMI Registrar and Mr. Gurupdesh Singh, Deputy Inspector and General Principal Director, Coast Guard Headquarters in the presence of JMI Vice-Chancellor, Talat Ahmad.
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Prof Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, stated that theMoUwill facilitate the officers and sailors to pursue theirhigher educationat the varsity to help widen theirjob opportunitiesonce they retire from their service asIndian Coast Guard. This agreement will provide them with an opportunity to seek a career outside the naval field. Most of the naval officers join the services at a very young age and this step is great towards their educational advancement. JMI will provide the personnel of Indian Navy with a platform to complete their education throughdistance learning mode.
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The main aim of this agreement is to work towards the evaluation and recognition of suchtraining programmes. TheCoast Guardconducts various service training courses for the personnel at Indian Navy training centres located in different parts of the country.