Berhampur: Berhampur University on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Library, Kolkata, for promotion of training and research.The MoU was signed between university registrar Sachidanand Nayak and Partha Sarathi Das of the National Library under the ministry of culture.The objective of the MoU is encouragement of teaching and learning among qualified students, both postgraduate and undergraduates, promotion of collaborative research in areas of mutual interest, focused academic engagement on unique special collections of the National Library, many of which remain under-explored, and development of short-term academic and training programme.This also aims to organise seminars, workshops and training.Initially the tenure of the MoU is fixed for five years, sources said.The students of library and information science, apart from other departments, will be benefited, said Geetanjali Dash, vice-chancellor of Berhampur University.
