IIT Guwahati, Gifu University Japan award degrees for joint master’s programme

According to the reports, the programme was launched in April 2019 with an aim to aid skilled professionals in the food and related industries.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Japan’s Gifu University awarded the first-ever batch of a joint international master’s programme in food science and technology on March 25, 2021. According to the reports, the programme was launched in April 2019 with an aim to aid skilled professionals in the food and related industries. With the completion of the first batch of the joint international master’s program, four students from Japan, Yume Saito, Ayaka Tsuchiya, Haruka Maruyama, and Tatsushi Aoyagi, completed their graduation.

In order to facilitate the students, the institution conducted a virtual ceremony considering the ongoing pandemic situation. The students were awarded the degree in a virtual ceremony after completing on-campus classes at IIT Guwahati for a semester from July 2019 to November 2019. Talking about the successful completion of the first batch of the programme, TG Sitharam, director, IIT Guwahati said, “This is indeed a historic moment for the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Gifu University, Japan that our joint vision, commitment and collaboration to establish this Joint Degree Programme is finally bearing fruit.”.

Lauding the quality of research work and papers by the four students, Mr Sithara added, “The quality of students, faculty and researchers will ensure that we become role models in running a successful international collaboration programme.”

According to the information released by the institute, the Gifu University organised the virtual convocation which was attended by Hisataka Moriwaki, president, Gifu University and Fumiiaki Suzuki, a Gifu University fellow in order to award the students of the programme.

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