The MoU was signed in presence of Prof Dr D T Shirke, Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Prof Dr P S Patil, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr Vilas Nandavadekar, Registrar, Dr K K Tripathy, Director, VAMNICOM and Dr Yashwant Patil, Associate Professor, VAMNICOM. The said MOU will benefit both the Institutions for undertaking various Training Programmes, Research and Consultancy activities.
Dr Yashwant Patil briefed about various activities of VAMNICOM and possible areas of collaboration between VAMNICOM and YCSRD with clearly defined activities in the form of Calendar of activities. The Training Programme for participants of SAARC countries who are members of Centre for International Cooperation & Training in Agricultural Banking (CICTAB) will facilitate faculty of YCSRD to interact with international participants for knowing the status of cooperative movement of their country.
Dr K K Tripathy, Director, VAMNICOM in his address highlighted the need of collaboration as Kolhapur District has huge potential for undertaking research for various sectors of cooperatives and conduct of training programmes in collaboration with YCSRD which will benefit various sectors of cooperatives functioning successfully.
Prof Dr D T Shirke, Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur said, “Though in the earlier MOU many activities could not be taken up by both the institutions, this is high time to have practical based collaboration for undertaking issues of various sector of cooperative through research, organisation of training programmes, exchange of faculty and organisation of exposure visits for participants from India and abroad. This would also give an opportunity for visiting participants to visualize success of various sectors of cooperatives. He also stressed for establishment of Professor Chair for Cooperation with support of VAMNICOM.”
Dr Prakash Pawar, Director, YCSRD briefed about five Master’s degree programmes offered by YCSRD mainly focussing on Rural Development and sought VAMNICOM’s Cooperation for collaborative teaching, research and training. He also invited VAMNICOM for placing a joint effort in raising standards of teaching and research in the areas of cooperation and rural development.
Dr Vaishali Bhosale, Deputy Director, YCSRD coordinated the function. Dr Vilas Nandavadekar, Registrar, Shivaji University proposed vote of thanks.