High Commissioner of Canada to India Stewart Beck visited the KIIT University and the KISS here on Monday.Addressing the graduate and post-graduate students of Engineering, MCA, MBA and law, he emphasised on educational relationship between India and Canada through student-teacher exchange programmes.
Speaking on the topic “Indo-Canadian Relationship”, he informed that Canada’s priorities in India include infrastructure, energy, food, education, science and technology. India is an important source country for immigration to Canada, he stated.
There is an Indian Diaspora of more than one million in Canada, Beck said, adding that the Canada-India Environmental Collaboration seeks to increase technology and knowledge exchange on environmental issues.
KIIT VC Prof PP Mathur said the KIIT School of Biotechnology is a distinct institute and the KIIT is very hopeful to collaborate with Canadian institutes.