With an aim to further accelerate people-to-people contacts with Thailand, India will set up a chair for Hindi at Thammasat University, which will offer an BA programme in Indian Studies.
In a joint statement issued by PM Manmoahn Singh and Thai counterpart Yingluck Shina watra, both sides noted with “satisfaction the contribution of the ICCR Chair for Sanskrit Studies at Silpakorn University and welcomed the decision to establish an ICCR Chair for Hindi at Thammasat University”.
Established in 1934, Thammasat University here is Thailand’s second oldest seat of higher education.
The two PMs, recognising the significance of educational collaboration, also agreed to promote more student exchanges at all levels and expressed interest in further enhancing mobility and exchange of students between India and Thailand, the statement said.