Summary
The three-year cooperation will help BHU students with learning and internship opportunities in India and Japan
Selected undergraduate and postgraduate students would be exposed to the UNIQLO business model
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Japanese retail group called Fast Retailing Co. LTD.
The three-year cooperation will help BHU students with learning and internship opportunities in India and Japan through the Japanese Business Culture Programme, Global Management Programme and internship opportunity at UNIQLO India, one of the largest brands of the company.
BHU registrar A.K. Singh signed the MoU on behalf of the varsity, while Noriaki Koyama, group senior executive officer of Fast Retailing Co. Ltd., signed digitally from Japan.
The company’s tie-up with BHU will result in a series of global opportunities for the students. As part of the Japanese Business Culture Programme, selected undergraduate and postgraduate BHU students (around 30-100) would be exposed to the UNIQLO business model, Japanese culture, language and society.
Under this initiative, online classes will be taken by UNIQLO and partner universities in Japan like Waseda University, Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Languages. Students will get certificates from these universities on completion of the programme.
Under the Global Management Programme, three BHU students (UG and PG) will get business sessions with global market specialists. The sessions will help them to know more about the global industry and business. The five-day sessions will take place in Japan for which all necessary expenses like travel, lodging and boarding would be carried by UNIQLO. Selection of students for these sessions has already been made.
Five selected students (UG and PG) will be able to pursue a one-month internship at New Delhi or any other UNIQLO location in India. This will be a sponsored internship for which students will be paid a stipend and provided certificates.
N.V. Chalapathi Rao, coordinator, International Collaborations, BHU, said, “The MoU is in line with BHU vice-chancellor Sudhir K Jain’s call to make available more and more educational and professional opportunities for students."
"A Fast Retailing delegation, led by Mayank Shukla, head of India Strategic Initiatives, met Sudhir K Jain and discussed the future areas of collaboration. As part of these efforts, more international collaborations are in sight in the days to come,” he noted.
Last updated on 02 Jun 2022
