Pralhad Joshi, French higher edu minister hold talks on strengthening research, institutional partnerships
Suviral Shukla | September 28, 2026 | 10:22 PM IST | 1 min read
The education ministers held talks in the field of higher education including strengthening institutional linkages, mobility of students, faculty and researchers and expanding opportunities.
Union education minister Pralhad Joshi held a meeting with HE Philippe Baptiste, minister for higher education, research and space of France, and discussed ways to boost cooperation between India and France in education, research, innovation, academic mobility and institutional partnerships.
The education ministers held talks in the field of higher education including strengthening institutional linkages, mobility of students, faculty and researchers and expanding opportunities for collaborative academic programmes and exchanges.
They also explored greater cooperation in life sciences, social sciences and humanities, and emphasised on institutional interaction, collaborative academic activities and research.
France institutions to open campus in India
Throwing light on the cooperation in education as an important pillar of the bilateral relationship, the education minister said that the India-France Year of Innovation 2026 provided a family opportunity to further strengthen the cooperation in education, research and innovation .
The education ministers exchanged views on further promoting knowledge partnerships between the two countries and discussed opportunities to build upon existing institutional collaborations and create new avenues for joint academic and research initiatives.
Notably, the government invited the French higher education institutions to explore opening of branch campuses in India including in GIFT City, Gujarat and also at places where French companies were located and required technical human resources, according to the official notification.
Both the ministers also explored opportunities to boost language learning and teacher education, share academic expertise and promote technology-enabled learning.
The discussion also covered ongoing revision of the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications (MRQ) Agreement between India and France, sharing experiences and best practices in digital education and technology to expand access to quality learning.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Chhattisgarh hikes PG medical, dental stipend; first-year residents to get Rs 85,050 from Oct 1
Chhattisgarh PG stipend 2026 revised: The state government has increased monthly stipends for PG medical and dental students to between Rs 85,050 and Rs 93,996, effective October 1.
Vishnukumar V | 1 min readFeatured News
]- Visva-Bharati: SC, ST, OBC forum seeks audit of VBU’s spending, recruitment; writes to education ministry
- MGCU Motihari’s expulsion of MA student unfair; Patna HC orders university to reinstate him
- Maharashtra: MAFSU Nagpur gets first pvt veterinary, dairy technology colleges, doubles BVSc & AH seats
- West Bengal forms panel to decide fate of 933 schools with no students, may hand buildings to other depts
- ‘Not individual failure’: IIT Bombay students protest suicide, want director to quit, action against professor
- West Bengal crackdown on 252 ‘unrecognised’ madrassas leave parents scrambling for alternatives
- NEET PG Counselling: NMC frames branch-specific guidelines for MD, MS admissions of disabled candidates
- IIT Ropar: Faculty ‘harassment’, forced resignation, a self-argued case – how a scholar won her PhD seat back
- NCAHP: Allied healthcare professionals must now register, retrain every year for renewal
- UGC control, scholar attacks, sackings: India’s academic freedom ‘severely restricted’ in 2026, says SAR