The Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU), an open university of Assam, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nanda Talukdar Foundation (NTF), for documentation of the contemporary social history of Assam.
Nanda Talukdar Foundation (NTF) is a Guwahati based non-profit organization.
The objective of the MoU is to continue research and document the events and happening of the Post Colonial Assam, said a statement released by NTF.
It further aims is to promote mutual collaboration in research activities and establish a framework for exchange and collaboration in areas of history and other areas of common interests for mutual benefit.
Both the organization will work for joint and collaborative research and consultancy in the thrust areas of Common interests and organize conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia, summer school training and lectures to improve the exchange of knowledge and experience, the statement added.
Both the organization will work for the exchange of faculty and research scholars depending on the requirement and experience, for the benefit of the students and research scholars.
The university and NTF will share their library for research and collaborative works and indulge in the exchange of books, journals and teaching materials including textbooks, audio-videos publications, reports and other teaching materials.
The KKHSOU will publish books, journals and teaching materials in collaboration with the foundation, it added.