{"id":960,"date":"2014-11-06T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indocanadianstudies\/?p=960"},"modified":"2014-11-06T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:03:10","slug":"ufv-hosts-premier-christy-clark-and-delegation-in-chandigarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2014\/11\/06\/ufv-hosts-premier-christy-clark-and-delegation-in-chandigarh\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV hosts Premier Christy Clark and delegation in Chandigarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"title\">(Taken from UFV Today)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fIjU37vzLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section class=\"entry\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Oct2014-Chandigarh-Premier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8246\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Oct2014-Chandigarh-Premier.jpg\" alt=\"Oct2014-Chandigarh-Premier\" width=\"353\" height=\"197\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8239\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lowres-Premier-Chandigarh-Oct2014-FULL-blog-1024x416.jpg\" alt=\"lowres-Premier-Chandigarh-Oct2014 FULL blog\" width=\"488\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\">UFV hosted B.C. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IxxnITNoz_8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Premier Christy Clark and her international trade delegation<\/a> at its campus in Chandigarh, India on Oct. 11. Clark is leading a nine-day trade mission to India.<\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\">While visiting UFV Chandigarh, Premier Clark announced <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca\/2014\/10\/premier-announces-scholarships-to-encourage-two-way-flow-of-students.html\">$50,000 in funding for 20 scholarships<\/a> that will enable students from Canada to study in India, and students from India to study in Canada.<\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\">\u201cThe Government of British Columbia recognizes the social, cultural and economic benefits of student exchanges between India and British Columbia,\u201d said Premier Clark. \u201cThis trade mission provides us with opportunities to meet face-to-face with key representatives from many sectors, including education. That helps us build and strengthen our relationships.\u201dUFV president Mark Evered,\u00a0University Relations executive director Leslie Courchesne,\u00a0director of the UFV Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies Satwinder Bains, and associate director UFV India Gurneet Anand along with Chandigarh faculty, staff and students,\u00a0welcomed\u00a0the delegation.\u201cWe are delighted that the Ministry of Advanced Education shares our view that student exchanges are extremely valuable,\u201d said Evered. \u201cThese scholarships will allow students from B.C. and India to learn more about each other\u2019s culture and forge lifelong bonds that will benefit both jurisdictions from both an economic and social standpoint. They will also enable our university to create even closer ties to SD College, with whom we have established<\/section>\n<section class=\"entry\">several partnerships and connections.\u201d\u00a0As part of the trade delegation visit, UFV partnered with Sanatan Dharma College to host an education roundtable, moderated by Satwinder Bains. BC Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk addressed the audience, which included Consul General for Canada in Chandigarh Rajani Alexander, and senior leaders from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Langara College, and other post-secondary institutions from BC and India.UFV offers its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/busadmin\/Programs\/Degrees\/BBAIndia\/\">Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Chandigarh<\/a> in partnership with partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ggdsd.ac.in\/\">Sanatan Dharma College Chandigarh (SDCC)<\/a>, a post-graduate affiliate of <a href=\"http:\/\/puchd.ac.in\/\">Panjab University<\/a>.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Taken from UFV Today) UFV hosted B.C. Premier Christy Clark and her international trade delegation at its campus in Chandigarh, India on Oct. 11. Clark is leading a nine-day trade mission to India. 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