Welcome

ToUniversity of Bradford

eLINK (east-west link for Innovation, Networking and Knowledge Exchange)Website: www.elink-edu.eu

Facts and Figures

• EU Call: Erusmus Mundus External Co-operation Window – Asia Regional(8)

• Total 11 Partners

• Consists of 6 Asian and 5 EU Higher Education Institutions

• Total Budget: 5.5 million Euro

• Stimulated from the previous Asia Link Project – EAST-WEST

Key Objectives

1. To promote the EU higher education system in order to enhance the

attractiveness and visibility of European higher education.

2. To improve education, teaching and research activities in ICT, Engineering,

Technology, Business and Management, Education and Teachers training.

3. To exchange ideas, views and knowledge among the partners from both EU and

Asia to enhance communication, collaboration, cultural awareness, best

practices and understanding of current and future needs of the Higher

Educational Institutes.

4. To establish a virtual learning centre (VLC) with digital library facilities to make

the eLINK framework sustainable.

Prof. Rameshwar RijalNepal

Prof. C. Mofizur RahmanBangladesh

Prof. Nopasit ChakpitakThailand

Prof. Nidup DorjiBhutan

Dr. Nayyer MasoodPakistan

Dr Suiran YUChina

University of BradfordDr. Keshav DahalDr. Alamgir HossainUK

Staffordshire UniversityProf. Hongnian YuUK

Dr. András GáborProf. Miklós GáborHungary

Budapesti Corvinus EgyetemUniversità degli Studi del SannioProf. Matteo Mario SavinoItaly

Université LUMIERE LYON2Prof. Aziz Bouras France

Area :156,000 square mile

Population :144,319,600

Capital city : Dhaka

Currency : Taka (BDT)

Language : Bengali

National Day : March 26

Religions :Muslim (83%),Hindu(16%)

Bangladesh

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BHUTANName Bhutan (long form) Kingdom of Bhutan

Population 2,232,300

Capital City Thimphu (66,500)

Currency Ngultrum (BTN)

Languages Dzongkha (official)

National Day December 17

Religions Lamaistic Buddhist (75%), Indian and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism (25%)

Punakha Dzong

Jampa Lakhang Temple

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Shanghai JiaoTong University http://www.sjtu.edu.cn

NEPAL• Location: Southern Asia• Neighboring countries: India

and China• Area: 147, 181 km2

• Population: About 28 million• Terrain: mostly mountainous

with flat plains in the south• Climate: cool summer and

severe winter in the north, subtropical summer and mild winter in the south

• official language: Nepali

Mount Everest: the highest peak in the world

Lumbini: the birth place of Buddha

Patan Durbar square: World heritage site

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Typical Nepali food

PAKISTAN

Famous Places

Minaar-e-Pakistan

Faisal Mosque Badshahi Mosque

Qila RohtasSawat

Dara e Khyber

FESTIVALS

Polo Festival

TRADITIONAL FOOD

Paraathay for breakfast Chicken Biryani Chicken Karahi

Sajji Seekh kabab Koftay

Famous Sports

Cricket Hockey

Afredi Boom! Boom!

Thailand67.8 Million Population

THAIFOOD

”Lets work together to

make the World better “

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