Nepal, India six agreements

KATHMANDU: Nepal and India signed six agreements on Monday.

The two countries signed the agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lumbini visit.

The officials from Nepal and India signed the agreements in the presence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the signed agreements are as follows:

1. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Lumbini Buddhist University on the establishment of Dr. Ambedkar Chair for Buddhist Studies

2. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and CNAS, Tribhuvan University on the establishment of ICCR Chair of Indian Studies

3. Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Kathmandu University (KU) on the establishment of the ICCR Chair of Indian Studies 

4. Memorandum of Understanding [in collaboration] between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), India

5. Letter of Agreement (LoA) between Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology (IITM), India [ For Joint degree program at Master’s level]

6. Agreement between SJVN Ltd and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for Development and implementation of Arun 4 Project