IIF signs MoU with Russian Academy of Public Administration

New Delhi, Sep 9 (UNI) The Indian Institute of Finance (IIF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the prestigious Russian Academy of Public Administration, a Federal State Institution - North-Western Academy of Public Administration (NWAPA) - at St Petersburg, Russia.

The MoU, aimed at furthering the cause of research and education in the field of Finance and Administration, was signed between Prof A S Gorshkov, Rector, NWAPA and Prof J D Agarwal, Chairman, IIF, during his visit to deliver the inaugural speech at the Russian Academy of Science IPME Scientific Conference on September 4, 2007 at Saint Petersburg.

Prof Aman Agarwal, Vice Chairman, IIF was also present on the occasion.

The academic collaboration would further the cause of enriching research in Financial Administration and Financial Economics, holding of joint seminars, training and exchange programmes at both faculty and student levels.

This would also help build strong socio-cultural ties between the two nations and the people, according to official spokesperson of IIF here.

NWAPA, imparting education and training to Russian Civil Servants, is a Federal State Institute of Higher Professional Education under the President of Russian Federation.

There are more than 21,000 students enrolled, along side 4,000 civil servants. The NWAPA library was found as the Library of the State Duma (Parliament) of Russia and is housed with rare books and old collections from the 17th and 18th century.

IIF is the first Indian Academic Partner in the region from amongst 24th partners from Germany, France, US, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and China.

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