Collaborative Online International Learning Project between KSPH & Coventry University, UK Concludes
The concluding seminar of the ongoing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Project titled ‘Contributions of health access in India and United Kingdom to the global burden of diseases’ between KIIT School of Public Health (KSPH), KIIT-DU and Health and Education Department, Coventry University, UK was held on 13th October 2022 through interactive online mode.
It was an innovative student-led seminar in which both KSPH and Coventry students presented healthcare models and health outcomes in India and the UK respectively. During the questions and answers session, students from both countries asked questions to each other to clarify queries and gain better understanding of the healthcare context in both countries. Both groups of students also put forward recommendations for improving health services and systems for both countries. Dr. Hannah Degge and Dr. Heidi Saxby joined this seminar as faculty from Coventry University, UK. The KSPH faculty and staff members were also present during this seminar.
The seminar concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. Manas Ranjan Behera from KSPH and Dr. Hannah Degge from Coventry University, UK, who are also the coordinators for this project. Both groups of students enjoyed participating in such innovative cross learning programs. KSPH will endeavor to conduct more such International cross-learning programs between students in the future.
About KIIT University
KIIT University (earlier Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the university status in 2004 and is recognised by Limca Book of Records.The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Medicine, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing. It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India. It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India.KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the mentor institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India.
