Director, North India, British Council, India along with Head, British Council Chandigarh visit office of Dean

Chandigarh, June 9, 2017: Mr.Tom Birtwistle, Director, North India, British Council, India along with Ms.Tanisha Thiara, Head, British Council Chandigarh visited the office of the Dean, International Students, on Friday, 9 June 2017, in order to discuss past
collaboration with the British Council and plan for future collaboration.

Tom was pleased to review the materials from the two UK-Generation Study in India Programmes and expressed an interest in more such programmes for widening the mental horizon of students. The Dean, International Students, Professor Deepti Gupta made a request for an exclusive computer terminal at the Panjab University Library dedicated to the resources of the British Council Library for which Ms.Tanisha Thiara, Head of the Chandigarh British Council gave positive response. On the occasion, Tom interacted with many students of PU in order to understand the mind set of Indian students and expressed a keen desire to encourage more student exchange programmes.