Mar 12, 2012

Visit of Prof. Hou Shuiping, President, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China


Visit of Prof. Hou Shuiping, President, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China
Prof. Hou Shuiping visited EMPI Business School on 12 March 2012, which was organized through the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Govt. of India. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Association of Science and Technology and Sichuan Provincial federation of Social Sciences. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Masters degree in Law is a Doctorate in Economics.
 
Prof. Hou had an interaction with the faculty members. He was briefed about the pedagogy followed at EMPI wherein the students study and stay at the campus like a modern ‘Gurukul’. He was very impressed by this unique practice and appreciated the efforts put in by the Institute in transforming the students from an individual to a trained manager and ensuring good placements. He also appreciated the efforts by EMPI in promoting Innovations in a big way and expressed his keenness to collaborate with the Institute in promoting Innovations in his state and China. He lauded the Mission Innovation being pursued by EMPI which involved the students as well as the industry.
 
Prof. Hou also addressed the students at EMPI. He briefed them about the state of progress being made in Sichuan Province and China as a whole and India-China bilateral cooperation. He also spoke about the changes that were visualized in trade due to the rising labour costs in China. Based on his talk the students asked him several questions about China. Prof. Hou invited the students and faculty at EMPI to visit Chengdu and carry out Research and academic activities.
 
Prof. Hou remarked that even though he had spent a short time in EMPI, he realised why EMPI was a world class institute.
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