The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) and African Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and collaborate in research, consultancy, technical and knowledge support in promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development practices in the 33 member-AARDO, which includes 31 countries in the Asian-African region.
IIM-K Director Debashis Chatterjee and Manoj Nardeosingh, Secretary General, AARDO, inked the agreement in New Delhi, a press release said here on Thursday.
On the game-changing collaboration, Dr. Nardeosingh said the agreement would now bring regular interaction between officials of member countries and the learned faculty members of IIM-K through different technical programmes in addressing issues and challenges being faced in the rural areas of AARDO. The AARDO would immensely benefit from the advanced scientific management methodology and tools to improve life in rural areas, he said.
