Chair for Visiting Professor from India

King's has signed an agreement with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on the establishment of the first ICCR funded Visiting Professorship at a UK university. Under this agreement, King's will host a Visiting Professor from India for a semester during each academic year. The new agreement is a component of the development of an India Institute at King's. The agreement was signed by the Principal Professor Rick Trainor on behalf of King's, and by Virendra Gupta, the Director General of ICCR at King's on Tuesday 13 April. The potential field for the Visiting Professor will be broad, covering disciplines within the humanities, social sciences and law. In association with the Chair, there will also be a public 'ICCR Lecture' held every semester. Professor Keith Hoggart, Vice-Principal for Arts & Sciences and External Relations, described the visiting professorship as 'an important step in the development of the India Institute, which not only provides an opportunity for King's students to learn from prestigious academics from India, but also offers a sufficient period of time for the Visiting Professors to foster good research relationships with King's academics.