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Bericht der Länderarbeitsstelle Indien für das Jahr 2016 Indienkontakte der Hochschule Bremen

Stand, Schwerpunkte, Perspektiven

1. Funktion der Arbeitsstelle Indien/des India Study Centre Die Arbeitsstelle bemüht sich um die Koordinierung aller Indienaktivitäten und Initiativen der Hochschule, stellt Kontakte zu indischen Partnerhochschulen her, pflegt diese, betreut ausreisende und einreisende Studenten und Studentinnen und Hochschullehrer und Hochschullehrerinnen, bietet Unterstützung bei Antragsstellung, regt Forschungskooperationen an und organisiert Lehrveranstaltungen und Vorträge. 2. Kontakte einzelner Fachbereiche/Hochschullehrer_Innen Der Arbeitsstelle Indien ist daran gelegen, ihre Indien-Kontakte zu „diversifizieren“, d.h. einer größeren Zahl von Hochschullehrern und Hochschullehrerinnen direkten Zugang und direkte Erfahrungen im „Indiengeschäft“ zu vermitteln. In fast allen Fachbereichen gibt es inzwischen Hochschullehrer/Hochschullehrerinnen, die Indien bereist, Einblicke in indische Hochschulen gewonnen und unmittelbaren Zugang zu ihren dortigen Kolleginnen und Kollegen gefunden haben. Dieses ist für die „Nachhaltigkeit“ der Indien-Beziehungen der Hochschule Bremen ein unschätzbarer Vorteil. 3. Indische Partnerhochschulen (mit Kooperationsvertrag) Die Zahl der Hochschulen auf dem indischen Subkontinent ist geradezu unüberschaubar geworden. Die Hochschule Bremen konzentriert sich deshalb auf einige wenige, verlässliche Partner: a) Das Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras b) Die Manipal University, Karnataka c) Die Symbiosis International University, Pune d) Das Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Coimbatore e) Die University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Länderarbeitsstelle Indien

India Study Centre

Corinne Ghorbani, Manager Neustadtswall 30 D-28199 Bremen T +49 421 5905 3786 F +49 421 5905 3169 india@hs-bremen.de hs-bremen.de

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4. Outgoing/Incoming Students Im Jahre 2016 wurden über das ISAP-Programm des DAAD 16 Studierende gefördert. Im internationalen Studiengang Journalistik fand ein reger Studentenaustausch mit der Manipal University (je Richtung 4 Studierende) statt. In der Fachrichtung Politik erhielten sowohl Studierende aus dem BA „Politikmanagement“ als auch Studierende aus dem MA-Programm „Politik und Nachhaltigkeit“ ein ISAP-Stipendium. Die Outgoing-Studierenden (insgesamt 14) erhielten vom India Study Centre vor dem Auslandsaufenthalt Informationen über die ausgewählte Partnerhochschule, sowie eine interkulturelle Einführung in das Land und seine kulturellen, politischen und ökonomischen Besonderheiten. Zusätzlich wurden die Studierenden während der Vorbereitungsphase in allen Angelegenheiten des Bewerbungsverfahrens, der Visumsbeantragung etc. unterstützt. Wenn nötig, wurden sie in Einzelgesprächen auf den Studienaufenthalt in Indien fachlich vorbereitet. 5. Indische Hochschullehrer/HochschullehrerInnen in Bremen und andere Gäste

1. Herr Dr. K Padmakumar, Hochschullehrender der School of Communication, Manipal University, war vom 01.05.2016 bis 15.07.2016 Gastdozent im internationalen Studiengang Journalistik. Er hat im Studiengang gelehrt und die deutschen Studierenden auf den Indienaufenthalt (DAAD-Förderung/ISAP-Förderprogramm) vorbereitet.

2. Dr. Milind Brahme, Lehrender im Department of Humanities am Indian Institute of Technology Madras, war Gastdozent vom 01.12.2016 bis 15.12.2016 im Masterprogramm „Politik und Nachhaltigkeit“. Gemeinsames Forschungsprojekt, Einsatz in der Lehre im Wintersemester 2016, Vorbereitung deutscher Studenten auf den Indienaufenthalt (DAAD-Förderung/ISAP-Förderprogramm).

6. Laufende DAAD-Förderprogramme: Bestehende und laufende Programme des DAAD: 1. „Politik und Nachhaltigkeit, MA“ (Frau Prof. Zimpelmann): Dozenten- und

Studierendenmobilität mit dem IIT Madras (gefördert durch das ISAP-Programm des DAAD) 2. „IS Journalistik, BA“ (Frau Prof. Witte): Dozenten- und Studierendenmobilität mit der Manipal

University (gefördert durch das ISAP-Programm des DAAD). Das Programm endet mit den 2016-Kohorten.

7. Interdisciplinary Bridges for Indo-European Studies (IBIES)/Erasmus Mundus Das India Study Centre ist Mitglied eines Konsortiums bestehend aus sechs India Study Centres an europäischen Hochschulen (neben der Hochschule Bremen die Hochschulen/Universitäten in Aarhus, Leiden, Mailand, Reutlingen und Warschau) und dreizehn führenden indischen Universitäten. Dem Konsortium wurde eine Förderung aus dem Erasmus Mundus-Programm mit einem Gesamtvolumen von 2,5 Millionen Euro zuteil. Von September 2013 bis Juni 2016 werden 100 Stipendien an Bachelor- und Master-Studierende, an Doktoranden sowie Dozenten der indischen Hochschulen für einen Aufenthalt an den genannten europäischen Hochschulen vergeben. Das Programm Erasmus Mundus der Europäischen Kommission zielt auf die qualitative Verbesserung der Hochschulbildung durch Stipendien und Intensivierung der wissenschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Europa und Indien.

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Auf dem letzten Treffen der IBIES-Mitglieder (Vertreterin der HSB: C. Ghorbani) vom 25. bis 27.Mai 2016 an der Aarhus University/DK, Projekt-Leitung, wurden die Förderjahre analysiert. Alle Mitglieder des Konsortiums waren sich einig, dass das Projekt nicht nur den Stipendiaten und Stipendiatinnen eine berufliche wie persönliche Bereicherung war. Auch den teilnehmenden Hochschulen, indischen wie europäischen, haben vom Projekt sehr profitiert (v.a. im Internationalisierungsprozeß). Ein wichtiger Aspekt des Treffens war die Nachhaltigkeit des Projekts. Wie können die IBIES-Mitglieder weiter zusammenarbeiten? Stehen Förderprogramme zur Verfügung? Dies werden in den nächsten Monaten die Mitglieder eruieren. Mehr im Protokoll aus den Gesprächen in Anlage 1. 8. Asiatisch-europäische Zusammenarbeit (ASEM): Hochschule Bremen übernimmt in internationalem Netzwerk Federführung bei Einführung eines Studiengang-Moduls An insgesamt fünf internationalen Universitäten und Hochschulen - darunter federführend die Hochschule Bremen - soll in verschiedenen Studiengängen ein einheitliches Lehrmodul eingeführt werden, das das Verhältnis zwischen Asien und Europa thematisiert. Dazu bewilligten das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) der Hochschule Bremen Fördermittel für vorbereitende Arbeiten, unter anderem für ein erstes Netzwerktreffen in Bremen sowie eine Summer School. Neben der Hochschule Bremen gehören die Universität Aarhus (Dänemark), die Universität Lettlands in Riga, die Manipal University (Indien) und die Dalian Technical University (China) an. An der Hochschule Bremen fand in September 2016 die erste Summer School „Europe Asia Dynamics“ statt. An den in den zwei Wochen von 10 Gastlehrenden angebotenen Seminaren und Workshops über European Studies to South Asian Studies bis Intercultural Studies in the dimensions of politics, economics, social, sustainability, culture, history and law nahmen 24 Studierende aus Europa und Asien teil. Mehr zur Summer School 2016 im Bericht in Anlage 2. 9. International Day der HSB Am 24. November 2016 fand der International Day der Hochschule Bremen statt. Das India Study Centre nutzte den Tag, um den HSB-Lehrenden bzw. -Studierenden über die Möglichkeit einer Gastdozentur bzw. eines Studiums an einer indischen Partnerhochschulen zu informieren. 10. Vortragsreihe Am 14. November 2016 fand der erste Vortrag einer Reihe zum Thema „Indien heute“ statt. Prof. Joachim Betz referierte über die Klimapolitik Indiens. Am 22. November informierte Prof. Hellmuth Lange über die Essgewohnheiten der Inder. Insgesamt 5 Vorträge wurden angeboten (2 im Herbst 2016 und 3 im Frühling 2017). Der Flyer befindet sich in Anlage 3. Bremen, im Juli 2017 gez. Corinne Ghorbani

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Anlage 1 : Protokoll des letzten IBIES-Treffens /University of Aarhus- Mai 2016

Minutes

Final event of IBIES consortium

26th to 27th of May, 2016 at Aarhus University

Participants: Hamsavahini Singh (Banasthali University), Jyotirmaya Tripathy (IIT Madras), Sudarsan Padmanabhan (IIT Madras), Corinne Ghorbani (Hochschule Bremen), Jos Gommans (Leiden University), Abhay Kumar Sinha (VBU), Shantanu Chakrabarti (University of Calcutta), Neeta Inamdar (Manipal University), John de Britto (MSU), Jayaraj Amin (Mangalore University), Bhaswati Sarkar (JNU), Maria Angelillo (University of Milan), Piotr Serafin (University of Warsaw) Swati Sahasrabudhe (Symbiosis University) (via Skype)

Chairperson: Uwe Skoda (AU). Guest speakers: Virgilio Miolato (EACEA), Ulrich Podewils (Representative Freie Universität

Berlin), Samrat S. Kumar (Director Nordic Centre in India), Ole Henckel, (AU Student Administration and Services)

Administrators: Sasikumar Doraisamy (IIT Madras), Lise Hansen (AU)

1. Approval of Agenda After an official welcome and a short review of the day's program, Uwe Skoda explained that IBIES steering Committee members from Pondicherry University, Sambalpur University, University of Bastar could not make it to the meeting and cancelled their participation at the last minute due to visa complications and Delhi University from where the representative was unable to attend due to sudden administrative internal matters and Reutlingen University from where the representative was unable to attend due to urgent private matters. No further points were added to the agenda, however Uwe Skoda suggested a short presentation round of participants, and news of the extension of the IBIES project were repeated and it was mentioned that the amendment will be circulated to all members of the Steering Committee. The agenda was subsequently approved. 2. Results and reporting (Mobilities, Finances, Recognition)

2.1. Mobilities:

The IBIES results were presented. The table with numbers of mobilities shows the planned mobilities per the IBIES grant agreement vs the implemented mobilities. A few comments were added to the table:

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A. In total there have been 34 instead of 35 Master students due to one Master student (TG2) drop-out (never showed up) in 3rd cohort.

B. An extra type of mobility (short-term PhD category) has been added compared to the original IBIES grant agreement. The reason is that IBIES got permission from EACEA to convert the remaining PhD scholarships after 1st cohort to Short-term PhD scholarships.

Mobility Planned (per Grant Agreement) vs Implemented

Type of Mobility TG1 TG2 TG3 Total

UG 5/4 - 5/6 10/10

MA 25/23 4/3 6/8 35/34

PhD 11/10 8/5 3/2 22/17

Post-doc 2/2 3/5 3/1 8/8

Staff 20/20 5/5 - 25/25

Short-term PhD (10 months) 10 2 3 15

Total 63/69 20/20 17/20 100/109

Gender balance:

Female Male Total

Undergraduates 5 5 10

Masters 19 15 34

PhD 18 14 32

Post-doc 3 5 8

Staff 9 16 25

Total 54 (49,5%) 55 (50,5%) 109 (100%)

Distribution of mobilities among partner universities (The European universities):

Uwe Skoda, mentioned that the difference in number of received mobilities at the European partner universities can be explained both due to the number of received applications to each university and due to the difference in which type of mobility, each university has been most interested in/best suited to receive.

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Distribution of mobilities among partner universities (The Indian universities):

Uwe Skoda, mentioned that the difference in number of mobilities sent from Indian partner universities can be explained both due to the number of received applications from each university and due to the size and type of the individual Indian partner universities.

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Challenges:

Finally, some of the challenges which have occurred during the project duration were presented and discussed, e.g.:

the diversity of the university system in India

reaching the right TG2 candidates (maybe more than TG3?)

how to spend the remaining monthly allowances without travel money

the filling of PhD- too many 3 years projects in beginning

PhD field work in home country – no monthly allowances

difficult to identify and reach out to prospective TG3 applicants

recognition of studies – not every home universities guarantees 100% recognition

2.2. Finances

As per May 2016 the IBIES budget shows that there are a number of unspent monthly allowances and it was discussed among the partner universities whether it would be possible to use the remaining fundings as a result of the extension of the IBIES project. Different suggestions were presented, e.g.

1) An additional round of applications in July 2016, however it was uncertain whether it would be possible with the short notice and moreover, the EACEA-representative took the right to investigate whether a 4th cohort would be an option as a result of the extension. In addition it could also be a problem to receive more mobilities in certain categories because it would affect the balance between the different type of mobilities and as a result be contrary to the percentage requirements in the call from The European Commission. In case of a 4th round of applications it was decided to have a final meeting at University of Calcutta. The meeting should at the same time be a working meeting as preparation to the work with the final report.

2) A revised version of the original IBIES budget which could include participation costs for all 36-months PhD students in all three years of their mobility period. In contrast to the current budget which only include participation costs for one year.

3) Extensions, i.e. possibility for current mobilities to use all available months, which they were offered in their scholarship agreement. A number of mobilities haven’t had the possibility to use all months due to late arrival at the European institution and due to the previous IBIES end date.

It was decided to investigate all suggestions, in particular investigate whether the suggestions could be approved by EACEA. Follow-up on the above will be circulated on email to all partner universities as soon

Finally, it was also mentioned under the finance-point that financial reports which includes expenses from the May-meeting will be collected from all partner universities.

2.3. Recognition:

Prior to the meeting, all Indian partner universities were encouraged to report whether there were new developments at their universities in terms of recognition of studies abroad. The subject

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recognition of studies abroad has been discussed at the steering committee meetings in previous years and the majority of the Indian partner universities have already presented their respective procedures for recognition of studies abroad, however it is still necessary to work on more established procedures for some of the institutions.

3. Evaluation and testimonials

3.1. Student evaluation:

A questionnaire has been sent out to around 60 students including short-term PhD students and 19 responses have been received, i.e. the sample is very small. The questionnaire used in the student evaluation, was presented to the steering committee. The content of the questionnaire was discussed intensively and many suggestions were presented, e.g.:

Online questionnaire, because it will increase the number of responses;

detailed questions about recognition of studies abroad,

questions about employment after graduation;

questions about impact on their further studies and employment

A small committee/working group, Piotr Serafin, University of Warsaw and Neeta Inamdar, Manipal University, agreed to work on the questionnaire to get a more detailed version which could be of value for the work with the final report of the IBIES project which has deadline in September 2017. A revised version of the questionnaire will be discussed via email before a new round of student-evaluation – taking into account the time of evaluation etc. A version of the questionnaire suitable for staff mobility will also be necessary in relation to the work with the final report.

Results of the 19 responses from students were presented despite the lack of sufficient responses to provide a representative result. Moreover, two written testimonials and two video-testimonials were presented. It was agreed that written testimonials and video-testimonials will be presented on the IBIES webpage as long as permits are obtained from the respective students.

3.2. Final meeting in the Indian Lot:

Uwe Skoda repeated the initial plans for a joined final meeting for the Erasmus Mundus projects in the Indian Lot and furthermore explained why the meeting couldn’t become a reality in practice. Instead, the four Erasmus Mundus projects have shared their results and two of the projects (India4EU and Heritage) were presented at the IBIES meeting followed up by a short discussion on the results. Another attempt of a joint meeting will be made.

4. Sustainability - Beyond IBIES

Guest speaker Virgilio Miolato, EACEA presented the opportunities in Erasmus+ for HEI’s from Partner countries – e.g. International credit mobility; Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees; Capacity Building for Higher Education; Jean Monnet activities. The presentation were followed up by a discussion among the IBIES partner universities and especially, guest speaker Ole Henckel, AU Student Administration and Services, explained more detailed how the different opportunities could be realized. In addition, Ole Henckel mentioned that not necessarily all current partner universities should be part of the same future cooperation. It would be most natural to use

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experience obtained in the IBIES cooperation to find out which partner universities that most successful could enter into new co-operations.

The discussion on sustainability were followed up by a presentation from guest speaker Ulrich Podewils, Representative Freie Universität Berlin, Germany in Delhi and a presentation from guest speaker Samrat S. Kumar, Director Nordic Centre in India, Liaison Office Delhi NCI.

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Anlage 2: Bericht zur ersten ASEM-Summer School (HSB; Sept. 2016) The Europe Asia Dynamics Summer School http://www.ifk-bremen.de/en/program/europe-asia-dynamics.html was an enormous success. 24 students and 10 lecturers came together in an intensive exchange of ideas on Europe Asia Dynamics. We received a very good mix between European and Asian students: more or less half were from Asia and the other half from Europe. Please refer to the student list which has been attached to this report. A course programme has also been attached as well as a student evaluation.

The topics taught at the Summer School also ranged from European Studies to South Asian Studies to Intercultural Studies in the dimensions of politics, economics, social, sustainability, culture, history and law. During the two weeks, we had three excursions. The first one was at the Europa Punkt Bremen1 http://europa.bremen.de/epb where the students could interact with the Director who gave a lecture on the most pressing problems of the European Union. The second excursion was at Airbus where the students were taken around to visit the premises and to get to know more closely the astronomical and space satellite work Airbus/EADS is involved in. Airbus/EADS is a good example for European cross border interaction where Engineers from different European cultures have to work together. The students also went to the Becks Brewery and were introduced to an international company exporting its products all over the world, including Asia.

The €20,000 that we had to our disposition were spent on the travel expenses for lecturers and students from abroad, hostel and hotel facilities and scholarships. The ‘IFK’ http://www.ifk-bremen.de/de/ took care of the logistics and the organisation and we took care of the academic contents and managing the consortium network.

The Summer School conducted with the help of our consortium partners from Europe and Asia was the culmination of several months of intense organisation and the realisation of a project that is very dear to us.

We would be honoured if this project could evolve further. On the 5th of August 2015, we submitted a project proposal to Ms Nina Scholl-Pollmann which we still consider feasible and promising and which is supported by all our consortium partners. We hope that something on similar lines can be achieved. The previous project proposal in an updated version has also been attached to this e mail.

Dr. Shazia Aziz Wülbers Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lehmann

1 It is one of the more than 500 Europe Direct Information Centres (EDIC) existing in all 28 Member States of the European Union. In Bremen

its name is "EuropaPunktBremen" and aims to familiarise the citizens with the European Union (EU). It is run by the "Representative of the Land

Bremen to the Federal Republic and Europe, State Secretary Ulrike Hiller" (the official representative of the government of the Land Bremen). It

gets financial and logistical support by the European Commission.

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Anlage 3 – Broschüren zur Vortragsreihe

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