The Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI), Puducherry, a constituent unit of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV), entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, for mutual collaboration.

The agreement was aimed at mutual collaboration in academic activities, skill training and research. The MoU was signed by Seetesh Ghose, Dean of MGMCRI and Padraig Kelly, Associate Director, Surgical Affairs Operations and Planning, RCSI. Nirmal Coumare, Director of Health, Hospitals and Outreach Services, SBV, Asha Suresh Babu, Director-Administration, SBV and Satish Nallam, Member, Executive Council, SBV, were present, a release here said. 

Post signing of the MoU, deliberations were held by representatives of SBV and RCSI on skill training, academic programmes, medical simulation and conduct of RCSI surgical exams at MGMCRI campus here, the release added.