of the world for collaborative programmes, student exchange and so on. The thrust during the past five years has been in strengthening our linkages within the Asian region. The highlight of this has been our signing MOUs with four leading Universities of South Korea, two national universities and two highly respected private universities. There is an active student exchange programme in the areas of Korean language, culture, area studies, medicine, architecture, etc. We also continue to sustain our links with institutions in Japan. There is a highly successful collaboration on between the Institute of Informatics in the University of Delhi South Campus and the TIT in Japan. There has been an attempt to enlarge and deepen linkages with the European Union. There are MOUs with some very reputed Spanish, Portuguese, French and German institutions, under which there are student exchanges particularly in language, literature, culture and theatre. The longstanding relationship that we have with the University of Heidelberg and the University of California has been further strengthened during the last five years. There is a highly successful student exchange programme between the University of Delhi and these Universities especially in areas in social sciences and humanities. These linkages have now been extended also to include some colleges of the University of Delhi. Efforts are on at present to build relationships with institutions in Sweden, New Zealand, Brazil and Chile. Discussions and other preparatory work are in progress. It is expected that we will soon have MOUs with some leading institutions of higher learning in these countries.