On March 21, 2013, VMU signed the exchange agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India. One year ago both institutions started discussions about possibilities of academic and student exchange, financial support and scholarships, collaboration in joint research and other projects.

JNU was established in 1969. It was named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister and was founded by Indira Gandhi, (Nehru’s daughter). The objective of the founders was to make the university a premier institution of higher learning and to promote research and teaching leading to the increasing engagement of its students and teachers in higher level academic work and national and international policy making.

JNU is a public central university in New Delhi, India. In 2012, The National Assessment and Accreditation Council gave the university a grade of 3.9 out of 4, the highest grade awarded to any educational institution in the country.