The re­new­al of a part­ner­ship be­tween the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT) is ex­pect­ed to cre­ate new op­por­tu­ni­ties for re­search, ed­u­ca­tion and eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment cen­tred on In­di­an cul­ture.

The two or­gan­i­sa­tions on Wednes­day re­newed their Mem­o­ran­dum of Un­der­stand­ing (MOU) dur­ing a cer­e­mo­ny at UTT’s Ch­agua­nas cam­pus, ex­tend­ing a col­lab­o­ra­tion that be­gan three years ago.

Speak­ing at the event, Min­is­ter of Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion and Skills Train­ing Pro­fes­sor Prakash Per­sad said Trinidad and To­ba­go could reap greater eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits by bet­ter man­ag­ing and mar­ket­ing el­e­ments of In­di­an cul­ture.