On April 26, 2023, Professor ShuzeTang, the Dean of International School, warmly received Dr. Partha Sarathi Ganguli, the Chief Mentor of Saraswati Online.Com India Ltd Company. Mr. Arijit Roy, the Academic Counselor and Ms. Ting (Rainbow) Tang, Assistant Manager-China Operations visited the International School of Guangzhou Huali College. The Assistant for Deans accompanied the reception.

Professor Jiesheng Liu, the President of Guangzhou Huali College and the Contact college leader for the International School met with Dr. Ganguli and his delegation in the Meeting Room. President Liu extended a warm welcome to the distinguished guests from India, and briefly introduced the history of Guangzhou Huali College. The total strengths of teachers and students, the number of disciplines and majors, the characteristics of some programs and the uniqueness of the university were shared with the guests.

During the visit, President Liu expressed his belief that Dr. Ganguli would gain a better understanding of Guangzhou Huali College. He also expressed his anticipation for more opportunities for communication and cooperation between both parties.

Accompanied by Dean Shuze Tang, Dr. Ganguli also visited Mr. YudeZhang, the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Huali Education Group of China Vocational Education Holdings Limited. The two parties had a very pleasant conversation and exchanged views on future cooperation and exchanges between the both groups.

Following the campus tour, Dr. Ganguli highlighted that it was his first time visiting a private university like Guangzhou Huali College in Mainland China. Despite having visited China numerous times since 2005 and toured many partner universities, all of them were public institutions.

Dr. Ganguli was thoroughly impressed by Guangzhou Huali College's "student-oriented, fully serviced" approach to education, as well as the various extracurricular facilities provided for students' learning and career development. These included Book Bars, food courts, theaters, Halal food, and English corners.

 Dr. Ganguli also highly appreciated the implementation of all-English teaching in the International School and the successful introduction of cooperation programs with well-known universities in many countries all over the world.

Dr. Ganguli expressed his views to engage in bilateral cooperation with Guangzhou Huali College through the unique international platform of the International School. He aims to collaborate on faculty-student exchanges, joint programs, traditional culture (such as yoga), and Chinese language learning.

Brief introduction of Saraswati Online.Com India Ltd. Company. The company was established in 2000 in Bangalore, India.In addition to running secondary schools, primary schools, and kindergartens,the company also established a university in Jyotirmoy Knowledge Park, Kolkata in 2003, with a Faculty of Law, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing.

Ever since 2005, Saraswati Online.Com India Ltd has cooperated with 18 partner universities in Mainland China in helping to recruitstudents from South Asian countries including, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh mainly for providing students to China for the education in Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Engineering, Management programs (4 to 6-year program, taught in English). Until now, more than 6,400 medical undergraduates from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other countries have been trained for MBBS in China, of which more than 2,400 have returned to their home countries and passed the medical doctor license examination, a mandatory exam before practicing in their respective countries.

The founder and president of Saraswati Online.Com, Dr. Ganguli, is known as a "Noble Person of Doctors" and "International Education Expert" in the medical field of South Asian countries. He has made great contributions in promoting the friendship between South Asian countries and China, and is highly appreciated by the governments of China and India.

Written and photo taken by Jingxiang（Cecilia）Chen

Revised by SM Hashmi

Approved by Shuze Tang