Four students studying the International Joint Department of Food Science and Technology between Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Gifu University (Master's Program) of the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Gifu University, left for the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG, India) on July 16, 2019. They are: Mr. Tatsushi Aoyagi, Ms. Yume Saito, Ms. Ayaka Tsuchiya and Ms. Haruka Maruyama.

Under the newly launched International Joint Degree (JD) Programs including the Food Science and Technology, Gifu University students study for a couple of months at either IITG or the National University of Malaysia (UKM, Malaysia), both of which are Gifu University's overseas partner universities. They will attend classes and engage in various research activities. After their completion of the programs, degrees will be jointly awarded to the students from the two institutions with the signatures of the Director of IITG (or Vice-Chancellor of UKM) and the President of Gifu University.

The four students were admitted to the International Joint Department of Food Science and Technology as the first enrollees in April 2019 after graduation from the Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences.

All four students paid a courtesy call on President Hisataka Moriwaki on July 9 prior to their departure. They spoke about why they chose to study food science and technology and their expectations of studying at IITG. President Moriwaki gave the following remarks of encouragement: "While you are at IITG, please work the hardest towards your goals. I also expect all of you to see and feel the place of Guwahati, and figure out what India really looks like firsthand."

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