Just as Manipal University was selected for funding to establish the Centre for European Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark was selected for funding to establish a Contemporary India Studies Centre. An association between the two universities comes naturally with the Manipal Centre for European Studies (MCES) and the Contemporary India Studies Centre at Aarhus (CISCA) motivated to enrich the learning experiences on either sides. An MoU signed between the two universities agrees that an encouragement and development of cooperation and exchange in areas of mutual academic interest is desirable. Both wish to expand the basis of friendship and cooperative educational exchange in terms of organization of joint academic and scientific activities, such as courses, conference, seminars, symposia or lectures. Exchange of staff, students, material and publications of common interest are also the focus of this agreement.