Ambassador of India is Interested in his Diplomats Being Trained at ASU

Astrakhan State University received Venkatesh Varma, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation. The distinguished guest was welcomed by Konstantin Markelov, the ASU Acting Rector, who held a meeting with the diplomat and showed him the university facilities.

Ambassador Varma visited laboratories of the Institute of Physics & Mathematics, where he had a look at the ASU technical innovations, including robotic inventions.

The Ambassador of India was impressed by the facilities of the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation that trains highly skilled professionals in translation and conference interpreting.

«I’ve never seen a school that can teach 15 foreign languages. In our Embassy, there are diplomats that have basic knowledge of Russian, and we’d like to send them for training at your university,» Venkatesh Varma noted.

The Ambassador asked Konstantin Markelov whether it would be possible to organize a 3-month course in interpretation for the Embassy diplomats.

«Of course it is possible. ASU runs a special basic course in conference interpreting. We’ll draw up a special 3-month programme for your diplomats,» the Rector assured.

Ambassador Varma got interested in modern research products, technologies and interpretation facilities of the university. According to him, ASU is of strong interest for India, and there are good conditions for enhancing the cooperation.