First day a success. Long drive in rush hour traffic in to central Mumbai not as long as expected and arrived safely to a warm welcome from our hosts at the University of Mumbai.

University of Mumbai

We were astonished by the green Campus with the amazing architecture. The University put a lot of effort into gathering a big group of academics involved in our areas of interest who answered a lot of our questions with great detail and patience. We were also honoured by meeting the Vice chancellor who introduced the University and greeted us with lovely and colourful bouquets of flowers.

The Green Campus

After a very informative three-hour discussion we visited the University library and got to see some real gems of manuscripts from 11th and 14th century.

The discussion has equiped us with some useful background into a public university structure and we were ready to learn more about how their affiliated Colleges work. Later in the afternoon we met the Director of Intrenational Programmes from the HR College of Commerce and Economics, an amazing and very energetic lady who has travelled the world and gets involved in an amazing portfolio of projects with overseas partners. The meeting took place in the British Council offices where we also learnt a lot about their achievments.

Meeting at the British Council

What a day! We never expected that amount of informaton at the very start of the tour. We all feel even more excited than yesterday! India, here we come...

The manuscript from the 14th century that we were allowed to "flick through"