We are happy to announce that NIBM, Pune and the University of Nottingham, UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen ties between the two institutes. The MoU was signed by Prof. Nigel Mongan, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), University of Nottingham and Prof. Partha Ray, Director, NIBM. We look forward to an exciting future with academic cooperation, exchange of faculty and students, and collaboration in research between the two institutions. Prof Sanjay Banerjee, Professor of Finance, Nottingham University Business School, and Prof Arindam Bandyopadhyay, Prof Anjan Roy, and Prof Kaushik Mukerjee, the three Deans of NIBM welcomed the initiative and hoped that it will lead to new vistas of collaboration between the two institutions.