KUFOS signs an MoU with Old Dominion University of Norfolk, Virginia

9 November 2026

Kerala's fisheries university has tied up with an American institution. KUFOS, the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, and Old Dominion University at Norfolk in Virginia will now work together. Registrar K. Dinesh put his name to the document for KUFOS, and Luanne Bowman did so for the American side. What the two sides have agreed covers joint research, the sharing of academic material, visits by teachers and an exchange of students. They will also run Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), under which classes in the two countries study together online. Kochi and Norfolk are already linked: the two cities signed a sister-city agreement in 2010, which made Kochi the eighth sister city of Norfolk. KUFOS is the State university for fisheries and ocean studies and has its headquarters at Panangad in Kochi.