22-8-2023 (BEIJING) Yengkhom Ronica, who completed her doctorate at Yunnan University last summer, has chosen to make Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan province, her home after almost a decade of studying in the city.
Originally from India, Yengkhom Ronica currently works as a teacher at the India-China Yoga College within Yunnan Minzu University. Her courses cover Indian culture and the fundamentals of yoga philosophy.
Yengkhom’s journey to Kunming began in 2012 when she arrived in the city through an exchange program. Two years later, she secured a Chinese government postgraduate scholarship, which prompted her to return to Kunming to pursue both her master’s and doctoral degrees at Yunnan University.
Her deep affinity for Chinese culture and her passion for sharing Indian culture led her to join Yunnan Minzu University after completing her studies. She expressed gratitude for the cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and India, considering herself both a beneficiary and an advocate of these exchanges.
Yengkhom revealed that Yunnan Minzu University has established a China-India cultural and people-to-people exchange center to foster greater interactions between the two countries.
Yunnan, with its proximity to Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, serves as China’s gateway to South and Southeast Asia. Forty-six universities within the province have cultivated cooperative relationships with educational institutions across 62 countries and regions, along with the establishment of 11 international talent training bases.
The province has also hosted a substantial number of international students, with their population exceeding 40,000 at one point, predominantly from South and Southeast Asian nations. Many of these graduates seek employment and entrepreneurial opportunities within China.
China and the South Asian region collectively constitute one-fifth of the global economy, underscoring the significance of the burgeoning cultural and academic exchanges between these countries.
