The Institute has initiated Academic Exchange/Collaboration programmes with several Universities and Academic Institutions in India and abroad with the following objectives:
• Students’ Exchange
• Exchange of Faculty and Research Scholars
• Collaborative Research
• Exchange of Publications
• Joint workshops, conferences, seminars and several others activities
• Manuscript conservation and documentation
• Thangka painting conservation
• Digitization and Publication
The Universities, Colleges and other Academic Institutions with which the Institute has a collaboration and exchange programme are:
• School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia
(Academic exchange programme including research, lectures, symposia and exchange of information and materials in the field which are of mutual interest of both the Institutions)
• University of Rochester, USA
(Five years collaborative research programme on Community Mental Health and Climate Change in Ladakh)
• Nihon University, Japan
(Faculty and students exchange)
• Dongguk University, Seoul
(Academic Exchange)
• International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS)
(Joint programme including research and conferences)
• Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
(IGNCA and CIBS are institutions under the Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India) sharing common goals that of promotion of art, culture and rich heritage of the country. It is therefore with this aim that the two Institutions collaborate and compliment their capacities for the preservation of rich and diverse living Buddhist heritage in the Himalayas.
• National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology
(Exchange of faculty, research scholars, students in the discipline of Buddhist Studies, Museology, Art History and documentation works on Cultural Heritage of Ladakh)
• National Mission of Manuscript, India
(Manuscript conservation and documentation)
• Department of Philosophy, Punjab University, Chandigarh
(Collaborative research projects, academic exchange and resource sharing)
• Eliezer Joldan Memorial College, Leh
(Collaborative programme and knowledge sharing)
• Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital Leh
(Exchange programme)
•Institute of Nalanda Buddhism in Gyeongju(INB),Korea
(Fostering cooperation and development of education and academic research)