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07/07/23 06:09 AM IST

First ever IIT campus to be set up outside India

In News
  • The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that Tanzania's Zanzibar will be home to the first-ever Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus outside of India.
Significance
  • This agreement was inked on Wednesday in the presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Zanzibar's President Hussein Ali Mwinyi.
  • This is the first ever IIT campus to be set up outside India.
  • It is reflective of the longstanding friendship between India and Tanzania and a reminder of the focus India places on building people to people ties across Africa and the Global South.
  • National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 focuses on Internationalization and recommends that “High performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries”.
  • This unique partnership will bring the top-ranked educational expertise of IITM to a prime destination in Africa and serve the imperative current needs of the region.
  • The academic programs, curricula, student selection aspects and pedagogical details will be by IIT Madras, whereas the capital and operating expenditure will be met by the government of Zanzibar-Tanzania.
  • IIT Madras degrees will be awarded to the students enrolled in this campus.
  • The state-of-the-art interdisciplinary degrees are expected to attract a diverse cohort and will include students from Tanzania and other countries as well. Indian students are also eligible to apply to these programs.
  • The setting up of IIT Campus shall also enhance India’s reputation globally and its diplomatic relationships and expand the international footprint of IIT Madras.
  • It is also likely to enhance the quality of IIT Madras education and research further, due to student and faculty diversity from the international campus.
  • It will further serve to deepen research collaborations with other top-ranked academic institutions world-wide.
  • IIT campus in Zanzibar- Tanzania is envisioned as a world class higher education and research institution with a broader mission to develop competencies in response to emerging global requirements, deepen ties between the nations, and support research and innovation in the region.
  • It will serve as an example to the world, of the aspirational qualities of Indian higher education and innovation.
Source- PIB

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