IIT Delhi to set up campus in Abu Dhabi
IIT Delhi campus in the Gulf country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is the second IIT to announce setting up an offshore campus after IIT Madras. Last week, IIT Madras signed an MoU for setting up a campus in Tanzania's Zanzibar. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tweeted to congratulate IIT Delhi for signing MoU. «An exemplar of New India's innovation and expertise, the IIT Delhi campus in UAE will be an edifice of India and UAE friendship. It will set a brand new template for leveraging the power of knowledge for both mutual prosperity and global good as envisioned in NEP,» he added.
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While Master's courses will be offered at the Abu Dhabi campus of IIT Delhi from January next year, Bachelor's degree programmes will be offered from September 2024.
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