IIT to set up first overseas campus abroad in Tanzania

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar, Tanzania. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up of campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE), IIT Madras and Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) Zanzibar- Tanzania on Thursday in the presence of Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Dr.

S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister. This campus is a reminder of the focus India places on building people to people ties across Africa and the Global South.

Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, High Commissioner of India, Tanzania, Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Dean (Global Engagement), IIT Madras and Mr. Khalid Masoud Wazir, Acting Principal Secretary, MoEVT Zanzibar, signed the MoU on behalf of MoE, India, IIT Madras and MoEVT Zanzibar- Tanzania, respectively.

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”. Recognizing the strategic partnership between the Tanzania and India, the relationship of educational partnership has been formalized by signing the document which provides the framework for the Parties to detail out the setting up of the proposed campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar- Tanzania, with plans to launch programs in October 2023, according to a MEA statement. 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.