First IIT campus outside India to come up in Tanzania: MEA
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the setting up of a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar, which is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. Image used for representational purposes only NEW DELHI: In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which focuses on Internationalisation and recommends that high-performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries — IIT will have its first campus outside India in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Programs for the campus will be launched in October this year. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday in Zanzibar, between India’s education ministry, IIT Madras and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of Zanzibar. External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar, and the President of Zanzibar were present on the occasion. “Witnessed the signing of the agreement on setting up of IIT Madras Zanzibar campus. We appreciate the President (Dr Hussein Al Mwinyi) gr...