IIT Madras Zanzibar Campus
IIT Madras Zanzibar campus: The Indian Institute of Technology’s offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is set to be inaugurated in early November, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister, said on Thursday. The announcement was made at a ceremony to confer an honorary doctorate on Tanzanian President Samia Suluh Hassan by JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University).
“I am happy that the first offshore campus of any IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) is being set up in Zanzibar. I am told that the Zanzibar campus of IIT-Madras is slated for a grand opening early next month,” the minister said.
“This institute will prove to be a milestone in educational cooperation between the two nations and continents by providing students from Tanzania and other African countries with access to world-class engineering and technology education, which will help in nation building and drive economic growth, technology, development and research and innovation in Africa,” added Pradhan.
IIT Madras is gearing up to open an offshore campus in Zanzibar with PM Modi’s support
According to media reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “…The announcement by IIT Madras to open a center in Zanzibar is an important milestone for our relationship. In the field of defence, we have agreed on a five-year roadmap. Through this, new dimensions will be added in areas such as military training, maritime cooperation, capacity building and defense industry. I am glad that Tanzania has decided to join the Global Biofuel Alliance launched by India at the G20 summit.”
The last formality for the establishment of the offshore campus was the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding that took place in July. The institute will provide two full-time academic programs: a four-year bachelor’s degree in data science and artificial intelligence and a two-year master’s degree in data science and artificial intelligence technology.
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Source: HIS Education