A memorandum of understanding has been signed to establish the IIT Madras campus in Zanzibar, a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa.
Updated – Thursday, July 6 at 12:04pm
New Delhi: The first IIT campus outside India will be in Zanzibar, Tanzania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to establish the IIT Madras campus in Zanzibar, a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa.
The agreement was signed on Wednesday in the presence of Foreign Minister Jaishankar and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwini. Jasaka is visiting Tanzania.
“The first IIT campus to be established outside India will be in Zanzibar,” the MEA said. The MoE, IIT Madras and the Zanzibar Ministry of Education and Vocational Training are said to have signed the agreement. A memorandum of understanding.
“The campus reflects the long-standing friendship between India and Tanzania and serves as a reminder of the importance India places on building people-to-people connections in Africa and countries of the southern hemisphere,” the MEA said.
The 2020 National Education Policy (NEP) recommends “encouraging high-performing Indian universities to set up campuses in other countries”, the report said.
“Recognizing the strategic partnership between Tanzania and India, the educational partnership was formalized through the signing of a document which provides a framework for both parties detailing the proposed establishment of the IIT Madras campus in Zanzibar-Tanzania campus and plans to launch the program in October 2023,” the MEA said.
