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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) became the first IIT in the country to establish an overseas campus, which would be located in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The last stage in the process to establish this campus was the signing of an MoU between Tanzania and India which was done earlier last week.<\/p>\n
During the early stages of this institution, faculty from IIT Madras would be deputed or hired from India to teach at the institution. A number of initiatives are already in place to make sure that local talent is fostered and prepared for faculty employment.<\/p>\n
Starting this month, the Government of India\u00a0will be granting several scholarships to nationals of Tanzania\/Zanzibar to study in various degree programmes at IIT Madras in Chennai.<\/p>\n
Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Dean (Global Engagement), IIT Madras, shared his thoughts on the new campus in the press release, stating that it is the most important move forward in IIT Madras\u2019 internationalisation efforts.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\u201cA detailed strategic plan that includes increasing the number of international students, fostering meaningful and synergistic joint degree programs with international academic institutions and enhancing faculty\/student mobility has been laid out by us. Opportunities for a full-fledged physical campus abroad were being strongly explored and it is heartening to see the realisation of these ambitions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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