Students' Dream of Foreign Education Will Now Be Fulfilled in India”
MoUs Signed with Five International Universities
Mumbai, June 14: Indian students will no longer need to go abroad for higher education, as the Government of Maharashtra today signed Letters of Intent (LoIs) with five international universities under the National Education Policy (NEP). These global universities are setting up India’s first international education hub in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, announced Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
At the 'Mumbai Rising: Creating an International Education City' event held at Hotel Taj, LoIs were exchanged with five renowned global universities. Chief Minister Fadnavis addressed the gathering, which was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, State Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, UGC Chairman and Union Education Secretary Vinit Joshi, Additional Chief Secretary Asimkumar Gupta, CIDCO MD Vijay Singhal, UK High Commissioner Lindy Cameron, Australian Consul General Paul Murphy, US Consul General Mike Hankey, Italian Consul General Walter Ferrara, and university representatives including Prof. Siladitya Bhattacharya (University of Aberdeen), Prof. Charlie Jeffrey (University of York), Guy Littlefair (University of Western Australia), Raj Echambadi (Illinois Institute of Technology), and Riccardo Balbo (IED).
Fadnavis stated that five top universities — the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), University of York (UK), University of Western Australia (Australia), Illinois Institute of Technology (USA), and Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy) — are setting up full-fledged campuses in the Navi Mumbai International Airport region. This area will also see the development of a MedCity, Sports City, and Innovation City in the coming years. Eventually, the plan is to host at least ten universities in this education hub, making it a center of learning and research. Mumbai, currently known for finance, industry, and entertainment, will gain a new identity as an Educational City. This initiative will play a crucial role in realizing the vision of a developed India by 2047.
He emphasized that these campuses will align with the goals of the National Education Policy 2020. With major infrastructure like the Navi Mumbai International Airport and Atal Setu already in place, and world-class connectivity being developed, this hub will be highly accessible to students and faculty. Fadnavis added that the MoUs with these five universities are just the beginning, and the government is ready to welcome more institutions in the future. He also mentioned the recent MoU signed between Western University and Gondwana University.
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