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Abu Dhabi: A team of senior faculty from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will visit Abu Dhabi this month to discuss plans to establish the first IIT campus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
according to Emirates News Agency (WAM), the team’s visit was done on the sidelines of a two-day event at all 23 IITs in India to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education and Skills Development of India, spoke at the event about the future plans of the IIT. “Technology will drive the next phase of growth and development, with information technology and communications technology leading the way. Our IITs should seize this opportunity,” he said.
On February 18, 2022, India announced the establishment of the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the UAE as part of the trade agreement signed between India and the UAE.
The two sides have been in contact since then to propose measures to implement the proposal. IIT Delhi has a small team stationed on the Abu Dhabi map to implement the proposal.
This will be the first time a personal income tax has been established abroad.
According to media reports, a team from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was in New Delhi this month to study the model followed by the IIT-D, while also holding talks with teachers and students.
Professor V Kamakoti, director of IIT Madras, told local media that IIT’s overseas expansion has entered a “fast track”, with the hope of opening an Abu Dhabi campus within a year, along with campuses in Malaysia and Tanzania.
About IIT
The IIT is India’s national institute and there are currently 23 IITs in the country. These 23 IITs are located in various regions of the country and offer programmes at the undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG) and doctoral (PhD) levels. The top IITs in India are IIT Delhi, IIT Mumbai, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras. IIT is mainly known for offering B Tech and M Tech degree programs.
Admission to IIT is through the Advanced Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). The highest ranked qualified students in the JEE Mains are eligible to take the JEE Advanced. Indian expatriate students usually visit India to take these exams.
The most famous “IITians” include Google CEO Sundar Pichai; the face of NR Narayana Murthy in India’s IT industry; best-selling novelist and author Chetan Bhagat; and former Reserve Bank of India governor and economist Raghuram Rajan.
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