SAARC University to start functioning in New Delhi by August

[Choppers]

SAARC University to start functioning in New Delhi by August​

PTI
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 18:39 IST

Thimphu: As the ambitious SAARC University is set to start functioning in New Delhi in over three months, India has asserted that there will be no discrimination in visas against any student from any country, including those from Pakistan although police reporting would be a must.

Sources in the Indian government said visas will be facilitated in a timely manner to ensure that any student who gets admission is able to join the classes without any delay.

The University, intended to be state-of-excellence, will start functioning in August at a temporary premises in New Delhi.

The campus of the university is to be set up by 2014, for which land is being acquired in Mehrauli in South Delhi.

Rules, regulations and procedures for admissions etc will be unveiled at the two-day SAARC Summit beginning here tomorrow, which will be attended by prime minister Manmohan Singh.

Students from all the eight member countries of SAARC will be eligible to enroll for the university, which will initially accommodate around 4,000 students and later the number would go up to 7,000.

"Granting of visas will be easy and within a time-line, keeping in view the start of sessions," a source said.

Visas will be granted after proper checking of antecedents of the prospective students, the sources said.

However, reporting to police would be a must for students from all countries as it is required for anyone coming to India to stay for over six months, they emphasised.

Pakistan had reportedly objected recently to the requirement of police reporting.

The University will have a faculty of 500.

At least half of the students would be from India and the rest of the seats would be divided among other seven countries on pro-rata basis depending on criteria like population etc.

However, the minimum allocation of seats for each country would be four per cent.

Climate change will be the main theme of the upcoming SAARC Summit to be held in Bhutan where the member countries are expected to sign a convention on cooperation in protection of environment.

Initiatives for mountains and low-lying coastal areas would also be discussed at the meet of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

SAARC University to start functioning in New Delhi by August - dnaindia.com

 

[third eye]

Thats good, but how many Universities will Delhi / New Delhi have ?

Almost lost count.

 

[pak-yes]

what courses will the universe teach?Will it be accredited by higher education commission?How much will be the fees?

 

[Kinetic]

It could have been better if we had this university in a less developed country like Bhutan, Nepal or BD. This could improve their educational system as well as less security concern.

 

[A.R.]

wil it have the branches in rest of the countries??

 

[Kinetic]

wil it have the branches in rest of the countries??

As of now, no.

The campus is next to IGNOU campus in Delhi. India is providing 80% ($ 240 million) of the funds required for the university. There already had a diplomatic row with Pakistan over the visas of students and faculties from Pakistan. There were also questions about the management of the university. Usually there are many SAARC institutions in various SAARC countries headed only by the representatives of associated country, while in case of SAARC university it will not be headed by India as always, but by all the countries in alphabetical order for a three years term.

 

[rubyjackass]

wil it have the branches in rest of the countries??

It will soon have in all the SAARC countries.

 

[sparklingway]

I feel it would have been better on paper only if it had been in Bhutan or Bangladesh, but being in India it will be able to achieve better standards quickly.

Hope to see branches in all countries by the end of the next decade.

 

[rubyjackass]

^^^
Totally agree. India is the only country which can induce the university to take over the world class standards quickly in the present scenario. It actually takes a lot of resolve for setting up a campus because it needs provisions like a different visa regime(which has security repercussions) and an already existing pool of decent universities in India means there is already a standard for teachers setup.