PM Modi will open the new Nalanda University campus tomorrow.
Ambassadors from 17 nations as well as S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, would be present at the founding of Nalanda University.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch the new campus of Nalanda University on Wednesday, following the development of an idea that began almost twenty years ago. The campus is situated near the location of the old remains of the Buddhist center of learning in Bihar.
The establishment of the Nalanda University occurred in 2010 as a result of a parliamentary act that carried out decisions taken at the fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand in 2009 and the second East Asia Summit in the Philippines in 2007, which brought together the ten Asean states and six partners. An "international institution for pursuit of intellectual, philosophical, historical, and spiritual studies" was to be established, according to those directives.
When the institution began operations in 2014 with 14 students in a temporary facility, it received a significant boost from the Bharatiya Janata Party government. The government aimed to build a university that would serve as a reminder to the contemporary world of the stature of the ancient Nalanda University, which was founded in the fifth century and drew students from all over the world. Construction on the university began in 2017.
The medieval university thrived for eight centuries until it was destroyed by intruders in the twelfth century.
The ambassadors of the 17 participating nations, including Asean members, as well as the external affairs minister S. Jaishankar are anticipated to attend the inauguration on Wednesday. Memorandums of agreement supporting the university have been signed by these 17 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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