IIFT To Open First Offshore Campus In Dubai, Gets Govt Approval
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The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade's Dubai campus will not help strengthen India's educational footprint in the Gulf region, IIFT said.
The government has greenlit a proposal from the commerce ministry's Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) to set up its first overseas campus in Dubai, according to PTI. The institute has received approvals from the Ministry of Education, along with no-objection certificates from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the University Grants Commission.
IIFT has announced that the Dubai campus is designed to meet the evolving needs of the Indian diaspora and international students, while also enhancing India's educational footprint in the Gulf region, the report added.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, 'This truly reflects the spirit of the National Education Policy 2020, marking a new chapter in the internationalisation of Indian education and its growing role in shaping global thought leadership."
Before opening the campus, the institute will obtain the required permissions from the UAE, it stated.
The Ministry of Education assured that there will be no reallocation of faculty or academic infrastructure from IIFT's existing campus in New Delhi or its constituent units.
According to the ministry's order dated May 15, no financial resources generated from IIFT's domestic campus in New Delhi will be diverted to the proposed Dubai campus.
The institute's diverse range of long-term programmes caters to both aspiring international business executives and mid-career professionals. These include a two-year MBA (International Business) at New Delhi and Kolkata, and a PhD (Management) programme at Delhi and Kolkata.
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