Virginia Tech Univarsity may be first Foreign varsity to set up campus in India

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Virginia Tech Univarsity may be first Foreign varsity to set up campus in India CHENNAI: Virginia Tech University, one of the oldest in the United States, will be the first foreign varsity to set up campus in Tamil Nadu. The campus will come up at Marg Swarnabhoomi, a special economic zone situated on the East Coast Road, 75km from Chennai.  A memorandum of understanding in this regard was signed by GRK Reddy, Marg managing director, and Dr Charles W Steger, president, Virginia Tech, on March 8. Only last week, the Union cabinet cleared the Foreign Educational Institutions (regulation of entry and operation) Bill, which allows foreign universities to set up campuses in India. The Bill was adopted without changes and is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the current session. Virginia Tech will set up campus on 30 acres and plans were being worked out, Reddy told TOI, adding, “We expect the work to start in two months.” The institution, to be called Virginia Tech MARG Swarnabhoomi, India, will be the first campus of the university outside the US. A statement on the university website quoted Steger as saying, “This is a historic moment for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech will create a place in India where engineers, students, and high-tech science professionals from the United States and India will work together and learn from each other. Together, they will create things that none of them could do alone. Equally important, I envision this campus as a springboard to further partnerships with the private sector as well as research institutes throughout India and south Asia.” Several reputed universities are said to be in the queue to set up campuses in India. In TN, several institutions have collaborations with foreign varsities. Notable among them are the Vellore Institute of Technology, Sastra in Thanjavur and the SSN Engineering College, situated near Chennai. Source:VTU