Minister invites Edinburgh University to set up a campus in B'luru
C N Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education, invited Edinburgh University officials to open its’ campus in the city, on Friday during his visit to the university in the United Kingdom on Friday. During his visit to the 450 years old university in Scotland, he held discussions with the top officials of the university and put forward this offer. “The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) which is being implemented in Karnataka paves way for the internationalisation of education.
CN Ashwath Narayan and Edinburgh University OfficialsEdinburgh/Bengaluru: C N Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education, invited Edinburgh University officials to open its’ campus in the city, on Friday during his visit to the university in the United Kingdom on Friday.
During his visit to the 450 years old university in Scotland, he held discussions with the top officials of the university and put forward this offer.
Meanwhile, Minister Narayan also held consultations pertaining to collaborations in higher education besides deliberating regarding the introduction of ‘Twinning Courses’.
He visited the Bayes centre, which is an incubation and a unique model of a multidisciplinary education centre on the Edinburgh University campus. The minister also witnessed the Robotic lab, Data Science, and AI centres housed in the centre.
He also discussed possibilities of achieving collaboration with VTU Belagavi in the areas of AI, Mechatronics, and Cyber Security may be explored.
Edinburgh University officials responded positively to the proposals made by the minister. On the occasion, the minister also invited the university officials to attend the silver jubilee event of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS-22) scheduled to be held in November.
During his visit to the 450 years old university in Scotland, he held discussions with the top officials of the university and put forward this offer.
“The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) which is being implemented in Karnataka paves way for the internationalisation of education. In addition, Edinburgh University is renowned for multidisciplinary education which is also the core of NEP. These factors favour Edingburgh University to set up its campus in Bengaluru,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Minister Narayan also held consultations pertaining to collaborations in higher education besides deliberating regarding the introduction of ‘Twinning Courses’.
He visited the Bayes centre, which is an incubation and a unique model of a multidisciplinary education centre on the Edinburgh University campus. The minister also witnessed the Robotic lab, Data Science, and AI centres housed in the centre.
He also discussed possibilities of achieving collaboration with VTU Belagavi in the areas of AI, Mechatronics, and Cyber Security may be explored.
Edinburgh University officials responded positively to the proposals made by the minister. On the occasion, the minister also invited the university officials to attend the silver jubilee event of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS-22) scheduled to be held in November.
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