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Santiniketan to host South Asian University

INDIA: Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's 'abode of peace', Santiniketan, is set to be the location for the South Asian University, proposed at the previous (13th) SAARC summit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

A technical committee comprising members from all SAARC countries okayed the proposal last week. The green light for what has been projected as a regional centre of higher learning and excellence is expected when the foreign ministers of all the countries meet, just prior to the 14th summit that New Delhi will host on April 3 and 4.

Initial proposals for locating the project ranged from Nalanda to Srinagar, but it was Santiniketan - where Tagore conceived of a 'Viswa Bharati' - that has finally found favour.

The infrastructure for a centre of learning already exists at Santiniketan and more land will be available next to the existing campus for the proposed university.

Regional centres for various subjects could be located at several sites in other SAARC countries, but the headquarters of the university will be at Santiniketan.

Hindustan Times

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