Johns Hopkins in talks for India campus

NEW DELHI: In what could be a new milestone for internationalisation of education in India, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday held discussions with officials from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Maryland, USA, on establishing its campus in India. Academic and research collaboration with the university were also explored during the meeting.

According to a senior official with ministry of education, "Given the keen interest expressed by high-level delegation during the meeting, government is hopeful of a positive outcome very soon."

The official said discussions were also held in the areas of dual and joint degree programmes, two-way mobility of students and faculty, and research partnerships in emerging fields like data science, artificial intelligence and futuristic technologies. The 12-member delegation, the largest ever from one of the top global institutions from the US to visit India, is being led by Ronald J Daniels, president, JHU. It also included officials from Gupta Klinsky India Institute (GKII), an internal unit of JHU with a mandate to bring JHU community with Indian partners through research, education, policy and practice.

In the meeting, Pradhan underscored the transformative opportunities enabled by National Education Policy 2020 (NE).