Plans are underway for India’s top-ranked engineering institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), to open a branch campus in Kandy, Sri Lanka this year, it was reported.
According to Daily News, the move is part of the ongoing expansion of IITs abroad, while the proposal for the new campus was also announced in the 2024 Budget last November.
Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha has announced plans by his Ministry to send a team of academics to IIT Madras.
The Sri Lankan delegation will be sent to India before the arrival of the team from the IIT in Sri Lanka next month for discussions on setting up the campus.
The Minister further said the IIT Madras team is also expected to present a report to Sri Lanka’s University Grants Commission (UGC) outlining its courses and initiating the process of establishing the Kandy branch campus.
The development comes after Minister Susil Premajayantha undertook a visit to India in December last year for discussions with the IIT-Madras on establishing a campus in Sri Lanka.
During the visit, Minister Premajayantha engaged in a meeting with senior officials of the IIT Madras. (NewsWire)
