INDIA
OPENS IITS TO
NEPAL STUDENTS
Announcing
the new opportunity for the students of Nepal, President Pranab Mukherjee said
academic and student exchange programmes had been part of the “long tradition”
in bilateral ties and India would continue to help Nepal with developing its
human resources. “I am very happy to announce that from 2017 onwards Nepalese
students will have the opportunity to pursue graduate and postgraduate courses
in Indian Institutes of Technology on a regular basis. For this, our Institutes
of Technology will open their entrance examinations to Nepalese students,” said
President Mukherjee during his speech at an event jointly organised by the
think tanks of India and Nepal.
President
Mukherjee said the youths of South Asia should not remain hostage to “baggage
of history,” and urged that they should have more opportunities in education,
health, technology and employment generation. “[IIT] aspirants would have the
option to write these examinations in Kathmandu,” he said, drawing applause
from the crowd that had several former prime ministers and Foreign Minister of
Nepal Prakash Sharan Mahat. Arguing for more focus in educational and academic
ties between the two neighbours, President Mukherjee said, “Our commitment is reflected
in the grant of around 3,000 scholarships to Nepalese students every year,
providing opportunities to study in Nepal and in India. We offer more than 250
scholarships annually for Government and non-Government employees of Nepal for
training in technical institutes in India.”President
Mukherjee also met with a broad spectrum of political and civil society figures
in the evening and reminded Nepal that India remained committed to its
“neighbourhood first” foreign policy.
Prof. John Kurakar
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