Consortium of 6 prime Australian universities to arrange campus in Gurugram

Chandigarh, A delegation from a consortium of six prime universities in Australia on wednesday expressed a powerful curiosity in establishing a campus in Gurugram to supply undergraduate programs, mentioned a Haryana authorities assertion.
The delegation was led by Deputy Excessive Commissioner of the Australian Excessive Fee Nick McCaffrey and it met Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini right here.
The Australian delegation additionally included Mathew Johnston, Minister Counsellor, Schooling and Analysis, Australian Excessive Fee; Prof Simon Biggs, IRU Chair and Vice Chancellor and President, James Cook dinner College; and representatives of the schools.
Earlier this yr, The Revolutionary Analysis Universities had introduced Professor Simon Biggs, Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook dinner College, because the group’s Chair for 2024-2025.
Haryana Chief Minister Saini welcomed the delegation and guaranteed them of the total help and cooperation of the state authorities, together with offering an current constructing to start out the campus and all different vital services.
A Memorandum of Understanding will quickly be signed on this regard, the assertion mentioned.
The chief minister said that the Haryana authorities’s Overseas Cooperation Division might be coordinating additional in line with the necessities of the IRUs of Australia.
With the institution of the campus, college students will now not have to journey to Australia, as they are going to be capable of pursue undergraduate programs proper right here in Haryana, the state authorities assertion additional mentioned.
“Upon finishing their research, they are going to obtain a certificates from the Australian college, which is able to open doorways to profitable job alternatives not solely in Haryana however globally. This initiative will assist college students from Haryana save on hefty tuition charges and different bills related to finding out overseas.
“After Class 12, college students on this campus can have the chance to pursue four-year built-in programs in software program engineering, cyber safety, Synthetic Intelligence , monetary expertise, tourism and hospitality, and sports activities administration. The vary of programs might be steadily expanded in alignment with the evolving wants of the state and the group,” it mentioned.
In accordance with the assertion, the delegation additionally congratulated Chief Minister Saini on the “stupendous victory” of the BJP within the Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections held in October.
Nick McCaffrey said that since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened new doorways for mutual cooperation between India and Australia, with the training sector being the most important space of collaboration.
The delegation was knowledgeable that Haryana is celebrating Worldwide Gita Mahotsav with associate nation Tanzania this yr whereas Australia was the associate nation of Haryana final yr.
After the assembly, the chief minister introduced a duplicate of the Bhagavad Gita to the members of the delegation as a mark of respect.
Haryana Chief Secretary Vivek Joshi, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rajesh Khullar; Principal Secretary Larger Schooling Division D Suresh; Adviser Overseas Cooperation Division, Pawan Chaudhary; and Vice Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand College, Rohtak Prof Rajbir Lohan had been additionally current within the assembly.
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