Bhutan and Morocco Seek IIT Campuses as India Weighs Requests
Officials say evaluations are underway within the NEP 2020 framework.
Overview
- The Education Ministry confirms receiving requests from Bhutan and Morocco to host offshore IIT campuses, with no decision announced yet.
- Two overseas IITs are operating: IIT Madras–Zanzibar in Tanzania and IIT Delhi–Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
- IIT Delhi–Abu Dhabi is functioning from a transit campus at Zayed University as a permanent facility is developed.
- An agreement for a campus in Suleja, Nigeria, is in place, with the first undergraduate and postgraduate intake expected in 2026.
- A 17-member government committee led by Dr K Radhakrishnan submitted 2022 recommendations that guide IIT expansions abroad under NEP 2020.