IIT Madras' First International Campus Inaugurated In Zanzibar
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The historic initiative by the Indian government was undertaken to take the top-quality education system of India to international arenas.
Zanzibar President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council Hussein Ali Mwinyi inaugurated The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Zanzibar on Monday at the Zanzibar campus in the presence of Tanzanian officials, Indian dignitaries, faculty and students.
The IIT Madras Zanzibar is the first ever international campus of an IIT. The historic initiative by the Indian government was undertaken to take the top-quality education system of India to international arenas.
According to an official statement by IIT Madras, in the first batch at IIT Madras Zanzibar, women comprise 40 per cent of the total students admitted to the BS and MTech programs in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
