South Asian University

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South Asian University
Established 2010
Type Public
Location Delhi, India
28°22′N 73°26′E / 28.37°N 73.43°E / 28.37; 73.43Coordinates: 28°22′N 73°26′E / 28.37°N 73.43°E / 28.37; 73.43
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website www.sau.ac.in www.southasianuniversity.org www.southasianuniversity.org/blog

The South Asian University (SAU) is an International University sponsored by the eight Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).[1] The eight countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. South Asian University started admitting students in 2010, at a temporary campus at Akbar Bhawan, India.[1] Its permanent campus will be at Maidan Garhi in South Delhi, India,[1] next to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).[2] First academic session of the university started in August 2010 with two post-graduate academic programmes, in economics and computer sciences. At present, SAU offers post-graduate academic programs in Biotechnology, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Development Economics, Law, Sociology, International Relations and Applied Mathematics. Research programs are expected to begin from the 2013 academic session.

South Asian University attracts students predominantly from all the eight SAARC countries, although there are students from other continents attending it. A country-wise quota system comes into play when it comes to admission of students.

The president of the university, Prof. G.K Chadha is a renowned academician. He had been an economic advisor to the prime minister of India and was the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Establishment

At the Thirteenth SAARC Summit held in Dhaka, in November 2005, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh proposed the establishment of a South Asian University to provide world-class facilities and professional faculty to students and researchers from SAARC member countries.[2] The "Inter-governmental Agreement for the Establishment of the South Asian University" was signed at the 14th SAARC Summit. And the SAARC member states also decided that the University would be established in India.[2] Tejinder Khanna, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Foreign Secretary of India, Shivshankar Menon, and Prof. G.K. Chadha, member of Economic Advisory Council and former vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, were formally appointed the CEO of the project.[3]

India provides the majority of funds, around 239.930 million dollars, for the foundation of the University, which is around 79 percent of the total cost of the full establishment of the University until 2014.[2] The main campus in New Delhi will be hosting nearly 7,000 students and an international faculty. It will also have linked campuses in other South Asian countries.[3] A total of 3,000 students — 95 per cent of them in postgraduate and PhD programmes — and 300 faculty members have been envisaged by 2014.[1] Although India will bear the capital costs, no more than 50 per cent of students will be from India.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 India-Pak visa row casts shadow on PM’s dream project
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 India to give 240-mn dollars for South Asian University
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 South Asian University dream to turn real by 2010


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