IIT-Madras' campus in Zanzibar to be inaugurated in early November, says Education Minister Pradhan

The offshore campus of IIT-Madras in Tanzania’s Zanzibar is set to be inaugurated in early November, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday.

The minister made the announcement at an event to confer an honorary doctorate by Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is on a four-day visit to India.

“I am happy that the first offshore campus of any IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) is being set up in Zanzibar. I am told that IIT-Madras’ Zanzibar campus is scheduled to be inaugurated early next month,” the minister said.