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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on July 10 announced that the first international campus — IIT Madras Zanzibar — will become the first-ever IIT to have a female director. Director-in-Charge of IIT Madras Zanzibar, Preeti Aghalayam, said, “I am an alumnus of IIT Madras and doing something of this magnitude for the institute and for the country is such a big honour. Every time we visited over here as the IIT Madras contingent, we noticed that the representation of women on their side is quite significant. So, it was important that we do this mindfully.”
Speaking to the media in Delhi, IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti said, “We will see many more encouraging things. We are following sustainable development goals and one of the important goals suggests that we need to bring in gender balance.”
Professor Ligy Philip will be in charge of the infrastructure of the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus, according to Kamakoti. She will be in charge of the infrastructure of both the temporary and permanent IIT Madras Zanzibar campuses. The permanent campus would be extended across 200 acres on Zanzibar Island, with IIT Madras experts developing the master plan.
“We will be starting the campus on October 24, 2023, which is also the United Nations Day,” said V Kamakoti.
IIT Madras Zanzibar follows the motto of “IIT Madras open for all,” said V Kamakoti. Students, including Indians, must go through the IIT Madras Senate-approved admissions process, which includes a screening test and an interview. The campus will offer a four-year bachelor's degree in Data Science and AI (Artificial Intelligence) for $12,000 per year and a two-year master's degree in the same for $4,000 per year. Applications will close by August 6. Professor Aghalayam said, “We will be offering a tuition break, the details are being worked out.”
IIT Madras Zanzibar also plans to offer joint-degree programmes as a part of their student exchange programme, mentioned V Kamakoti. “We are also enrolling students from Tanzania for PhD in IIT Madras so they can teach in Zanzibar and maintain a good flow of teachers.” Universities in Europe are also being reached out for exchange programmes.
In the next five years, the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus wants to provide non-traditional degrees such as Cyber-Physical Systems and courses based on "what the country needs." "I am an organic farmer," V Kamakoti remarked, commenting on plans to provide courses on regenerative agriculture and the use of AI in agriculture.
V Kamakoti also mentioned that other IITs are also looking forward to launching international campuses, IIT Delhi being one of them that plans to establish a campus in Abu Dhabi. “We have pulled it through in six months. IIT Madras will be the knowledge partner, while the Zanzibar government will provide monetarily. It is a win-win situation,” said V Kamakoti.
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