The Ministry of External Affairs has announced that the first IIT campus outside India will be set up in Zanzibar, Tanzania with courses to be offered from October.
An MoU has been signed to set up a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar, an islet off the coast of East Africa.
The institute is set to become a world-class institution of higher learning and research, with a broad objective of developing capabilities to address growing global needs.
The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes that 'campus of premier Indian educational institutions should be set up abroad'.