Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, said India and the UAE have entered a new phase of educational cooperation with the inauguration of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s Dubai campus and the growing presence of Indian universities and schools in the Emirates.

 

 

Speaking to the media during his visit to Dubai, Mr. Pradhan noted that leading Indian institutions such as Manipal University, Amity University, BITS Pilani, and IIFT Ghaziabad are already established in the UAE, alongside 109 CBSE-affiliated schools that serve the Indian community.

 

 

He added that India is committed to further strengthening the partnership in education. Mr. Pradhan emphasised India’s focus on school-level innovation through the Atal Innovation Mission, launched in 2016.

 

 

He announced that the first overseas Atal Incubation Centre was launched this week at the IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi campus, marking a significant expansion of India’s innovation ecosystem abroad. The minister said, schools in the UAE had voluntarily joined the Atal Tinkering Lab movement, adhering to its protocols. 

 

 

Highlighting developments at IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi, Mr. Pradhan said, the institute has now launched a new undergraduate programme in Chemical Engineering, adding to existing courses in Computer Science and Sustainable Energy, along with an M.Tech in Sustainable Energy. Twenty-three PhD students have also been admitted, completing a ‘full academic cycle’ at the campus.

 

 

Mr. Pradhan said the expansion of Indian institutions abroad reflects the vision of the National Education Policy 2020, which calls for internationalisation. India is a vibrant economy with robust fundamentals, and education partnerships such as these demonstrate its growing global role.