Three new universities to be set up in India for NRIs

By Nirmala George. Singapore, Singapore, 01:02 PM IST India plans to set up three new universities for Non Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Saturday. The three new universities will be along the same lines as another university, also for NRIs and PIOs, that is being set up in Bangalore, Ravi told journalists. The minister is in Singapore to attend a conference of non-resident Indians, the mini-Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, being held in the city state. The NRI university in Bangalore, which will begin functioning from the 2010 academic year, will be run by the privately-run Manipal University and offer courses in engineering, medicine and the humanities. Fifty percent of the seats are reserved for children of NRIs and PIOs. Asked if land for the university had... [read full story]