The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) recently opened its overseas campus at

Question

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) recently opened its overseas campus at

1. A. Muscat
2. B. Abu Dhabi (Correct answer)
3. C. Dubai
4. D. Sharjah

Correct Answer

Option B — Abu Dhabi

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Abu Dhabi.

Key Points

• IIT Delhi opened its first overseas campus at Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, with academic sessions beginning in 2024.
• The campus follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2023 between India's Ministry of Education and the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, concluded during the Prime Minister's visit to the UAE.
• It began with programmes in energy and sustainability, later expanding to computing and artificial intelligence.

Additional Information

• This is part of a wider push to internationalise Indian higher education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which permits reputed Indian institutions to set up campuses abroad and select foreign universities to operate in India.
• IIT Madras opened a campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in 2023 — the first IIT campus outside India. IIT Delhi's Abu Dhabi campus was the second such venture.
• India–UAE relations have deepened considerably: the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force in May 2022, the UAE is among India's largest trading partners, and rupee–dirham trade settlement has been operationalised.
• The UAE also hosted COP28 at Dubai in 2023, where the Loss and Damage Fund was operationalised.