After a well-informed debate over three hours, erudite in parts, Rajya Sabha on Saturday passed the Bill to establish the transnational university at Nalanda in Bihar with the hope that it will become "an icon of Asian renaissance", much like the famous seat of learning in ancient India.
Junior external affairs Preneet Kaur, who introduced the Bill in Rajya Sabha, said the Nalanda University would be established as a non-State, non-profit, secular and self-governing international institute with a continental focus.
With the support of 16 countries in East Asia, India aims to resurrect the ancient seat of Buddhist learning at its original site in Rajgir to attract students and faculty from across South and South-East Asia. The Bihar government, on its part, has already acquired 446 acres of land for the new Nalanda University.
Full report here Times of India
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