NALANDA UNIVERSITY
NALANDA UNIVERSITY
Despite the international dimension of the
project being repeatedly stressed, the total amount received from the
participating countries in the East Asia summit, including Australia, China,
Thailand, Laos and Indonesia, is Rs. 12.45 crore (1.8 million dollars).
Surpassing the foreign government contributions, former Chancellor George Yeo’s
initiative to raise funds from private Singaporeans has led to a pledge of 10
million Singapore dollars (Rs. 48.89 crore) for the library building. Japan
promised to finance the construction but has not paid anything. Singaporemay not pay for the library, now that Yeo has
resigned. Gopa Sabharwal has been appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of
this university in February 2011.
Nalanda University is located in Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, India. The University began its first academic session
on September 1, 2014 with 15 students including five women. Initially set up
with temporary facilities in Rajgir, a modern campus is expected to be finished
by 2020.Nalanda is exclusively a post-graduate and doctoral school. On 28
March 2006 the 11th President
of India A.
P. J. Abdul Kalam proposed the
idea while addressing the Joint Session of the Bihar Vidhan Mandal for revival
of Nalanda university. The Nalanda University Bill, 2010[4] was passed on
21 August 2010 in Rajya
Sabha and 26 August 2010 in Lok Sabha. The bill received Presidential assent on 21 September 2010 thereby
becoming an Act. The University came into existence on 25 November 2010, when
the Act was implemented.
Despite the international dimension of the
project being repeatedly stressed, the total amount received from the
participating countries in the East Asia summit, including Australia, China,
Thailand, Laos and Indonesia, is Rs. 12.45 crore (1.8 million dollars).
Surpassing the foreign government contributions, former Chancellor George Yeo’s
initiative to raise funds from private Singaporeans has led to a pledge of 10
million Singapore dollars (Rs. 48.89 crore) for the library building. Japan
promised to finance the construction but has not paid anything. Singaporemay not pay for the library, now that Yeo has
resigned. Gopa Sabharwal has been appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of
this university in February 2011.
It has been estimated that US$500m will be required to
build the new facility, with a further US$500m needed to sufficiently improve
the surrounding infrastructure. The group is looking for donations from
governments, private individuals and religious groups. The State Government of Bihar handed
over 443 acres (179 ha) of land acquired from local people, to the
University, where construction work has not begun. It is a dream project of the
Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar.
The university's visitor is the President
of India. The chancellor and chairperson of the governing board is Vijay Bhatkar. The vice-chancellor is Sunaina Singh. The governing board comprises the
chancellor, vice-chancellor, five members from the countries with highest
contribution (India, China, Australia, Laos and Thailand), a secretary, two
representatives from the Government
of Bihar, a representative
from the Ministry
of Human Resource Development, and three persons
in the category of "Renowned Academician or Educationist", Arvind Sharma, Lokesh
Chandra and Arvind
Panagariya.
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