New Delhi. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday held discussions with Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University officials in the US about setting up its campus in India. This step can prove to be a milestone for internationalization of education in India. During this meeting, cooperation with India in the academic and research world along with the university was also discussed. According to a senior Education Ministry official, “Given the keen interest expressed by the high-level delegation during the meeting, the government is hopeful of getting positive results very soon.”
Officials privy to the matter said areas of dual and joint degree programmes, interest of students and teachers and research partnerships in emerging areas like data science, artificial intelligence and future technologies were also discussed. This is the largest ever delegation of top global institutions from America to India. It is led by Ronald J. Daniels, President of Johns Hopkins University. It also included officials from the Gupta Klinsky India Institute, an arm of the university that seeks to connect the university with Indian partners through research, education and policy. In the meeting, Dharmendra Pradhan also discussed the goals of the National Education Policy 2020 (NE).
It is noteworthy that JHU is ranked among the top universities globally. It is famous for its contributions to research, medicine and education. Known for his pioneering work in public health and biomedical engineering. It has been a worldwide leader since its establishment in 1876. JHU frequently ranks among the top 15 to 20 institutions worldwide in recent global rankings such as the QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education (THE). Johns Hopkins University has only 10 campuses around the world, two of which are outside the United States. The university has opened the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Europe Campus in Bologna, Italy, and the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China.
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