Education Minister launches BTech, PhD courses at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi Campus

Dharmendra Pradhan also held meeting with AEDK Chairperson, Sara Musallam regarding opening of more Indian curriculum-based schools in the UAE.

Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan launched BTech and PhD programs in Chemical Engineering and Energy & Sustainability at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus.

Pradhan congratulated the students for choosing IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi to pursue their studies and also on the new academic chapters that were added. He wrote on X: “Confident that my young friends at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi will leave a trail and also create new milestones for global prosperity and well-being.”

Dharmendra Pradhan also held meeting with AEDK, UAE Chairperson, Sara Musallam, both the leaders discussed expanding India–UAE education ties, school exchanges & Indian curricula schools

They also had productive conversations on further expanding cooperation in education, including opening more Indian curriculum-based schools in the UAE to meet the educational needs of the Indian diaspora and facilitating two-way student exchanges right from the school level, among others.

As per a PIB release, Pradhan also inaugurated Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at the IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus, a first-ever AIC hosted in an Indian institution overseas. Speaking on the occasion Shri Pradhan said that the AIC at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi will nurture joint start-ups and research-led ventures by both Indian and UAE innovators and also promote bilateral collaboration in deep tech, AI, clean energy, healthcare and other sectors of mutual importance.

The AIC providing world-class incubation facilities will also act as a gateway to the middle-east markets for Indian start-ups and innovators, he added.

Pradhan also launched the B.Tech and Ph.D programs in Chemical Engineering and Energy & Sustainability at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi. He congratulated the students for choosing IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi to pursue their studies and also on the new academic chapters that were added today. He expressed his confidence that the students at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi will leave a trail and also create new milestones for global prosperity and well-being. The Minister appreciated the colourful and creative Rangoli made by the students at the campus.

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