Library worth over $5mn- Singapore donation to Nalanda university
Wednesday February 06, 2013 08:03:47 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Singapore has
decided to donate a library to the upcoming Nalanda International
University in Bihar.
Singapore will design, build and donate a state-of-the-art
library, estimated to cost $5-7 million to the university, former
foreign minister of Singapore George Yeo told reporters ahead of a
Nalanda Monitoring Committee meeting in Rajgir in Nalanda
district, about 100 km from here.
Yeo, who heads the international advisory panel for raising funds
for the university, said the board led by Nobel laureate economist
Amartya Sen that met in Patna Monday approved Singapore's
proposal.
"People of Singapore are upbeat and keen on making their
contribution to the university project," he said.
Many countries, including Singapore, China, Thailand and Japan,
have showed keen interest in helping the university.
The university is set to begin academic activities from the
2013-14 session from rented premises with two subjects --
historical studies and environment and ecological studies.
The university will come up on 446 acres in Rajgir, 10 km from the
site of the ancient Nalanda University.
It will be fully residential, like the ancient one, and offer
courses in science, philosophy and spiritualism along with social
sciences.
The project took shape in 2006 at the initiative of then president
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
The ancient university was home to over 10,000 students and nearly
2,000 teachers. It existed till 1197 and attracted students and
scholars from Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia (now
Iran) and Turkey.
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