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Nalanda University to get special funds in budget: Khurshid
Says Nalanda ruins should be included in World Heritage list
Tuesday February 12, 2013 09:09:16 PM,
IANS
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Patna: A special
provision of funds will be made in the union budget for the
upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar, External Affairs Minister
Salman Khurshid said Tuesday.
"There will be special provision for funds for the university in
the coming budget and the external affairs ministry will help it
in all possible way," Khurshid told reporters in Rajgir in Nalanda,
about 100 km from here.
Khurshid also said the ruins of the ancient Nalanda University,
which was ransacked in the 11th century, should be included in the
UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.
He was in Rajgir to attended the meeting of a parliamentary
consultative committee on foreign affairs he heads to review
preparations for the university.
"The central government is serious about the establishment of the
university," he said.
This was first time an external affairs minister with top
officials of the ministry and eight MPs visited Rajgir to attend
the meeting.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also present.
Syed Akbaruddin, joint secretary in the Ministry of External
Affairs, said in Delhi that the main agenda of the meeting was
cultural diplomacy that held significance for the upcoming
university since MEA was piloting the university revival plan.
India along with 16 countries of east Asia are involved in the
project.
The university is set to begin academic activities from 2013-14.
The process for selection of faculty for two courses has started.
The university will be fully residential, like the ancient Nalanda
University. It will offer courses in science, philosophy and
spiritualism along with social sciences.
A fifth century architectural marvel, the Nalanda University,
devoted to Buddhist studies, was home to over 10,000 students and
nearly 2,000 teachers.
The varsity, which existed until 1197, attracted students and
scholars from South Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia
and Turkey.
In 1193, the university was ransacked by an army led by Bhaktiyar
Khilji, a Turkish general of Qutb-ud-din-Aibak of the Slave
Dynasty, the then ruler of northern India.
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