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PIO/NRI varsity to come up in Bangalore

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NEW DELHI: The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Trust has been selected by the government to run the proposed Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Non-Resident Indians (NRI) University – the first of its kind in the country.

As per the proposal submitted by the MAHE Trust, the PIO/NRI University will come up in Bangalore.

Deemed university

This was announced here on Friday by Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi. The PIO/NRI University would have deemed university status and the according to the plan it would start functioning from the 2009-10 academic year. Though it was being set up to address the educational needs of PIOs/NRIs, 50 per cent of the students would be resident Indians.

As for the estimated cost of setting up the PIO/NRI University, the Minister said that was for the MAHE Trust to work out. The government, he clarified, would not invest any money in this endeavour and would only serve as a facilitator and ensure that the law of the land is adhered to. Even the name of the university would be decided by the Trust, he added.

Since the PIO/NRI University was being set up to address the educational needs of NRIs and PIOs, a section of which has been complaining about the high costs of educating their wards overseas, Mr. Ravi said the fee structure would have to be reasonable and affordable.

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