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South Asian University to kick off in 2010

UnB, Dhaka
The South Asian University (SAU), an initiative of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), is set to start its first academic session in 2010 with its main campus in New Delhi.
“Now negotiations are on to concurrently introduce its (SAU) regional campus in each Saarc member country,” Prof Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University's International Relations department told UNB.
Prof Imtiaz made the disclosure as he took part in the third meeting of the Inter-Governmental Expert Group Steering Committee as its member. The meet!ng was held in India in mid-April.
Additional Secretary of Finance Ministry Arastoo Khan and Deputy Director (Saarc) of Foreign Ministry Kazi Imtiaz Hossain also attended the two-day meeting.
Dr Imtiaz said the main campus of the university would be set up in Delhi with complete residential facility with an intake of5,000 students.
"SAU would not be a tradi- tional institute. Its different campuses would facilitate the Saarc nations to tackle world challenges, giving a boost to South Asian collective realisation," he added.
Imtiaz said a process to resolve the critical issues like drafting rules for the university, fund, management and student-teacher ratio is under way.
He, however, apprehended that the bargaining over establishing other regional campuses may delay the whole academic process further as those campuses with specialised subjects would be established in each Saarc country with maximum autonomy.
Dr Imtiaz laid emphasis on taking a decision to establish all these campuses concurrently as it would be difficult to change any policy later. “What is easier now would be harder later as everything is still at a premature stage.
So, we need to resolve all possible barriers before starting the academic session."
He said the regional campuses would be established under public-private partnerships or 'PPP' where the host
country would provide land and support for infrastructure building as capital cost' while institutional and running costs would be met from a shared fund.
The Saarc nations have agreed to spend $305 million on SAU in the next five years. The cost plan will specify the contributions to be made by each Saarc nation according to its charter.
Dr Imtiaz said the Indian government has already given 100 hectares of land to this end.
Replying to a query, he said SAU would offer both undergraduate and post-graduate courses. "Initially, it'll offer post-graduate programmes.”
This gigantic project is being implemented by foreign, education and finance ministries of the Saarc member countries in consultation with their University Grant Commissions (UGCs) and other public and private universities.
Prof Imtiaz said SAU would be a centre of excellence like other world-class universities. "It'll bring students and qualified teachers from all South Asian countries.”