Multidisciplinary Education And Research University Will Open Up New Opportunities For Students: Minister

Virtually addressing the inaugural session of World Universities Summit, the minister said the new National Education Policy (NEP) added a new imagination for the Indian higher education system -- multidisciplinary education and research.

The proposed multidisciplinary education and research university (MERU) will open up new opportunities for the youth, promote inter-disciplinary research and make India a global hub of research and development, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. Virtually addressing the inaugural session of World Universities Summit, he said the new National Education Policy (NEP) added a new imagination for the Indian higher education system -- multidisciplinary education and research. "It outlines the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Quality, equity, accessibility and affordability are the four pillars of the new education policy on which a new India will emerge," Mr Pradhan added. The minister said the vision of ''Study In India-Stay In India'' will take the country towards becoming a global destination in education. "No student should suffer due to language limitations or regional linguistic constraints," Mr Pradhan said.