Global University in NE on the Cards

October 16, 2016: Good news for aspiring students of Northeast, as The United Nations
(UN) has selected Northeast India for setting up its second global
university that will facilitate study on resolution of conflicts and
other subjects.

The university is being set up in Northeast as per
a tripartite agreement signed by the UN, the Government of India and
the Federation of UN Associations in India. Students from all over the
world will be eligible to study there.
It is expected to become
functional from next year. The first such university is functioning in
Tokyo, Japan. Secretary general of the UNESCO Association here Dr Aswini
Sharma said, “The varsity would facilitate study of various courses in
arts stream, social sciences, management, science and technology. It
would admit students for graduate, postgraduate courses, besides
research scholars.”

The university would come up either at
Guwahati in Assam or Shillong in Meghalaya subject to availability of
land. “We have requested governments in Assam and Meghalaya to allot
around 20 acres for setting up of the university. The university will be
set up wherever the land allotment is made at the earliest. The
Meghalaya Government has showed keen interest in making quick allotment
of land at Shillong. The government of Assam was requested for land at
Guwahati first in February, 2014, and then on August 3 this year,” the
UNESCO official informed.