New Delhi, (PTI): Efforts to revive Nalanda University as a centre of cultural exchange between East Asia and South Asia have gained momentum with a high-level group deciding on the outline of its structure and functioning.
The Mentor Group, set up to make proposals, met in Tokyo during the last weekend and agreed that the university should have international status and enjoy academic autonomy.
A framework for the university in Nalanda, Bihar, is to be worked out before the East Asia Summit next year.
The university will be established through an inter-governmental agreement between the participating countries, which include Japan and China.
The group, headed by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, proposed that the university should have schools of Buddhist studies, philosophy and comparative religions; historical studies; international relations and peace studies; languages and literature and ecology and environmental studies.
The group deliberated on the issues pertaining to governance and interim arrangements, selection of key personnel and the financing plan for the university.
The university should draw on an understanding of the past, while remaining contemporary and emphasising its relevance to the future, the group said.
It felt that the vision of the group should be based on a global philosophy while maintaining local relevance.
Discussions will continue in China and India for finalisation of the report on establishment of the university.
The mentor group endorsed a proposal to establish a research and teaching entity in Singapore to be called the Srivijaya Centre, which would work in cooperation with Nalanda University.
The Mentor Group, set up to make proposals, met in Tokyo during the last weekend and agreed that the university should have international status and enjoy academic autonomy.
A framework for the university in Nalanda, Bihar, is to be worked out before the East Asia Summit next year.
The university will be established through an inter-governmental agreement between the participating countries, which include Japan and China.
The group, headed by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, proposed that the university should have schools of Buddhist studies, philosophy and comparative religions; historical studies; international relations and peace studies; languages and literature and ecology and environmental studies.
The group deliberated on the issues pertaining to governance and interim arrangements, selection of key personnel and the financing plan for the university.
The university should draw on an understanding of the past, while remaining contemporary and emphasising its relevance to the future, the group said.
It felt that the vision of the group should be based on a global philosophy while maintaining local relevance.
Discussions will continue in China and India for finalisation of the report on establishment of the university.
The mentor group endorsed a proposal to establish a research and teaching entity in Singapore to be called the Srivijaya Centre, which would work in cooperation with Nalanda University.
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