Sep 02 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Nalanda reopens after 800 years
Vithika Salomi
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Nalanda University in Bihar's Rajgir district started its first academic session on Monday , nearly 800 years after the ancient institution was destroyed. Students attended four sessions on the first day , from 9am to 1.30pm.“The students had a chance to explore the neighbourhood during their threeday orientation programme earlier,“ vice-chancellor Gopa Sabharwal told TOI. The first batch of students is being called the `Nalanda Pioneers'.
Nobel laureate and NU chancellor Amartya Sen was the first to call and wish the students. At present, NU has two schools of the seven planned: ecology and environment studies and historical studies. There are 15 students and 11 faculty members and admissions are still on. Besides professors from forB eign nations, Nalanda University (NU) in Bihar's Rajgir district also has two students from Bhutan and Japan.
Members of the NU governing body , Wang Bangwei, Wang Gungwu, N K Singh, George Yeo and Anil Wadhwa, too, sent laudatory wishes to the students and faculty members. “Congratulations. Indeed a moment of great satisfaction,” Singh’s message read.? NU School of Ecology and Environment Studies associate professor Somnath Bandyopadhyay told TOI, “A combined class was held on Monday morning for the students where they were told about our focus on interdisciplinary learning.” The university’s classes will be held at Rajgir’s signature building, the International Convention Centre, until a makeshift campus near the Rajgir bus stand is ready.
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Nobel laureate and NU chancellor Amartya Sen was the first to call and wish the students. At present, NU has two schools of the seven planned: ecology and environment studies and historical studies. There are 15 students and 11 faculty members and admissions are still on. Besides professors from forB eign nations, Nalanda University (NU) in Bihar's Rajgir district also has two students from Bhutan and Japan.
Members of the NU governing body , Wang Bangwei, Wang Gungwu, N K Singh, George Yeo and Anil Wadhwa, too, sent laudatory wishes to the students and faculty members. “Congratulations. Indeed a moment of great satisfaction,” Singh’s message read.? NU School of Ecology and Environment Studies associate professor Somnath Bandyopadhyay told TOI, “A combined class was held on Monday morning for the students where they were told about our focus on interdisciplinary learning.” The university’s classes will be held at Rajgir’s signature building, the International Convention Centre, until a makeshift campus near the Rajgir bus stand is ready.
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