According to UGC Chairperson M Jagdish Kumar, Africa, Gulf countries, Thailand, and Vietnam are among the probable locations for Indian institutions to establish their offshore campuses. The regulations for these campuses are ready and will be released in a month.

In an interview with PTI, Kumar stated that a number of nations are stepping forward to offer infrastructure to Indian colleges looking to establish campuses abroad, and the University Grants Commission (UGC) will assist the institutions in choosing the nations where they can do so.

“We have in India a huge university ecosystem. There are outstanding universities, both in the central government and in state government-funded and private universities. We want to encourage these varsities to set up their campuses abroad. Some counties where are coming forward to provide the infrastructure our universities need to set up their campuses.