Nalanda to start session from 2014

Chancellor Amartya Sen said that they are going to start with School of Historical Studies and School of Environment and Ecological Studies from 2014.

"Then we are going to start with School of Economics and Management and School of Information Technology," Sen said at a function here.

Stressing of increased Public Private Partnership for building the university, Sen lauded the efforts of the Centre as well as the Bihar Government for giving shape to the university, located in the town of Rajgir and contains within it a memory of the ancient Nalnda University.

Sen said that they were trying to build the University within its resources.

During his conversation with Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, organised by the University, he said that the University is getting support from very large number of Asian Countries and it is already in partnership with several universities across the world.

Nalanda University was established in November 2010. The University came into being by a special Act of the Indian Parliament