Saarc university receives 2000 applications this year

Updated on: Monday, July 11, 2011

The South Asian University, established by the collaboration of the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), received more than 2000 application this year, most of them from Indian students.

Out of the 2040 applications received this year, 1720 were from Indian students.

"As the university introduces more courses in the coming years and people get to know about the university, there will be more applications. We must not forget that it's a one-year-old institution," Vice-chancellore Prof G K Chaddha said.

First academic session of the university started in August 2010. Saarc has eight members, namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Times of India

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