April 20, 2007

South Asian Countries Plan Joint University

By SHAILAJA NEELAKANTAN

India will be home to South Asia's first cross-borders university, according to an agreement signed this month among members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Leaders of the member countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka — approved the creation of a committee to draft the charter, rules and regulations, curriculum, and business plans for the new institution, whose location has not been