Nalanda University Bill

• The Hindu : News / National : Lok Sabha adopts Nalanda University Bill

  • set up a Rs.1,005-crore international university at Nalanda in Bihar, where a varsity for Buddhist learning existed over 800 years ago.
  • it was an international effort by the East Asian Summit comprising 15 countries
  • The Nalanda Mentor Group, chaired by Professor Amartya Sen, will draft the statutes for the university
  • The Bihar government has acquired 500 acres of land in Rajgir