Bihar
Nalanda University
- 18 Jun 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the new campus of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar.
Key Points
- The University is conceived as a joint collaboration between India and East Asia Summit (EAS) countries.
- The Campus is a ‘Net Zero’ Green Campus. It is self-sustainable with a solar plant, domestic and drinking water treatment plant, water recycling plant for reusing wastewater, 100 acres of water bodies, and many other environment friendly facilities.
- The original Nalanda University, established around 1600 years ago, is considered to be amongst the first residential universities of the world.
- The ruins of Nalanda Univesity was declared as a UN Heritage Site.
- East Asia Summit:
- The EAS was established in 2005 as an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-led initiative.
- The EAS is the only leader-led forum in the Indo-Pacific that brings together all key partners to discuss political, security and economic issues of strategic importance.
- The EAS operates on the principles of openness, inclusiveness, respect for international law, ASEAN centrality, and ASEAN’s role as the driving force.
