At an event on the internationalization of education under NEP 2020, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says, "Today, we are witnessing a significant milestone in international education in India with the issuance of the letter of intent to the University of Southampton, one of the top 100 universities in the world, as it prepares to establish its first campus in India. This event also highlights the strong and multifaceted bilateral ties between India and the United Kingdom, with education being a particularly important pillar of this relationship"
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, today we are witnessing a significant milestone in
00:07international education in India. The issuance of the letter of intent to the
00:14University of Southampton, one of the top hundred universities of the world, and
00:20it's issued as they prepare to establish their first campus in India. Today's
00:28event is also a testament to the strong and multifaceted bilateral ties between
00:35India and the United Kingdom of which education is a particularly important
00:42pillar. At the heart of this progress lies the National Education Policy 2020
00:51NEP 2020 which the earlier speakers have talked about. It is a policy which
00:58champions internationalization and aims to position India as a global player in
01:05education.