'I know that quite a lot of UK institutions have talked to IITs about whether that would be a possibility. So again, it's not going to be happening tomorrow but I do think that's the trend for how the relationship will develop,' Smith said.
Interested students can find admit card, eligibility and other related information about the newly launched IIT Zanzibar at the official website zanzibar.iitm.ac.in.
IIT-Madras' Zanzibar Campus Applications: Two full-time academic programmes including a BSc curriculum in data science and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as a two-year MTech programme in data science and AI, are being offered.
Preeti Aghalayam, an IIT Madras alumna, has been appointed as the director-in-charge of the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus, which is the first offshore campus of the Indian Institute of Technology.