Top Indian institutes IIM, IIFT to launch Dubai campuses

Top Indian institutes will soon open Dubai campuses, India's Minister of Industry and Supply, Piyush Goyal, announced on Tuesday.

"Today, we decided that we will soon have an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Dubai. I am also looking forward very soon to launching the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) in Dubai. All of this reflects the deep connection between the two nations," Goyal said while addressing a media event.

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Located in 21 cities across India, several branches of lIMs are often featured in the list of top 100 global business schools. Some of its most prominent alums include former Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi and former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan.

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Meanwhile, IIFT is a public business school established in 1963 and headquartered in New Delhi. Details on where the institutes will open and when will be revealed later. 

Last year, the much-awaited first branch of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) opened in Abu Dhabi. For the academic year 2024-2025, the IIT-Delhi Abu Dhabi campus offered two bachelor's programmes in computer science and energy engineering.

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