President of SAU Prof. KK Agarwal paid a courtesy visit to Nepal’s FM Arju Rana Deuba

New Delhi. Professor KK Agarwal, President of South Asian University established by SAARC countries in New Delhi, paid a courtesy visit to Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba at Sheraton Hotel in New Delhi. During this, Professor KK Agarwal informed the Foreign Minister about the courses being conducted in the university as well as other activities. Professor Agarwal said that this is the first and only university in South Asia which is being run jointly by all the member countries of SAARC including India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Professor Agarwal said that the professors teaching in the university and the students studying there are from SAARC member countries, so the atmosphere of the campus is colored with the colors of unity in diversity. Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba congratulated SAU Vice Chancellor Professor KK Agarwal and praised the concept of knowledge without border of this international university which is becoming a bridge to promote relations between the member countries. The Foreign Minister described the South Asian University as a light beam of education for the SAARC countries. Foreign Minister Deuba said that she will soon come to New Delhi again to visit the university. She appreciated the efforts being made by Professor KK Agarwal to bring SAU on the global map in educational matters and advised to do educational research keeping in mind the needs of the SAARC countries. Professor Agarwal told the Foreign Minister that such courses are being started in the Institute of South Asian Studies which are focused on solving the social, economic and geographical problems of the SAARC countries. Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba said that Nepal will seriously consider any help that will be provided to enhance the dignity of the university and in the interest of the students studying here. Professor KK Agrawal presented traditional shawl, manimala and memento containing the cultural richness of South India and North India to Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzoo Rana Deuba, who came to India for the first time after becoming the Foreign Minister. Officials of the Nepal Embassy in New Delhi were also present during the meeting with the Foreign Minister.