Nehru Institute Of Mountaneering

Nehru Institute Of Mountaneering

Nehru Institute Of Mountaneering

SAARC’S First Collective Project

The idea of a South Asian University, one in which students from across the region could meet, study, and exchange ideas and values was floated by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the 13th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit at Dhaka in 2005.

The idea was not fully taken up by member countries until the 2007 summit in New Delhi, where an initial framework for the institution was agreed upon, with India agreeing to foot at least US$2 billion of the bill and also to provide land to house the central campus.