Preeti Aghalayam to become first woman director of IIT, to led IIT Zanzibar: IIT Madras is all set to open its first offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The campus will be led by Preeti Aghalayam, an alumna of IIT Madras and a professor in the Chemical Engineering department. Aghalayam is the first woman to be appointed as the director of an IIT campus.
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She is an IIT Madras alumna and professor in the Department of chemical engineering.
The campus is scheduled to commence its first academic session in October 2023. It will offer a four-year bachelor of science degree in data science and artificial intelligence, as well as a two-year master of technology degree in the same discipline.
Recently, India and Tanzania inked an MoU, which facilitated IIT Madras to launch its first international campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania’. The institute would offer two full-time academic programs and the applications for admission are already open.