New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Thursday inaugurated the first-ever overseas campus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) at the Dubai International Academic City (DIAC).

The inauguration ceremony was held in presence of UAE's acting minister of higher education and scientific research Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar and India's Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was on a two-day visit to the UAE.

Welcoming India's top business school's campus to Dubai, Maktoum said that the opening of IIM-A's first international campus in the emirate reflects the deep-rooted ties and growing partnership between the UAE and India.

"The energy and ambition of o...