New Delhi, July 17 -- Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the India campus of the University of Southampton in Gurugram, Haryana, alongside Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. Haryana's Industries and Commerce Minister Rao Narbir Singh, University Chancellor Lord Patel OBE, British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron, University President and Vice-Chancellor Mark E. Smith, Academic Provost Eloise Phillips, and senior officials from the Ministry of Education were also present.

The inauguration marks a significant development in India's higher education landscape, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The University of Southampton, a QS Top 100 institution and f...