Come here, Harward!
Sunday, July 12,2009:New Delhi, July 12: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal says foreign universities like Harvard were welcome in India.
"If Stanford, Harvard or MIT want to come here, then what's the harm in it?" Sibal said.
Answering a question on whether foreign varsities would be sensitive to the Indian needs and culture, Sibal said: "We will not do anything which will harm children."
"They will come to India on certain terms and conditions or else, we wont allow them to come," he added.
On the Yashpal Committee's apprehensions on foreign universities coming to India, the minister said: "The Yashpal Committee is not a Bible. This is just a social dialogue and we will take into consideration everyone's views. Democracy means only that."
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