Harvard students studying the Gita, Ramayana: Univ president

While Indians aspire to bag a foreign degree, some Harvard University students, on the other hand, are studying the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana. At least 200 business students from the prestigious American university are also working with business houses in Mumbai and Chennai to get global experience.

Harvard University president Prof Drew Gilpin Faust, who was speaking at Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Hall (Convocation Hall) of University of Mumbai, said, “We see education transforming into positive effects in India. We need to face the challenges of exploding number of students. To counter the challenge, technology will play an important role.”

She said nearly 15 million students sought higher education in India between 1971 and 2007, while over 18 million sought higher education in the US.

Mumbai University vice-chancellor Dr Rajan Welukar said, “We look forward to leadership development programmes from Harvard in the future.”