New Delhi: The wait for the much-anticipated inauguration of IIM Ahmedabad’s Dubai campus marks a new chapter in India’s higher educational outreach. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has inaugurated the IIM Ahmedabad Dubai campus.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also participated in the inauguration ceremony in Dubai. Thanking the Crown Prince of Dubai for attending the inauguration ceremony, Dharmendra Pradhan said that the new campus will add a wonderful chapter to the India-UAE knowledge cooperation.
A great honour to have the IIM Ahmedabad Dubai campus inaugurated by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
This is another big leap towards globalisation of India’s education as envisioned by Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji. IIM Ahmedabad… pic.twitter.com/1GTVYCbR2f
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 11, 2025
“This is another big leap towards globalisation of India’s education as envisioned by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IIM Ahmedabad Dubai campus will take the best of India to the world. Dubai, today, has provided the perfect launchpad to the ethos of ‘Indian in spirit, global in outlook’ by hosting the IIM Ahmedabad international campus,” Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
The Dubai campus of IIM Ahmedabad is believed to be a new milestone in India-UAE relations. The new campus will establish IIMA’s global leadership in management education, besides establishing a living example of ‘Indian in spirit, Global in outlook’ as envisioned in NEP 2020.
Minister Pradhan, who is on a two-day visit to the UAE, met Sara Musallam, chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, and discussed the opening of more Indian curriculum-based schools in the UAE. He also inaugurated Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) on the IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi campus, which is the first-ever AIC hosted in an Indian institution overseas.
“India-UAE discussed on further expanding cooperation in education, including opening more Indian curriculum-based schools in the UAE to meet the educational needs of the Indian diaspora and facilitating two-way student exchanges right from the school level, among others,” PTI quoted the Ministry of Education statement.