"We would certainly consider the option to establish a high quality, niche research campus in the country."
Anthony Smith, Vice-Provost, University College, London
"At this time, Stanford University does not intend to open any additional campuses within the US or abroad, in India or elsewhere. This is an institutional decision and not related to any actions taken by the Indian government."
Lisa Lapin, Associate Vice President (university commun-ications), Stanford University, USA
"Our own approach to global partnerships is that there is such quality, excellence and potential in the Indian higher education sector that Cambridge wishes to collaborate rather than compete, to be a partner rather than a rival. We already have multiple research collaborations in place with institutions such as JNU, the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), IIT-Bombay, IISc, Bangalore and many others."
Prof. Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice Chancellor, Cambridge University, UK
"MIT’s approach to international engagement is based on collaboration and local capacity building, so this policy does not change how we work with our colleagues, friends and alumni in India. Because we prefer the partnership model, we do not establish branch campuses that would operate independently."
Claude Canizares, Vice President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
"Caltech will not be able to participate."
Dr. Edward M. Stolper, President, California Institute of Technology, USA
"Duke University has a longstanding interest in India, and indeed we have a number of programmes and partnerships in areas such as business, medicine, the environment and gifted and talented youth education, but we have no plans to establish a campus or university in the country."
Mike Schoenfeld, Vice President (Public Affairs and Government Relations), Duke University, USA
"No plans at this time to open a campus in India or elsewhere in the world. We do welcome any moves to increase cooperation between universities in the UK and India."
Prof. Sir Timothy O’Shea, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh, UK
"Being in India is quite complicated."
Philip Altbach, Director, Centre for International Higher Education, Boston
"This has become Virginia Tech’s single biggest global ambition."
Guru Ghosh, Vice President (International Affairs), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
(Source: Wall Street Journal, Indian Express, EducationWorld)