Mumbai: In a historic move to strengthen educational ties between the UK and India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the opening of nine British university campuses, including the universities of Southampton, Surrey and Lancaster, in India.

PM Modi’s announcement came at a joint press conference with his UK counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who arrived in India for a two-day visit on Wednesday, accompanied by the biggest-ever trade delegation from the country..

“The Gurugram campus of Southampton University has already been inaugurated, with the first cohort of students now enrolled,” he said at the press meet after a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan here.

In Gujarat’s GIFT city, three more campuses are being readied, the PM said.

PM Starmer confirmed that the

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