In a shimmering pocket of Gujarat, known as GIFT City, British universities are quietly carving out a new colonial echo — not with armies or railways, but with degree programmes and research hubs. GIFT City, short for Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, is India’s first international financial hub designed to attract global investment and talent.

While official statements in London and New Delhi celebrate the number of approvals and the promise of new partnerships, the real story lies in where Britain is building — inside Gandhinagar’s GIFT City — and why the British government prefers to export its classrooms rather than relax its visa rules.

Three British institutions — Queen’s University Belfast, Coventry University and the University of Surrey — have received approval to open cam

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