Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's Official UAE Visit to Boost India-UAE Education and Innovation Ties

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister, has left for the UAE to boost India-UAE education and innovation ties. The two-day official trip aims to enhance bilateral cooperation in education, skills training, innovation, and youth empowerment and open new opportunities to students and professionals of the two countries.

As per the official sources, during the visit, Shri Pradhan will interact with senior UAE leadership, ministers, policy makers, academicians and Indian and UAE institution leaders. It will focus on fostering academic excellence, innovation ecosystem development, and greater knowledge dissemination to support the rising ambitions of young learners and professionals.

On September 10, the Minister will meet H.E. Ms. Sara Musallam, Chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK). He will also travel to IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi Campus to open Atal Incubation Centre, the first foreign incubation centre in India, and new Ph.D. and B.Tech programmes. Students and faculty will be engaged with Shri Pradhan, enhancing the academic relationship between the two countries.

Later that day, he will visit the BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi and attend the First anniversary of the Dubai campus of Symbiosis University, which will strengthen the cultural and educational relationship between India and the UAE. 

Shri Pradhan will officially inaugurate the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad branch in Dubai on September 11, 2025, with his UAE counterpart, H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Higher Education, UAE. The ministers will deliberate on expanding current educational partnerships and seek new opportunities to strengthen the India-UAE partnership in higher education further. 

Moreover, subsequent activities would involve a round table conference of Indian higher education institutions in the UAE to increase the presence and influence of Indian academic institutions in the Gulf region. Also, Shri Pradhan will take part in the tree plantation campaign in Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam in the Indian Consulate in Dubai, meet the principals of CBSE schools on Teachers Day festivals and will inaugurate Atal Tinkering Labs in the Indian schools in the UAE.

The visit will also be characterised by engagement with the Indian diaspora in Dubai, focusing on the relationship between Indian overseas communities and India's initiative to increase education and innovation.

This official visit shows the strategic relationship of India and the UAE regarding education and youth empowerment as part of common objectives focusing on future generation creativity, innovations and excellence in teaching.