The only university in the world created by Mahatma Gandhi – Gujarat Vidyapith (GV) – is ready to enter into a memorandum of understanding with three foreign universities for student exchange programs and courses since it was created by the 15 Bapu November 1920th

The university was established in a bungalow owned by Mehta Dahyabhai Kochrab then transferred to the new campus on the road Ashram. To begin, the University signed a memorandum of understanding with three Mexican universities, the University of San Luis, University of Guadalajara and the University National Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM) for this purpose. The deal took almost three years of correspondence and paperwork hectic visits to principals. The first part of the program include students from universities in Mexico to learn Gujarati Vidyapith, while students will make up the GV to Mexico to learn Spanish.

“Students receive a first hand experience of community life, which includes training in plumbing, meditation, spinning charkha on and after the routine way of life Gandhi. Besides this, students will be introduced at the thought of Gandhi on peace and conflict resolution, and discipline themselves, “said the rector at Gujarat Vidyapith, Sudarshan Iyengar. The example of Spain, Jesuit priest Father Wallace, who spent a large part of his life in Ahmedabad to write children’s books in Gujarati was a shining example of the commitment of teachers of Spanish education in the city.

The formalization of the MOU will be completed in December this year, while sharing programs will begin in 2012. “The MOU is a milestone reached in the history of Gujarat Vidyapith. Now we expect more of these Memoranda of Understanding with several foreign universities,” said Iyengar.