<p>A large number of foreign scholars and teachers are keen to join the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar as its faculty members, an official said Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The process of appointing faculty for the varsity has begun and 500 applications have been received for the 20 posts that will initially be filled.<br /><br />"Around 22 percent of the applicants for faculty posts, including professors, assistant professors, are foreign scholars and teachers," Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said.<br /><br />The university plans to start with two schools - School of Historical Sciences and the School of Environment and Ecology - by August-September.<br /><br />"The recruitment is for 20 faculty members posts - 10 in each school," she said.<br /><br />Sabharwal said the recruitment process will be complete by March-end or early April.<br /><br />The university will then advertise for student enrolments.<br /><br />"Initially, only 15 to 20 students will be enrolled in each school," she said.<br /><br />The university is set to come up on 446 acres in Rajgir, 10 km from the site of the ancient university in Nalanda, about 100 km southeast of Patna.<br /><br />The university will be fully residential, like the ancient Nalanda university. It will offer courses in science, philosophy and spiritualism and social sciences.<br /></p>
<p>A large number of foreign scholars and teachers are keen to join the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar as its faculty members, an official said Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The process of appointing faculty for the varsity has begun and 500 applications have been received for the 20 posts that will initially be filled.<br /><br />"Around 22 percent of the applicants for faculty posts, including professors, assistant professors, are foreign scholars and teachers," Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said.<br /><br />The university plans to start with two schools - School of Historical Sciences and the School of Environment and Ecology - by August-September.<br /><br />"The recruitment is for 20 faculty members posts - 10 in each school," she said.<br /><br />Sabharwal said the recruitment process will be complete by March-end or early April.<br /><br />The university will then advertise for student enrolments.<br /><br />"Initially, only 15 to 20 students will be enrolled in each school," she said.<br /><br />The university is set to come up on 446 acres in Rajgir, 10 km from the site of the ancient university in Nalanda, about 100 km southeast of Patna.<br /><br />The university will be fully residential, like the ancient Nalanda university. It will offer courses in science, philosophy and spiritualism and social sciences.<br /></p>