New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- The UNESCO and UN in India hosted a special session on writer-diplomat Abhay K.'s book Nalanda: How it Changed the World, bringing together diplomats, scholars, experts and students for a discussion on the ancient centre of learning and its global legacy.

Speaking on the occasion Stefan Priesner-Resident Coordinator of the United Nations to India said- "Nalanda, a subject, speaks to something that United Nations care deeply about--the power of learning, dialogue, exchanged freely across borders in order to shape how societies grow. Before I came to India, I was quite proud to have studied in a city of Europe with the oldest university, 1088 CE, Bologna, from where the word Universitas, University comes from, but Nal...