India, June 5 -- The Ministry of Education today handed over the Letter of Approval (LoA) to the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, paving the way for the establishment of its branch campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The LoA was formally presented by Dr. Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education and Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), to Professor Richard Grose, Provost of the University of Liverpool Bengaluru. The ceremony was held in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Senior dignitaries from both India and the UK attended the event, including Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of India...