Leh, Nov 26: Leh engineer Sonam Wangchuk, who inspired the character Phunsukh Wangdu played by Aamir Khan in Hindi film ‘3 Idiots', has announced setting up of an "alternative university" for mountain development.
"We are preparing to launch an ambitious project - Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), an alternative university for mountain development. It will be the sweat equity that the students will be paying as a fee for the university. "Moreover, the institute will engage the students in finding solutions to real life challenges faced by the people of the mountains.
This project will change the face of higher education in India and the future of it has already begun," Wangchuk said during an interactive session here on November 25. Wangchuk, who recently bagged Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016 for his innovation of Ice Stupas, was here to participate in the Future Talk series titled "the Next Learning Revolution".(Agencies)
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