MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute Act 1982 together with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute (Amendment) Act 2002 and the Rabindranath Tagore Institute Act 2002 have provided for the Mahatma Gandhi Institute and the Rabindranath Tagore Institute (located in an idyllic setting at Ilot in the northern part of the country) to function under one Council and one Director-General. By broadening its scope, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute is well settled on its path to cater for the growing educational, academic, and cultural demands of the country and to contribute to the regional role of Mauritius.
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute is today rightly viewed as a meeting ground for different cultures. The philosophy underlying the vision and the mission of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute takes example from Gandhian thought, rich in educational and social values.
The objects of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute as stipulated by its Act are:
- To establish, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, a Centre of Studies for Indian culture and traditions
- To promote education and culture generally
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute, a publicly-funded higher education institution, was established by an Act of Parliament on 23 December 1970 as a joint initiative of the Governments of India and Mauritius. This Act was repealed and replaced in 1982 to make better provisions for the management of the MGI, and that was, in turn, amended in 2002 to accommodate the operation of the Rabindranath Tagore Institute (hereinafter referred to as ‘RTI’), set up by an Act of parliament in 2002, under one Council and one Director General at Ilot, a hamlet in the northern part of the country.