President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, will pay an official visit to India from July 17 to 20 at the invitation of Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday.
President Mwinyi will be accompanied by his spouse and a high-level delegation comprising ministers and senior officials.
During the visit, President Mwinyi will hold talks with Vice President Radhakrishnan to review the full spectrum of India-Tanzania relations and explore new avenues for cooperation. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is also scheduled to call on the visiting leader.
A key highlight of the visit will be President Mwinyi’s participation as the Chief Guest at the 63rd Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Chennai.
The visit assumes added significance as the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus, established in October 2023, has successfully completed two years of operations. The campus is India’s first international campus of an IIT and reflects the growing educational partnership between India and Zanzibar.
India and Tanzania share longstanding ties rooted in friendship and cooperation across a wide range of sectors. As partners in the Global South, the two countries have continued to strengthen engagement in areas including capacity building, education, trade, development partnership and people-to-people exchanges.
