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The Mahatma Gandhi Institute is pleased to announce that its annual rendez-vouz with visual artists will be held from 5th May to 27th May 2023.
To celebrate this 40th anniversary, we are reminiscing the earlier Salon model, which allowed for unbridled creativity and we are artists to showcase a recent artwork of their own choice with the art loving public of the island and beyond.
Artists wishing to apply and participate can find application forms and participation here
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According to the Communiqué from the Meteorological Services regarding the bad weather conditions dated 17 March 2023, the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology has informed that there will be no classes as from noon, today, Friday 17 March 2023. In view of the above Communiqué, kindly note that all examinations scheduled at the MGI for today, Friday 17 March 2023, have been postponed for another date.
An amended time-table will be issued to all students in due course.
U D Kowlesser (Mrs) 17 March 2023
Registrar
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ABOUT US
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute was set up by an Act of Parliament which was passed on 23 December 1970 as a joint initiative of the Governments of India and Mauritius. On 03 June 1970, the foundation stone was laid by Shrimati Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. The Mahatma Gandhi Institute was inaugurated on 09 October 1976 by two distinguished personalities, Dr the Right Hon. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius, and Shrimati Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India.
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: