KAMPALA, May 16 : Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary recently visited Uganda to represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
As President Museveni assumed his seventh term in office, MoS Chaudhary expressed solidarity and goodwill on behalf of PM Narendra Modi and the people of India.
Highlighting the importance of political continuity and stability in fostering national development, Chaudhary acknowledged Kampala’s steady progress and reiterated New Delhi’s commitment to bolstering its longstanding partnership with both Uganda, and the entire African continent, a statement said.
Chaudhary, who is also Minister of State for Education, visited the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU-I) Uganda Campus in Jinja, India’s first overseas public academic campus, which enrolled its inaugural batch of students in October 2025.
Commending the initiative, Chaudhary expressed confidence that the campus would in the future emerge as a centre of excellence for multidisciplinary forensic sciences, research and development, and capacity building.
He further noted that the institution was symbolic of the spirit of collaboration, and emblematic of both friendship, and shared aspirations between India and Africa.
In the Ugandan capital, Minister Chaudhary also interacted with members of the Indian diaspora which reflected the deep people-to-people ties between New Delhi and Kampala, and reaffirmed India’s continued commitment to deepening cooperation with Uganda.
(UNI)
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