Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.

While the commercial new Silk Road does not materialize, the new Silk Road of education is fast becoming a viable proposition, thanks to the University of Central Asia (UCA), which bills itself as 'the first private institution of higher education to be internationally chartered'. The idea springs from the Aga Khan, the top Ismaili authority and his Aga Khan Development Network, based in Geneva, which promotes 'the social conscience of Islam through institutional action'.