West Bengal Minister Bratya Basu has said the government was in favour of foreign higher educational institutes with good academic reputation setting up their bases in the state but "the ball is in the Centre's court". Basu, the state education minister, was speaking to reporters at a programme - West Bengal- UK Roundtable on Higher Education - on Thursday evening. He interacted with representatives of six higher educational institutes from the UK, which have expressed interest to set up their bases in the state. "Through this roundtable, I invite UK institutes to partner with us to accelerate two-way mobility of faculty and students, dual programmes, setting up campuses in West Bengal and enhance our joint research in areas of mutual interest," the minister said.