Private University Bill for Vedanta university and others is under works
March 21st, 2008
Following is an excerpt from a report in New Indian Express.
Higher Education Minister Samir Dey announced in the Assembly on Thursday that the bill on private universities is under process and would soon be tabled in the Assembly by the State Government.
… the Minister said that as the Vedanta University is yet to be established, the State Government has not formulated any guidelines for admission. Dey said that the university would have student strength of 1 lakh with 20,000 faculty members and equal number of non-teaching staff.
The State Government signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vedanta Foundation on July 19, 2006 for establishment of the university. The process for acquisition of 6252.9 acres of land for the university is on.
He said that out of the total land required for the university, 707.54 acres is government land. The State Government has selected a suitable location for this institution of higher learning, he added.
Supporting the company’s demand for land, the Minister said that going by the hugeness of the project, the land requirement shown by the Government is not on the higher side.
Giving a comparative statement, the Minister said that the Stanford University which has a student strength of 14,800 has been set up on 8180 acres.
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