Odisha HRD

Tamilnadu and Himachal Pradesh’s HRD steps on CU, WCCU and IIM

July 2nd, 2008

Following are excerpts from a report in The Hindu.

The Central University, Tiruvarur, will begin functioning from this year.

Since the Centre has come forward to commence the operations of the university, the government will identify temporary buildings to locate the university.

This was one of the decisions taken on the first day of the two-day annual District Collectors and police officers’ conference, chaired by Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi here on Thursday.

Mr. Karunanidhi advised Collectors of Perambalur, Villupuram, Tiruvarur and Sivaganga to expedite identification of land for setting up government medical colleges. He wanted them to hand over the lands at the earliest.

At the end of the first day of the conference, in which all the major schemes came up for elaborate discussion in the morning, it was decided that expeditious action would be taken to identify and allot land to the Central University in Coimbatore and the Indian Institute of Management in Tiruchi.

Following is an excerpt from a report in expressindia.com.

With the state government giving its nod to set up the Central university in Dehra sub-division of Kangra district, …

The university would include engineering, medical and other educational institutions to be opened under the umbrella of the Central University.

The Centre would bear the cost of the entire infrastructure. The state government has to provide the land and fulfill other formalities.

Sources said about 800 acres of land is available near Dehra town where the Himachal Road Transport Corporation workshop is situated. Sources said all revenue papers, along with the proposals, have been sent to the HRD Ministry. A team of the HRD Ministry has already visited the site and approved it.

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