Patna University to set up four research centres soon

For the construction and functioning of the centre, Patna University will be signing an MoU with the Union health ministry by next week.

Patna University (PU) is all set to establish four ambitious research centres on its campus. While PU has all completed the necessary groundwork for establishing these centres, the construction work would start as soon as the situation created due to the current pandemic eases. According to PU development officer Parimal Kumar Khan, Union minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey is likely to lay the foundation stone of Population Research Centre (PRC) building at Rani Ghat in July.

For the construction and functioning of the centre, Patna University will be signing an MoU with the Union health ministry by next week. The plan has already been approved by the ministry. According to the plan, an administrative block and classrooms would be constructed in the first phase at an estimated cost of Rs 8.5 crore. In the second phase, a guesthouse and a data centre would be constructed at a cost of Rs4.5 crore. The funds for construction work on a plot of about 1 acre of land would be made available to PU by the ministry, said Khan.

According to PU, “Presently functioning from an annexe of PU statistics department, PRC will start advanced courses and training centres in Big Data Statistics and Biostatistics besides carrying out its population research activities.” Dolphin Research Centre is another research centre of national importance to be set up in PU. The hurdles in establishing this centre have already been removed with PU granting permission for registration of the proposed centre under the Societies’ Registration Act. A plot of 2.5 acres of land at Rani Ghat in front of Patna Law College has already been earmarked for the centre to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs32 crore. CM Nitish Kumar is expected to lay its foundation stone soon, said Khan.

The third one is the Centre for Advanced Seismological Research. The building for housing the centre has almost been completed on Patna Science College grounds. Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)is likely to appoint the personnel required for running the centre. Necessary instruments would be purchased only after the appointment of personnel, said BSDMA sources.

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