Engg, management college to come up in West Bengal’s Alipurduar

Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu said the proposed government college, which is being established on 18.45 acres of land, will be the first of its kind in North Bengal to offer management courses.  

An engineering and management college is being set up at Alipurduar, West Bengal, state Higher Education minister Bratya Basu said. As per a report published in Millennium Post, the proposed government college, which is being established on 18.45 acres of land, will be the first of its kind in North Bengal to offer management courses.

Basu said, “Based on the market trend, admission scenario and placement opportunities, we will start by offering three BTech courses — computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering and electrical engineering. In the second phase, we will introduce the management programme.”

Project cost INR 55.30 crore  

The proposed number of posts, including teaching and non-teaching in the college, is 95. The total project cost for construction of the building is over INR 55.30 crore out of which over INR 18.32 crore has already been released by the Higher Education department. The fund released from RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) till date is INR 19.5 crore out of a sanctioned amount of Rs 26 crore.  

The construction work for both academic and the administrative block is going on in full swing. Basu said students in North Bengal intending to pursue management studies will be immensely benefitted and the employment avenues will also increase.

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