Satellite campus of IIT Indore to come up in Ujjain

The centre will be established on a 100-acre land and will be engaged in international-level research and higher education for students. 

The satellite campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore will be set up in Ujjain with a mandate to conduct international-level research, Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav said. 

Centre to promote employment, self-employment  

The new educational centre is free to take administrative and academic decisions independently. It will play a major role in encouraging employment and self-employment and will have a hostel facility for students and staff quarters.  

"IIT Indore has prepared an initial Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up a satellite centre in Ujjain. It will be established on a 100-acre land and will be engaged in international-level research and higher education for students,” said the minister. 

Research work for industries based in Indore and Ujjain will be done on the campus, he said and added that he had a discussion with Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar recently on the issue of opening new educational institutions in Ujjain, in view of its rich heritage, in the area of knowledge and science, astronomy and culture.  

Proposal to open 4 national-level educational centres in Ujjain 

In the initial phase, there is a proposal to open four national-level educational centres and an industrial research park in Ujjain, Yadav said. These include IIT Indore Industrial Research Park on the lines of IIT Mumbai and Chennai for generating employment and self-employment facilities, a centre for water, a centre for astronomy, space and heritage in view of Ujjain’s importance in astronomical science, a centre for Indian scientific knowledge system and JP Narayan centre for excellence in humanities, the minister said. 
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