The MP government is in talks with the Ministry of Education to share the budget required for setting up a satellite campus in the ancient town.
MP government to help IIT Indore in setting up the satellite campus: Reports
The Madhya Pradesh government has reportedly come forward to set up the proposed satellite campus in Ujjain at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore. The MP government is in talks with the Ministry of Education for sharing the budget required for setting up satellite campus in the ancient town.
“Once the state’s percentage is decided, the proposal for funding establishment of the satellite campus will be placed before State Cabinet for its approval,” said a senior officer in Department of Higher Education (DHE), Madhya Pradesh, as reported by Freepressjournal.
As per the reports, Additional Chief Secretary (Higher Education) Shailendra Singh had visiting the institute's campus and spoke with the authorities. They informed Singh that a budget of INR 500 crore is required to set up the satellite campus in Ujjain. "There is a loan of about INR 350 crore on IIT Indore so it can’t establish campus in Ujjain from its resources," Singh said.
Singh informed the institute authorities that the state government is in talks with officers of the Ministry of Education so that the centre and the state could share the budget for establishing the satellite campus. He further added that the institute would also have to run skill-development courses in order to justify the money invested by the state government to set up the satellite campus.
According to sources in DHE, the institute agreed to run skill-development courses along with its flagship programme from the Ujjain campus so that skilled workforce for the state can be produced.
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