Education
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates new campus at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Jammu
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, inaugurated a new campus at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Jammu on Sunday.
The home minister arrived at Jammu on the second day of his visit to the Union Territory to inaugurate the new campus at IIT-Jammu and also lay the foundation stones for various development projects.
He will also meet MPs, MLAs and senior BJP leaders later in the day, ANI news agency reported.
Amit Shah is being accompanied by Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Dr Jitendra Singh and J-K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
Taking to Twitter, Dharmendra Pradhan said Amit Shah dedicated Phase 1A and 1B of the permanent campus of IIT Jammu and Saptarshi, a multidisciplinary research centre.
The union minister also laid the foundation stone for the construction of the last phase 1C of the permanent campus.
“Phase 1A & 1B of IIT Jammu has been developed at a total cost of Rs 210 crore. Phase 1C is estimated to be developed at a total cost of over Rs 700.19 crore,” Pradhan tweeted.
Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.