Gulbarga University gets ₹20 crore grant under PM-USHA for infrastructure expansion
The Hindu
Gulbarga University receives ₹20 crore grants for teaching infrastructure expansion under PM-USHA, enhancing academic facilities and opportunities.
The Union government has sanctioned ₹20 crore grants to Gulbarga University under Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) for the expansion of teaching infrastructure.
Addressing a media conference at Radhakrishna Hall in the university here on Monday, Vice-Chancellor Dayanand Agsar said that only four universities from Karnataka, including Gulbarga University, and 52 universities in the country have been selected for Grants for Strengthening Universities (GSU) under PM-USHA.
He said that Mangalore University, Karnataka University Dharwad and Bengaluru Central University are the other universities from the State that have got the grants.
“Under the guidelines of Karnataka State Higher Education Council, we submitted the request to the Union government for the grants. We are happy that whatever amount we sought has been granted,” Prof. Agsar said.
The Vice-Chancellor said that the amount has been allocated for four specific purposes – new construction, renovation and upgradation of existing structures, scientific development of infrastructure and soft component.
“The Union government has allocated ₹7 crore for the construction of new structures, ₹7 crore for renovation and upgradation of existing structures, ₹5.7 crore for major scientific development component and ₹25 lakh for soft/ digital component,” Prof. Agsar said.
Prof. Agsar said that a new skill development centre and an integrated multidisciplinary lecture hall complex equipped with advanced digital technology tools will be built at a cost of ₹7 crore allocated for new structures.
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