NIT Sikkim's Permanent Campus To Be Ready Within Next 3 Years: MoS Education
NDTV
Mr Sarkar, who is on a two-day visit to the state, announced that construction of the second phase of the Sikkim Central University's campus at Yangyang in South Sikkim will also be completed within the next two-and-half years.
The permanent campus for the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Sikkim, is expected to be ready within the next three years with the construction work set to begin soon, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar announced on Sunday.
Since its inception in 2010, NIT Sikkim has been functioning from a temporary campus at Ravangla. Mr Sarkar, who is on a two-day visit to the state, announced that construction of the second phase of the Sikkim Central University's campus at Yangyang in South Sikkim will also be completed within the next two-and-half years.
"I am happy that the Sikkim government has provided a good quality land, measuring about 100 acres at Khamdong, East Sikkim, for building the NIT campus. The construction work is likely to start very soon after the completion of all formalities. Rs 500 crore has been set aside for this.
"While 90 acres of land has already been acquired, the remaining 10 acres is expected to be acquired soon," Mr Sarkar told reporters on the sidelines of an event.
