Bhagalpur: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today laid the Foundation stone of permanent campus of IIIT Bhagalpur through virtual, online mode. The permanent campus will have Academic block, Administrative block, Lecture halls, Computer centre & Library block, workshop cum incubation centre, Girl’s and Boy’s Hostel, and faculty residence.
A MoU has been signed between IIIT Bhagalpur and CPWD for construction of the above mentioned buildings of IIIT Bhagalpur. The total area of construction will be 25000 metre squarewith a cost of Rs. 122 crores approximately.
In view of new education policy-2020, each class in this building will have digital facilities. The lecture hall having capacity of 250 will be constructed. The construction of workshop cum incubation centre would also be constructed for the innovation and start-up promotion. All the building mentioned will be fully furnished with furniture and equipment.
There will be provision of facilities like canteen, parking, LED fixtures, solar photo voltaic power generation systems and high capacity open air theatre along with Automatic Weather Station surrounding in computer centre cum library which will be signature building of IIIT Bhagalpur.
Speaking on the occasion, Pokhriyal said that the institute was setting new standards in providing quality education at par with the top institutions in the country.He praised institute’s initiative of adopting 4-5 nearby villages for providing technical knowledge. The Minister was happy to learn that IIIT Bhagalpur was continuously working during the lockdown period.
The institute is also engaged in research work which can help in combating COVID 19 outbreak and Pokhriyal also urged that the institute can extend help to the silk industry by providing technical inputs and support for manufacturing the high quality silk clothes and exporting the silk of Bhagalpur under Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
– global bihari bureau
