Four new varsities to come up in West Bengal
The West Bengal cabinet today gave its nod for setting up four new universities in the state, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said. The four new universities would be run by the government and come up in Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, South Dinajpur, and Murshidabad districts. Identification of land for the four new universities is being done by the respective district magistrates and education department, Chatterjee added.
Banerjee to lay foundation stone of proposed Mahatma Gandhi University
At the meeting, the cabinet also decided that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would lay the foundation stone of the proposed Mahatma Gandhi University in East Midnapore district. With the setting up of the five universities, their number in the state would reach 28, he said.