FOUNDATION STONE OF RS 20-CR STUDIES CENTRE LAID
Talwandi Sabo September 27:
The effort of the Punjabi University, Patiala, to take higher professional education to the doorsteps of the rural under-privileged got a shot in the arm with the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, laying foundation stone of the Rs 20 crore advanced professional studies centre at university's Guru Kashi Campus here.
Another event marked laying the foundation stone of a religio-cultural complex by Badal on 4.25 acres of SGPC land, donated to the Punjabi University. The complex, aimed at preserving and promoting the religious and cultural ethos of Punjab, will cost Rs 3 crore. The University has already floated tenders for completing both these complexes in a year's time.
According to Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, the advanced centre will have a science and technology complex that will house the Departments of Bio-Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, while the computer centre will run such courses as B.Tech. (Computer Science), and B.Tech. (information technology).
The complex, inter-alia, will also have a modern, state-of-the art library. "We have kept ample provision for the further expansion of centres to run more professional courses as in TV and Film Production and Management Studies, building an open-air theatre, auditoriums and workshops for the preservation of vanishing art forms of Punjab", he added.
The University already has a Yadavindra College of Engineering and a college campus at Talwandi Sabo in addition to the six neighbourhood campuses set up in Bathinda and the most backward villages of the neighbouring Mansa and Sangrur districts.
Talwandi Sabo September 27:
The effort of the Punjabi University, Patiala, to take higher professional education to the doorsteps of the rural under-privileged got a shot in the arm with the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, laying foundation stone of the Rs 20 crore advanced professional studies centre at university's Guru Kashi Campus here.
Another event marked laying the foundation stone of a religio-cultural complex by Badal on 4.25 acres of SGPC land, donated to the Punjabi University. The complex, aimed at preserving and promoting the religious and cultural ethos of Punjab, will cost Rs 3 crore. The University has already floated tenders for completing both these complexes in a year's time.
According to Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, the advanced centre will have a science and technology complex that will house the Departments of Bio-Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, while the computer centre will run such courses as B.Tech. (Computer Science), and B.Tech. (information technology).
The complex, inter-alia, will also have a modern, state-of-the art library. "We have kept ample provision for the further expansion of centres to run more professional courses as in TV and Film Production and Management Studies, building an open-air theatre, auditoriums and workshops for the preservation of vanishing art forms of Punjab", he added.
The University already has a Yadavindra College of Engineering and a college campus at Talwandi Sabo in addition to the six neighbourhood campuses set up in Bathinda and the most backward villages of the neighbouring Mansa and Sangrur districts.
