Edu City to Welcome IIT and IIM Campuses; Check Details Here

New Delhi:  In a significant stride towards transforming Edu City into a dynamic hub of education and innovation, the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology Ropar and Indian Institutes of Management Amritsar are set to establish their campuses within its premises.

Two of the institute has communicated their willingness to establish campuses in Edu City near Sarangpur. The administration has begun the approval process to allocate land for the two institutes. With the inclusion of IIT Ropar and IIM Amritsar campuses, Edu City is poised to ascend to even greater heights, fostering a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment.

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According to the UT adviser Dharam Pal, “We have received IIM (Amritsar) and IIT (Ropar) willingness to establish their campuses in Edu City. The administration will like them to go ahead with their plan of setting up the campuses.”

This project was resting for several years without any action being taken. Recently administration has made a major effort to revive the project by holding a meeting to speed up the process of establishing the two educational institutes. In the internal meeting, there were several other institute present. Consequently, both these institutes made the offer.

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According to the earlier land layout plan, there are about 30 acres of land available which was divided into six plots. There were three plots of 6 acres each, one plot of 2.5 acres, one plot of 3 acres, and a 9-acre plot. But the administration now plans to allocate all the available land between the two institutes. 

“Currently, there are around 30 acres available in Edu City We are considering allocating a sizable area of this available land to these institutions so that can have large campuses and offer world-class educational facilities in the city,” said Pal.

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All the allotted land has been shared between the two institutes, now the project will finally see the light of the day. Being a government institute, the UT is examining the case for not requiring an auction to be held for the allotment of land. At inception, the project was to come up on 150 acres.

“In 2009, the UT had shortlisted nine players and only three had signed the agreement for the project. The institutes were selected on the basis of recommendations of an expert committee which was appointed by the administration. The committee had cleared six players in the first phase and three players in the second phase for setting up campuses.”

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