The Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod for two new private universities on Monday. A high-power committee of the set up under the chief secretary to approve the establishment of universities. Interestingly, both universities will be set up in Gautam Budh Nagar.
The twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida are developing as higher education hubs of the state. The Knowledge Park sectors in Greater Noida are home to around 50 colleges. According to the education department, there are a total of 190 colleges in the district.
According to sources, “The approval for the private JBM Global University as well as Saroj International University came during a meeting chaired by chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra in state capital Lucknow. There were proposals for three universities and two have been approved. The panel will now be sending a letter of intent (LOI) to the management of both universities.”
Meanwhile, the chief secretary said that proposals for setting up more universities will also be discussed and necessary improvements will be made to ensure that more institutes of higher learning come up.
“All such proposals will be reviewed with utmost impartiality and transparency and presented before the committee. I have directed the officials to sit with the universities whose documents and other formalities are incomplete and ensure that work is done in a timely manner,” said chief secretary Mishra.
Gautam Budh Nagar also has around 600 primary government schools and also over 140 private schools affiliated to CBSE.
