Haryana will soon have National law University and National Tourism University at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli in Sonepat.
Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, accompanied by Union Minister for Human Resource Development MM Pallam Raju, laid the foundation stones of three national level projects involving an investment of Rs 1,128 crore on Saturday. These included extension campuses of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli in district Sonepat and at Bhadsa in district Jhajjar. Each of the institutes would cost Rs 500 crore. The third institute for which they also laid the foundation stone was Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at village Kilhorad in district Sonipat on Saturday and it would cost Rs 128 crore.
Hooda said that the extension campus of IIT, Delhi would also have Science and Technology Park, High Performance Computing Facility and Faculty Development Centre. The IIIT at village Kilhorad would be the eleventh such institute in the country, but first in rural area. Hooda said that it is a matter of pride for Haryana that the foundation stones of three national level technical institutes have been laid in the State in a single day.
Union HRD Minister Pallam Raju said a number of educational institutes have been set up but there was a need to set up more such institutes in the State. laying special emphasis on skill education, Raju said that about 120 lakh children were coming into the workforce every year in the country and to impart skill education to them the Central Government has set up a number of institutes across the country.