Soon -to -be ‘deemed university’, Ranchi College administration has assured that the work for upgrading the existing infrastructure will be undertaken by the Building Corporation Department within a month. Spread over an area of 110 acres, the university will be known as ‘Ranchi College State University’ and renovation work will be completed in two years covering different sections.
To boost higher and technical education sector of Jharkhand, the State Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Department’s plan to give ‘deemed university’ status to Ranchi College established in 1926. The Cabinet has approved the budget of Rs. 55 crore for strengthening the infrastructure and boosting facilities at college as per the set guidelines of University Grant Commission (UGC).
“Detailed project report (DPR) has been approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India recently and the amount to be incurred in advancing the infrastructure and to setup new facilities on the college campus premises has been also approved by the Ministry,” said, Ranchi College Principal, Dr. UC Mehta.
As per the DPR available with the college administration, the campus will have separate administrative building to for all official work, separate hostel for boys and girls, faculty house, guest house, indoor game auditorium and smart class rooms.
“At present, we are remodeling the college auditorium lashed with acoustically equipped instruments and other basic facets. Our priority right now is to provide students with world class facilities and quality education. The work will be covered in a phase wise way. In first phase upgradation of library, laboratory restoration for practical work, setting up computer labs in different building and induction of smart classes will completed,” added Mehta.
Streamlining few additional subjects and recruiting additional faculty members catering to the requirement of students and additional courses will be decided later in the presence of Higher and Technical Education Department officials and college staffs, pointed out Mehta.
“We have written to the department asking to sort the issues of staff crunch here. The matter will be discussed again with the government officials after the final draft is ready. College will also revamp its class rooms soon. However, the name Ranchi College will never be renamed or changed as it has historical significance as discussed by the officials earlier,” Mehta said.
Presently, Ranchi College has more than 3200 students in 22 conventional departments including professional courses like B Ed., llM Computer Application, Information Technology, Environmental Science, Electronics, GIS, and Tribal Management.