11 new universities to come up in Gujarat

The Gujarat Assembly had unanimously passed the Gujarat Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022, that paved way for eleven private universities in the state.

The Gujarat Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed unanimously in the state assembly on March 31. It enabled adding 11 new private universities in the state.

These 11 universities include Gandhinagar University, SKIPS University, Swaminarayan University in Gandhinagar, Dr Subhash University and Nobel University in Junagadh, Trans Stadia University and Adani University in Ahmedabad, MK University in Patan, Vidhyadeep University in Surat, Maganbhai Adenwala Mahagujurat University in Kheda and Lok Bharati University for rural innovation in Bhavnagar.

Gujarat Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for qualitative education

The official release says, "The State Government has enacted the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009 (Guj. 8 of 2009) to provide for establishment of Private Universities in the State so as to provide for qualitative and industry related higher education and to regulate their functions in accordance with the provisions of the Act."

"The said proposals have been considered by the Scrutiny Committee appointed under section 8 of the said Act and the Committee has submitted its report to the State Government and on the basis of such report, the State Government has, having been satisfied, issued a Letter of Intent as provided under section 9 of the Act and since the sponsoring bodies have complied with the conditions of the Letter of Intent, it is considered necessary to include the names of the

Universities in the Schedule to the Act as envisaged under section 10 of the said Act," added the release.

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