Anna University gets INR 50 crore to set up a research park to benefit UG, PG students

Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy announced in the Assembly that Anna University receive INR 50 crore to establish a research park that will be used for industry-related research and incubation centres to benefit around 20,000 students of undergraduate, postgraduate and engineering research.

Anna University gets INR 50 crore to set up a research park to benefit UG, PG students

Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department has proposed to invest around INR 65 crore to develop research facilities at Anna University. The Department’s budget is focused on improving infrastructure, including hostel and research facilities, in government colleges.

Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy announced in the Assembly that Anna University receive INR 50 crore to establish a research park that will be used for industry-related research and incubation centres to benefit around 20,000 students of undergraduate, postgraduate and engineering research.

The university will receive another INR 10 crore to establish 11 centres for research with industrial support from TIDCO and SIPCOT. There was a proposal to introduce industry skills-based courses for students of the university at a cost of INR 5 crore, the Minister said.

The department has allocated INR 100 crore to modernise laboratories and libraries in government colleges. A total of INR 130 crore has been allocated to build hostel facilities in government colleges, including Anna University’s Guindy campus and the Marina campus of the University of Madras.

The Department has permitted the lateral entry of candidates who have completed their diploma in engineering courses in Anna University’s departments, namely the College of Engineering, Guindy; the Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet; and Alagappa College of Technology, Guindy.

The higher education department has also proposed to begin 10 new arts and science colleges in the academic year 2022-23, at a cost of INR 165.60 crore. “We are planning to set up 10 new arts and science colleges, as we did last year,” he said.

New colleges are coming up in Manapparai, Chenjee, Thali, Tirumaiyam, Andhiyur, Aravakurichi, Tirukattupalli, Reddiyarchathiram, Vadalur and Sriperumbudur, he said. The new colleges would be required in the light of the State government’s announcement that girl students would receive INR 1,000 per month as an incentive to pursue higher education.

Earlier, several members, including former School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan, questioned how the government had calculated that six lakh girls would benefit from the scheme when only two lakh students were expected to join colleges as per the scheme.

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