PM Modi to lay foundation of permanent campus of Central University of Gujarat on June 18

The Gujarat government had allotted the land and the Centre had allocated INR 743 crore for the construction of the campus of the Gujarat Kendriya Vishwavidyalaya (Central University of Gujarat), in Vadodara, which has been functioning since 2009 from its temporary campus in Gandhinagar.

PM Modi to lay foundation of permanent campus of Central University of Gujarat on June 18

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the Central University of Gujarat near Vadodara on June 18. The Gujarat government had allotted the land and the Centre had allocated INR 743 crore for the construction of the campus of the Gujarat Kendriya Vishwavidyalaya (Central University of Gujarat), in Vadodara, which has been functioning since 2009 from its temporary campus in Gandhinagar, the state government said in a statement.

It must be noted that this will be the second visit of PM Modi to Gujarat, where the elections will be conducted in December 2022. He had earlier visited his home state on June 10. 

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the construction of this new university complex near Kundhela in Dabhoi taluka of Vadodara district during the Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan event to be held at Leprosy ground in Vadodara city on June 18," the state government said in a release.

During his visit, the prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for the new building of the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), which is being rechristened as the Bharatiya Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. The foundation stones will be laid in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and members of the state cabinet. The campus of this university has been planned in such a way that 2,500 students can take world-class education, it said.

"It is designed to provide education in various disciplines, and will have multi-purpose buildings, guest houses, comfortable dormitories for boys and girls, lecture halls with international standard laboratories, multi-media facilities that enable state-of-the-art research. At present, a total 54 central universities are providing education in the country across 15 states. Students from all over the country get admission in the central universities, and the proportion of students from Gujarat is estimated to be around 20 per cent," the release said.

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