(Tribune)
The state government will take up with the Centre the matter of declaring Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) a Central university so that it could get adequate funds for development and expansion, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, while presiding over the 50th foundation day of the HPU here today.
Thakur, who dedicated and laid foundation stones of development projects worth Rs 8.20 crore in the university, also announced the enhancement of HPU budget from the existing Rs 115 crore to Rs 130 crore. Congratulating the teachers, students and non-teaching members, he said the university was established with an aim to empower the people through educational process by undertaking teaching, research and outreach programmes.
The campus should be a repository of knowledge, an instrument for dissemination of knowledge and promoting the traditions and values enshrined in Indian heritage and tradition for which teachers should come up with new ideas, Thakur said.
