State-run engineering colleges to get funds for infrastructure

LUCKNOW: Engineering students can hope to get better facilities on the campus as the state government-run engineering colleges affiliated to the UP Technical University (UPTU) will now be able to go ahead with their plan to boost existing infrastructure.

The finance committee of UPTU has allocated ` 25 crore to the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, ` 7 crore to Architecture College in Lucknow, ` 10 crore to HBTI, Kanpur, ` 6 crore to UPTTI, Kanpur and ` 5 crore to BIET, Jhansi.

This assistance approved by UPTU will be used to carry out renovation work at hostels, purchase of equipment, upgradation of library and sports facilities.

The state government is all set to develop UPTU as a centre of excellence and set up a memorial dedicated to late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at the upcoming campus of the university in Jankipuram.

In a meeting held here on Monday, the finance committee paved way for developing UPTU as a centre of excellence, as part of an ambitious project of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

In the next two weeks, a detailed report of the plan would be prepared and a special committee under UPTU vice-chancellor Prof VK Pathak would examine it for further action.

Prominent among those at the meeting, included special secretary (technical education) Shivakant Dwivedi and special secretary (finance) VK Singh.