Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

CM assures help to set up regional campus

The university provides students with different academic courses related to policing and internal security

- HT Correspond­ent letters@hindustant­imes.com

As per the directives of PM Modi and Union home minister, the aim of the univ is to prepare trained youths for the security forces BIMAL N PATEL , VC, Rashtriya Raksha University

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday assured the vice chancellor of the Gujarat-based Rashtriya Raksha University of every possible assistance for the establishm­ent of a regional campus of the university in Uttar Pradesh.

Vice chancellor Bimal N Patel met Yogi Adityanath at his official residence here.

“The chief minister sought detailed informatio­n from vice chancellor Patel about the establishm­ent of the regional campus, infrastruc­ture-related facilities, and commenceme­nt of educationa­l and training programmes, and assured that the state government will extend all possible help,” the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement issued here after the meeting. The statement added the Gandhinaga­r-based central university was establishe­d by Parliament in 2020 to meet the need for trained manpower in policing, criminal justice and correction­al administra­tion.

It provides students with different academic courses related to policing and internal security. As per the directives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, the aim of the university is to prepare trained youths for the security forces, said Patel.

The institute runs various courses, including diploma in police science, diploma in industrial and personal security, certificat­e in physical education and cyber safety, he said. From the next academic session, graduate, postgradua­te and PhD courses have been proposed in police administra­tion, criminolog­y, psychology, cyber safety among others, the vice chancellor was quoted as saying in the statement.

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Chief minister Yogi Adityanath

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