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Foundation stone for IIT's Jodhpur campus laid
Tuesday April 16, 2013 10:29:13 PM,
IANS
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Jodhpur: Union Human
Resource Development M.M. Pallam Raju laid the foundation stone
for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-J's campus in Rajasthan's
Jodhpur city Tuesday, almost five years after the premium
institute started academic operations here.
IIT-J started academic sessions from a temporary campus five years
ago and is one of the eight IITs in the country which were
announced in the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari, who is the local MP, and
several senior politicians and officials were also present on the
occasion.
Addressing the function, Raju said: "The eight IITs are doing a
great job in achieving the goals set at the time of their
beginning five years ago."
In the Twelfth Five Year Plan, the government will focus on
improving the standard and quality of education further at IITs,
he added.
Chandresh Kumari said that the IIT-J is a great achievement for
Rajasthan.
"The students will pave the way for development through their
innovative research in the field of science while studying here,"
she said.
The IIT-J is operating from its temporary campus at the MBM
Engineering College in the city.
The state government had acquired 842 acres of land on Jodhpur-Nagaur
Highway about two years ago.
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