President gives nod for technical university in Puducherry
Press Trust of India | July 1, 2020 | 06:14 PM IST | 1 min read
Puducherry: The decks have been cleared for upgradation of the state-run Pondicherry Engineering College into a technological university with a Bill passed by the union territory assembly receiving the Presidential assent.
It will be an affiliating, teaching and research university and also facilitate and promote studies, research activities, technology incubation, product innovation and extension work in technology, management, architecture and science, according to a Gazette notification.
Puducherry already has a university in the Central sector to which all the academic and professional colleges including engineering colleges and medical colleges here are affiliated.
As per the Puducherry Technological University Act, the Lt Governor of the Union Territory will be the Chancellor of the university and Secretary to the territorial government (Higher Education) will by virtue of his office be the Pro Chancellor. Puducherry Engineering College was established in the 1980s.
Write to us at news@careers360.com .
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- Allahabad University, central institutes ‘bypass’ SC, ST hiring with ‘not found suitable’ excuse: Panel
- Over half of NCERT posts lie vacant, zero hiring for two straight years; NCTE, NIOS no different
- Governor as Chancellor: Colonial-era role being used to ‘choke’ universities in opposition states
- ‘Content-heavy to context-driven’: Great Lakes Chennai launches PGPM with consulting, data science majors
- Institute of Rural Management Anand enters a new era with fresh campus, MBA courses, curriculum
- UPSC, SSC Exams: Government job seekers demand students’ panel, tight monitoring in appeal to commission, DoPT
- Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill centre’s ‘total power’ grab over higher edu, say MPs; draft goes to JPC
- 51 FIRs over fake NCERT books; over 5 lakh copies seized: Education ministry
- Decoding Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill: Honorary chair, no teacher reps, external accreditation, fines
- HECI Bill 2025 to bring standalone teacher training institutes under accreditation framework: NCTE chief