Uttar Pradesh to set up first women’s university in Gorakhpur: Report

NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government is going to set up the state's first all-women university in Gorakhpur, as per a Hindustan Times report. The university will be established on a 100-acre land, the report said.

The district magistrate reportedly said that a Bengaluru-based multinational company, Sobha Limited, will be investing Rs 700 crore in the establishment of the university under its Corporate Social Res (CSR) fund.

Last month, a delegation of the company had a discussion with the divisional commissioner of the Gorakhpur district who proposed to set up the university, the report said.

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The officials of Gorakhput district have selected the land for the setting up of the university on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi highway, the report further said. After its establishment, the university will become the fifth university in the state.

In other news, the land allotment to two educational institutes in Greater Noida has been cancelled due to non-payment of dues of over Rs 50 crore. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has cancelled the allotment of 28,750 square metres of land to Priyadarshini College of Computer Science and allotment of 20,000 square metres of land to Soho Food and Beverages (Soho Mascot Foundation) to build the Greater Noida Educational Institute.