Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday inaugurated the administrative building of Purnea University at a function at Purnea.
Purnea university is among the three new universities created by the state government. Patliputra university in Patna and Munger university are the other two.
Kumar also inaugurated the university's basket ball court, synthetic court, seminar hall, badminton hall at a function held at Purnea College campus from where Patna University is currently functioning.
Besides, he also inaugurated the work for carrying out boundary wall and beautification of the university premises, an official release said.
Kumar handed over a letter for transfer of 37.24 acres of land for building Purnea University's own campus to its Vice Chancellor Prof Rajesh Singh.
Addressing the function, Kumar said that "I am very happy to be here in the inaugural function. Out of the three universities that the state government created at Purnea, Munger and Patliputra, two universities have been inaugurated. I would like that our Education Department Principal Secretary R K Mahajan should also fix a date for inauguration of Munger University."
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