A National School of Planning and Architecture (NSPA) would be set up in the campus of Pondicherry Central University soon, Education Minister R Kamalakannan said on Wednesday.
The Union HRD Ministry has approved a proposal of the union territory administration for the NSPA which would be the fourth in the country after those in Delhi, Bhopal and Vijayawada, he told reporters here.
The institution would be established on an extent of 50 acre site on the sprawling Pondicherry University with an investment of Rs 338 crores provided by the Centre.