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HRD Min to lay foundation of IIT Delhi extension campuses in

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Union Minister for Human Resource Development M M Pallam Raju would lay the foundation stones of extension campuses of IIT Delhi and a Science and Technology Park in Haryana on December 21.

Foundation stone of the extension campus of IIT Delhi, to be developed over an area of 50 acre in Rajiv Gandhi Education City of Sonipat, would be laid by Raju, Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda said here today.

The IIT Delhi extension would also have a Science and Technology Park and a Faculty Development Centre which would be first of its kind in the country.

On the day, the second such event will be the foundation stone laying of another extension campus of IIT Delhi to be developed on 125 acres at village Bhadsa in district Jhajjar for Research and Development Centre.
 

Raju would also lay the foundation stone of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Kilord village in Sonipat, he added.

Hooda said it would be a big achievement of the state and would give a further fillip to the education infrastructure in the state.

The MP said that latest technical and high quality education would be provided in these educational institutes and for which he expressed gratitude to Central Government and IIT Advisory Committee.

He claimed of making concerted efforts for promotion of technical education in the state and for this he was continuously in touch with Union Human Resource Development Ministry and IIT Advisory Committee.

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First Published: Dec 14 2013 | 9:05 PM IST

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