JOIN USBangalore University is all set to begin courses at the Ramanagar PG Centre this academic year.
An estimated Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh infrastructure needs to be in place before the postgraduate classes begin in August.
University Vice-Chancellor Prof B Thimme Gowda visited Ramanagar on Friday to take stock of the situation and held talks with the deputy commissioner concerned with regard to establishment of the PG centre.
Even though the university is yet to secure a land of its own for constructing a PG Centre, the university will start some PG courses this academic year at the sericulture Department premises.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Prof Thimme Gowda said, “We visited the sericulture department to find out about the existing infrastructure. We still need to furnish the rooms that have been let out to us for the purpose,” he said.
Beginning with toilets and furniture, the university has to accomplish works worth about Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, he said.
The university engineer too had accompanied him to estimate the works and the cost required, he added.
Four lecture halls, one office room and one hall have been provided in the sericulture department to conduct classes.
The courses that will be started are MA Economics and MCom. The university will start the MCom classes at the Government First Grade College in Ramanagar.
“Since the college does not have faculty for MCom, we offered to carry on the course. The same might be conducted to political science too, if the college permits the university. Until the university has a building of its own, we will have to rent places,” the Vice Chancellor explained.
Based on the demand, the university will start MA Social work next year. There will be 30-40 seats offered in the courses this year.
The university also has to hire guest faculty now to be able to run the courses.
The university’s demand for a land of about 150 acres to start a building of its own, for the PG Centre, remains pending.
“We are requesting the government to grant us a land on the road side so that it will be easily accessible, the Vice-Chancellor said. In November 2013, the university's academic council passed the draft statutes for the PG Centre.