The "left front government" of Tripura in India has decided to set up a state university to improve its range of higher education, the Hindu reported.
State Higher Education Minister Bhanu Lal Saha said the government plans to launch the university at Maharaja Bir Bikram College to encourage teaching environment in the capital city.
Maharaja Bir Bikram College was first higher education institute in the state established by former royals during World War II. Located on the hillocks surrounded by lush greenery, the college lost its "magnificence" due to a rise of encroachments involving the school.
The government plans on opening the university in 2015.
"The committee headed by the education secretary is considering all aspects", Saha told the Hindu.
Prelude to creating the university, the government will introduce a bill in the State Assembly on the university proposal and if passed, the bill will then move the University Grants Commission where the merits of the bill will be scrutinized.
Officials said the government will prepare detailed project report to move the central government for budgetary allocation.
"The State Government lost control over the erstwhile Tripura University after it secured the central university status," according to the Hindu.
More than $20 million is required annually to run the proposed university. The Tripura state government has also decided to run an English medium college at place of the central jail in Agartala next year.
The central jail was shifted to its new campus in Bishalgarh last month.
