Centre allows transfer of defence land for Bihar university

New Delhi: In a step forward in establishing the permanent campus of Bihar Central University in Gaya, the Centre today approved transfer of 300 acres of defence land to the Ministry of Human Resources Development for the purpose. The Union cabinet today gave its go ahead to transfer the land—part of an abandoned airfield at Panchanpur in Gaya—to the HRD ministry to set up the campus infrastructure.[caption id=“attachment_1159913” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Encouraging education. Getty Images[/caption] “The transfer will fulfil the requirement of land for the development of the Central University in Bihar, which will serve the national cause for quality higher education, research and training in unserved and under-served areas,” an official statement said in New Delhi. The Central University of Bihar is among the 16 newly-established central universities by the Central government under the Central Universities Act. The University is presently located at the premises of Birla Institute of Technology in Patna. Keeping in view of the permanent location of the University at Gaya, the university authorities have decided to launch new academic programmes after moving to the new campus. PTI