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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the establishment and operationalisation of permanent campuses of the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) and Berhampur (Odisha).
The total cost
likely to be incurred is Rs. 3074.12 crore (Non-Recurring: Rs.2366.48 crore and
Recurring: 707.64 crore).
Creation of two posts of Registrar, one in each
IISER in Level 14 of 7lh CPC has also been approved by the Cabinet.
The
total cost is assessed at Rs. 3074.12 crore, out of which 2366.48 crore will be
spent for construction of permanent campuses of these institutes
Both the
IISERs will construct an area of 1,17,000 sq. m which will have complete
infrastructural facilities for 1855 students in each IISER.
The
construction of permanent campuses of these institutes shall be completed by
December 2021.
The IISERs will provide top quality science education at
the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate levels, PHDs and Integrated PHDs. They will
carry out research in frontier areas of science. They will enable India to move
towards being a knowledge economy by attracting the best scientific talent as
faculty and prepare a strong base of scientific manpower in India.
In
2015, IISER, Tirupati was established in pursuance to the Andhra Pradesh
Reorganisation Act, 2014, while IISER, Berhampur was established in 2016 in
pursuance to the announcement made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his
Budget speech, 2015. These institutes are presently functioning from transit
campuses.
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