Chandigarh, February 19: The stage is set for tabling, forenactment in the forthcoming budget session of the Vidhan Sabha, the Bill forestablishment of a private self-financed Amity University, which is set tobecome functional at IT City, Mohali, from this year.
The Ordinance for setting up of the university could not bepromulgated earlier due to the imposition of the election code of conduct forthe civic polls, thus necessitating the legislation of a Bill to be approved bythe House, an official spokesperson said after a meeting of the state cabinet,chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
Approved under the ‘Punjab Private University Policy-2010’,the university will come up over an area of 40.44 acre with an investment ofRs.664.32 crore over five years. It will have an annual intake of 1500-2000students.
The Punjab government has made it mandatory to reserve 15percent of students from Punjab in the University and 5 percent of total numberof students will be given free education as part of the Bill and terms andconditions. The University will be recruiting teaching and non-teaching staffas per UGC Guidelines.
According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office,it will be a multidisciplinary University with various departments likeEngineering, Computer/IT, Communication, Commerce, Management, Psychology,Liberal arts, English Literature etc. The university is expected to bringquality education to the city and would help in overall development of thearea.
The proposal for for setting up of a private self-financed‘Amity University Punjab’ at Block-D, Sector-82 Alpha, IT City, S.A.S. Nagar(Mohali) was received from Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, New Delhi.After considering the proposal and adopting the required procedure as per theprovisions of Punjab Private Universities Policy-2010, the Letter of Intent wasissued to the Sponsoring Body on February 18, 2020.
It has been the endeavour of Punjab Government to establishMohali and adjoining areas as educational and IT Hub.