New Delhi: Uttarakhand is all set to get three new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs). A proposal for opening an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in the state was also accepted.
Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal recently held a meeting with Uttarakhand higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat and proposed opening a new Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in the state, reported ABP Education.
Pokhriyal and Rawat discussed setting up of the facilities to help Uttarakhand students get quality education.
“We will soon open three IIITs in public-private partnership mode in DehraDun, Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar. The state government should also give us suggestions for the establishment of IISER in the state. The education ministry will release grants for setting up these institutes at the earliest,” Pokhriyal was quoted as saying after the meeting by ABP Education.
A proposal from the state government to provide better facilities for the higher education of girls was also sought by Pokhriyal.
“The state government can give three-four priorities, keeping in view the Himalayan, backward and remote areas, where the central government will start higher education facilities for girls. Such projects can provide better solutions towards women empowerment in future,” said the Union minister.