Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 24: IIT Jammu Campus Operationalization Committee headed by its Chairman, Prof S N Singh today called on Advisor to Governor, Parvez Dewan at the Civil Secretariat here.
Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, Sarita Chauhan, members of the Committee including Deputy Director, Strategy & Planning, Prof S K Koul, Dean Infrastructure, Prof K N Rao, Incharge IIT Jammu, Prof Rajendar Bahl, and Engineer IIT Delhi, G K Taneja were also present on the occasion.
During the meeting, the members of the Committee discussed various issues pertaining to the operationalization of the IIT Campus here.
The Advisor assured the Committee full support of the Government to expedite the work on ground and address bottlenecks if any in this regard.
The Committee is presently on a visit to Jammu to inspect the site for starting the work on the campus at the earliest. The Committee has been holding series of meetings with all the concerned departments and district administration.
The land for establishment of IIT Jammu has already been handed over to the Higher Education Department. A MoU in this regard will also be signed with the Union HRD Ministry shortly.