Written by: Faisal Fareed
2 min readLucknowJun 18, 2013 04:47 AM IST
First published on: Jun 18, 2013 at 04:47 AM IST
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will hand over its three centres at Mallapuram in Kerala,Kishanganj in Bihar and Murshidabad in West Bengal to the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) for their upgrade as independent universities.
AMU is also unlikely to proceed with proposals to set up new centres in Assam,Rajasthan,Haryana,Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
“Talks are on with MoMA in this regard for handing over our three existing centres to them for developing as independent universities. The ministry has given us such a proposal and we are considering it. It is likely that they will be handed over to the ministry,” AMU Registrar Captain Shahrukh Shamshad said. AMU Court,the apex body of the university,too,has given its consent during its meeting held on June 12.
At present,the academic session is going on at the Mallapuram and Murshidabad centres while the Kishanganj centre is still under construction. Their funding is done through separate allocations done by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development. “Once they are separated,their funding and control will be directly done by the government. Then AMU will have no control over them. They will be independent universities,” Shamshad said.
These three centres will be upgraded as part of the MoMA plan to set up five universities in minority-dominated areas. As all these centres are in minority-dominated districts; they perfectly fit the condition and their upgrade will result in three more central universities.
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