Baba Farid varsity to start functioning from next session

FARIDKOT, May 26: The proposed Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, the foundation stone for which was laid by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on October 6, last year, will start functioning from the ensuing academic session. The state government will soon appoint vice-chancellor to the university, the process for whose selection is under way.

This was disclosed by deputy commissioner Gurinder Singh Grewal at a hurriedly convened press conference this afternoon. The deputy commissioner refuted press reports that Baba Farid University was being shifted from Faridkot to Anandpur Sahib to mark the tri-centenary celebrations of Khalsa Panth. He said that he could deny these reports on the basis of the information he received in this regard from Rameshinder Singh, principal secretary of the Punjab Chief Minister.

According to the DC, the state government had already allocated a sum of Rs 50-crore for the university and the district administration had already acquired 35 acre of land on Faridkot-Talwandi road for the purpose. The process for acquisition of another 122-acre of land was in an advance stage.