Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday inaugurated Bengaluru North University with its headquarters in Kolar.
At a function organised to mark the inauguration of new Deputy Commissioner’s office complex at Kumbarahalli on the outskirts of Kolar town, off NH 75, Mr. Siddaramaiah also launched developments works taken up at a cost of ₹584 crore. Bangalore University has been trifurcated. “More students can access higher education from setting up of the new university,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said. “My government has accorded priority to impart education, including higher education, as it will help in developing human resource,” he said.
While the national average of enrolment for higher education is 24%, it is 28% in Karnataka. The government’s target is to reach 40%, the Chief Minister said.
Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi and Health and Family Welfare Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar also spoke.
Bengaluru North University will have 210 colleges under 19 Assembly constituencies of Kolar, Chickballapur, and Bengaluru Rural and Urban districts.
Special Officer of Bengaluru North University T.D. Kemparaju has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor. The new university will function from the Karnataka State Open University building located at Tamaka on the outskirts of Kolar for academic year 2017–18.
The new campus will come up at Amaravathi village in H. Cross of Chickballapur district.