Patna, 23 November (HS). Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inspected the under construction Bihar Engineering University and Bihar Health Sciences University in Mithapur. During the inspection, the Chief Minister said that under this project, the construction work of all the structures of the university including the main building, administrative and academic building, examination and evaluation building, auditorium, staff quarters should be done in a better and faster manner.
The Chief Minister said that the construction work should be such that the complex looks good. He said that major educational institutions like Chandragupta Management Institute, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, NIFT, Chanakya Law University and Maulana Mazharul Haq Arabic and Persian University have been built in this area of Mithapur. This whole area has become quite nice. Once the construction work of these two universities is completed, this area will look even better.
During the inspection, Dr. Pratima S. Verma, Secretary of Science, Technology and Technical Education Department and Kumar Ravi, Secretary of Building Construction Department, gave detailed information about the project through drawings. Also, Development Commissioner cum Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department, Pratyaya Amrit gave detailed information related to the construction work of Bihar Health Sciences University through presentation and sketch.
Bihar Engineering University was established by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on July 27, 2022 to provide high level technical education to the boys and girls of Bihar and five acres of land was allotted in Mithapur, Patna for the construction of its building. The main building will have four floors. Its total built up area is 1,11,732 square feet. Dean’s office, Registrar’s office, cafeteria and other offices are being built on its ground floor, Vice Chancellor’s office, meeting hall and evaluation center are being built on the first floor. On the second floor, office rooms, evaluation center, storehouse etc. are being built, on the third floor, 05 archives, storehouses etc. and on the fourth floor, evaluation center and 02 big multipurpose halls are being built. Apart from this, 01 guest house is also being constructed in this complex, in which 08 rooms and 04 suite rooms are to be constructed. 01 caretaker residence is also being constructed here.
As an ambitious scheme with the aim of providing quality medical education in the state, the construction work of a new building of Bihar Health Sciences University established under Saat Nishchay-2 scheme is being done. The total area of the building is 27567 square meters. The project has two parts – the first part is the main university building, whose total area is 12,645 square meters, which includes administrative cum academic building, examination hall, dispensary, multipurpose platform, waiting room, information center, enrollment branch, Chancellor’s room, training cum accommodation. Branch etc. and the second part is the annexe building, whose total area is 14922 square meters, under which arrangements have been made for the Vice Chancellor’s residence, university guest house and multipurpose auditorium.