According to Janak Pandey, the Vice Chancellor of the CUB, authorities have come to know that the Union government is firm on its decision to set up the Central University of Bihar in Patna or any other site which fulfil the criteria laid down by the Act passed in this regard. At the same time it will provide funds for setting up a state university in Motihari.
Pandey said that for that for setting up any institution of this scale, it was imperative that the region has the requisite infrastructure in place such as good rail and air connectivity. Moreover, he said, the region should have proper medical and educational facilities.
He said that the state government had set up many institutes in the past few years, including Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU) and Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), but they had all run into problems. They are not getting permanent teachers. If teachers are not interested to come down to Patna, how can you think they would be willing to go to Motihari, he asked.
Of 16 central universities, the ones in Bihar, Rajasthan and Kerala are fighting for space as the other institutions have all been provided land by the respective state governments.
Meanwhile, the CUB had organised a workshop on UGC academic and administrative reforms.

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