New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved establishment and operationalisation of the permanent campus of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Berhampur in Odisha.
It also gave its approval for setting up of another campus of the institute at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
Creation of two posts of registrar, one in each IISER in Level 14 of 7lh CPC, was also approved. The total cost has been assessed at Rs 3074.12 crore, of which 2366.48 crore would be spent on construction of permanent campuses of these institutes.
The campuses would come up in an area of 1,17,000 sq.m with complete infrastructural facilities for 1855 students in each IISER.
The construction work is expected to be completed by December 2021.
While IISER, Tirupati, was established in 2015 in pursuance to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, IISER, Berhampur, was established in 2016 in pursuance to the announcement made by the Union Finance Minister in his Budget speech, 2015. These institutes are currently functioning from transit campuses.
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