Punjab: 'Lamrin Tech Skills University' to come up at Balachaur in SBS Nagar

To strengthen industry-oriented teaching, skill training and research in the state, the Punjab Cabinet, led by Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday approved the establishment of private self-financed 'Lamrin Tech Skills University' at Railmajra in Balachaur (SBS Nagar).

The decision was taken during a virtual Cabinet meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. The university will become functional from this academic session. The Cabinet gave the nod to the draft of 'Lamrin Tech Skills University Ordinance 2021' and authorised Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to approve the final draft prepared by the Legal Remembrance, without placing it again before the Council of Ministers. Also read | Patiala: Protesting teachers lathicharged, detained "The upcoming self-financed 'Lamrin Tech Skills University', being established as a research and skill development university over an area of 81 acre, will be developed at Railmajra village at Balachaur in SBS district, with an investment of Rs 1,630 crore over five years. It will have an annual intake of 1,000-1,100 students when the campus is fully established," the release said. "The university would be instrumental in imparting world-class higher education to students to empower them to compete globally and be gainfully equipped. It would also provide instructions, teaching, education, research and training at all levels in disciplines of higher education," the release stated. Also read | Punjab Cabinet okays rules to promote, develop MSMEs The Punjab Government has made it mandatory to reserve 15 per cent seats exclusively for students from Punjab in the upcoming university, and full tuition fee concession/freeship to not less than 5 per cent of the total strength from among the candidates belonging to the weaker sections of society, as part of the ordinance and its terms and conditions. -PTC News