The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of a university campus by the Amity Education Group in Mohali’s IT city. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh through video conferencing. The university will become functional from the next academic year, with its first session set to commence in June-July 2021.
The Cabinet also gave the nod to the draft of ‘The Amity University Ordinance 2020’.
An official spokesperson said that the self-financed private ‘Amity University Punjab’, being established on a 40 acre campus, will be developed at a prime location in Mohali, SAS Nagar, with an investment of ₹664.32 crore over five years.
It will be located just 10 minutes away from the Chandigarh/Mohali airport and will have an annual intake of 1,500-2,000 students. Besides being a hub of high-end research and international collaborations, the university will diverse job-oriented graduate, post graduate, PhD and post-PhD programmes within the framework of the UGC and Punjab State’s regulations. In line with the New Education Policy 2020, it will encourage interdisciplinary approach.
It will be a multi-disciplinary university, with various departments such as engineering, computer/IT, communication, commerce, management, psychology, liberal arts, English literature, etc. The Punjab government has made it mandatory to reserve 15% seats for students from Punjab and 5% of total number of students will be given free education as part of the ordinance and its terms and conditions. The university would be recruiting teaching and non-teaching staff as per UGC Guidelines.
