Kapil Sibal lays foundation of IIT-Patna campus

Patna: The government was committed to the development of all new
Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), union Human Resource
Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Tuesday while
laying the foundation stone of IIT-Patna.

The premier technology institute is coming up on 500 acres of land
near Bihta, about 30 km from here.

Sibal, who arrived here on Monday night, said construction work would
be completed within three years.

"The central government was committed to the development of all new
IITs, including IIT-Patna," Sibal said after he laid the foundation
stone.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was also present on the
occasion, said the state government had last year handed over 463
acres of acquired land. He formally handed over the papers for the 500
acres of land to IIT-Patna director Anil K. Bhowmick.

Bhowmick said the campus was being designed by the Kolkata-based
Development Architect Private Ltd.

IIT-Patna has been running at a temporary polytechnic campus here
since August 2008. IANS