Cabinet approves central universities in Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura and a university in Sikkim
The union cabinet has approved the conversion of Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh to a central university and conversion of Tripura university to a central university. They have also approved the establishment of Sikkim University. Already five of the eight north eastern states, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland have central universities. With central universities in Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Sikkim, all eight north eastern states will have central universities.
We sincerely hope that after this the central government will focus on backward district clusters and tribal dominated areas, such as KBK in Orissa, and establish central universities there.
December 8th, 2006