Mangalore :

Mangalore University is all set to start even semester classes on its Chikkaluvara campus in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district from January 2.

While plans were drawn to inaugurate the campus on November 18, the mandatory presence of vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy to receive the Indira Gandhi NSS Award-2013 from President Pranab Mukherjee now means the formal inauguration will be held mid January.

However, the university authorities have decided to make best use of the infrastructure ready by commencing classes on the new campus spread over 73.4 acres of land when the even semester of the academic year 2013-14 gets underway in January 2014. For now, the university authorities will shift the post-graduate courses in microbiology and bio-chemistry to the new campus from the Field Marshal K M Cariappa College in Madikeri.

Shivashanakara Murthy said as things stand now, work on the science building and staff quarters on the campus is ready. “The work on the women’s hostel is in the final stages. If the inauguration had been held as scheduled on November 18, we would have to contend with some pending works with the arts building and the boy’s hostel,” he said, adding that work on overhead tanks and other sundry works too will be attended to in this duration.

Noting that no decision has yet been taken on naming the Chikkaluvara campus, the VC said. “Local sentiments in Kodagu district favour the campus to be named as Cauvery campus. However, the university is yet to form any opinion on this issue. This is a decision that has to be taken by the Syndicate,” he said. The Mangalore campus of the university is named Mangalagangothri.

source: http:articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore> Mangalore University / TNN / November 13th, 2013