AMU campuses to be converted to universities

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the 2014 elections, the UPA government is finalising plans to convert the three centres of Aligarh Muslim University into full-fledged universities.

Earlier this week, HRD Minister Pallam Raju and Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan met over this issue. The proposal will now be fleshed out at secretary-level discussions. The centres at Murshidabad in West Bengal and Mallapuram in Kerala are operational, while the third is yet to be set up in Kishanganj, Bihar.