Magadh University campus gets nod for stadium, two new hostels

GAYA: The Magadh University campus at Bodh Gaya would get a stadium and two new hostel buildings. The existing hostel building will be renovated.
State education department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar issued directions with this regard during his visit to the MU campus on Thursday.
The principal secretary held a meeting with MU vice-chancellor Prof Rajendra Prasad, pro-VC Prof V N Singh and the Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, director Vinita Sahay to resolve the IIM campus problem.
MU nodal officer Sanjay Kumar said, “Both the sides have agreed and 116 acres of MU campus land would be allocated to IIM. Because the existing stadium is now on the IIM campus, the principal secretary has assured that a new stadium would be constructed on the MU campus land. Measurement of land for the stadium was done on Thursday itself,” he said.
Earlier, in September 2014, following the letter by then principal secretary of education department RK Mahajan to the then Gaya DM Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, 119.96 acres of land belonging to MU was identified to set up the B-school. Since it started in 2015, the IIM has been running in the building of directorate of distance education (DDE).
However, some confusion had cropped up recently when fencing work of the land identified for the B-school was being done. It was assumed that the fencing work was being done on the plot other than that identified for the B-school.
“Now with both sides have agreed, 71 acres of land on the MU campus and 45 acres outside would be allocated to the B-school campus,” the MU nodal officer said.