Preparations are underway to set up a campus of IIT-Delhi outside the capital Delhi. This campus will be set up in Jhajjar district.
An expanded campus of IIT-Delhi will be set up in 50 acres of land at Badsa village in Jhajjar district of Haryana. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar gave this information on Sunday. On Sunday in the national capital, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT) in a meeting with the officials of the Chief Minister approved the proposal related to the establishment of the extended campus of this prestigious institution and assured that full cooperation will be given in this.
V Umashankar, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Haryana, Vijender Kumar, Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Higher Education Department, Rajeev Rattan, Director Technical Education and Professor Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT-Delhi and other faculty members of the institute attended the meeting.
CM Khattar said that this campus will be the country’s first center for precision medicine. The Chief Minister of Haryana said that new health techniques will be developed by getting the data of the patients of the National Cancer Institute located in Badsa.
These will be the benefits of precision medicine
In the statement of the Haryana government, it was said that research on precision medicine is necessary, so that the medicine can be developed according to the particular patient. Our pharmaceutical companies will benefit from this initiative, as they will be able to make new medicines for cancer patients, which will be based on the research of medical experts of National Cancer Institute and technical experts of IIT Delhi. Apart from this, research on dental implants, hip protection device etc. in the elderly will also be done in the campus so that new technology can be discovered.
Campus will be ready in three years
Khattar suggested that technology and research for sportspersons should be developed in coordination with the Sports University at Rai, Sonipat. Professor Rangan Banerjee said in a meeting that it will take three years to prepare this campus. In addition, it may take three to five years to fully expand the National Cancer Institute’s patient-focussed academic programs and development of research and design facilities, the statement said.
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