The HRD Ministry on Monday said it 𒁃had no plan to open a satellite campus of the JNU, IIT or IIMs.
Union Minister of State for HRD Satyapal Singh informed thi𒐪s to the Lok Sabha i🧸n response to a written question.
"There is no plan for opening of a satellite campu♔s or branches by JNU, IITs or IIMs. As a policy, the government does not encourage establis🅺hment of satellite campuses of such educational institutions," Singh said.
JNU Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar had in October announced that the university was planning to set up a satellite campus outside the nationa💎l capital region (NCR) with an aim to make the university a🦩ccessible to more students.
The university had also set up an expert committee to conduct a feasib♍ility study.
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