Patna University for engineering, medical colleges

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Patna University (PU) is striving hard to start more well-equipped modern institutions in accordance with the changing needs of the society. It is also trying to get back two of its former institutions into its fold.

PU vice-chancellor Shambhu Nath Singhrecently announced that a full-fledged college of mass media would be started soon. A new course in bioinformatics has already been introduced from the current academic session. A full-fledged postgraduation course in journalismand mass communications has also been introduced recentl.

Presently, the university does not have either an engineering college or a medical college of its own. PU did have both these colleges under its jurisdiction till sometime back. But, while theBihar College of Engineering (BCE) was converted into National Institute of Technology Patna (NITP) in 2004, Patna Medical College (PMC) is now under the newly established Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU).

The VC said he would approach the state government for revival of both the BCE and the PMC under the university. Chief minister Nitish Kumar has already agreed to the proposal for revival of the erstwhile BCE once the NITP is shifted to its own campus. The state government has also been approached for providing sufficient land to the university for starting a new medical college.

At present, PU has only 10 constituent colleges, including Patna Law College (which celebrated its centenary recently), College of Arts and Crafts, Patna Training College and Women's Training College, under its jurisdiction. But it lacks any engineering or medical college.

The VC said he has approached the Canada-based Commonwealth School of Learning and the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) for setting up a campus radio station in the university. The CEMCA has agreed to provide all financial and technical help in setting up the campus radio station.

The university is keen to raising its academic standard by introducing socially relevant courses. An MoU has already been signed with the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute (RMRI), Patna, for taking up collaborative research programmes. Babu Jagjivan Ram Chair has been established by the Union government at the department of personnel management and international relations (PMIR) for undertaking research in social sciences, the VC added.