Irani lays foundation stone for IP univ’s E Delhi campus

After a long wait, the Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday laid the foundation stone of an 18.75 acre east Delhi campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), which will be equipped with modern facilities including solar power panels and geo-thermal cooling systems.

“The Rs 285-crore campus, to come up in the Surajmal Vihar area, is planned on the lines of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad”, BJP MP from East Delhi Mahesh Giri said, adding that it will be the first university campus of East Delhi. The area campus will include a ‘School of Planning and Architecture and School of Design’, solar-powered panels of 12 MW capacity and geo-thermal cooling systems.

“The campus at present has proposed the hostel facility for 300 boys and 200 girls.  East Delhi has waited long for an educational institution like this. The campus will fulfill the needs of the students residing here,” Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani said.

Irani said a Memorandum of Understanding between the campus and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) will be signed soon, under which the students would be able to work with the civic body during their third year.

Giri, on the occasion, emphasised on the “40 per cent youth population” which is the “highest in his constituency” in comparison to others and said that a university campus like this was the need of the hour. 

Located in the sub-urbs of Dwarka, the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established by the Government of Delhi in 1998.