State's 1st Women's University to be built in Gorakhpur

• 21 Apr 2023

Why in News?

On 20 April 2023, Ravi Kumar NG, Divisional Commissioner Gorakhpur informed that the state's first Women's University will be set up in Gorakhpur under CSR. All the facilities of the International level will be available here.

Key Points

• Under CSR, the proposed women's university will be constructed in the Gorakhpur district at a cost of about Rs 700 crore.
• This university will have arrangements from primary to higher education. A consultancy firm has been given the responsibility to assess the facilities required for the upliftment of the girl child.
• The decision to establish the state's first women's university in Gorakhpur has been taken by the real estate company Shobha Developer, for which company officials had also visited Gorakhpur.
• 100 acre of land will be provided by the district administration for this women's university and it will also be operated by the company.
• It is known that there are already 4 universities operating in Gorakhpur, which include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Ayush University and Mahayogi Gorakhnath University. With the formation of a women's university, there will be 5 universities in Gorakhpur.
• The company's focus is on the upliftment of women intending to set up a women's university in Gorakhpur. There is a great need for facilities for the advancement of women in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. This university will prove to be very effective in removing the backwardness of Purvanchal.