Gurgaon: Mission Development Gurgaon (MGD), one of the apex residential associations of the city, in a written application to the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has demanded a Central University in the city. The letters have been forwarded by the MGD to the HRD minister, Kapil Sibal, local Member of Parliament Rao Inderjit Singh and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The letter further stated that it is requested that the proposal should be considered for soon implementation to set up the university in the area.
Gurgaon is a fast emerging residential area expecting its population to touch 36-lakh mark from the present 20 lakh. Therefore, Mr Rathee of the MGD has expressed his desire to have a university in the city for its local students. He said that the city is a hub of multi national companies, BPOs, malls, schools. But, there is not a single university due to which students residing in Gurgaon have to travel to Delhi or other states, especially in southern India, in order to pursue higher studies. Moreover, Dharam Sagar, the chairman of Federation of Resident Welfare Association (FORWA), said that ample land available in Gurgaon to set up such a campus for local students.
Further, Mr Rathee has complained that even Noida has come up with Gautam Budh University, while Ghaziabad has set up many institutions for technical and higher education nothing of that sort has even been thought of by the government. He further added that there was no point in setting up a central university in an educationally and economically backward place like Narnaul in Mahendragarh district.
