From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Mar 18: The shifting of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) Ramanagaram in the city outskirts is confirmed and there is no change.

Though Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala had reportedly asked the State Government to shelve the shifting of the University, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the official district in-charge of Ramangaram, said the State Government will go ahead with the move and the process will commence from Sunday itself.

Shivakumar and Medical Education Minister Sharanprakash Patil met the Governor at Raj Bhavan and convinced the latter on the need for the shifting of the university.

The new campus will be around 40 kms away from Karnataka’s capital of Bengaluru.

All departments of the university would be shifted by June 2017, SAID Energy Minister D K Shivakumar.

College managements had opposed the move and submitted a petition to Governor Vajubhai Vala.

Shivakumar and Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Friday called on Vala to discuss the issue. They explained the necessity of shifting the university outside the city.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Saturday, Shivakumar said the Governor wants the State Government to safeguard the interest of students while shifting the campus.

The JD(S)-BJP coalition government had taken the decision to shift the campus in 2006. Later, the State legislature passed a Bill to this effect.

Citing examples of the shifting Visvesvaraya Technological University to Belagavi and Women’s University to Vijayapura, Shivakumar said no student would be affected by the shift since classes will be held in the respective medical colleges in various districts.