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MANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the post-graduate centre of Mangalore University, the new science block, women’s hostel and staff quarters at Chikka Aluvara in Kushalnagar of Kodagu district on January 7. The new post-graduate centre has come up in 70.47 acres of land and the work on it commenced with the laying of foundation stone on November 15, 2010, vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy said.

 The university had sought grants of Rs 24.50 crore for setting up the science, commerce, arts blocks, library, administrative office, hostels for students, staff quarters, auditorium, ground, guest house, health centre, commercial complex and roads, and Rs 20 lakh towards staff salary in 2008. The government in 2009-10 based on a demand for release of minimum grant of Rs 8 crore for the purpose has sanctioned Rs 2 crore and released Rs 1.50 crore.

 Noting that this grant spurred the work on setting up the PG centre, VC said the science block has since been readied at a cost of Rs 4 crore. Compound has been constructed at a cost of Rs 72 lakh and separate hostels have been constructed for men and women at a cost of Rs 3.20 crore and guest house at a cost of Rs 1.04 crore. Work on construction of arts and commerce block at a cost of Rs 4 crore and water supply at Rs 50 lakh is under progress.

The Syndicate has approved work of constructing the commerce and arts blocks respectively. The university has requested state government to provide special grants of Rs 20 crore during 2013-14 for the various above mentioned works that are being taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore. Existing PG departments of bio-chemistry and microbiology will be shifted from Field Marshal KM Cariappa College, Madikeri to the PG centre from January 8.

 With work on the arts and commerce block nearing complex, university based on decision of the Syndicate will start PG courses in economics, political science, commerce and MSW at the new PG centre from next academic year. Plans are afoot to start two additional PG courses in science in science block of Chikka Aluvara centre. Power and water connection will be up by the time the Centre formally start functioning from January 18, he said.