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Patna: Eight
architectural companies, including six from abroad, have shown
interest in designing the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar,
the vice chancellor said Friday.
"We are happy that eight companies, including two Indian
companies, have submitted their proposals for a global competition
to finalize the design for the university," Gopa Sabharwal said
here.
She said the short-listed firms would be called to make their
presentation either this month or next month.
The university is set to come up on 446 acres in Rajgir, 10 km
from the site of the ancient university in Nalanda district,
southeast of Patna.
The university will be fully residential, like the ancient Nalanda
university. It will offer courses in science, philosophy and
spiritualism along with social sciences.
The project took shape in 2006 at the initiative of then president
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
The ancient university at Nalanda was home to over 10,000 students
and nearly 2,000 teachers.
It existed until 1197 and attracted students and scholars from
Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia (now Iran) and
Turkey.
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