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Sonia Gandhi to lay foundation stone of
Jamia Millia's new hostel
Sunday May 12, 2013 06:59:56 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will Tuesday
lay the foundation stone of a new hostel for girls at the Jamia
Millia Islamia here, an official statement from the university
said Sunday.
"The hostel will be able to accommodate 400 girl students. The
hostel will have facilities such as a gymnasium, dining hall,
reading area, multi-purpose function hall and recreational open
spaces," the statement said.
A grant of Rs.26 crore has been sanctioned by the University
Grants Commission (UGC) under the general development scheme for
building the girls' hostel in the campus.
According to university officials, the project was made possible
by Sonia Gandhi's "active intervention".
After unveiling the plaque of the new hostel, the UPA chairperson
will address the Jamia fraternity. She will be formally welcomed
by Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung.
At present, the university has five hostels for girls with the
capacity to accommodate around 500 students, and facilities like
cyber cafe, canteen and gymnasium.
According to the university, under the current admission policy,
10 percent of the total seats in each course are reserved for
Muslim women to ensure their higher enrolment in the university.
"Additional hostel facilities will ensure that girl students
coming from various parts of the country are able to find
residential accommodation on campus," the statement added.
Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at
Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh in 1920, became a central university
through an act of parliament in 1988.
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